Santana SE guitar

J.W4Christ · 08-08-2004, 01:02 AM

what you guys think of this PRS Guitar its very cheap about S$900...

webe123 · 08-08-2004, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by J.W4Christ

what you guys think of this PRS Guitar its very cheap about S$900...

$900.00??? What are you talking about?? The LIST price or something?? (You can buy a US made PRS ce 22 for about $1,100 used!!) These go for about 400 to 500 dollars used. They are korean made guitars...NOT the american made guitars that PRS sells out of their Stephensville, Maryland factory in the United States. Still, for what they are, they are a decent guitar. Here is an ebay auction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

That is the newer design, but they made an earlier one which I like the looks of much better. Here is an ebay auction of one of those.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

If you want an american made PRS, you can get a ce 22 for a decent price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

Major Tom · 08-08-2004, 02:32 AM

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$900.00??? What are you talking about?? The LIST price or something?? (You can buy a US made PRS ce 22 for about $1,100 used!!) These go for about 400 to 500 dollars used.

He's in Singapore. I think the "S" in front of the 900 probably indicates his currency, no?

Major Tom · 08-08-2004, 02:32 AM

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He's in Singapore. I think the "S" in front of the 900 probably indicates his currency, no?

I checked one of those out a while back, seems to be a very nice guitar. I liked 'em a lot.

webe123 · 08-08-2004, 02:35 AM

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He's in Singapore. I think the "S" in front of the 900 probably indicates his currency, no?

I tried to amend my post, because I did not know that! Here is what I was going to say.......

Well at first, I didn't see you lived in singapore! Man! Are they really that much for a korean made guitar?? They only sell for about $400.00 to $500.00 (used) here in the United States. About $680.00 new. I would hate to ask you how much PRS american made used guitars are going for, not to mention NEW guitars. But anyway, they are decent made guitars, but they are NOT american made PRS guitars, like those made at their Stevensville, Maryland factory in the U.S.A You might be better off buying one in the states and import it, a lot of people in the UK have done it that way and it has been cheaper for them in the end, even after paying tarriffs and import fees. Of course, in Singapore, I would really not know how much more it would be or if it would be easier to import it. Do they have an ebay version for Singapore?? You could check on there.

**Rainer.** · 08-08-2004, 10:45 AM

They're no real American PRS's, but they're still pretty nice for the money.

I liked 'em...

Jay42 · 08-08-2004, 11:21 AM

I knew a guy at church and he said it is the BEST guitar one can buy in that price range. He also thinks the SE performs as well as the Santana PRS.

bek1 · 08-08-2004, 11:31 AM

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I knew a guy at church and he said it is the BEST guitar one can buy in that price range. He also thinks the SE performs as well as the Santana PRS.

I think the Korean Hamers are as good or better and cheaper yet. MF sells them, too, soJW4Christ should be able to deal with that just as well.

Major Tom · 08-08-2004, 11:45 AM

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I think the Korean Hamers are as good or better and cheaper yet. MF sells them, too, soJW4Christ should be able to deal with that just as well.

Those SE's are a lot more expensive than other comparable Korean guitars, I liked the one I played around on, but I doubt they are worth the extra couple hundred.

lespaul59 · 08-10-2004, 03:11 AM

If you buy online you can get the PRS SE's for $500. I like the Tremonti and Soap Bar but I'm not to hot on the Santana's or the other model. I've read some review that said these are the best guitars in their price range and I've read some that said they were not good. I think the Soap Bar sounds pretty good my self. I really don't think you can go wrong with these guitars.

webe123 · 08-10-2004, 08:13 AM

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If you buy online you can get the PRS SE's for $500. I like the Tremonti and Soap Bar but I'm not to hot on the Santana's or the other model. I've read some review that said these are the best guitars in their price range and I've read some that said they were not good. I think the Soap Bar sounds pretty good my self. I really don't think you can go wrong with these guitars.

Well, you made the same mistake I made....he lives in Singapore not the U.S. .....so apparently they go for much more than $500 american dollars. I just wonder what the exchange rate is?? (or in other words...how much in american dollars would it cost, if you bought it in Singapore??)

lespaul59 · 08-10-2004, 11:39 PM

Didn't some one say that the SE's go for 6something? Yeah when I first read $900 I was like were is this guy(or gal) shopping. I'm really considering buying a Tremonti SE my self. Which color does every one like the best black or silver? My self I like them both but I just can't pick one over the other. Plus I'm tired of black guitars, I have 6 black guitars and a vintage burst(it's really Tiger Eye) which has a lot of black on it. I didn't buy one before because I would have to change the bridge to use .11-.50's, now I'm like that was stupid.

webe123 · 08-11-2004, 06:20 AM

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Didn't some one say that the SE's go for 6something? Yeah when I first read $900 I was like were is this guy(or gal) shopping. I'm really considering buying a Tremonti SE my self. Which color does every one like the best black or silver? My self I like them both but I just can't pick one over the other. Plus I'm tired of black guitars, I have 6 black guitars and a vintage burst(it's really Tiger Eye) which has a lot of black on it. I didn't buy one before because I would have to change the bridge to use .11-.50's, now I'm like that was stupid.

Sounds like you are going for silver in the tremonti SE, since you already have black guitars. They are pretty nice guitars.....might become rare now that PRS can't make anymore singlecuts because of the Gibson lawsuit. I have thought of picking up one myself, but my main PRS is a Mcarty soapbar. Still, it would be nice to have a guitar like it that didn't cost a lot and you could get some other sounds from.

Flyguy · 08-11-2004, 07:19 AM

I've played one and it's pretty nice. The fretboard seemed a little "sloppy"...I didn't really like the frets on it. But I'm a Fender guy for the most part, so I'm pretty picky about that stuff.

**Rainer.** · 08-11-2004, 10:27 AM

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Didn't some one say that the SE's go for 6something? Yeah when I first read $900 I was like were is this guy(or gal) shopping. I'm really considering buying a Tremonti SE my self. Which color does every one like the best black or silver? My self I like them both but I just can't pick one over the other. Plus I'm tired of black guitars, I have 6 black guitars and a vintage burst(it's really Tiger Eye) which has a lot of black on it. I didn't buy one before because I would have to change the bridge to use .11-.50's, now I'm like that was stupid.

The Tremonti models have been discontinued, FYI. Ever since that messy Gibson-PRS lawsuit about the single cut guitars.