NGD: Vela

[yankeebulldog]

Just got this one in yesterday to cover some Alt Rock tones I'll need for an upcoming project:


Only played it a little last night but love the tones so far. The bridge PU split tones are awesome. I also dig the neck pickup, some of the best sounding tones singlecoil tones I've heard out of a PRS.

 

[jay]

Wonderful. I'm getting in love with that color. Would like to hear for some more youtube demos, which are still missing.

 

[László]

Very cool guitar!

 

[crgtr]

Congrats! I would like the same color with a turtleshell pickguard!

 

[GS1]

Awesome, welcome to the club! Looks great in that color.

 

[SlimB79]

Nice, happy NGD to you!

 

[Pinch]

Wow, I like the Vela more every time I see one. They have not reached the South African shores yet.

 

[aristotle]

Beautiful!!!

 

[shinksma]

Niiiiice!

Although my guitar GAS has subsided for now (I'm on an accessory-oriented GAS mission now), the Vela is very intriguing. Love that Seafoam Green color...

 

[Spikedog007]

Is the neck pup an original Starla pup? Sweet guitar.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Bangin'!

 

[yankeebulldog]

Is the neck pup an original Starla pup? Sweet guitar.

No, the neck is some kind of DeArmond style pickup I think. Great singlecoil tones, and also rather quiet compared to a traditional F-style pickup. The bridge looks to be a Starla except it has a coil tap.

 

[VHTStark]

Huge congrats....these Velas are so cool! Does the split Starla bridge balance well with the neck single?

 

[yankeebulldog]

Does the split Starla bridge balance well with the neck single?

Yes, actually it balances perfectly when split. Even when it's in HB mode it isn't that much louder.

 

[Whitecat]

No, the neck is some kind of DeArmond style pickup I think. Great singlecoil tones, and also rather quiet compared to a traditional F-style pickup. The bridge looks to be a Starla except it has a coil tap.

All Starla pickups are coil tapped, Core and S2.

I would wager this is an S2 Starla pickup, which is voiced slightly differently than the original Core/US wound model.

PRSh said that the S2 Starla was meant to sound like a "Teisco DelRay on steroids" - whereas the original Starlas were very much influenced by the "Tron" sound and the world of Gretsch tones, but more modern/hi-fi.

 

[bodia]

Very nice...love the old school color

 

[justmund]

I do keep wondering about one of these, and I also keep wondering how I can get my hands on some of those single coils for some modding action...

Oh cool score by the way!

 

[vchizzle]

Very cool Alan, these intrigue me purely on the different tones alone. Congrats!

 

[markie]

Love me some Seafoam :congrats:

 

[Christopher Horton]

Man, I was so close to buying one of these.....

But I got the singlecut instead. More suitable to my sound.

But thats a damn sexy guitar you have there!