New PRS Series - Itīs USA and mid priced!

[Twinfan]

Those Cu24s are a real steal as RRP is about Ģ1000 more, so I can't see them hanging around long at that price.

I predict S2s will be discounted to around Ģ850 in order to shift them, mark my words...

[tekbow]

Also agreed.

I will NEVER understand why the CE range was discontinued.. I don't think anyone is under any illusions that anything that PRS has attempted to replace it with since just hasn't been as good.

was it because it was a bolt on? I mean that was the whole point of it right? it wasn't a budget range per se, it was a bolt on range, that just made it cheaper as a benefit. but you got a US made PRS, with US hardware, made in the same plant, by the same people as the CU's for less money.

[Philly Q]

I don't get why the mags are all loving the S2 range - not one of them has commented that you can get a new/nearly new full-on USA PRS for the same money.  Not their usual stance when it comes to PRS.

Even the US guys, that I thought would love a USA S2s over a Korean SE, are not impressed with them.  That speaks volumes.

PRS have gone one step too far in my eyes and are trying to create demand where there isn't any - that's a poor strategy.  I think they've gotten too big as a company to remain profitable, and the large expansion of the factory a few years back was a big mistake.

The only reviews I've seen so far are in Guitarist, don't know yet what the US mags have said.  I read a little on other forums, the comments weren't wholly negative but people do seem to have a lot of reservations.

It'll be interesting to see what happens.  As we know, the "X" series guitars flopped and they didn't have the multi-piece necks or import pickups of the S2 series.  Maybe the S2 series is doomed to fail as well.

However.... I'm still interested in the S2 Mira.  :lol:

[Twinfan]

Total Guitar gave an S2 (Starla?) recently a 5* review.

tekbow - the CE was discontinued because it cost almost as much as a CU to make.  PRS made very little money off each one they sold.

[dave_mc]

^ Ah I suppose. I'd also agree that it sucks they were discontinued, but if they weren't making anything on them...

With those kind of prices (granted its been reduced but just proves deals are there to be the had for those who look) on a full fat 24, it's really a no brainer. especially comparing US hardware to the Offshore hardware that seems to be in use on the S2..

Yeah I think that's the thing. If you compare RRPs, then the S2s might seem to be a good deal. If you compare the prices that you'll actually end up paying if you have any sense at all (i.e. you have the wit to shop around), then not so much.

It's not just PRS who is guilty of this, though, to be fair- I frequently see people saying, "Such-and-such a guitar is a good deal, its RRP is whatever and better guitars' RRPs are way higher", but that's not really the point. It doesn't much matter what the RRP is if I can walk into a guitar shop (or order online) and buy the supposedly-much-dearer/better guitar for far less!

I'm with you and Dave in other words. I'm not really in any danger of buying a PRS, but if I were, I'd be looking at those custom 24s for only slightly more (comparatively) than the S2s. I remember at one point that X series was being blown out for like Ģ550 once it became apparent they weren't selling. I chickened out then, but if I did, I'm hardly gonna pay Ģ1250 for an S2, lol.

I'm also not overly suprised by the magazine reviews, for as long as I've been reading them most of them have been little more than glorified adverts. I know guitarist refused to mention japanese tokais (and similar japanese copies) when they reviewed gibsons, for example. Thinking they have our best interests at heart is possibly a little naive...

[Slartibartfarst42]

Well, as an avid PRS fan my position is quite simple and it does relate a lot to real world prices. I love my SE Custom 24 guitars and for the money, I just don't think you can beat them. A couple of well chosen upgrades and you have a monumental guitar for relatively little. I'd LOVE a full American PRS but the price is out of my league and do you know what? I lose no sleep at all over the matter. I agree with tekbow that it's just one of those things and my sense of 'entitlement' runs to more important issues than which piece of wood I'm going to pluck metal strings on! As for the S2 models, at Ģ1250 it's just not worth two SE models so I'll stick with what I've got but at the Ģ850 that Twinfan mentioned I might be tempted or a pristine used one for about Ģ650.

[hunter]

This will be really interesting in a few years when these hit the 2nd hand market for around 500.

[Philly Q]

This will be really interesting in a few years when these hit the 2nd hand market for around 500.

Being sold by idiots like me!  :lol:

[hunter]

This will be really interesting in a few years when these hit the 2nd hand market for around 500.

Being sold by idiots like me!  :lol:

Yes ... I guess :)

[dave_mc]

This will be really interesting in a few years when these hit the 2nd hand market for around 500.

Being sold by idiots like me!  :lol:

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