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Darrell Braun features his top 'Affordable' guitars of 2022 and I agree with at least two of them!

 



2022 has been a bit of a guitar renaissance for me.  In January I purchased a new electric guitar and since then I have been obsessed with specs and tone.  I have tried out loads of guitars and it has been a sheer joy.  It is also the year that I decided to start a blog about guitars and my music in general.  Very much a hobby and despite the affiliate links, I really don't make any money.  It's really for my own interest and mapping my own experiences.

Anyway, today I watched the latest video from one of my YouTube heroes, Darrell Braun.  I have learnt so much from watching his videos and in the one I watched today he talked about the guitars that he felt were the best 'affordable' guitars in 2022.

I was surprised to find that three of them I had done quite a lot of research into and two of them I actually have played with one of them being the one I purchased in January of this year.

Watch the video below and then scroll on for the links to the three that I would definitely agree with Darrel on.


The PRS SE Silver Sky

I tried this out earlier this year and loved it.  Sadly, I had already tried out and purchased the next guitar on the list ...


Click here to find out more about the PRS SE Silver Sky.

The PRS SE Starla


Just possibly the most beautiful guitar I have ever tried and indeed purchased.  A very different guitar in the PRS SE line of guitars and I think one that will be a keeper for me as it is so unusual and it is my go to electric guitar whenever I am gigging.


This guitar goes everywhere with me!


Find out more about the PRS SE Starla by clicking here.

The Sire S7 FM

Click here to find out about the Sire S7 FM

Whilst I knew about Sire guitars, and I knew that they had their own S-Type guitars, I haven't really looked into them deeply until yesterday when I saw a video from Andertons about them.


So I was literally researching the Sire S7 FM in Blue because it is a stunning looking guitar and includes high end features such as a roasted maple neck, rolled fingerboards, locking tuners and coil tapping on the humbucker, all for around £700.  On paper it is a bargain, in practise I haven't touched one so can't really comment on playability but it seems like everyone who reviews them, loves them...
On paper these sound better than the SE Silver Sky.

The real question is, if I was to get an S-Type, which one out of these two should I get?

What do you think?

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