MusicRadar is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Receive news and offers from our other brands? Choose one of our Private Stock models or let us build your dream instrument. The colour choices have a definite retro aesthetic and, overall, the Studio displays a vintage-y style with sounds to match. It’s little to get het up about, not least that our sample measures 42.82mm at the nut with quite a usual taper, depth-wise, from 21.9mm to 24.1mm between the 1st and 12th frets. Hi all, PRS have released a very intriguing guitar - the S2 Studio - check out the video on the PRS website: Bolt-On Series. The Frost Green Metallic might not be to everyone’s taste, but it certainly adds a very retro-like style, not least with the abundance of shiny nickel plating, which really is the antithesis of the highly figured 10-tops or fancy bird inlays PRS is known for. The HSS format was also offered as an option on other models such as the Studio Package, but three-pickup guitars - HSS or dual- humbucking guitars with a middle-placed single - have always been a relative rarity for PRS compared with its dual-’bucker format. A fresh vibe you can really rock out with. By design, the S2 range has a different player in mind, one who’s less bothered about PRS’s posh aesthetic and wants a working guitar to use and abuse on stage, night after night. $1,399.00. On the Starla, those slot-head poles sit closest to the bridge, while here, as with the Vela, it’s reversed and it’s that slug coil that dominates when split. PRS S2 Standard 24 Antique White 2019 w/Gig Bag. Set up with a virtually straight neck and PRS’s standard 1.6mm on both treble and bass sides at the 12th fret, it’s an effortless player. By design, the S2 range has a different player in mind, one who’s less bothered about PRS’s posh aesthetic and wants a working guitar to use and … Placed between PRS’s Asian-made SEs and its core-level US models, the S2 Series (also made at PRS’s US factory but using PRS-design ‘import’ hardware and electronics) isn’t simply about offering affordable versions of PRS’s classic electrics. Nice, too, that the lampshade knobs and the shaped switch tip are proprietary PRS designs and not the off-the-shelf parts that so many use. Read the PRS story; get factory tour details for your next visit, and check out our career opportunities. + 7 S 0 P O N S O A R P A 7 E E D-1-1 U J-1 0 F J-1-1. View our current job openings and join our team! Then there’s the 2017 revamp of the 513, the 509, and let’s not forget the three-single coil Silver Sky. Yes, the Starla and Vela go for a similar sonic space, but here we’re not bothered by the Starla’s lumpy Bigsby or the altered outline of the hardtail-only Vela, plus we have that middle pickup contributing to the more Strat-like mixes. Comes with gig bag. PRS Electric Guitar. But the new HSS S2 Studio lies at a much lower price-point and has been hotly anticipated, although - probably thanks
to the demand for that Silver Sky - PRS has been pretty slow to actually ship more than a handful. In appearance, these single coils suggest the old DeArmond-made Gretsch ‘Dynasonic’ pickups with six magnetic slug polepieces and a second row of six smaller diameter slot-head screws. Signature Club is open to anyone with an interest in PRS. This versatile setup allows for a whole new scope of sounds that are only possible with a … However, neither is over-sharp, while the middle position’s Tele-like width really suits this platform, giving a third mix flavour that can be thinner, like the bridge/middle mix, with that partial coil-split engaged. This means it slots into what is a pretty exciting real-world area, which has the benchmark Fender Professional range on the one hand, contrasted by more progressive guitars such as Ibanez’s AZ models. Get expert advice and take a more casual look behind the scenes. In full ’bucker mode the bridge pickup adds a slight kick and smoother power but with plenty of clarity. Product Description for the PRS Limited Edition S2 Studio. Free Go-Kit Musicians Bundle, a $29.99 Value! Distinct bolt-on snap & response with USA-made quality. Save prs s2 studio to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. We get a master volume with treble bleed cap, master tone with the usual 0.033 microfarad tone cap, plus a pull-switch that primarily voices the bridge-facing single coil of that Starla humbucker via a partial split achieved with an additional 2.2kohm resistor. John Mayer’s ultra high-end Super Eagle put the style back on the map, leading to this year’s core-level Special Semi-Hollow Limited Edition, which places a single coil- sized Narrowfield humbucker between its two standard-sized humbuckers at the bridge and neck. The PRS S2 Studio models are made in the USA, in the company’s Stevensville facility. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Sign up here to get product announcements, artist news, and more delivered straight to your inbox. © There is little doubt that not only does it hold its own, but along with the stable vibrato performance and general in-tune-ness it - importantly - offers a different and distinct voice. Check out our calendar of events then come out to meet PRS on the road. Along with the perfectly serviceable hardware - steel-block vibrato and top-locking tuners - the main draw here is the pickups taken from the Starla (coil split-able bridge humbucker) and the Vela with two Type-D single coils. Incidentally, under the mint-green scratchplate, the 44.6mm thick body is routed for three full-size humbuckers. It’s the narrowest nut width offered by PRS, but is only 1/32nd of an inch (0.794mm) smaller than the Pattern or Pattern Thin (previously the Wide Fat and Wide Thin). PRS SE Mira Electric Guitar - Black. Private Stock. SE Series. Buyers' guides to all the best music gear, 11 best studio headphones 2020: recommended headphones for music production, 11 best laptops for music production 2020: portable computers for musicians, producers and DJs, The best studio monitors 2020: 10 affordable to high-end studio speakers for musicians and producers, The 12 best audio interfaces 2020: top audio interfaces for music-making and production, Free music samples: download loops, hits and multis from SampleRadar, Arturia responds to Behringer’s KeyStep MIDI keyboard lookalike Swing: “This is not fair competition”.