PRSSE NF3 Maple Fretboard, Gun Metal Grey with Gig Bag

I purchased the Blue metallic with maple fretboard about two weeks ago at the local music store and it’s my first PRS so I didn’t entirely know what to expect. This is the cheapest guitar in my arsenal with most being in the $3,000 range, but I purchased it because I wanted to dive into PRS’s lineup without breaking the bank.After I got it home I let the guitar acclimate to the new found humidity and it helped a lot with the fret ends. I still ended up doing a quick fret polish and file to clean up any sharpness. After this I finally started really playing it. I determined the pickups were a little muddy and wasn’t entirely impressed. I then decided to dive further in and opted to change the strings to something I prefer. Now after a set of fresh strings (9-46), I had to reset the intonation and redo the factory setup to my preference. It took a bit of work but the guitar completely woke up. I am currently preferring it to my go to electric: a 1993 Fender Strat Plus.The neck scale, the shape of the neck, the body shape, and the pickups are all amazing. The pickups are eerily similar to a P90 warmth but with Humbucker silence and Strat/Tele single coil quack. It’s an extremely versatile guitar! I love the satin neck finish with the grey pearloid inlays. The black plastic pick guard and knobs really make these pop. I do plan on going to a lampshade PRS style knob as opposed to the speed knobs. Do not sleep on this guitar!

Appallingly BAD quality control for PRS. Arrived with badly sprouted and sharp fret ends. The worst is the neck - it's either cut badly or mounted badly/cut asymmetrically. High E string is 7 mm from edge of at fret 21! Low E string is 2.5 mm from edge of same. Action is also very high, 3.5 mm at low E at 12th fret. Volume knob is mounted crookedly and there is no signal when turned lower than 8. Some high frets as well. I'm shocked. I have a PRS SE 24-08 that was very well set up when it arrived - just needed action lowering. Also, was not impressed with the pickups - muffled quality but that may because of the very high action. My old Squier Bullet with cheap Alnico pickups sounds so much better . So much for PRS' vaunted quality control......

Ignore the naysayers, this one’s a keeper. It’s the cheapest guitar in my collection, but holds its own, and then some. If you don’t know how to lube a nut, or adjust a truss rod, take it to a shop and get it setup. My action is low, and neck almost flat, with no buzz. The pickups are totally silent, and sound absolutely amazing! Don’t hesitate to try this one yourself, you’ll be happy you did.

This guitar is everything I could ask for. The tones are rich and very usable. No setup required straight out of the box, however changed out strings to elixir 9s.Stays in tune, frets feel great, and the neck is fantastic! Just a great guitar...I compared it to a vintage les paul, and USA fender strat, and prefer the prs, while saving a ton of money.

PRS SE are bad guitars even for the price. The USA team doesn’t quality control them enough. I have received bad paint jobs, guitars that won’t stay in tune, action 5mm at 12th fret, and Wong parts. I made the mistake 4 times now. Bent selector switch on the PRS SE swamp ash special. PRS SE silver sky that’s setup is soooo bad won’t stay in tune for any amount of time. Thus guitar looks ok, but geez it’s 10 lbs, that’s the way to get a herniated disc. Run away from PRS, the quality of their SE line is aweful, again I made the mistake 4 times in 12 months and keep giving them benefit of doubt. Never again!

This guitar is amazing, probably the best neck I've ever played on. Literally. The pickups are legit their own thing. Don't sleep on this one, a definite keeper.

II have to return. G string does't go back to the zero point when you pull, push, the tremolo bar. Bend the g string sometimes. All the PRS SE with the tremolo have the same problem. I tried many in Guitar Center that I am banned to trying any PRS SE's. I don't know if S2 have the same problem but my 89, and 90's PRS didn't have the problem.