Beauty AND feel, I love it!
For years I’ve tried a few of PRS’s electric model offerings (SE, the other lines are too far above my budget), and always had a feeling, “this is beautiful, but it just doesn’t feel right for me. That made me sad, because I know the history of the company, and have watched their factory videos (as well as the SE factory video) and I feel they are really taking the craft of mass producing guitars to a whole new level. (Full disclosure I do own their SE “Tenore” parlor sized acoustic, and it’s honestly the best acoustic I’ve ever owned.) Finally, this one feels perfect, and it’s also a “wood lottery” winner as there’s great movement on the mahogany back and flamed maple up the neck! The 3-way blade switch under the volume knob is better located than their other option of a 3-way switch behind the bridge, it’s a night and day difference for someone like me whose first electric was a strat copy. Volume roll-off is sweet, and tone is very responsive, in both hum and split modes. I’ve played the 85/15 pickups before, and these are incredibly similar, great consistency! Setup was perfect, stays in tune using the tremolo, even without having locking tuners. Gigbag is solid, and has a huge storage pocket.