Guitar dweebs know who Marty Friedman is & his place in shred history. Over the years, Marty Friedman had embraced many brands of electric guitars but nothing changed the fact that it kept his style of play in tact. To Marty Friedman, guitars are just tools of the trade, they shouldn't change the musician.
PRS is the latest name in the Marty Friedman adventure, choosing simplicity over esoteric details, it was a deserving partnership. I had a chance to play the PRS SE Marty Friedman recently, it's a simple pleasure. Simple because the guitar presented itself as a no-frills instrument. Maybe the star fretboard markers are a little overboard but they are the Marty Friedman choice, it's his name on the guitar anyway. The neck profile is his preference for a grab-worthy instrument; meaty & wide but very playable. In fact, the low action right out of the box greatly helped the playability of this instrument. The urge to play fast was inevitable. The other note-worthy inclusion here is PRS' adjustable bridge; the raised saddles mean it's a much simpler muting affair.
Tone-wise, the pickups on board are not excessively hot but they are there to deliver all manner of cleans & driven tones. In fact, they are typical PRS affair nothing too Marty Friedman about them. Despite not being an American, the SE Marty Friedman manifests impeccable QC from end to end. It's all about manufacturing philosophy, PRS does not embrace a stark difference in quality between their American & non-American instruments, the evidences are all here for your scrutiny. If you wish for a quality instrument with minimal endorser affiliations, the SE Marty Friedman would be a good consideration. The price- it's a very fair tag.
PRS SE: Marty Friedman
Availability: Davis GMC
Price: SGD890
6 comments:
Hi Sub, have you tried the PRS SE Zach Myers 2014?
What do you think of it?
The 2014 version- not yet...
Well, guys, a little old topic, but I'll tell you my experience.
Bought it last year as stock clearance, for only 380 bucks, to which I added at the same store the 2 Seymour Duncans Sentient & Pegasus, both of them for another 140 , without extra charging the operation.
Just yesterday I fell in love with the guitar for a 2nd time, as I did a setup, bringing the strings extremely low, with the E at just above 1 mm at the 12th fret. Plays like butter, as they say!
Sold the G&B pickups for 50.
Now... What I'll be modifying further is, having all the 4 knobs to activate as push-pulls. Perhaps the Jimmy Page wiring, don't know...
I was beginning to like the Ibanez SZ version when they discontinued it...
Meaning you'd like to get yourself an SZ?
I just ordered one from a shop, they said it was a NOS (new old stock). 10 year old guitar!
Cheap as hell!! Buy won't brah about it right now, lol.
Anyway, I could understand why you would like one. It's its heel, man! :)
I couldn't believe it either, when I played one!
Ibanez are such bitches!!
I meant I won't brag about it.
But what I'll do is, modify the sh.t out of it, to have much more tones (push-pulls).
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