Gibson Les Paul Studio Faded or PRS Se Bernie Marsden?

[winexprt]

In most if not all cases rough fret edges are due to lack of humidity, a lot of the time during shipping or storage. If you're not buying it from a good store in person you don't have the benefit of having them smooth them out for free. Still, it wouldn't cost much to have it taken care of if it does suffer from that issue.

LOL! It wasn't the humidity that made them sharp. I've already had the obligatory humidity discussion/rant here:

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/gib...e-elitist-vs-gibson-studio-4.html#post3288956

 

[Les Paulverizer]

I would go for the Gibson, no question about it.

PRS's are famous for their quality control whether US made or import, it's true, but the SE line is made in Korea and the woods used are NOT as good as an American made Gibson, period.
Not all mahogany's are created equal.

Epiphones, LTD, PRS SE,...they are all Korean made and corners are cut, in terms of hardware, pick ups, electronics, woods, etc. etc. so even though by and large they are very playable guitars, they are still of inferior quality than American made ones.

Every Korean made guitar I've ever played, no matter how payable and how low the action, invariably always lacked the edge that guitars made with better quality woods have; pick ups you can change, same as electronics, and that will take you closer to a "real" guitar, but it will never be on the same level simply because wood is the real heart of a guitar and that's where the real "depth" of the sound and feel originates.

Mind you, if you only play in your bedroom through a Line6 combo, all this will go right out of the window...

 

[Armand2048]

A lot of Studios are absolute dogs (I have one and am just about to completely rework the frets to get it playing like a guitar should). If you are going to take a chance and buy without seeing then you have to go for a PRS.

 

[Pukiman]

I would go for the Gibson, no question about it.

PRS's are famous for their quality control whether US made or import, it's true, but the SE line is made in Korea and the woods used are NOT as good as an American made Gibson, period.
Not all mahogany's are created equal.

Epiphones, LTD, PRS SE,...they are all Korean made and corners are cut, in terms of hardware, pick ups, electronics, woods, etc. etc. so even though by and large they are very playable guitars, they are still of inferior quality than American made ones.

Every Korean made guitar I've ever played, no matter how payable and how low the action, invariably always lacked the edge that guitars made with better quality woods have; pick ups you can change, same as electronics, and that will take you closer to a "real" guitar, but it will never be on the same level simply because wood is the real heart of a guitar and that's where the real "depth" of the sound and feel originates.

Mind you, if you only play in your bedroom through a Line6 combo, all this will go right out of the window...

LMAO..^^^ Sounds like another fanny-boy worried about US economy!
Every US Made guitars I've owned,I've sold.. All I have/buy now are MIJ ,MIK or MIC..on stage or house my guitars are flawless!
Those in the knowledge knows those who dont...god bless ya!
Origin of Guitar does not neccessarily dictate the quality of sound, ultimately, tis the Player!.

 

[Kemper59]

LOL! It wasn't the humidity that made them sharp. I've already had the obligatory humidity discussion/rant here:

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/gib...e-elitist-vs-gibson-studio-4.html#post3288956

Not defending Gibsons QC, but I think you may be wrong.
I doubt the guitar left Gibson with fret sprout...

I see it all the time in music stores.
New guitars arrive with absolutely no fret sprout and within a few weeks the frets are sprouting due to the dryness in the music store...they have air conditioners on all day.
I've seen many Fender Roadworn series guitars, Gibsons without neck binding, USA Ernie Ball Musicmans, all arrive with smooth frets, a few weeks later the frets will cut your fingers to shreds.
The fret edge binding wont stop fret sprout, but it will hide it.

 

[Kemper59]

"real" guitar, but it will never be on the same level simply because wood is the real heart of a guitar and that's where the real "depth" of the sound and feel originates.

Have you ever played a Tom Anderson, Suhr, or Tyler made of basswood?

 

[JHMvP]

Guys, guys....OLD thread!

Until I discovered Smartwood Exotics, a silvergrey metallic PRS SE Tremonti was my main guitar for many years. Built in a quality Gibson can only dream of (absolutely flawless) and I changed the neck pickup to a GFS Mean90 which made the guitar extremily versitile.

 

[Hysteria]

WTF did he buy? Did he like it?

I need closure!