Watchtower Guitars is excited to announce our partnership with Paul Reed Smith Guitars. I've always been a fan of Paul's guitars going back to his original design's in the 1980's. We plan on having the best selection of Core, Bolt On, S2 and SE models in the tri-state area. All of these guitars are available to be tested at our new location in Morristown NJ. Please contact us to make an appointment. Working with us at Watchtower Guitars is experience not just a transaction.
Weight - 7lbs 1oz
The PRS Special Semi-Hollow Limited Edition guitar offers players a versatile hum/single/hum configuration with two PRS 58/15 MT (Multi-Tap) humbuckers and a PRS Narrowfield middle pickup. The 58/15 MT’s offer all the tone of the originals while compensating for volume loss when split to single coils. The Narrowfield pickup delivers the bite of a single coil – without the hum but with plenty of clarity and punch. Paired with a 5-Way blade switch and two mini-toggles that tap the hum- buckers, this guitar can handle myriad sounds and styles, and the semi-hollow body with single f-hole provides a welcome airiness and depth to the guitar’s tone.
The foundation of this guitar is very much like a Custom 22 – maple top, mahogany back, 22-fret 25” scale length mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, Phase III tuners, and PRS Gen III patented tremolo – but the versatile electronics truly carry it to new sonic territory. The PRS Special Semi-Hollow makes its debut at Experience PRS 2018.
Perfected after years of prototyping, the new "Pattern" neck is an updated Wide Fat PRS neck style based on Paul’s pre-factory design. These necks were found on the instruments built for Carlos Santana, Peter Frampton and Howard Leese from the late 70’s to the mid 80’s.
Pickup Switching Positions
Position 1: Treble
Position 2: Treble and Middle
Position 3: Treble and Bass
Position 4: Bass and Middle
Position 5: Bass
Specifications Body Top Wood Carved Figured Maple Back Wood Mahogany Neck Number of Frets 22 Scale Length 25" Neck Wood Mahogany Neck Shape Pattern Fretboard Wood Rosewood Fretboard Inlay Birds Fretboard Radius 10" Hardware Bridge PRS Patented Gen III Tremolo Tuners PRS Phase III Locking Tuners Hardware Type Electronics Treble Pickup 58/15 MT Treble Bass Pickup 58/15 MT Bass Controls Volume and Tone Controls w/ 5-Way Blade Pickup Switch & 2 Mini-Toggles
