Not A Ukulele Reviews - PRS SE P20 Parlour Guitar
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
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Love mine. Lives in my “parlor” gets a lot of play. Plays like butter. I traded my GS Mini in on it with zero regrets 👍
Good to hear
So you like the PRS better than the gs mini? I had a gs mini but I didn’t like it much. It felt very stiff if that makes any sense and I didn’t like the 13 gauge strings. Having arthritis in my fingers it was a chore to play it and got tiring very quickly. I just spotted a PRS SE P20 on Facebook marketplace for $250. Is that a decent price for it? Is it any easier to play than the gs mini?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Yes, that sounds like a good deal if it’s in good shape. I love mine. For me much more than the mini. Put some light strings on it to make it more comfortable👍
Very nice. I am enjoying these as much as the uke reviews. Thanks for taking the time out to share Barry
Glad you like them!
Looks and sounds much better than last week's guitar. Of course, it's a PRS so I would expect it to be a well made guitar. I have the PRS SE Custom 24 electric guitar and really enjoy playing it. Now, I'll have to look into their acoustic guitars and the parlour size might be just right for just noodling around. Great review!
Much better!
I bought the matt black P20 about 6 months ago, love the guitar, a decent set of Phosphor bronze strings really transforms the sound.
What stock strings did yours come with - as this arrived with D'Addario PB 12's (the strings I tend to buy anyway)
(Wonder if they changed - because one other thing that changed are the tuner buttons - the original issues were cream oval buttons)
@@GotAUkulele Mine has the cream tuner buttons with short tuner posts, it came with PRS own branded and I swapped them out after the first month for a set of Martin MA540 (12s)
I'm so glad you're doing these reviews. I'd love to hear/read your opinion of the Ohana TKG-20 Micro Guitar.
Thanks for kind words - I wish others who are telling me 'guitars are not welcome' read this! I'll try to see if I can get one, though I am not sure they ever reached UK shores. Will try though!
@@GotAUkulele I'm really curious about the E-to-E tuning of this instrument. The website says that you can get the instrument as a guitarlele with A-to-A tuning or a micro guitar with E-to-E.
You'd need different strings.
Ask Matt from World of Ukes to get one for you! He does special orders from Ohana…did it for me.
I may have to agree with you this one sounds the nicest out of the other smaller guitar reviews you did for us thank you!! 🙏🏽
My pleasure!
looking forward to more guitalele’s reviews, especially the new flight and the gretsch guitalele
Doubt I'll be looking at guitalele's - this is about featuring regular guitars
I saw one here where I live in Illinois. Honestly, it is a great little guitar, but I found for my style of playing guitar, either the Martin 000-15 m or the Taylor AD27 works best (my first picking style was the Maybelle Carter scratch). I did enjoy your review and take on this model by PRS and look forward to more "Not a Ukulele" reviews ;-)
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Baz! Well, I was thinking about getting one of these and lo and behold, you reviewed it! I am bad in that I religiously follow your ukulele reviews, but I am a slacker on the guitars! Great review, my friend. You sold me!
Great little guitar! Really enjoying the not an ukulele videos👍👍Even the 5+ minute Fender commercial that came on after your video had some entertaining value😂
Ouch!
You mentioned in another comment that you’re getting some negative feedback for throwing in (extra!) guitar reviews?? Sounds like a few necks need some adjusting 😉 Your channel - your prerogative. I suspect there are many, many other uke/guitar/whatever players (like myself) who share your passion for a range of instruments, and appreciate quality reviews from a trusted source, whatever the instrument. I have 13 ukes ranging from piccolo to baritone, 2 6-string electric guitars, 2 beautiful 6-string acoustics, a 6-string banjitar, mandolin, bass guitar, mountain dulcimer, and autoharp - and I just recently added a Gretsch Jim Dandy parlour guitar to the fold, so I’m loving this mini-series you’ve got running! I can take the wee parlour places I wouldn’t risk my other two beautiful acoustics, and it’s getting much more use around the house, purely because of ergonomics. Have yet to venture into tenor guitar territory - but no doubt that day will come. Thanks for what you do for all of us 👏👏👏
Thank you - and yes, true - some people spat their dummies out
Thanks so much for this review! I just got the Lotus Pink version and it is perfect in every way !
