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VisionVox, That sunburst is beautiful! I'd buy that guitar in a heartbeat! That's the best looking S2 I've seen. Congrats on a great guitar!
I really wish this sort of thing was quantifiable. While I know exactly what you're talking about, and I can tell this about a guitar by picking it up and holding it for just a few seconds, I don't quite know how to express this in a way other than just a "sense" about a particular instrument. I have only had my hands on a handful of S2 instruments, but they all had "it". I've bought and sold more SE guitars than I can easily remember and count, and never got the same "it" vibe from them, except my 03 Santana SE which is very close.Holding it / playing it, you can feel and sense end to end integrity (the thing has good bones).
Thanks! My burst S2 Semi-hollow came from Sweetwater... I saw the gorgeous figuring and that it weighed only 7lbs and jumped on it fast. The way that they document the actual individual instrument so completely (I could see that it had a one piece back, Killer top and straight grained neck) and offer a solid / fair return window makes buying online a good way to go these days. That plus the personalized service I receive from my guy there makes it fun and easy. That said my first choice is always to buy locally if I can.VisionVox, That sunburst is beautiful! I'd buy that guitar in a heartbeat! That's the best looking S2 I've seen. Congrats on a great guitar!
My Vela is an excellent guitar, in every way. Plays great, sounds great, and no problems with electronics, or hardware. I love the pattern neck..it sits right in the middle of my PRS Studio, and my 408mt. It has its own thing going on sonically, but can cover any music I play, with the possible exception of heavy metal...you need the heavier bodied ones to pull that off!
With all that being said, I am totally satisfied that I will have my Vela for a very long time. Oh yeah, and at just a tick over 6 pounds, it's a joy to play at long studio rehearsals and gigs. The tones I can pull out of it are just exceptional. I'm not trying to sound like a shill, but try one...I think you might just like it. There's nothing sub-standard about it. I'm thinking about picking up another s2 semi-hollow, and give it the chance to join the stable!
When I had my 2012 SE Tremonti Custom upgraded, my dealer ordered the push/pull tone and the volume pots directly from PRS along with the Lampshade knobs.
Very high quality, same as the pots on my 408.
That is a bummer on the binding, would be nice to hear how it happened.
It is great it is being replaced too.
ALSO......do you think it's worth the investment for the pots? What would you say it does tonally? Thanks againWhen I had my 2012 SE Tremonti Custom upgraded, my dealer ordered the push/pull tone and the volume pots directly from PRS along with the Lampshade knobs.
Very high quality, same as the pots on my 408.
That is a bummer on the binding, would be nice to hear how it happened.
It is great it is being replaced too.
I have a NOS 2015 S2 Standard 24 I picked up recently on eBay. In humbucker mode bridge pickup reads 13K ohms on my Fluke meter. Middle switch position is 5K ohms and neck position is 13K ohms. Guitar is noisy in humbucker mode and acts like it has a ground or wiring problem.CoreyT...your concerns are legit. $400 in upgrades? Wow!
Gotta love Gotoh hardware. Good quality, says it all that they make the Phase III tuners.No, no. The Phase III tuners are made for us by Gotoh in Japan.
Error. Bridge reads 8K. Noisy whenever your hand leaves the strings or touches any of pickup height adjustment screws. The tone is bad too. Must be a wiring defect?I have a NOS 2015 S2 Standard 24 I picked up recently on eBay. In humbucker mode bridge pickup reads 13K ohms on my Fluke meter. Middle switch position is 5K ohms and neck position is 13K ohms. Guitar is noisy in humbucker mode and acts like it has a ground or wiring problem.
Does anyone have a similar guitar to compare readings with?
Observation: The S2 line is going on 4 years old. If there were problems with substandard parts or manufacture, we'd know about it by now through a long series of b!tch!n' and moanin' threads, not just on the usual PRS hate forums, but here too.
The obvious conclusion is that the S2 line delivers at it's price point.
I took the pick guard out of my 2015 S2 Standard 24 and it has G&B Co Ltd Korean made pups. I had to solder a bad ground wire and it still sounds like crap--almost as if the tone knob were turned completely down. PRS spent weeks selecting pick ups according to the S2 factory video. I'm going to rewire them with just volume, tone and coil tap without resistors and other nonsense .If your goal is to make the guitar a core guitar in everything but body, then a general overhaul is in order. You will end up with core parts everywhere, but an S2 carve and construction.
I personally think that it would be better to only replace the parts that aren't working for you, if any.
If you aren't having tone, quality or playability problems with any parts, why change them?
I took the pick guard out of my 2015 S2 Standard 24 and it has G&B Co Ltd Korean made pups. I had to solder a bad ground wire and it still sounds like crap--almost as if the tone knob were turned completely down. PRS spent weeks selecting pick ups according to the S2 factory video. I'm going to rewire them with just volume, tone and coil tap without resistors and other nonsense .
I don't have anything against Korean pick ups--the ones in my Agile 3100 le s pau l were superior to these because they were wired properly .
If rewire doesn't fix tone issue the these pups will go .
I think Seth Lover spent more than a few weeks developing Gibson pups .
I took the pick guard out of my 2015 S2 Standard 24 and it has G&B Co Ltd Korean made pups. I had to solder a bad ground wire and it still sounds like crap--almost as if the tone knob were turned completely down. PRS spent weeks selecting pick ups according to the S2 factory video. I'm going to rewire them with just volume, tone and coil tap without resistors and other nonsense .
I don't have anything against Korean pick ups--the ones in my Agile 3100 le s pau l were superior to these because they were wired properly .
If rewire doesn't fix tone issue the these pups will go .
I think Seth Lover spent more than a few weeks developing Gibson pups .
I'm going to rewire them with just volume, tone and coil tap without resistors and other nonsense .
I don't have anything against Korean pick ups--the ones in my Agile 3100 le s pau l were superior to these because they were wired properly .