Surprise Incoming! Reclaimed Vela

[Skeeter]

I just happened to be poking around Reverb and found a Reclaimed Vela being sold at list price. This happened a couple months ago and I passed on it because - while I thought it was a cool run and the Vela always seemed intriguing - I wasn't thinking of buying one, nor did I appreciate the crazy demand out there.

Well, this one was listed just an hour ago and I wasn't going to make that mistake again!

So, without further ado, here's my Memorial Day weekend surprise:

 

[Papagallos]

Well, well, well!!!!! What do we have here?

 

[Papagallos]

I DIG IT.

 

[Russ73]

Awesome!

 

[dmatthews]

Great score! These are becoming the proverbial hen's tooth!

 

[bodia]

Sweet as sweet!

 

[vchizzle]

looks awesome, I'll have to follow that title now in hopes to score...sooner or later someones gonna get GAS and unload.

 

[László]

Really sweet!

 

[gush]

Now this is sweet!

 

[g.wizz]

Very sleek find

 

[RGM]

The front is gorgeous, but the back is completely off-the-chain insane!!! Love it!!

 

[Skeeter]

Cool, thanks everyone! Now while I have the long wait for it to cross the country - I couldn't help but realize this is the first "single-coil oriented" PRS I've ever bought. Can't wait to hear the Type-D pickup.

I'm not familiar with the Starla, and I'm sure the bridge pup is cool - HOWEVER, I feel like with the semi-hollow body, and neck pickup, this guitar is screaming for something like a P90 in the bridge. I'm thinking a humbucker-sized P90 like a Bareknuckle Nantucket or Mississippi Queen OR Anderson's fantastic PH series. I have Anderson silent P90s (PQ1 and PQ3) in a guitar and absolutely love them.

Anyways, if nothing else it gives me something to research to kill time. I really want the pickups to be fairly low output and be able to clean up well to show off the natural resonance of this cool, unusual Brazilian Wood. Maybe a 53/10, if I can find one, would be a good choice?

In general, anyone else try something different than the Starla bridge in their Velas?

 

[Glide-bpm]

Sweetness!!!

 

[bodia]

Cool, thanks everyone! Now while I have the long wait for it to cross the country - I couldn't help but realize this is the first "single-coil oriented" PRS I've ever bought. Can't wait to hear the Type-D pickup.

I'm not familiar with the Starla, and I'm sure the bridge pup is cool - HOWEVER, I feel like with the semi-hollow body, and neck pickup, this guitar is screaming for something like a P90 in the bridge. I'm thinking a humbucker-sized P90 like a Bareknuckle Nantucket or Mississippi Queen OR Anderson's fantastic PH series. I have Anderson silent P90s (PQ1 and PQ3) in a guitar and absolutely love them.

Anyways, if nothing else it gives me something to research to kill time. I really want the pickups to be fairly low output and be able to clean up well to show off the natural resonance of this cool, unusual Brazilian Wood. Maybe a 53/10, if I can find one, would be a good choice?

In general, anyone else try something different than the Starla bridge in their Velas?

Thanks to Pete, I have a set of Kinman P90s in an SC594. They're really cool. Might be a good choice for the Vela.