PRS SE Custom 24/08 VS

The lead guitar player in my band is a PRS fanatic and has been telling me how great they are. I bought this to try out before possibly upgrading to a core model. I'm now a PRS convert. The versatility of this guitar is fantastic. It can sound like a Les Paul or a Strat and also maintain it's own personality.

Fantastic range of tones and great at any volume although screaming at top volume will send shivers down the spine.

The fingerboard is wide which really suits my long fingers making fretting really easy for me. I thought it would take a while to adapt from my Strat but it felt right straight out of the box. The factory strings were 9's which felt a bit limp so I put 10's on it and it plays beautifully. Setup out of the box was brilliant (I had to tweak the Bridge a little after the restring but that's to be expected.). My only slight (and I do mean slight) criticism is there are a couple of minor flaws in the finish which you wouldn't expect in a €1000 guitar but it looks amazing and plays and sounds even better. I still might add a core to the collection but this beast is staying put.

I have this a couple of years now, and it is an incredibly verdsatile instrument. The pickups can cover everything from blues & jazzy tones to hard rock, to funk... they really have a wide tonal range with the various full-humbucker and coil split options.
When it first arrived, my impressions were very good as far as setup and finish was concerned... frets were excellent, polished and nicely rounded at the ends. Action was a little high for my tastes (though exactly to factory spec) and a few minutes with the included tools got a nice low, buzz-free action of slightly under 1.75mm at the bass side and even lower on the treble.
The nut on these instruments is not amazing, but replacing with a Tusq XL is easy, and does wonders for tuning stability.
If I could only have one guitar, and this was it, I would not be unhappy about it.