RichO over in the General forum has already received his, the lucky ba***rd!
https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/new-18-s2-studio-models-ship-date.29417/
https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/new-18-s2-studio-models-ship-date.29417/
I assume it's the same as all S2sDoes the Studio have American rather then Korean pickups ?
Even though I'm playing my Les Paul Deluxe in the attached photo, my main gigging guitar for the last 2 years has been my PRS S2 Mira. I just ordered my PRS S2 Studio in Frost Green Metallic, after spending an hour playing one the other day, and I can't wait to get it! The Mira is a great sounding and great playing guitar, that is good for almost any style, from country to blues to hard rock. Probably not extreme enough for death metal, but still very versatile. My impression of the Studio was that it will fit the bill perfectly for the same width of genre's. The Starla bridge pickup is bright and articulate, but with enough balls and warmth, to get nasty when you want to! The area where the Studio really excels is in the switching set up with the D-Type Single Coils! These pickups are wonderful sounding, and fit between a strat-style single, and a P-90, but with even more girth. The second position gives you the neck D-Type and the outsode coil of the Starla bridge, and is a fantastic sound, hard to compare to much else. The middle D-Type gives you all the spank of a Tele, but with some warmth and complexity. Country players and older classic rock players, may well live on this middle position! The D-Type's really give this guitar a character, and depth that you don't find in most modern guitars. You can always add enough distortion to push a guitar to scream, but you can't make a crappy guitar sing with depth and color in the tone.
False harmonics, will jump out of the Starla bridge pickup when overdriven, and still give you a complex and musical sound, rich with overtones. So when you need to get the crowds attention, just squeeze out a few screaming leads with this baby! The feel of course is fantastic, and build quality is just what you'd expect from PRS, excellent!
Wrap your hands around one of these bad boys ASAP, then let journey begin!
Admittedly we are in the honeymoon stage, but "Man I dig this guitar!" When I ordered it I thought it would make a cool backup for my Vela and since it may not make it into the PRS catalog as a staple, there's the quasi "Limited Run" thought. I was never expecting it to have such a cool vibe. Almost like a vintage meets modern thing. I really didn't expect the middle pickup to add anything significant but I stand corrected. My initial reaction is that it's a little more refined than the Vela (for good and bad) but with some seriously usable tonal options and a rock solid tremolo. If the Vela were to be comparable to a Tele tone, this would be more Strat-ish. I am even starting to overlook the missing birds. So far it more than I expected. PRS has defiantly hit it out of the park on the S2 Studio in my opinion.
Admittedly we are in the honeymoon stage, but "Man I dig this guitar!" When I ordered it I thought it would make a cool backup for my Vela and since it may not make it into the PRS catalog as a staple, there's the quasi "Limited Run" thought. I was never expecting it to have such a cool vibe. Almost like a vintage meets modern thing. I really didn't expect the middle pickup to add anything significant but I stand corrected. My initial reaction is that it's a little more refined than the Vela (for good and bad) but with some seriously usable tonal options and a rock solid tremolo. If the Vela were to be comparable to a Tele tone, this would be more Strat-ish. I am even starting to overlook the missing birds. So far it more than I expected. PRS has defiantly hit it out of the park on the S2 Studio in my opinion.