Paul Reed Smith SE Custom Review

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Paul Reed Smith SE Custom has been rated by 553 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.5

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Features 4.41

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Quality 4.53

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Reliability / Value 4.46

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  • Scale Length: 25"  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Fret Size: Extra Jumbo  
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  • PRS-designed open-coil Treble and Bass Humbuckers with zebra bobbins

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Few guitars can match what Paul Reed Smith's SE Custom offers in its price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for SE Custom, and if you decide to do so as well, you surely won't be sorry. With almost nothing to add to this beautiful instrument, rest assured it will serve you well.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Paul Reed Smith's SE Custom an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for SE Custom's features!

If you try playing SE Custom after an average guitar, it becomes obvious that this Paul Reed Smith deserves to be proud of making it sound so beautifully. It delivers great tone when plugged in to most amps and, versatile as it is, it will allow you to find your own tone that you will be proud of as well. Paul Reed Smith's SE Custom is surely a world class sounding instrument.

SE Custom is a guitar that will cause envy with your friends-guitarists. The finish is beautiful; it tells the story of how much time and care Paul Reed Smith took to create such a great instrument. Action is great right out of the box, but it's easy to set it up to fit your playing style and needs. Hardware is no exception, and is carefully chosen to make SE Custom a fine instrument that it is.

If you need an instrument that withstands live performances and studio sessions, rehearsals and practicing, you should rest assured that Paul Reed Smith's SE Custom is the right choice. This instrument is definitely built to last and will do so , through fire and flames. Paul Reed Smith has the knowledge and experience you can rely on, and that kind of experience is well built into SE Custom.