PRS SE NF3 - This one is sticking around!
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- In this episode, we check out the new PRS SE NF3 guitar! The PRS SE NF3 is a distinct guitar in the PRS lineup. The heart of this guitar is a trio of PRS Narrowfield pickups, a first for the SE Series. Supporting these pickups is a poplar body, 22-fret bolt-on maple neck, and a rosewood fretboard. The SE NF3 is a versatile workhorse guitar that is fun to play and hard to put down. The Narrowfield DD (Deep Dish) “S” pickups are made with taller bobbins to fit more winds and extra metal pieces in between the magnets for a more focused, powerful tone. Anchored with PRS’s patented tremolo, this guitar can bend and flutter with ease.
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PRS SE NF3 - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/it...
PRS SE Silver Sky - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/it...
PRS SE DGT - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/it...
PRS DGT 15 Amp Head - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/it...
PRS DGT Speaker Cab - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/it...
Source Audio Spectrum - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/it...
Keeley Electronics Noble Screamer - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/it...
Boss DC-2W Dimension C - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/it...
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Don’t have time to watch the whole video? Check out these video timestamps:
0:00 - Bumper
0:10 - Introduction
3:14 - PJ plays through all pickup positions
4:52 - Beard plays through all the pickup positions
5:28 - PJ’s first clip through the Keeley Electronics Noble Screamer
6:42 - Beard’s first clip through a DryBell Vibe Machine
7:52 - PJ’s second clip through a Diaz Tremodilla
9:01 - Setting up the first jam
10:03 - PJ takes the NF3 for a spin
12:20 - Beard’s second clip through a Source Audio Spectrum
13:38 - PJ’s third clip through a Boss DC-2W Dimension C
15:00 - Beard’s third clip through a Barber Electronics Gain Changer
17:14 - Setting up the final jam
17:51 - Final thoughts
22:52 - Beard takes the NF3 for a spin
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PRS SE NF3 - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/item--PAUSENF53MB
PRS SE Silver Sky - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/item--PAUJMSSSE
PRS SE DGT - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/item--PRSSEDGTMOONS
PRS DGT 15 Amp Head - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/item--PAUDGT15H
PRS DGT Speaker Cab - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/item--PAUDGT112OB
Source Audio Spectrum - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/item--SORSPECTRUM
Keeley Electronics Noble Screamer - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/item--KEENOBLE
Boss DC-2W Dimension C - www.zzounds.com/a--3980649/item--BOSDC2W
Just got mine today & I love the warm buzz-less sound! Really appreciate the wider neck as well. Had to go for orange 🍊
Congrats! Does it look as good in person?
@@PJandtheBeard yeah! It definitely stood out from grey & blue which were the other two they had at the shop. I’m really glad PRS included a fun color in the lineup
One of the better reviews of this guitar, thank-you.😃
Thanks, appreciate it.
I saw a metallic orange SE NF3 at my local music emporium and it was really beautiful in person.
We might have to get in an orange with rosewood at some point. I wonder if there is a noticeable difference in sound between the maple and rosewood necks. I feel like maple is snappier, but that could be all in my head.
Thought so too with the dark rosewood neck and black pick guard.😁
I came for the NF3 and stayed for the DGT amp and cool pedals. Fantastic video gents!
Thanks! We will be diving into the DGT amp in a full video soon. Good bit to explore there!
Great job as always. Love that pewter…”You just talked me into a rosewood orange one. Good job.”😂
I’m not sure I have regrets on my color choice but that orange is pretty sweet. Reminds me of your birthday present! #There’llProbablyBeOneInMyFuture
First time viewer, I really like the video. That’s an instant sub.
I love this PRS SE NF3, I was already a big fan of the NF3 an DC3 when they were released, and I bought a Brent Mason at the time to have the HSH setup, but right now, I would love both a SE Silver Sky and this SE NF3. Noiseless Pickups and 10” radius is actually what I wanted on the Silver Sky, that’s also why I prefer the SE Silver Sky over the US Core model, for the 8.5” radius. Now, my only question is to figure out if I want the SE SS or the SE NF3 first? Either way, I’m getting the SE NF3 Maple in Metallic Orange… it’s on my “next to purchase” list :)
Thanks for the sub. Appreciate it! I’m undecided on whether I like the silver sky or NF3 better. It’s a hard call.
Great Video Guys. I bought the Drybell Vibe Machine pedal 5 months ago. The Pedal is phenomenal. Just ordered the NF3 in the same color you have. We shall see how good it is.
The Drybell is great! Looking forward to adding that to our univibes series. Hope you enjoy the NF3! It is definitely its own thing.
I've got gun metal gray with a rosewood fretboard. Upgraded to locking tuners today. Definitely a keeper. The tone knob lets you get a nice variety of sounds.
Good point. I work the volume knob constantly but don’t spend enough time working the tone knob.
Chose the same options for mine. I'm gonna do some custom wiring on it. I'd much rather have bridge and neck in the 2nd position. Also gonna upgrade the tone capacitor and add a treble bleed curcuit. Very happy with mine. It doesn't need any major parts upgraded. That rare at this price.
@@andrewbecker3700 I thought there wasn’t a treble bleed in these. I feel like PRS normally has one.
