The PRS S2 Vela Semi-Hollow Satin in Antique White is a slick offering from Paul Reed Smith! Its semi-hollow design relieves weight and adds a string acoustic tone to this electric guitar.
A single-coil neck pickup is paired with a humbucker in the neck for a wealth of onboard tones. A master volume, master tone control, 3-way pickup switch, and a push/pull tone control round out the electronic details.
The wood components include a semi-hollow mahogany body, mahogany neck material, and a rosewood fingerboard. It has a prominent mid-range thanks to the mahogany body but the thinline or semi-hollow aspect provides added treble and bass giving it a very rich and full sound.
The S2 Vela Semi-Hollow Satin is a vintage-inspired guitar with loads of personality and tonal textures. The Vela boasts a contemporary offset body shape, and the addition of a semi-hollow body and satin nitro finish gives the Vela added attitude and resonance with a truly addictive feel.
Its pickguard-loaded electronics feature a PRS DS-01 pickup in the treble pickup position, providing a bright, punky tone and the PRS-Designed Type-D single-coil in the bass pickup position gives the Vela some noteworthy bite. The coil-tap on the tone control allows the treble pickup to split to single coils, providing a balanced tone that will cut through the mix with style. Anchoring this guitar is the PRS plate-style bridge with two saddles that were designed to compensate for intonation. This bridge harkens back to Paul’s early designs and traditional bass plate-style bridges but is top-loading for easy restringing. Like the bridge found on Paul’s Guitar and some Private Stock models, PRS’s plate-style bridge features brass saddles and an aluminum plate for maximum tonal sustain.