Hope you enjoy it!
That's quite a good one.
Good to finally have a listen to that one
Thanks for featuring parlour guitars.
I love my Eastman E10 P Parlour guitar and look forward to the Eastman EU3 T ukulele, made of the same woods.
Parlours are so much more playable than the larger guitars , especially for those of us who started with the ukulele. Great gateway size for entering the guitar universe .
My pleasure!
You're absolutely correct about not width. Parlor guitars are great finger pickers and there are many fairly inexpensive models out there but most of them have a narrow nut width .
I'm continuing the sorry trend of marketing acoustic guitars to electric guitar players. 😕
I purchased this same guitar a couple of weeks ago at a really good discount. Your review helped make my decision so much easier, and I thank you for that. I love my J45, but I find myself picking up this PRS, or my Gretsch Gin Ricky most evenings.
Glad I could help!
Love the look and sound. I've been tempted by a parlour but not parted with the cash yet.
I think they are a great option.
@@GotAUkulele and a great price point.
I've said before, on your FB, but I love this concept for this series. Can I suggest naming the playlist and hashtag marking so people can filter out to check out all your 'Not a Ukulele' reviews? I'm aware you add these under 'other instrument reviews' but I think you have something with the 'Not a Ukulele' brand that appeals strongly and opens you up into these travel/parlours as well as things like mandolins/banjos/whatever for the future. As always, just my two pence worth Baz 👍
Done!
I bought this guitar and I love it. Awesome form factor, view and sound.
Glad you like it!
Gotta say I do like the PRS fret markers. It’s good to look around at other stuff, gawd knows it’s taken me 5 years to get in to 8 strings & low G’s……and get my first Concert Uke (I used to think of them as a redundant bridge between Tenors & Sopranos- They’re great with a low G!!). I even got to looking at guitar-banjos if I was going to get a guitar & learn some new chord shapes🤔.
Dabbling with any other instrument is always good!
A. Beauty in looks and tone 😍
Yeah - I love it
I love these small guitar reviews, but then again if you were reviewing tubas I would still watch 🤣🤣🤣
Ha ha!
SAME, Nelson!
Nice sound!
Yep, lovely
Funny that you mention the sofa because being able to sit or lie back on the sofa is probably the main reason i started playing the ukulele in the first place, as silly as that may sound. Just can't do that comfortably with the larger guitars, but this one looks just small enough for that purpose, and a much fuller sound than the baritones, which i want to like and appreciate, but i just don't find very appealing.
Exactly!
@@GotAUkulele I've been binge watching baritone videos, including some of your baritone reviews. Just sounds flat to me, even that very expensive Kamaka. Like soda pop without the fizz.
@@gato7908 I know what you mean - never warmed to them myself - now, maybe that's because I own and play guitars - but it's the same reason I have never warmed to classical guitar - I think it's the strings for me.
@@GotAUkulele I do like both classical and steel string guitars, and to my ear, my old beat up classical guitar sounds so much better than that Kamaka you reviewed. In short, my feeling is that the baritone is just missing the best of what the guitar and ukulele have to offer. I know baritone enthusiasts would probably say the opposite, that it combines the best of both worlds. To each his own I suppose.
Good guitar sir, i hope someday i have this one which i can use to worship in Church Sunday Service ❤
Nice guitar. I feel like the solid mahogany top helps fill out the lows and mids that a parlor usually lacks, due to it's small size. I've played some solid spruce parlors, and they sound thin and overly chimy to me. Looking forward to your take on one of those.
Probably, yes!
THAT'S more like it! Sounds like a guitar!
If I'd run into that at 299 before I bought my Peavey Composer I'd have bought that. But the Peavey is nice
Thanks - enjoyable and a temptation. Daft question, as I’m fairly ignorant of the guitar world - are modern parlour guitars steel strings like acoustics (rather than nylon like classicals)?
Can be both, but the ones I am looking at will be steel - much more of those about
@@GotAUkulele thanks again!
Looks and sounds really nice, just a tad bit expensive in Canada!
I hear lots of instruments are expensive in Canada - that sucks.
