Dang Velas...

[Aahzz]

How the heck are they so freaking good??? Just got done with band practice, playing Simmons (my semi-hollow) through the Helix and was just so thrilled with the tone and the way it sits in the mix, the versatility...I have indeed found my perfect guitar. I had serious amounts of twangle going on when needed, smooth overdrive, clean chime...

 

[Boogie]

Hell yeah brother!!!

Put a gainy Marshall Plexi behind it and all sorts of sh@tin’ n gittin’ will happen. The semi hollow component adds that X factor that agrees with lots of different pickups, too. I’d love to put a Frankie hummer in the bridge but I have something completely different in store for my Reclaimed Monster of the Depths.

Keep on rockin’!

 

[Sybo]

Hell yeah brother!!!

Put a gainy Marshall Plexi behind it and all sorts of sh@tin’ n gittin’ will happen. The semi hollow component adds that X factor that agrees with lots of different pickups, too. I’d love to put a Frankie hummer in the bridge but I have something completely different in store for my Reclaimed Monster of the Depths.

Keep on rockin’!

Can we see this “ Reclaimed Monster”………. Please

 

[Aahzz]

Can we see this “ Reclaimed Monster”………. Please

Indeed, pics of Velas are always needed.

 

[bodia]

Aw yeah!

 

[RallyFanatic]

Love your Vela enthusiasm - makes me happy to see someone this happy with a guitar. Rock on in good health!

 

[Wakester]

A friend of mine has one or two. He and his wife were playing the dinner crowd at a eatery near us this evening. I really like the tones he can pull out of it.

 

[chicagoslim]

Aahzz, sometimes you just find the right guitar for you. I did this with core Starla's. I bought 3 of them and wore out 2, while playing professionally. I still have one that I saved. I'm finding that I love my Custom 22's. Now I have to decide if I want to sell my last Starla, to finance another Custom 22.

 

[Boogie]

Can we see this “ Reclaimed Monster”………. Please

Indeed, pics of Velas are always needed.

My host server was “moved” by GoDaddy so I’ve got to call and get that fixed tomorrow. Otherwise, no prob!

 

[Sybo]

Looking forward to it!!!!!

 

[Xtcclassic]

I’m madly in love with my new Vela. PRS made some minor questionable cosmetic decisions which I’m in the process of addressing (I’m not a fan of the white edges on the pickguard so that was the first thing to go, I’m waiting on a plain rosewood truss rod cover because I don’t dig the stock engraved one, and I have several sets of knobs on order to see what’s going to look best). BUT, the guitar itself is absolutely killer. I expected that I’d probably replace the bridge pickup with a TV Jones Classic Plus or a Power’Tron, but both the stock pickups sound great. It amazes me that these guitars aren’t more popular, even though part of my brain understands it (too plain for the average PRS fan and just not on the radar of Fender/Gibson/Gretsch players because it’s a PRS). But boy is everyone missing out on a fantastic guitar.

 

[Sybo]

One word ………..yup

 

[Tucson Thump]

Aahzz, sometimes you just find the right guitar for you. I did this with core Starla's. I bought 3 of them and wore out 2, while playing professionally. I still have one that I saved.

WELL DONE !!!

 

[EdSevered]

It's cuz of @Aahzz Vela "love" posts that I felt I had to try a S2 Vela. So I ordered a VCR SH, and WOW. It's a keeper.

Sorry, no pic available, atm.

 

[Aahzz]

It's cuz of @Aahzz Vela "love" posts that I felt I had to try a S2 Vela. So I ordered a VCR SH, and WOW. It's a keeper.

Sorry, no pic available, atm.

Welcome to the cult!

 

[Xtcclassic]

One of these days soon I’m going to start a Imgur account and post a belated proper NGD thread here, but until them, here’s a pic of mine that I posted on the Gretsch forum. The replacement pickguard is from quickguards.com.

https://www.gretsch-talk.com/threads/ngd.212003/page-2#post-1412693

 

[Aahzz]

One of these days soon I’m going to start a Imgur account and post a belated proper NGD thread here, but until them, here’s a pic of mine that I posted on the Gretsch forum. The replacement pickguard is from quickguards.com.

https://www.gretsch-talk.com/threads/ngd.212003/page-2#post-1412693

That's a beauty!

 

[Black-Viper75]

the versatility...I have indeed found my perfect guitar

That's awesome. I'll definitely have to get a Vela at some point.

 

[bodia]

One of these days soon I’m going to start a Imgur account and post a belated proper NGD thread here, but until them, here’s a pic of mine that I posted on the Gretsch forum. The replacement pickguard is from quickguards.com.

https://www.gretsch-talk.com/threads/ngd.212003/page-2#post-1412693

Nice! Dig it!

 

[Sybo]

I can say I have really been bitten, sorry if you guys get tired of the same pics. But this is is a really nice instrument.
https://imgur.com/gallery/nDGSvH4