I got a second PRS SE with a wiring issue

[GearGasms]

Confession - I'm team PRS. I'm all in. I live an hour away from the PRS factory. I fly the flag. I know people who work there and have met Paul Smith and Jack Higginbotham several times. So it's a huge bummer for me to get my second consecutive PRS SE with a major wiring problem. The first one had a volume pot that wouldn't turn the pickup all the way down, this one has a 5-way switch that is wired backwards. So maybe the electronics team at CorTek needs more attention?
"Other than that, how was the play, Mr. Lincoln?"
Other than that, these guitars have been perfect in every single way. My first PRS SE was the NFS3 and it was so perfect and glorious that I almost bought it. So, I take this as a glitch that will get fixed and I did also contact the folks at PRS. This PRS SE Special Semi Hollow is so beautiful and really does deliver a level of elegance, playability and tone. We just need to work on those folks who wield the soldering irons.
Have a great weekend and "Celebrate Mediocrity" with me!
alan

 

[thegame]

Found the problem. Your semi hollow cranium also has a wiring issue.

 

[DrewJD82]

Eh, not to egregious, IMO. My ‘97 MIJ Ibanez JEM came out of the plastic it shipped in with the middle pickup not functioning at all and that was $1750 back in ‘97. The SE’s are killer guitars to the point I didn’t have to do anything when I got my semi-hollow a few years back but put my preferred strings on, though I did later switch the guts to Mad Hatter solderless stuff with a push/push for the split coils.

If a company can sell me a well constructed guitar for under $1500, I’m fine replacing some electronics. I do on most of my guitars anyway.

I’m not sure that Coretek plant can be run any tighter than they currently do. I know those SE’s get setup and final QC is done in Maryland, ya probably just got a Friday at 4:45PM guitar.

I ended up selling it because once I got my Strats I never picked it up, but I sold it to my best friend so I could play it whenever I go back up to New England.

 

[napalmdeath]

I may be the minority here, but their World Music Korean SE's were better quality. I picked up an SE 594 when they came out, and couldn't return it fast enough. Fretwork was atrocious, and electronics were fucked up. It was a total turd, and I said never again. S2 or Core for me, the Indonesian guitars are very inconsistent/hit/miss.

 

[Smash]

Thank you for showing your disappointment with your beta face.

 

[GearGasms]

I may be the minority here, but their World Music Korean SE's were better quality. I picked up an SE 594 when they came out, and couldn't return it fast enough. Fretwork was atrocious, and electronics were fucked up. It was a total turd, and I said never again. S2 or Core for me, the Indonesian guitars are very inconsistent/hit/miss.

I really liked what came out of there as well. The new NFS3 was killer though

 

[GearGasms]

Thank you for showing your disappointment with your beta face.

You're welcome, soy boi