I agree. It would be great to be modded for any number of switching and pickup configurations. I was actually just contemplating how to best add some of the standard Strat pickup settings to it myself.

I just bought one for myself, back ordered on Guitar Center.. can’t wait to hear how will it can play blues and metal. Seems like a beautiful versatile axe!

Awesome parent

I bought it with the idea of modding the pickups in mind. A lot of fun options with the HSH config.

I hope you really enjoy yours. I’m still loving mine and was recording with it just a few days ago.

This one is a great guitar. I’ve actually wanted a satin Vela for a long time. Hopefully someday I’ll be able to pick one up.

Yep. You can have an amazing sounding guitar but if it's out of tune it will still sound bad. Every reviewer should make sure they're in tune before they show off the tones. It's annoying when they don't. It feels low effort. You don't need to tune with a tuner if you're not playing in a band setting or playing along to tracks, if you're only showing off the tones then just tune the guitar the old fashioned way 4th and 5th frets or with harmonics so you're in tune with yourself.

@@roofkorean6948 brand new guitar strings tend to stretch, and I doubt anyone wanted to watch me sit there and tune the guitar by ear, so I made the best of it. I have a small channel and my hope was to get this out before the larger channels and it was drowned out (which I did and this has one of my more successful videos). I worked eight hours the day this guitar arrived, unboxed the guitar, traveled to a different location because of an existing obligation, filmed the sound samples, edited the video and released it all within about 24 hours, so it was actually a lot of effort to get it out on time. Before you call something “low effort,” remember some of us do this for enjoyment and to share things with other guitar players which may be interesting. I have never received a dime for one of my videos or products as of time I am typing this, and trying to get something out quickly for a legitimate reason does not equate to a lack of effort or care.

I did not unfortunately. When my Sweetwater sales rep calls me to follow up about the guitar it I’m going to mention it. It is one thing when a sale starts and it is just bad luck, but to start it (and I know it probably came from PRS directly) the third day after something is released seems to be a bit cynical since it is basically punishing the people who were excited enough about a new product to order it as soon as it was announced.

@@jonathancalhoun4853 Sweetwater will take care of that. I would call or text though. I bought the SAS and a CE 24, so they reversed about $340. It appears that PRS dropped prices on pretty much all SE models except the DGT. EDIT: Ha, I was commenting while watching. I see at the end that you were already on it. I only caught it because I like to torture myself and see what units popped up after I already ordered one.

@@jonathancalhoun4853I’m certain Sweetwater will honor the price and give you a refund. I’ve seen multiple dealers as well as guitar center honor the new pricing!

Mine came with 9-42.

The setup was good. Intonation was spot-on. The action was a little higher than I like, but nothing extreme. The neck had just a touch of relief in it.

I do not disagree. I was not at my typical location for filming because I wanted to get the video done quickly since it was a brand new guitar. Typically I’d have a Shure SM7b where I usually film.

Just curious. What about the veneer looked bad? And doesn't Sweetwater take detailed pictures of each individual guitar and let you choose based off of appearances and serial numbers? (or did you order when they were backordered so you didn't get the option to choose?)