PRS SE STANDARD 24-08

PRS's SE start-up gets a makeover

- Dave Burrluck

£620

1 VIBRATO PRS's classic re-design of the Fender vibrato floats parallel to the face of the guitar. This version, also used on the USA-made S2 and CE guitars, is all steel in construction and has a push-in arm with swing tension adjustment.

2 PICKUPS The 'S' pickups are designed in the USA but made by Cor-Tek's pickup-making division, PSE. PRS is tight-lipped about what's inside although the double black bobbins differ from the zebra-coiled 'S'versions of the USA 85/15 humbuckers used on the start-up SE Standard.

3 CONTROLS While the basic three-way toggle pickup selector with master volume and tone is a setup well used by PRS, each pickup has its own two-way mini-toggle switch to select full humbucking and 'true'single coil.

AT A GLANCE

BODY: Mahogany

NECK: Maple (threepiece), glued-in

FINGERBOARD: Rosewood FRETS: 24, medium

PICKUPS: PRS TCI ‘S’ Treble and Bass humbuckers

CONTROLS: 3-way toggle pickup selector switch, master volume and tone, two mini-toggle coil split switches

HARDWARE: PRS vibrato (cast), PRS designed non-locking tuners