I think that color looks so-much-better with the solid-black p/u's than with the zebra p/u's (I can't stand zebra p/u's). It also looks just as good with Nickel-plated h/b's.
God bless those Koreans. They make some fine guitars. Dame and Agile both put out Les Paul copies that destroy the Epiphones. My Dean Evo SS is from Korea (Honduras mahogany body/neck, solid, carved maple-top, plus I added a pair of Duncan Seth Lover p/u's), and it sounds way-better than even the new Gibson LP's, plus it's lighter because the Honduras mahogany is lighter than African mahogany (Gibson switched from using Honduras to using African mahogany back in 1974, I think). Love that thing.
Dude I have the same guitar exact guitar! I bought it last early 2009, so it was around $700 instead of $550, but the neck broke lol. If you have the money, go buy it! Way better than the Epiphone
@burntcookie123 the tremonti model has tremonti's custom pickups. they're just modified PRS pickups. Not sure, but i think they are wound a little more so they have a higher output, yet can still get a very smooth tone. they remind me of the sh-4 pickupn by Seymour Duncan
so im pry gonna get a new guitar soon, and im debating about what to buy... im lookin at about a 500 dollar range. and i nedd somethin with very versatile tone and great tuning stability.. llet me know about this guitar!!!
@TKDisawesome your not getting anything in the prs line that price range but there's lots out there just look for a second hand epiphone les paul or something should be good unless your a Gibson snob
@superlou1s To me, there are pros and cons of both EPI and SE. The SE sounds good and I really liked the stock pickups on the SE. The neck is more playable than an EPI. The only thing is the thin profile takes away some of the mahogany that u get with an EPI. That extra mahogany makes signature LP tone. To me less mahogany takes away some of the beef in the tone. Gibson and EPI neck scale and bridge make them tougher to play but is also responsible for the signature LP tone!
@osensei2987 Continued - Also stock pickups in the EPI have a nice tone, but not really as hot rodded. Nothing that a set of Duncans, Dimarzios or Burstbuckers can't fix. Actually, the stock EPI pickups kinda grew on me as hotter pickups seem to lose some of the chime and I like a more vintage vibe in my tone. I think the PRS has more pros than the EPI/Gibsons. However, it would be a shame to try to improve the Gibson because it has its own vibe as is. It's a classic.
yeah man, prs are really great guitars!!! i have a santana SE v.2 and i can take a really beautiful santana sound out of it with a peavey bandit 112 (if anyone asks me i can give the settings). i'm saving for a cu24, my dream guitar!
It's actually pretty damn good for the price, demo'd it at guitar center. Like most guitars in this price range, they seem a little "thinner"/tin on the sound. You can hear it in this demo too if you have an ear for it ;)...lacks the fire heat that American custom PRS's pack. If your looking for something with more punch, go for the gibson sg faded (lil ugly but nice), or something else check the mexican fender strat HSS's
I personally love this guitar. It's a good one, I have one in the black cherry finish. I think I prefer my Schecter S-1 Elite over the SE Singlecut but not by much (it's more of a pickup preference than anything though. I don't care for the pups in this guitar that much, they're ok but too bassy). Check out some Schecters and see what you think thoguh.
Anyways, I also wanted to point out to terencemusic that the guitar doesn't sound distorted. It's overdriven (there's a difference).
Overdrive is just an alternative word for distortion.
Some guitarist like to use "overdrive" for slight distortion using pre-amps etc. But its the same concept, the signal is being "overdrove" to "distortion". Its the same concept as how tubes - amplifies signal to "overdrive" or "distortion".
If I'm wrong then basically, all of the effects pedal designers are wrong.
For example, the Ibanez Tube Screamer is called an overdrive pedal, not a distortion pedal. To my knowledge of playing guitar (and I've been playing for almost 9 years), there's a difference between overdrive and distortion. Even amplifiers have overdrive and distortion channels, although some overdrive channels are called "classic" or "fuzz" channels.
