Hi Went gear hunting today. At one junction, the guy suggested I give a Paul Reed Smith guitar Soapbar SE a try. It had 2 "soapbar" pickups, which, after reading online a bit, are P-90s. The guitar was very nice, very nice sharpness on the treble pickup... Very clear sounding too... This is the guitar: https://www.prsguitars.com/sesoapbar/index.php Specs: https://www.prsguitars.com/sesoapbar/specs.php Anyone played it? Would recommend? Any known issues I should be aware of? Previously, at another store a guy had offered me a HSS PRS for 40k which was utter shit... I was hence apprehensive about this one but was pleasantly surprised. BTW I noticed that mains hum can really kick the crap out of single coil pickups... I need to check my power lines at home before buying single coil based guitars, that's for sure... I also played a bunch of other guitars, liked some of them too... Right now I'm considering this one against a couple of others... Some knowledge please.
@Ultrabot: Played it (and many others) on a Vox Valveronix modeling amp. Didn't mess around much, mostly stuck to cleans...
a lot more IIRC. 32 or thereabouts. not sure anymore though. seems ok. given the dearth of people who'Ve played it, i'd search the net for reviews. EDIT: poked around a bit to satisfy my own curiosity; this guitar has excellent reviews and like i said, i liked it a LOT myself. perhaps a worthwhile upgrade later would be tuners, maybe the pickups somewhere down the road (there are some awesome aftermarket P90s from between $30 to $100 for premium stuff, e.g. fralin split coil P90s). i'm a huge fan of the P90 sound myself; it's somewhere perfectly balanced between the clarity of a single coil and the balls of a humbucker. i think you may have found your match. do get yourself a better amp somewhere down the line though.
Actually the price distribution is weird. All the "Soapbar" models are discontinued lines, and based on the Furtados pricelist ( https://indianguitartabs.com/showthread.php?t=46103 ): PRS, Electric Guitar, SE Singlecut Soapbar /Tobacco Sunburst 26,100.00 PRS, Electric Guitar, SE Singlecut Soapbar /Vintage Cherry 26,100.00 PRS, Electric Guitar, SE Soapbar II Maple /Blue Matte Blackburst 34,850.00 PRS, Electric Guitar, SE Soapbar II Maple, /TriColour Sunburst 34,850.00 PRS, Electric Guitar, SE Soapbar II, Stoptail /Tobacco Sunburst 32,725.00 PRS, Electric Guitar, SE Soapbar II, Stoptail /Vintage Cherry 21,020.00 Based on the price offered to me, I guess what I got was a Soapbar I (Or, what is a "Singlecut Soapbar" in their pricelist) since the Soapbar II is double cutaway. Was the one you played single or double cutaway?
i was pretty sure i played a tobacco burst single cutaway. the price i remember doesn't make sense in that case though. been 18 months + i don't like the looks of the double cutaway that much, but the reviews for it are great too.
