Wednesday, February 1, 2012

PRS: SE Singlecut Korina

PRS's SE dual humbucking singlecut korina is the other model available currently at Davis GMC. The guitar-toting community looks up to korina for its sweeter (than mahogany) midrange. This characteristic, together with the instrument's overall weight determines the degree of punch/ top end available for use. The SE singlecut korina is every bit desirable weight-wise against its other standard, non-SE siblings. If you've never handled any PRS guitars before, you need to know that they are not as massive as you'd imagine them to be especially to the traditionalist who equates this to an 'ideal' Gibson Les Paul. I find this guitar very resonant, almost semi-hollow in its voicings, with lots of clarity from the in-house pickups. There are lots of warmth & cream coming from the neck unit especially, so it cuts through very well in both clean & driven settings. Les Paul tone? Maybe 20% likeness, it's not one to begin with but an absolute cracker in terms of tone. It sports a sub-$1K price tag, hmm...

Hey, it's February! :-)

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