Hallelujah! Somebody FINALLY fixed the Telecaster bridge!

[stubhead]

Gol-dang, it sure took long enough! Considering that people have been (mostly) playing unwound G strings for half a century or so, and the solution is so ridiculously dead-simple. Yakked about by thousands, accomplished by a neighbor of mine:

http://www.prsguitars.com/s2vela/

If he keeps it up, the kid might amount to something someday.

 

[aarontunes]

I thought the exact same thing. I predict the Vela is going to be a huge winner for PRS....it's a great looking axe with very cool features, at a great price point.

 

[zebra]

I do sort of like that PRS 70s-ish designs (and think that the Vela looks pretty good) - they're a lot less slavish than the McCarty models (which I do like, despite their adherence to traditionalism) - but I feel like not having individually-adjustable saddles is an unnecessary compromise.  For me,  the wound g-string is a compromise when you either don't want to update hardware, and don't want to build designs around a compromise.  (Honestly, I thing think finding a compromise on tuning is the least good reason to use a wound g-string - the body they lend to that area of the fretboard is a much better reason!)

All things considered, I'll always be drawn to PRS designs - they always look beautiful!

 

[stratamania]

I don't think there is a suggestion to use a wound g string.

The main difference is that the bridge on the vela has two saddles which are no doubt compensated, rather than the traditional Teles three saddles.

 

[sixstringsamurai]

That is the FIRST PRS to EVER make me stop and look twice...
The Mira came close but this baby puts me in mind of a 60's Gretsch Corvette.
This is the first production line guitar that's impressed me aesthetically, and the back to basics workhorse concept it stellar.

Any idea what these will street for?

 

[aarontunes]

That is the FIRST PRS to EVER make me stop and look twice...
The Mira came close but this baby puts me in mind of a 60's Gretsch Corvette.
This is the first production line guitar that's impressed me aesthetically, and the back to basics workhorse concept it stellar.

Any idea what these will street for?

$1279

https://reverb.com/item/566976-prs-s2-vela-2015-mccarty-tobacco-sunburst?_aid=pla&pla=1&gclid=COCh1_axxsQCFQqGfgodUI0A8Q

 

[sixstringsamurai]

$1279

Not bad at all...
I can easily spend that on a Build.

 

[stubhead]

That is the FIRST PRS to EVER make me stop and look twice...

You know, I had the exact same reaction. I mean, they've always been able to make gorgeous tops, absolute top 'o' the line guitar porn, if you don't think Gibson, Fender, Suhr etc. etc. - AND Warmoth aren't trying to dissect each and every PRS glory every time they pop a new one; and that 513 had some nifty switching & use of all the coils in recombinant fashion;
but I can just steal that if I want to! ccasion14:

But that's a mighty cuddly design, like you could just pick it up and GO. And this, mind you, is coming from the guy who thinks Les Pauls have about four or five unforgivable, deal-breaker design flaws and Stratocasters twice that! Oh Paul; you booger-eater. I need another guitar like I... like that's ever stopped me? :help: The "real" DeArmond pickups have the distinction of being the single naturally-noisiest pickup I've ever run across, while still in so-called "perfect" health. My bank balance surely hopes the booger-eater hasn't fixed that one.