I understand what you're getting at though. Distortion is distortion
Fuzz, distortion are the same. Thats just a lingo used. Like smooth distortion they call it overdrive. When it sound like is breaking up they call it distortion. But in actual fact it already broke up, just not as much as "distortion" The manufacturing is the same, its just more gain. Try asking some amp makers or sound engineers about it. Esp tube amps, both "distortion" and "overdrive" are achieved as when signal influenced electrons being sped up, amplifies and distort.
In a vacuum tube. Theres two filament / cathode place with a space in between. A wire mesh is being place in between.The filaments supplies electrons from - to +. The wire mesh supplies sound signal. As the electrons being sped up goes from - to +, it passed by the wire mesh causing it to be influenced and amplified. Take note the speeding up of the electrons is the key that causes amplification. And naturally tubes have a problem. They causes distortion.
All vacuum tubes have a THD rating. Total Harmonic Distortion. It determines the % of overall distortion you will get. And by driving the signal really high "overdrive" "distortion" or "fuzz" is achieved.
I understand what you are saying. I'm a guitar player too. But its commonly misunderstood. Its the same. And I'm a student studying Audio engineering. =)
I'll take your word for it then haha. An audio engineer should know. Although I am a guitarist too, I'm an electrical engineer so I understand about the transfer of electrons causing amplification. The wire mesh, from your description of the tube's operation, acts somewhat like a capacitor. The electrons are absorbed (-) and then fired as a positive photon.
I'm actually planning on designing my own distortion pedal soon. I'd like to get my hands on a Metal Muff schematic so..........
I can plug it into Multisim (electronics workbench) and see what kind of output I should get. I know the signal should be a pretty rough sine wave (or possibly a triangle wave depending on the pedal). This would allow me to make my design and compare the results to the Metal Muff. Also, I could tweak with the metal muff design and see what I could get out of it.
Oh, let me correct myself. I'm studying electrical engineering. I'm in my senior year with one semester to go. I am scheduled to graduate in may. I can't wait!
So how do you like audio engineering? I have a buddy that's been thinking about going into audio engineering. He's a guitar geek like me and loves music. He's kinda torn so I thought I'd ask a guy that's in the program.
Whoa you study electrical engineering? Cool you should understand the tube theory more then me. But at least this is what i'm taught in school regarding "overdrive and distortion". HAHAS. OH and Yep you should try making your own pedals. Its way cheaper and you get to learn how your gear works!! Hahahs audio engineering is cool man. What does he wants to do in the future? But in Audio engineering you will learn a lot of related things like consoles, EQ, compressors, reverb etc etc. =)
Which in turn will help you in understanding things like signal to noise level ratio, different cables like XLR for mics. And very importantly, studio works: recordings, mastering. Using of audio programs etc. Its good its good! =)
Gotcha. I'm not really sure what he planned to do in audio engineering. But he had talked about giving it a shot. I think it sounds pretty interesting myself but I'm almost an electrical engineer haha.
Honestly, we didn't study tubes of any sort. It may have come up in a discussion in class but thats it. My knowledge of overdrive and distortion is just guitar knowledge really. I go by what I've heard. In a signal, I agree with you... distortion is distortion, no matter what the amount is.
And yea, I will make some of my own pedals one day. I have the electrical know-how to build the circuit, test it, and make it operational (with a little trial and error haha). I'd start with the schematic, make that work on my computer. Then, once that's done, I'll order all my parts and just hope that the actual (real world) component values aren't too far off from my computer's (perfect world) components haha.
That's the bad thing about cpu schematics. They assume all conditions are perfect.
You should try finding and building upon boutique schematics first. And play around with the components. Thats what one of my buddy did. You will be surprised on how a component can affect the overall tone of the pedal. And from there you can start designing your own. =) Who knows you might end up being a boutique pedal maker! hahas.. =)
That would be cool. What's a boutique schematic? Never heard of it lol.
Anyways, I didn't plan on using an actual circuit board when building the pedals. I'll probably use a bread board to do it, so I can easily add and remove components.
