NGD - PRS Vela Satin

Fozz · August 2017

Hello!

I've been lurking here a while here, but this is my first post and a relatively rare (for me) NGD. I was on holiday in Brighton recently so visited GAK (local guitar shops are tiny with limited stock) and picked up this Satin Vela.

I really like it so far, it feels great and sounds good. It's my first PRS and I've been impressed with the build quality.

The finish is super thin and a couple of very small chips have already appeared so I think this will look quite worn in quickly.

djspecialist · August 2017

Welcome, and HNGD!

Strangefan · August 2017

One prs's best looking guitars... Nice work

crunchman · August 2017

Great guitars. I bought one a few months ago.

bingefeller · August 2017

very nice indeed! Happy NGD.

grungebob · August 2017

great guitars, I have a gloss Vela and a satin S2 standard and the satin standard has missing finish areas already and its only 1 year old. I want a stain Vela now.

RandallFlagg · August 2017

Nice guitar. I like the satin PRS finish, I had a Singlecut Satin Soapbar years ago and the back of the neck wore shiny quite quickly to give a lovely feeling neck.

RMJ · August 2017

Welcome. Great photos and lovely guitar

Fozz · August 2017

Thanks all - I'm really pleased with it! I wasn't particularly looking for a PRS, was initially convinced I was coming home with an SG or a strat but it just won me over.

The main issue now is that I want more PRS'!

axisus · August 2017

Not seen those before, I'm liking it very much!

Whitecat · August 2017

I had a satin Vela for a while. It was outstanding. Congrats!

SimpleSimon · August 2017

Love the old skool cellulose look scratchplate, great score - really fancy one of these myself.

SimpleSimon · August 2017

Fozz said:

The main issue now is that I want more PRS'!

THIS^^^^^^^

A_T_W · August 2017

I don't like PRS-es. I like that guitar a whole lot.

Not sure how to deal with this state of affairs now ...

John_P · August 2017

Looks lovely. That finish really suits the vela!

Philly_Q · August 2017

I didn't realise the satin finishes exposed the wood grain so much, I really like that. The tortoise scratchplate looks great too.

57Deluxe · August 2017

any marks on a finish like that can be covered with a bit of brown shoe polish rubbed in.

Fozz · August 2017

I'll be honest, I was always in the 'PRS are for dentists' camp, but after sampling what I can now only think of as Mr Smith's gateway drug, strange things are happening to my taste in guitars.

I'm now looking at my Telecaster and thinking 'needs more birds'.

57Deluxe said:

any marks on a finish like that can be covered with a bit of brown shoe polish rubbed in.

Interesting, thanks - there is a tiny chip on the back of the neck that stands out a bit. I'm on the fence whether to just let it be though as I think it may be the first of many.

Musicman20 · August 2017

Nice finish!

crunchman · August 2017

Fozz said:

I'll be honest, I was always in the 'PRS are for dentists' camp, but after sampling what I can now only think of as Mr Smith's gateway drug, strange things are happening to my taste in guitars.

I'm now looking at my Telecaster and thinking 'needs more birds'.

It is very different from most of the rest of the PRS line. I had 6 US PRS guitars at various points and ended up selling the lot. I recently bought one of these, and it is great, but I'm not rushing out to buy a Custom 22 or DGT again. I am tempted by the 594 though.

fretmeister · August 2017

I really like that.

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