£1.6k PRS SE anyone?...

PonchoGreg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/The-ultimate-non-private-stock-PRS-Bernie-Marsden-in-Vintage-Sunburst-57-08s-/164557315850?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

I think someone's about to figure out that trying to get back the (new) cost of every single upgrade done to a guitar is bound to fail.

Actually, by a quick calculation you could buy a used Marsden, get the parts (even the ludicrously expensive PRS ones) new and get the best tech to do it all up for well under that. And I'm not even saying this is a good idea - just buy a used core singlecut for not a lot more.

Anyway...

Grumpyrocker

I'm sure those "core" pickup rings will make all the difference in the world.

thegummy

Grumpyrocker said:

I'm sure those "core" pickup rings will make all the difference in the world.

Hard to believe how gullible some people are.

He's a salesman's dream.

DrJazzTap

To be fair he has shortened the pickup springs. 

Rich31k

Collection only of course. Too far for me else I’d have had it..

Funkfingers

Grumpyrocker said:

I'm sure those "core" pickup rings will make all the difference in the world.

My SE Custom 24 left the factory with generic MIK black plastic surrounds. One too tall, the other too skinny. To make my guitar look more like a Core model, I purchased two similarly generic MIK tall cream surrounds and got busy with a scraper and a sanding block.

The whole point of signature model SE instruments is to make them affordable to fans on a budget. This is not to say that the SE Marsden is not a good guitar in its own right. Just that pimping it is pointless if you are not going to keep it.

normula1

It is actually a nice looking guitar though.

I really like the PRS pickup rings, they don't work on this guitar though as they're clearly not high enough.

mbe

One for the trainee dentists?

Barquentine

I paid £510 for my Bernie five years ago. Put in BK Abraxas pickups - £230 and changed the tuners - £45. £1600 is beyond ridiculous.

Grumpyrocker

I bought an SE singlecut last year for £500 I. A sale. The pickups are great, there's nothing I'd really change. 

Whitecat

They did a limited run years ago with 53/10s that only retailed for £999. High for an SE at the time but I would argue those pickups are worth more as they are unobtainium now. 57/08s are a dime a dozen. 

timmypix

Saw this a few days ago and it's laughable. I'm guilty of pimping up my Bernie - Mannmade bridge, BKP Mules, push-pulls, locking tuners - but I plan on keeping it, and know if ever I were to sell it I'd need to get it back to stock and sell the parts separately to get even close to half what I've spent back.