PRS SE P20E

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JANUARY 2021 GUITARIST
reviewPRS SE P20E & TAYLOR GTE URBAN ASH
concert-hall performance from parlour-
sized – or thereabouts – instruments. So,
let’s start opening cases, and in the interest
of being scrupulously fair, we’ll look at each
guitar individually.
PRS SE P20E
PRS’s parlour acoustic – or Tonare, to give
it its catalogue name – is available in three
different liveries: the Black Top we have
here, Vintage Mahogany, and the all-black
Charcoal, with the all-mahogany cocktail of
body woods remaining static throughout. If
you’re not particularly fussed about having
a pickup installed, then your wishes are
accommodated with the SE P20, which
comes in at around at £100 less. Kerb appeal
is very high; this is a very attractive guitar,
from its signature PRS headstock and bird
inlayed fingerboard to the herringbone
bound black-topped body. It’s cute and it
makes us want to pick it up and start playing
immediately, but first we have to run our
eyes down the spec sheet and look at what’s
going on behind the scenes.
2. The distinctive PRS
headstock is adorned
with Kluson-style tuners
and white buttons,
adding a dash of vintage
chic to the instrument
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
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With an ebony
’board, 20 frets and a
Wide Fat neck shape,
PRS’s P20E is open for
serious business
While it might reside at
the lower end of the price
range, PRS’s workmanship
and attention to detail are
second to none
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