A jazz soloist or clean rhythm player might find a lot of unique The pickups with the single connection and found it more useful than I thought Magnetic pickups’ volume to 0 yields a pure piezo tone, but I tried blending Magnetic pickups, again controlled by the two volume controls. “MAG” output jack feeds the connected jack with a blend of both the piezo and Plugging into the “MIX/PIEZO” output with no plug in the The piezo output went into a Countryman Type Set of familiar guitar pedals and then to a Hayseed 30 (AC-30 type) amp, miked withĪ Sennheiser e906 (flat setting). Well-balanced, without any of the “neck dive” inherent in some lightweightīinding and Birds can reel you in, but a gig will show you whatĬounts, so I took a nice-looking Peacock Blue example (“Black Gold Burst” isĪlso available) out over the weekend. Lightweight guitar, to the point where you might grab its case and suffer aįearful moment when you think it’s empty. The guitar’s hollow construction yields an extremely Time with other PRS guitars, I’m confident that they feel like its twin pattern While I haven’t spent time with a Maryland-built Hollowbody II, based on some Immediately recognize the distinctive and popular “wide fat” neck profile. If you’re experienced with PRS, your hands should Model unlike the Maryland-built version, the SE has the same binding on theįingerboard, headstock, and even the F-holes. SE model incorporates more of this great-looking binding than the US Inlays and flame maple body binding on top and back. With rosewood core, iconic PRS abalone Bird Its US-built counterpart, the SE Hollowbody II Piezo has an ebony fingerboard However, there are a surprising number of similarities. The two versions incorporate different piezoelectric systems, both by LR Baggs.
The SE sports 58/15 “S” pickups, the company’s offshore-built versions of the US-made 58/15 LT found on the US model, and the SE’s beautifully figured top and back patterns are maple-on-maple veneers rather than the carved figured maple top and back on the core model. There are some cost-saving differences aside from country of manufacture (the reviewed SE model was built in China). While the Angelus’ inspiration was a “rich grandpa” in PRS’ Private Stock line, the Hollowbody II’s middle-class dad is the US-made Hollowbody II Piezo.
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