PRS CE 24 Semi-Hollow - Faded Blue Smokeburst Review

Best playing and sounding guitar

Wow PRS really nailed it with these CE24s! I have played American Deluxe Strats, Les Pauls, even EVH. This plays better and sounds better than any of them, especially on my Marshall 100 watt 4x12 Celestial's. It is a knockout in the looks dept also. If you are looking for a few steps up, but not quite ready for a custom, get one of these. Also, do yourself a favor and get it… read more from Sweetwater. Ryan and everyone I had contact with there made the purchase accurate and enjoyable. (No they didn't pay me for endorsement, just a happy customer). Thanks guys

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Gorgeous guitar, great for modern tone

The 85/15 in these are great for a more modern tone. They take gain extremely well but clean up very nice. No ice picky sounds even when split. The craftsmanship is superb and taking the time to pick your perfect top is always great with sweetwater's photo gallery. Aside from the molded bridge, this feels like a USA core guitar. And to be honest replacing the tremolo bridge is easy… read more enough if you wish to get the best.

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Semi Hollow body favorite

I am no expert but I own 20 guitars. This is my first semi hollow body. Everything was correct and great action out of the box. The thing that I love is the split pickups. Explaining is it goes from a humbuccer to a single coil pickup with the pull of a switch. This gives this guitar a cool clean sound. Playing live people ask me how can you do this? A switch. I can only… read more afford one of these guitars and wish I bought two.

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Solid body vs Semi-hollow?

If you're on the fence between the solid body or the semi-hollow version, perhaps this review will help. In my years of playing I've been fortunate enough to have sampled a good many guitars...like over 60. They come and they go except for just a very few "keepers" (LP Studio, my favorite Strat and an Edwards ES-335 style). Until the CE24 that is. These exceptionally articulate… read more humbuckers (85/15) matched with the bolt-on, maple neck is indeed the tone I've been searching for. They have the clear, single-coil chime and the power of a humbucker rolled into one and they like gain too. Note separation even with amp dirt have chords ringing clear and true. I play faster and more accurately on this neck than any other guitar I've ever played. It just feels like "home". So having found the "one" with a CE24 I bought last March, I traded off a PRS core model that has lost its play time to the CE24 and popped for the semi-hollow. Yep, I traded a core for the CE24...they are that good (IMO)! They are of course very similar, and I give the edge to the solid for clean amp tones because the sustain is slightly better. But when I crank up the gain, that edge goes to the semi-hollow (right up the the feedback setting anyway). If you find the sweet spot on the gain, the semi-hollow version will actually transmit the tones right into your ribs. You can feel the vibration through the guitar and the sustained notes will ring-out longer than the solid. So which one do I like best? BOTH. I'd say get the solid if you prefer to play mostly clean tones and the semi-hollow if you play dirty. Either style is a great choice though.

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PRS Pretty sweet

I have a confession, this is my 12 year old sons guitar. He is making payments to me. He wanted a new guitar and he has a USA stratocaster he plays. I convinced him to buy the same level or better of a guitar and this is a big step up. But when he is not around I sneak in and grab it and jam on it. It's really nice to play. Strings are set real close so it makes fast play. Real… read more quick and it's lighter than my Les paul custom which is too heavy. Besides that the finish is crazy cool. Very nice instrument. We love it.

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