re: PRS Guitars

For what it's worth, Indonesian PRS SE and Indonesian D'Angelico Premier Series are both made under current contract by the PT Cort/Cor-tek factory in Surabaya. Same wood and electronics pools, hardware forged and cast by the same foundries and platers, same CNC technology and the same training/skillset for each line's workers. Neither is necessarily better or worse, they really only differ in blueprints, cosmetics, brand names and any special specs those brands included in their specific contracts.

Surabaya also makes Ibanez, Schecter, LTD, G&L Tribute, Squier, pretty much everything you see that is made in Indonesia. Needless to say, it is a GIANT guitar factory. Actually a series of smaller factories in one giant business park.

You'd be hard pressed to find a better value that guitars coming off those production lines. Incredible bang for the buck at every price point in which they compete.