I enjoy the guitar reviews as well but of course the ukulele is now my main gig. I really like the sound and size of this guitar. 😂makes me think about getting just one…. Thanks …DOC
Go for it!
Hi Baz, thanks for the review. Quite liking these. Just a question, back from working away and don’t have access from Monday until now. My CZcams has a comment from yourself responding, it looks like, to something I have put on. Just in case, it must be a hack or bot. As not been on. You tube won’t show me the comment. So apologies as I normally don’t say anything negative. Like what you do.have a good week.
Vaguely remember responding to something the other day, but can't remember what it was. Don't think it was negative though?
@@GotAUkulele thanks Baz, unsure. Will look at other items I normally view. Thanks for the reply.have a good weekend.
When you mentioned nut wide as 43 mm, I decided it was worth a thumb up 👍
Except that, I also like the sound of it.
Thanks for wonderful review ❤
No problem 👍
I think it's a common misconception with guitars re the nut - classical nylon strung guitars are certainly massively wide and some electric guitars can be quite skinny - but folk guitars tend to be around this sort of width
@@GotAUkulele After 35 years as agricultural worker, my hands and fingers are what they are. I inheritated a guitar wich belonged to my grandmother. The nut wide was 58 mm. I never could play it. Then I tried a small guitar in a shop. With a nut wide of 45 mm, it went fairly easy to play 🙂
Didn't George Harrison play a parlour in And I Love Her? And he also loved ukuleles 🙂 I really like this one. Sounds great.
Believe so
I have to (mildly) disagree with you with respect to scale length vs. nut width. My hands are about 8"/20cm spread from thumb to pinky (on the small side) and I find a shorter scale (24.8"/630mm or shorter) with a 1.75"/45mm or wider nut easier and more comfortable to play than a 25.5" inch scale with a 1.68" or narrower nut. I think it really depends on hand size, finger length, etc. The good news is it's becoming easier to find good guitars in a variety of specs to meet people's needs. Now if only keyboard/piano manufacturers would do the same.
Yes, it’s a very individual / personal thing
Since you are looking at instruments that may interest ukulele players I wonder what you would think of the Godin Seagull Merlin
Been meaning to get hold of one!
@@GotAUkulele same Godin family, I just got an Art & Lutherie Roadhouse parlor yesterday - I went with the cedar top - love it, and love the sound of this one!
I played a Guild P240 Memoir, too - it's a little larger than the Roadhouse. I liked the Guild better than the A&L spruce, but the cedar beat them both out.
I hope you get a chance to play them all!
I learn even as I watch your reviews. THANK YOU AGAIN!
I can tell you, there are three of them among my friends. Our bass player just played one today to accompany us in an otherwise a cappella version of a sea shanty. I works nicely.
It is diatonic tuning....so make sure you sing in A or D.
Barry, just dropping by as I saw your video review thumbnail.... I haven't been around for awhile as I had a slight cancer scare (which I am happy to say I'm all clear now/ on the mend). Great review, two comments for you. I noticed on the back headstock of that guitar that the overseas manufacturing factory is Cor-tek (Cort). They do make some great low priced guitars in their Indonesia and China factory for well know brands (EX: like Fender and their Squier electric guitars). As a songwriter-composer and self-administered publisher (BMI, Inc / The MLC) I use parlour guitars like that (Single 0 & Double 00) along with a dreadnought when recording. Using the dreadnought acoustic guitar for the chord progressions on one track and a parlour acoustic guitar for finger picked arpeggios on top on another track. A parlour acoustic guitar is AWESOME because the frequencies from mid to high is so different and contrasting in timbre. I know I'm rambling again.. Before it gets REALLY busy, I like to also wish you and yours all the BEST in this upcoming holiday season and new year! -MrTom Songwriter-Composer/Self-Administered Publisher (PRO: BMI Inc. / Pub: The MLC)
CAE/IPI #: 833986399 / Publisher Number: P135OQ
I didn't notice the Cort connection - thanks
@@GotAUkulele You are Welcome. Enjoy the upcoming holidays. - MrTom
I just got an A&L Roadhouse - my first acoustic - parlor size is where it's at!
