PRS SE Swamp Ash Special!

[frankencat]

Is this for real?

PRS Paul Reed Smith SE Swamp Ash Special Guitar, Maple Fretboard, Iri Blue

PRS Paul Reed Smith SE Swamp Ash Special Guitar, Maple Fretboard, Iri Blue Manufacturer's Description The PRS SE Swamp Ash Special is a unique offering in the growing PRS SE Series. With a swamp ash body and 22-fret maple neck with maple fretboard, the S

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[SinSir]

If it is.. it's gonna sell!!! I was just playing my SAS and thinking what an awesome guitar it is. Sure I've done some mods- freeway 6 way, 5815LT neck, and 5708 bridge. But that guitar really does out strat my strat. Sure there's some things a strat does better, but man is it close in those departments, and it does so much more.

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

OMG I hope so!!! Might buy my first SE if it is!

 

[garrett]

I was all in until I saw Wide Thin.

 

[dmatthews]

At first I thought maybe it would be Euro/UK only like some other past SE, but this store is in Cali.
Hmmm...

 

[Jimmy]

Interesting that it only has a 3 way toggle too. Guess they didn’t care about the out of phase positions.

 

[SinSir]

Interesting that it only has a 3 way toggle too. Guess they didn’t care about the out of phase positions.

The core SAS originally had a 3 way.. That's why I went 6way with a push pull to get all the split and combos.

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

Interesting. I want a core SAS again.

This could be interesting.

 

[The Bird]

Wow. Never ever did I expect to see THIS.

 

[garrett]

Interesting that it only has a 3 way toggle too. Guess they didn’t care about the out of phase positions.

"Out of phase" is a misnomer. All positions are generally in phase on three pickup guitars. Anyway, the original SAS has a push/pull that added the middle pickup to all positions and split either the neck or bridge pickup (depending on year) to get the quacky tones. Surely they'll have something similar going on here.

 

[Birdsofprey]

Wow. Never ever did I expect to see THIS.

Left over bodies from the European run of Swamp Ash SE CU-24’s? Just a guess as I suspect they weren’t good sellers.

 

[bodia]

Well, that's pretty flippin' cool!

 

[JasonE]

I love my SAS. Mine is from the first year they did the 5 way blade selector on them. It is one of those probably never going to sell guitars for me. I swapped the pickups in it but still have the stock pickups.

 

[aamefford]

Yeah, very cool. I’m not in the market for a new guitar, but still…

 

[SinSir]

Left over bodies from the European run of Swamp Ash SE CU-24’s? Just a guess as I suspect they weren’t good sellers.

That was a limited run with lots of options.

Introducing the SE LTD Sand-Blasted Swamp Ash – PRS Guitars

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[ssmug]

"Out of phase" is a misnomer. All positions are generally in phase on three pickup guitars. Anyway, the original SAS has a push/pull that added the middle pickup to all positions and split either the neck or bridge pickup (depending on year) to get the quacky tones. Surely they'll have something similar going on here.

So is the middle position on the toggle just the middle pickup, or both neck and bridge? Basically, can you have just the middle pickup on in this configuration?

 

[SinSir]

So is the middle position on the toggle just the middle pickup, or both neck and bridge? Basically, can you have just the middle pickup on in this configuration?

On the OG SAS the push pull activates the middle pickup and splits either the bridge or neck. All 3 are activated in middle position. Middle Only isn't an option with stock wiring.

With the freeway switch I wired it for middle only as an option.

 

[garrett]

So is the middle position on the toggle just the middle pickup, or both neck and bridge? Basically, can you have just the middle pickup on in this configuration?

That type of switch is very limited in function. It's just A, A+B, B and that's it. So with push/pull down you get the normal bridge, both, neck.

To get middle only, you have to get a little clever with another switch, or sacrifice the tone knob for a separate middle pickup volume, or use a rotary switch, or use a Freeway switch.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I was all in until I saw Wide Thin.

Ugh

 

[Matte82]

I prefer big chunky necks, but even with a wide thin, I’ll probably buy it day one. I have a thing for hsh guitars. I just got a 509. And I’ve been considering modding my se594 to be hsh, by adding a freeway switch and some fishman fluence pickups I have sitting around. But it might be better to wait and add the pickups to one of these.