Cheap import guitar of the week #5 - Chaul Reed Smith

For this week's cheap import guitar of the week, I'm talking about a Paul Reed Smith, I mean, um.. Chaul Reed Smith guitar.

China copies of guitars like the PRS Custom 24 exist. And like with any of these I list, I have absolutely no idea how it plays or sounds, but again, cheap, and that's what counts here.

When you look these up, most have the bird inlays and gold-gold-gold everywhere, even on the frets. The back of the guitar is usually mostly correct. For those knowledgeable about the PRS Custom 24, the first thing you'll notice as a giveaway that it's fake is that the rear plate isn't the correct shape. But who cares given how low the price is?

What's the best part about this guitar? It's cheap enough to where you can hack and mod it up and not care.

Personally, what I'd do with this guitar is put in a set of Seymour Duncan zebra humbucker pickups. Specifically, the SH-4 JB Bridge and the SH-1 59 Neck which can be bought as a set. The zebra look would work well for the finish on the PRS copy, and it's a good pickup set without spending an insane amount of cash on it.

Worth it? That's your call.

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Published 2015 Apr 15