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PRS SE P20E & TAYLOR GTE URBAN ASH review Small World Two bouncing baby electro-acoustics reveal their tonal wares at vastly different points on the price spectrum – and small really is beautiful, it seems… Words David Mead Photography Neil Godwin JANUARY 2021 GUITARIST GIT467.rev_taylor_prs.
review PRS SE P20E & TAYLOR GTE URBAN ASH PRS SE P20E & TAYLOR GTE URBAN ASH £499 & £1,835 CONTACT PRS Guitars PHONE 01223 874301 WEB www.prsguitars.
VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 1 PRS SE P20E & TAYLOR GTE URBAN ASH 1. PRS’s SE P20E comes loaded with a Fishman GT1 pickup for live use. But if you can do without, the P20 model is available at £100 less review 2.
review PRS SE P20E & TAYLOR GTE URBAN ASH 3. Controls for the PRS SE P20E reside just inside the bass edge of the guitar’s soundhole, within easy reach during live performance 3 4. The jack output is situated on the lower reaches of the body below the strap button, with an easy-change battery compartment 4 The top is solid mahogany, whereas the back and sides are, we suspect, a hogtopped laminate.
VIDEO DEMO PRS SE P20E & TAYLOR GTE URBAN ASH http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 5 words, a “scaled-down body that echoes the jumbo curves of our Grand Orchestra shape, with its dimensions reduced to create a remarkably approachable feel”. Couldn’t have put it better ourselves. It’s another good looker and it has some serious ecological credentials, too.
review PRS SE P20E & TAYLOR GTE URBAN ASH 8 PRS SE P20E with very good separation, the basses rich without being in any way overpowering. Both fingerstyle and strumming are well catered for, meaning that this is another all-rounder that will be a happy companion for virtually any stylistic persuasion you could name. The GTe’s acoustic voice is aided and abetted for the live stage by Taylor’s renowned Expression System 2.
