PRS SE NF53

[AlbertA]

Back in May I wanted to pick up a PRS SE DGT for my birthday, so bought one from Amazon. It arrived and it was ok, tones and playability OK but not particularly inspiring, kinda stiff, I put 9 1/2 - 44 set on it, did a quick setup, and it was still stiff. so back it went. Didn't float my boat, no connection or chemistry.

That's too bad - I love mine - the harmonics coming out of it where just right my alley - I even liked the baseball bat neck.

Whilst browsing on Amazon I had spotted some SE NF3 in metallic orange, was intrigued, and bought one. Straight out of the box, stock strings and setup, it was still in tune. and I LOVED it!! I put the 9 1/2 set on there and it plays like BUTTAH! The satin neck is another thing I loved about it, and whammy works well, stays in tune fairly well even when I become a little aggressive with it. And I love the pickups, frankly I was expecting some crappy sounding pups but boy was I surprised - they sound great! I'm a big P-90 fan and these have definite P-90 tonality, with pretty good midrange, but still have some high end glass a la single coils. IMHO very well balanced.

That orange one is on my wish list too.

 

[spawnofthesith]

I have one coming

Nice!! Looking forward to your thoughts!!

 

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That's too bad - I love mine - the harmonics coming out of it where just right my alley - I even liked the baseball bat neck.

Same! I just got these 2 Sunday in a trade with local shop.

2025 Paul Reed Smith SE Exotic DGT Laurel Burl McCarty Tobacco Burst - 2025 Paul Reed Smith SE Exotic McCarty 594 Laurel Burl Vintage Sunburst.

Got these yesterday in a guitar trade with a local store.

The DGT: "Only 1,000 of these instruments will be made for 2025."

The 594: "Only 500 of these instruments will be made for 2025."

The DGT is probably one of my favorite PRS guitars or guitars in general that I have played! Small tightening to the truss rod and she was ready to go and plays and sounds and looks amazing!

The 594 on the other hand left me a little disappointed for a first impression. There's was small wiring issue messed up somewhere that wouldn't allow me to activate the bridge pickup when the 3-way toggle is in bridge position. The weird thing also was if you turn down the volume knob for the neck pickup like a notch or two while still in bridge position on 3-way toggle, then the bridge pickup worked lol. That knob shouldn't be working for the bridge pickup haha. A friend fixed it for me today. Was a simple wire that was hanging off and touching another lug of the 3-way switch causing some issue and he removed that wire and it worked normal now. The action was horrible but I just got it set where I like it and playing and sounding great now!

I now have 5 prs se guitars and once the prs se nf53 tele comes then it'll be 6

 

[spawnofthesith]

PRS are addictive as fuck!!!