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Lesser known part of the Vela...the neck. Check this out...
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It feels every bit as good as some rosewood necks I've enjoyed.
Satin-y?
Lesser known part of the Vela...the neck. Check this out...
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It feels every bit as good as some rosewood necks I've enjoyed.
Question though - why is the price so much less than the regular ones? I assume it's less time spent on the finish vs inferior materials?
drdoom8793 Gorgeous guitar..
I can't wait for mine to come in..
shinksma
I just got word from my Sweetwater rep to not to expect mine till May.. He wasn't sure how the Reclaimed guitars fit in to the PRS production schedule. Apparently that was their original quote for delivery. So I guess he doesn't want to get my hopes up for earlier time frame..
drdoom8793 Gorgeous guitar..
I can't wait for mine to come in..
shinksma
I just got word from my Sweetwater rep to not to expect mine till May.. He wasn't sure how the Reclaimed guitars fit in to the PRS production schedule. Apparently that was their original quote for delivery. So I guess he doesn't want to get my hopes up for earlier time frame..
Ah, thanks for the info, guys!Yup same here: I was pumped when I saw Doom's posts in anticipation of mine arriving this week, but my rep just told me only a few were received and the remaining orders can come in any day or not until May/after. I am almost top of the queue now supposedly, so if there is another batch prior to May, I may be in luck! I hate waiting for new guitar days, what a tough problem to complain about haha.
And just like that, the tide turns! Got an email from my Sweetwater rep, guitar is in, will ship today! Oh yeah, and pics!
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And if you actually read past the photos, I will give a tone report and my own photos as soon as feasible!
Sorry it took so long but I finally got pictures of the back.Pic of the back pleeze...
And just like that, the tide turns! Got an email from my Sweetwater rep, guitar is in, will ship today! Oh yeah, and pics!
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And if you actually read past the photos, I will give a tone report and my own photos as soon as feasible!
Got the call today that my Vela was in, so I headed off to the store right after I finished working. When I got there, I shopped around a bit, talked to my guy. He seemed pretty blown away - he said it was very resonant and played like a dream. They also got a CE in (which I had already seen). He told me about it, and said, "The CE is...but the Vela..." He said he didn't even plug it in, he enjoyed it so much acoustically. It was already set up for me and ready to go.
Came home, snapped a couple pics, ate dinner and plugged it in. I have to admit - totally honeymoon phase, but I was pretty blown away. It's different than anything else I have (part of the goal), and he wasn't kidding about the resonance. In addition, the note clarity was pretty stunning. I did a small amount of finger picking, a bit more strumming and arpeggiated playing. Kicked in a distortion pedal, and this thing sustained like crazy. I was really happy with the note bloom, too. There's a lot of snap to the tone, especially with the coil tap pulled on the bridge pup, but even without that, in the middle position, it's got more snap than anything else I have. Very Tele-like.
The satin finish feels fabulous, and the neck - good lord. The satin finish suits that so well. In general, I don't go for the satin finishes, but it feels so right on this guitar. This top has a few more "beauty marks" than some of the others posted, and I wasn't sure how I felt about that at first, but that faded in about 20 seconds or so. The funny thing is there are some I didn't even notice until I was looking at the pictures. You'll see below, there's a crack in the top right above where the jack is - not a flaw, part of the reclaimed wood. I took a picture of that, then noticed the other cracks to the left of it. I hadn't noticed them before that, or if I had, I didn't think they were cracks (grooves might be more accurate, but what the hell, I've had crackwood, now I've got crackedwood!).
Enough yapping, they said - give us pictures...
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Nothing in MY f-hole!!!!!
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This is the crack from above - goes right to the side.
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