First guitar info

ziggyboy

Hi everyone , new to the forum but hope i can become part of what looks like a great group of helpful people , 

Im just in the process of buting my first ever guitar and a friend has put me onto a brand new prs 245 se, The guy is asking £300 

Is this an ideal guitar and is the price right 

Thanks

thumpingrug

Morning Ziggy,

Good question.  Wisdom awarded.  And a very warm welcome to the forum.  As is customary the first drinks are on you.

£300 seems to be a couple of hundred down on the usual retail price so the first question is why is it so cheap.  It may be that a sale item or store thats shifting stock to clear space.  But ask yourself why does it appear to be such a good deal.  If its too good to be true, it usually is.

 Nice as a first guitar  IF its genuine.

fretfinder

Welcome on board. When you say brand new is it in fact second hand and 'hardly used' in a private sale? If that's the case it sounds like a reasonable price and if I were you I'd take a friend who plays guitar with you to try it out and make sure all is OK. If it's genuinely brand new in a guitar shop then that sounds spookily cheap for one of those. If you can post any pics of the guitar on here that might help. Make sure it comes with the original PRS gigbag too, they are one of the best gigbags on the market. Good luck!

breakstuff

Welcome onboard.You'll find a wealth of knowledge on this here forum.I'm not clued up on that particular guitar but I'd echo what fretfinder says.It does seem rather cheap if brand new,don't these retail for around £550?

richardhomer

Firstly, welcome to The FB. There are some very good people on here - I hope you find the advice you receive useful and stick around.

Just to echo what others have said - PRS SE guitars are are a great starting point - they make really high quality, consistently good guitars - and you have the option down the line to upgrade pick-ups, if you want to get into that kind of thing.

The only down-side, is it does sound very cheap - but that's good news if the guitar is what it is claimed to be. If you're not sure about this, could you post a few pictures, or if you are confident that your friend knows what he's doing, take his advice.

A 'wisdom' has been awarded for having the excellent judgement to sign-up.

ziggyboy

Thanks for all the replies guys  :-)           Its a private sale and the guitar comes with a gig bag ,  red ,,   How do i post pictures ?

thumpingrug

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/14957/posting-pictures-a-little-help

thumpingrug

Private sale.  Check it over carefully and if it has all its fingers and toes its a good price.

ziggyboy

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ziggyboy

hope the pictures work

usedtobe

Mines a pint!

ziggyboy

no probs on the drinks guys 

richardhomer

Looks like the real thing - nice colour and a very fair price....

ziggyboy

cheers rich ,  i like the colour too ,   scarlet red its called , 

ziggyboy

just need an amp and a few other things now

meltedbuzzbox

I was that was my first guitar!

I had to suffer an Encore Les Paul copy with bolt on neck.

I do think playing a bag of bolts did helped me to appreciate a good guitar later on though

Hope you enjoy taking up the guitar sir!

Phil_aka_Pip

All the best with your adventures in the wonderful world of guitars. We'll explain about GAS later

Adam_MD

Nice colour and a very reasonable price. Welcome to the fretboard, if you do buy it make sure you post a new thread with more pics we like pics.

Oh and can I call dibs when you decide to sell to fund your next purchase when GAS properly strikes slippery slope dude and it's awesome

thumpingrug

Thats very nice. Tell him Ill give him £320 for it.

Neil

That's a great first guitar.

You youngsters of today don't know how lucky you are... *walks off mumbling*

ziggyboy

haha thanks neil :-)