Paul Reed Smith Review: Santana SE

History:

Purchase: I was actually in the market for a new Bass and was going to trade in my Epi Les Paul Pearl, the neck was beginning to bend back and it was making all kinds of noise. While looking through the Basses the sales man showed me a beautiful Vintage Cherry Santana that actuall had mahogany flaming. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL....long story short, I plugged it into a Mesa Dual Rec and walked out with both the ax and the amp...

What I Like About This Paul Reed Smith Santana SE: Warmth when I want it and screams when I need it. I think mine is kind of rare, all the other units had nice mahongnay lines, but some how I got these wonderful looking tiger stripes...

What I Do NOT Like About The Paul Reed Smith Santana SE: The intial set-up was questionable. I was getting fret rattle on the low E and A, but once the tech took a look at it she sang....the saddles were too low.

Paul Reed Smith Santana SE Quality Rating: Excellent construction, sold! Excellent trem. and stap buttons....nice nut and tuners.

Review Summary: This has got to be the BEST guitar under a grand....I just found out the they are doing some cosmetic work on the second version due out in a couple of months (April/May 2002) where thay are putting bindings on the neck and head, changing to perloid in lays on the neck and adding a pick guard...oh yeah, and changing to open pick-ups....I think I got the better deal. IT ROCKS!!

Rating of this Paul Reed Smith product: 5

This Paul Reed Smith Santana SE Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Marty Hoffman

Review Date: 2002-03-18