@@PJandtheBeard Haven't opened mine up yet, but I didn't see anything extra in there on Trogley's review. I'm not a fan of modern wiring unless it's got a treble bleed. It just makes the volume and whole guitar so much more versatile. Yeah, quite a few PRS's have them stock. 50's wiring is my personal preference, but with single volume and tone pots. Modern wiring is the obvious choice.
I just purchased one in Metallic Orange. Beautiful finish, maybe not quite as gorgeous as Ibanez' Metallic Orange finishes (I have two different Ibanez basses with different metallic orange finishes) but pretty suite. Sound is absolutely perfect.
I need to see the orange in person! Definitely like the look in the pictures I’ve seen.
Nicely done gents. Are you going to do a review of the DGT 15? If not, what are thoughts so far on the amp?
We are going to dive into the amp soon. Expect a video in the next week or two.
Nice NF3 demo covers lots of tones! The Narrowfield 'S' Deep Dish are a unique sound- not mini humbucker, not single coil but a bit of both. The Grey model with the maple fretboard, white pickguard and black pup covers looks great. Not sure why PRS insists on calling this neck "wide thin", when it's pretty chunky compared to Fender or Gibson thin necks. Lots of folks get confused by that.
Yeah, the pickups are really their own thing. It’s not just a strat copy at all.
5:41 now we're rockin
Thanks!
Looks like a fine guitar, did you have to do much setup or fret work?
We recorded this immediately after unboxing it. No set up needed. We have had a bunch of different SE’s in and only one of them has needed any work so far. That one just needed a neck adjustment if memory serves.
I might have to get this one I already have the Silver Sky SE.
I’ve watched a lot of the SE NF3 videos, and it sounds like it’s a fat dirtier Strat, while the SE SS will stay the best ‘63/64 Strat you can get for the money, which is brighter and snappier, while the NF3 looks to be smoother and a bit darker. So it’s NOT insane to believe one could get both in their (small) PRS collection, the SE SS and the SE NF3 looks to complete each others pretty well, to cover a larger tonal spectrum. I intend to get both too… I just don’t know which one to get first now, I was about to pull the plug on the SE SS, and noiseless pickups and 10” radius are actually the TWO major things I wanted for the Silver Sky. So I might get the SE NF3 first, in Maple and Metallica Orange color :)
They are definitely different enough to make owning both useful.
When I first saw the SE NF3 on launch day, I saw the Metallic Orange one on Andertons. I immediately went online to order that Metallic Orange one. My wife has been pushing me to step outside of my comfort zone with the colors. I ordered it, and then doubled back, not even an hour later, and changed the order to Gun Metal Gray with rosewood. I was feeling unadventurous when I switched the color, but the more I looked at the Metallic Orange, I pictured a confederate flag and a "01" decal on it like the "General Lee" from The Dukes of Hazzard. I'm glad that I switched to Gun Metal Gray. It seems like it's almost a shade of blue in person.
I chose the gun metal gray with the rosewood fretboard cause I wanted the white pickguard. The other colors mostly use the black pickguard.
It’s a classy colour 👌
I’m undecided between the white or gunmetal with rosewood
Should have stuck with the orange and named it Daisy!
I do like the white pickguard. I almost wish they used white pickup covers too.
I the white is a serious contender too!
It would have been nice to compare the two guitars as they were purchased. But not really possible with after market pickups in the DGT.
They are completely different animals too. The NF3 would be closer to the silver sky but it’s even pretty different from that. It really seems to be its own thing.
SE with coil split or SE nf3. Which one to go for better versatility?
Hard for me to recommend not knowing what you specifically like. I can say my favorite SE was the Paul’s guitar. I love the splitting options and loved the little toggles used to do that. PJ really loves the SE Silver Sky guitars. I’m not sure we have had the NF3 long enough to know. PJ played it live last week and it definitely sounded good from my side of the stage.
Cool guitar, not my tones but the orange is cool.
The orange does look good!
So um, when do I get to play it?
I am sure we can work something out. lol
Please compare the se nf3 vs the se dgt.
We did do a video on our DGT before we swapped out the pickups. Having change out the pickups on it I am not sure we can do a fair one to one now. The David Grissom SE DGT Signature Model from PRS Guitars - Welcome to the Channel
czcams.com/video/J0wJuk8MKa0/video.html
I’m not an SE guy but that Orange 🍊 maybe my first.
Right! I should have push PJ on the color.
Played many PRS, from SE to US Core and even Private Stock (not mine tho), and they’re all worth their price tag, but considering the law of diminishing returns. If you don’t care where the guitar is built from, then the SE are real good guitars to consider… they’re not sub par guitars, and you don’t have the feeling that you have the SE because you cannot afford the “real” PRS… it’s actually different. Here you could get the SE NF3 because it’s the only way (today) to get the NF3, and a US version wouldn’t provide much more (beside maybe locking tuners), everything else would be the same, flat top, pick guard, paint, etc… so what the US core models provide such violin carved top, beautiful wood top, etc… wouldn’t do much, so there’s no real point anymore for a US NF3.
This is NOT a real PRS Guitar . These are made in BUNG PO China , Korea and Indonesia . If you want a real PRS , this is not it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Relax it is still a PRS Guitar. Just not made in the US. Paul himself even play it and like it.
I’ll respectfully disagree. We have a bunch of US PRS guitars between us and both of us like the SE guitars we have had in for the channel. Are they as good as the US made PRS’s? Nope, but they don’t suck either.
Got mine on Tuesday …… 100% on the buy …..
What color did you get?