sc 245 - good deal?

mattacjones

Hi - I find myself increasingly drawn to trying one of these out. There's one in Coda for 1300 quid. Dies that sound a bit pricey? Spotted one on Peache's website at 900, but I'm not that familiar with these. Any views? It's been there a while afaik. Cheers

bazxkr

Pretty certain Chenzman (Vince) had one on here under the ol' MR board real nice & it took a fair while to shift. Sure he will be along to elaborate further on these but think it was alot nearer the 900 mark  rather than 1300

Cheers

Baz

Moltisanti

they are nice guitars, fantastic if you can get one for £900

mattacjones

Thanks - mind you, the coda one has an odd set of pups. Not sure I'm attracted to that combination.

Moltisanti

forget the pups, whack some duncans or suhr aldriches in there and it will be ace

guitarfishbay

Nice guitars. They feel more slinky to play than a Les Paul.  The one at Peach for £900 was not an SC245, it was a Singlecut Trem which is 250 scale.  The 245 is half an inch shorter in scale and feels more slinky.  They're different guitars.  Also the one at Coda has a figured top and birds, which makes them more expensive.  The one at Peach was plain top with dots - in all honesty I almost bought it myself.

Bareknuckle pickups have decent s/h value so you could sell those to help fund replacements if you bought the Coda guitar.

mattacjones

Interesting, thanks for that.

MattG

I have an SC 245 10 top with suhr aldrich Pups that i bought from peaches, it cost me a little more than that but I don't regret buying for a second it is incredible!
nicer than any LP ive ever played and ive played a couple of custom shop models.
one of the tuners broke on it but that got replaced free of charge quite quickly so i cant bring myself to get annoyed about it.
But yeah IMHO bloody fantastic guitars and great value for money

photek

I had a go on that one recently and it is very nice but didn't grab me like my last SC245 did. Could have been the pickups I guess. Looks great though.

mattacjones

By way of an update, the coda one is dropped to a grand. Oh dear ...

guitargeek62

Do it B-)

rockmonster

I like PRS singlecuts but not the sc245. I don't like PRS pickups of any description and I've had most of them so not having PRS pickups in it would be a major plus for me. I find the sc245's less substantial in the bottom end due to the fact that they are weight relieved. I also find they feedback more presumably because of the amount of air instead of wood in the body! Modern weight relieved Les Paul's are the same for me too. I only like the full fat and not the skimmed or semi-skimmed newer models!