I had came up with the idea that if my buddy went into audio engineering, to try to build an amp at some point (but that would be far off from now, neither one of us have even close to the experience to build an amp). I need a little more electrical know-how
You know boutique pedals? Those "high end" ones handmade not mass factory produced. Some of the pedals' schematic are available online. You can try to build your first few self-made pedals according to them to try out and play around with the circuit first. =) Yep yep use a breadboard, you can play around with the components that way too! =)
@terencemusic im sorry, but no they dont, if you think that then you obviously dont pay enough attention to their sounds, take for example, a fender strat, and a gibson les paul, on the same effects, they dont sound the same, not even close...
I think that color looks so-much-better with the solid-black p/u's than with the zebra p/u's (I can't stand zebra p/u's). It also looks just as good with Nickel-plated h/b's.
gangtwanger 1 year ago
God bless those Koreans. They make some fine guitars. Dame and Agile both put out Les Paul copies that destroy the Epiphones. My Dean Evo SS is from Korea (Honduras mahogany body/neck, solid, carved maple-top, plus I added a pair of Duncan Seth Lover p/u's), and it sounds way-better than even the new Gibson LP's, plus it's lighter because the Honduras mahogany is lighter than African mahogany (Gibson switched from using Honduras to using African mahogany back in 1974, I think). Love that thing.
gangtwanger 1 year ago
what amp are you playin' through?
Playerc0 1 year ago
Dude I have the same guitar exact guitar! I bought it last early 2009, so it was around $700 instead of $550, but the neck broke lol. If you have the money, go buy it! Way better than the Epiphone
UnicornSlaya 1 year ago
I have the same exact guitar.
ZurkonTheDestroyer 1 year ago
george lucas!
mami3790 1 year ago 10
@mami3790 Can't be George Lucas; he has a neck.
Vanguard448 1 year ago
im selling a prs se custom with SD jazz and JB pick ups on ebay on £350 bidding starts at 330 search it if your interested (:
oOSEDGEWICKOo 1 year ago
Hey guys.
Besides better cosmetics, any clue if this guitar and the Tremonti SE model are basically the same? Thanks
burntcookie123 1 year ago
@burntcookie123 the tremonti model has tremonti's custom pickups. they're just modified PRS pickups. Not sure, but i think they are wound a little more so they have a higher output, yet can still get a very smooth tone. they remind me of the sh-4 pickupn by Seymour Duncan
epitaph664 1 year ago
so im pry gonna get a new guitar soon, and im debating about what to buy... im lookin at about a 500 dollar range. and i nedd somethin with very versatile tone and great tuning stability.. llet me know about this guitar!!!
TKDisawesome 1 year ago
@TKDisawesome your not getting anything in the prs line that price range but there's lots out there just look for a second hand epiphone les paul or something should be good unless your a Gibson snob
idonotcair 1 year ago
@idonotcair actually this guitar is around 500 dollars
tacobellbitches 1 year ago
@idonotcair- PRS makes guitars as low as 350$- most of them much better quality than similarly priced or more expensive epiphones.
superlou1s 1 year ago 5
@superlou1s To me, there are pros and cons of both EPI and SE. The SE sounds good and I really liked the stock pickups on the SE. The neck is more playable than an EPI. The only thing is the thin profile takes away some of the mahogany that u get with an EPI. That extra mahogany makes signature LP tone. To me less mahogany takes away some of the beef in the tone. Gibson and EPI neck scale and bridge make them tougher to play but is also responsible for the signature LP tone!
osensei2987 2 months ago
@osensei2987 Continued - Also stock pickups in the EPI have a nice tone, but not really as hot rodded. Nothing that a set of Duncans, Dimarzios or Burstbuckers can't fix. Actually, the stock EPI pickups kinda grew on me as hotter pickups seem to lose some of the chime and I like a more vintage vibe in my tone. I think the PRS has more pros than the EPI/Gibsons. However, it would be a shame to try to improve the Gibson because it has its own vibe as is. It's a classic.
osensei2987 2 months ago
this or fender telecaster mexico
ant1mag3 1 year ago
i got mine yesterday. its an awesome guitar. worth the wait if you order and worth the price.
juno117 2 years ago
gotta love that guitar. comfortable, light, beautiful and good sounding... and PRS!!