I'm wondering what your thoughts are, Baz, on 12 v 14 frets to the body - particularly on parlors, but altogether in any guitar is fine.
A&L are a very nice maker - 12 fret joins are very old timey traditional - makes the whole thing feel smaller and kind of tighter if that makes sense. The Gretsch Jim Dandy is a 12 join
@@GotAUkulele in reading up on guitar features while I prepared to invest in a decent guitar (instead of needing another wall to hang an instrument collection on, across from all my ukes!), I saw that 12 is typical on parlor, but that strummers may prefer 14 - is that to access more without the cutaway?
... or a tonal consideration regarding scale length?
I played a 14 fret Fender parlor that was not in the running for my finalists.
I see your PRS is 14.
I have no regrets on my choice yesterday, but I'll want an acoustic-electric at some point - if I stick with this size, it'll be something I'll consider more thoroughly.
A guy who helped me immensely at the local shop steered me away from the 2 Gretsch parlors, respectfully explaining what their tonal niche is - it doesn't apply to what I'm after.
@@sup_413 I don't think 12 is typical - well maybe for the very traditional. The Gibson L-00 (one of the greatest parlours out there) is joined at the 14th.
@@GotAUkulele thank you.
I'm super new to guitar!
How is this size wise compared to the Jim dandy and apxt2
EDIT - sorry - misread - this and the Dandy are similar in the body. This is a bit more rounded, but the Dandy is joined at the 12th fret so feels kind of small. The APX has the smallest body by far.
late to this review, but how do you like this compared to the Jim Dandy? If you could only have one, which one would you grab?
This is objectively the better guitar in many ways.. but here's the thing. I sold this, kept the JD...
@@GotAUkulele that's great feedback. can I ask why?
@@marcushuff1633 Partly that I have other acoustics (dreadnoughts) for that fuller sound, and wanted a Parlour for a more old timey, almost campfire sound - the PRS is great, but almost too accomplished for a small guitar (if that makes sense). The JD is just so much fun to play and listen to - kind of lo-fi - plus I love the short scale neck. It's just much more different than my other guitars whereas the PRS is much closer. So it was more about the difference really.
That's great! Really appreciate the feedback.@@GotAUkulele
May I ask - what was your favourite parlour guitar that you tested?
I'm only testing those at the value end, so this doesn't count as a 'best parlour ever' comment (I'd apply that to a model by Gibson probably), but of those i've looked at - the Gretsch Jim Dandy ticks the boxes for me. I had one that wasn't mine on review - but liked it so much I bought another for myself. This PRS is superb and the 'better' guitar, but the Jim Dandy is the one I pick up more often!
@@GotAUkulele thank you so much!
that guitar looks amazing, even has an ebony fretboard... really love the charcoal color.
BUT. as an electric guitar player im scared of one spec.. "wide fat neck shape" .. what does that mean? a baseball bat?
As wide as a more regular acoustic folk guitar - certainly bigger than an electric
solid top ?
Yes
TY 🏆💸
First
This one really interests me! Hmmm.... thinking of transitioning to guitar, with no baritone experience. Actually, i have a Seagull S6 + CW Cedar but to me it feels just huge and uncomfortable under my arm. So mini guitars have my current interest. I like this but will wait for options.
Great review, as always
More coming in future weeks - smaller than this too!
These are made in Indonesia, not China. PRS don’t make any guitars in China.
Most of their far eastern stuff is made in Indonesia or South Korea - with the exception of the P20 - made in China - says so clearly on the back of the headstock.
The tuning machines and screws are cheap and fragile. It wouldn't hold a tune. I returned it.
Been playing mine pretty much daily now for a year - not had an issue. Sat next to me right now - picked it up - bang in tune.
@@GotAUkulele I guess I just got a bad one...Guitar Center...
Guitar Center - without a doubt - bad place to buy
After the disaster with the PRS parlor and GC, I educated myself and just received my new Taylor GS mini mahogany. A world of difference for about the same list price. I searched but didn't see a review by you of the GS mini. This time I used Musicians Friend. Entirely different experience. Thanks, MF!
@@flppr1 No, no review - used to own one before I started doing these but let it go