CipollaErMeyo 2 years ago
They timed the sustain of their guitars and it's about 20-30 seconds of sustain!
ibanezman007 2 years ago
yeah man, prs are really great guitars!!! i have a santana SE v.2 and i can take a really beautiful santana sound out of it with a peavey bandit 112 (if anyone asks me i can give the settings). i'm saving for a cu24, my dream guitar!
CipollaErMeyo 2 years ago
mine too unless i get to custom my own :P
iwannacapo 2 years ago
What amp are you using for this clip? Thank's!
GabrielGR 2 years ago
is it good for metal and rock?with a 40Watts amp and digitech-Rp-250?
zejtunguitarist10 2 years ago
@zejtunguitarist10
i own it and its good for everything. just a couple tweeks and you've got it made. stunning guitar
noclue979 2 years ago
@zejtunguitarist10 yeah just turn on distortion and gain, and i personally would use just the neck pickup for a better bass sound.
juno117 2 years ago
Can someone please test a Guitar without Distortion. All Guitars sound alike with distortion. I wanna know how it sounds Clean.
terencemusic 2 years ago
It's actually pretty damn good for the price, demo'd it at guitar center. Like most guitars in this price range, they seem a little "thinner"/tin on the sound. You can hear it in this demo too if you have an ear for it ;)...lacks the fire heat that American custom PRS's pack. If your looking for something with more punch, go for the gibson sg faded (lil ugly but nice), or something else check the mexican fender strat HSS's
jaws2421 2 years ago
I personally love this guitar. It's a good one, I have one in the black cherry finish. I think I prefer my Schecter S-1 Elite over the SE Singlecut but not by much (it's more of a pickup preference than anything though. I don't care for the pups in this guitar that much, they're ok but too bassy). Check out some Schecters and see what you think thoguh.
Anyways, I also wanted to point out to terencemusic that the guitar doesn't sound distorted. It's overdriven (there's a difference).
Woody34 2 years ago
@Woody34 Nope you are wrong.
Overdrive is just an alternative word for distortion.
Some guitarist like to use "overdrive" for slight distortion using pre-amps etc. But its the same concept, the signal is being "overdrove" to "distortion". Its the same concept as how tubes - amplifies signal to "overdrive" or "distortion".
viperman375 2 years ago
If I'm wrong then basically, all of the effects pedal designers are wrong.
For example, the Ibanez Tube Screamer is called an overdrive pedal, not a distortion pedal. To my knowledge of playing guitar (and I've been playing for almost 9 years), there's a difference between overdrive and distortion. Even amplifiers have overdrive and distortion channels, although some overdrive channels are called "classic" or "fuzz" channels.
I understand what you're getting at though. Distortion is distortion
Woody34 2 years ago
Fuzz, distortion are the same. Thats just a lingo used. Like smooth distortion they call it overdrive. When it sound like is breaking up they call it distortion. But in actual fact it already broke up, just not as much as "distortion" The manufacturing is the same, its just more gain. Try asking some amp makers or sound engineers about it. Esp tube amps, both "distortion" and "overdrive" are achieved as when signal influenced electrons being sped up, amplifies and distort.
viperman375 2 years ago
In a vacuum tube. Theres two filament / cathode place with a space in between. A wire mesh is being place in between.The filaments supplies electrons from - to +. The wire mesh supplies sound signal. As the electrons being sped up goes from - to +, it passed by the wire mesh causing it to be influenced and amplified. Take note the speeding up of the electrons is the key that causes amplification. And naturally tubes have a problem. They causes distortion.
viperman375 2 years ago
All vacuum tubes have a THD rating. Total Harmonic Distortion. It determines the % of overall distortion you will get. And by driving the signal really high "overdrive" "distortion" or "fuzz" is achieved.
I understand what you are saying. I'm a guitar player too. But its commonly misunderstood. Its the same. And I'm a student studying Audio engineering. =)
viperman375 2 years ago
I'll take your word for it then haha. An audio engineer should know. Although I am a guitarist too, I'm an electrical engineer so I understand about the transfer of electrons causing amplification. The wire mesh, from your description of the tube's operation, acts somewhat like a capacitor. The electrons are absorbed (-) and then fired as a positive photon.
I'm actually planning on designing my own distortion pedal soon. I'd like to get my hands on a Metal Muff schematic so..........
Woody34 2 years ago
I can plug it into Multisim (electronics workbench) and see what kind of output I should get. I know the signal should be a pretty rough sine wave (or possibly a triangle wave depending on the pedal). This would allow me to make my design and compare the results to the Metal Muff. Also, I could tweak with the metal muff design and see what I could get out of it.
Should be a fun project but very time consuming.
Woody34 2 years ago
Oh, let me correct myself. I'm studying electrical engineering. I'm in my senior year with one semester to go. I am scheduled to graduate in may. I can't wait!
So how do you like audio engineering? I have a buddy that's been thinking about going into audio engineering. He's a guitar geek like me and loves music. He's kinda torn so I thought I'd ask a guy that's in the program.
Woody34 2 years ago
Whoa you study electrical engineering? Cool you should understand the tube theory more then me. But at least this is what i'm taught in school regarding "overdrive and distortion". HAHAS. OH and Yep you should try making your own pedals. Its way cheaper and you get to learn how your gear works!! Hahahs audio engineering is cool man. What does he wants to do in the future? But in Audio engineering you will learn a lot of related things like consoles, EQ, compressors, reverb etc etc. =)
viperman375 2 years ago
Which in turn will help you in understanding things like signal to noise level ratio, different cables like XLR for mics. And very importantly, studio works: recordings, mastering. Using of audio programs etc. Its good its good! =)
And what Institute is he planning to study in?
viperman375 2 years ago
Gotcha. I'm not really sure what he planned to do in audio engineering. But he had talked about giving it a shot. I think it sounds pretty interesting myself but I'm almost an electrical engineer haha.
Honestly, we didn't study tubes of any sort. It may have come up in a discussion in class but thats it. My knowledge of overdrive and distortion is just guitar knowledge really. I go by what I've heard. In a signal, I agree with you... distortion is distortion, no matter what the amount is.
Woody34 2 years ago
And yea, I will make some of my own pedals one day. I have the electrical know-how to build the circuit, test it, and make it operational (with a little trial and error haha). I'd start with the schematic, make that work on my computer. Then, once that's done, I'll order all my parts and just hope that the actual (real world) component values aren't too far off from my computer's (perfect world) components haha.
That's the bad thing about cpu schematics. They assume all conditions are perfect.
Woody34 2 years ago
You should try finding and building upon boutique schematics first. And play around with the components. Thats what one of my buddy did. You will be surprised on how a component can affect the overall tone of the pedal. And from there you can start designing your own. =) Who knows you might end up being a boutique pedal maker! hahas.. =)
viperman375 2 years ago
That would be cool. What's a boutique schematic? Never heard of it lol.
Anyways, I didn't plan on using an actual circuit board when building the pedals. I'll probably use a bread board to do it, so I can easily add and remove components.
I had came up with the idea that if my buddy went into audio engineering, to try to build an amp at some point (but that would be far off from now, neither one of us have even close to the experience to build an amp). I need a little more electrical know-how
Woody34 2 years ago
You know boutique pedals? Those "high end" ones handmade not mass factory produced. Some of the pedals' schematic are available online. You can try to build your first few self-made pedals according to them to try out and play around with the circuit first. =) Yep yep use a breadboard, you can play around with the components that way too! =)
LOLS amps are totally another level man! hahas!
viperman375 2 years ago
Ah, gotcha. I just thought of the handmade ones as custom pedals. But I know what you mean.
I've seen schematics for some of those pedals. Pretty cool stuff.
Woody34 2 years ago
you ever heard of a music store??? go play it....
helpyhandything 2 years ago
@terencemusic im sorry, but no they dont, if you think that then you obviously dont pay enough attention to their sounds, take for example, a fender strat, and a gibson les paul, on the same effects, they dont sound the same, not even close...
EMM200 2 years ago
can anyone say where you can get one of these cheap? xD
Issens 2 years ago
Bough mine yesterday, Love it.
felixayala05 2 years ago
I Love this guitar, I also own it.
Check my video's and see it in action!
88guitarman 3 years ago
I like these. They sound a bit brighter than I'd expect on the bridge pu.
sparky191 3 years ago