PRS Hollowbody Elegance — Elevated with Sweetwater Specs
It’s always a thrill when a top-class PRS guitar like this Wood Library Hollowbody II Piezo makes its way through the Sweetwater Guitar Gallery. After all, our Wood Library models sport custom specs chosen by our crack team of guitar experts, with this model taking a turn from Hollowbody II tradition with its stout and stable figured maple Pattern neck. Wearing a 10-inch-radius ebony fingerboard and J-Birds inlays, this neck is joined to a fully hollow body comprised of a maple 10-Top and back with mahogany sides. This premium tonewood formula results in an immensely resonant and harmonic-rich unplugged tone, which is perfectly captured by this guitar’s titular piezo pickup built into the 1-piece stoptail bridge. And for those who favor a more traditional electric tone, dual 58/15 LT pickups serve up defined and dynamic humbucking excellence in spades. A set of vintage-style non-locking tuners and a versatile piezo/electric blend knob seal the deal, all adding up to a superior PRS that’s set to Sweetwater’s exacting specs.
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Flame maple 10-Top and mahogany body
Being a fully hollow guitar means that the chosen tonewoods will respond more evidently; that’s why PRS gave this Wood Library Hollowbody II Piezo a perfectly complementing wood pairing of maple and mahogany. And we’re not just talking about any ordinary maple. This guitar has a stunning flame maple 10-Top and back straight from Paul’s Wood Library that supplies a naturally bright and articulate tonal foundation. The mahogany middle, on the other hand, creates a richer resonance with unparalleled sustain that perfectly balances the energy of the maple. On top of providing an exceptional starting point for building your tone, this Wood Library wonder sports a jaw-dropping color-matched finish across its maple top, back, and neck for a more cohesive vibe.
Pattern neck profile for optimized playability
The PRS Wood Library Hollowbody II Piezo is spec’d with PRS’s Pattern neck profile. A hallmark of PRS quality, neck shapes are, of course, critical to your playing experience. Perfected after years of prototyping, the Pattern profile is an updated PRS Wide Fat neck style based on neck shapes Paul Reed Smith designed in the 1970s and ’80s for Carlos Santana, Peter Frampton, and Howard Leese of Heart. Fast and comfortable, the Pattern profile always feels just right. In reality, most electric guitarists employ a combination of thumb-over and thumb-behind fretting-hand positions in their playing, and the Pattern profile lets you switch seamlessly between the two.
Bright and snappy figured maple neck
On many of PRS’s most classic designs, a mahogany neck is all but a prerequisite — for good reason, too, as it’s served as one of the guitar’s premier tonewoods since the instrument was first electrified. However, as Sweetwater’s guitar experts are always up for a bit of tonewood experimentation, we’ve spec’d this Wood Library Hollowbody II Piezo with a gorgeous figured maple neck. Why? Maple is a supremely stable tonewood that holds fast against changes in temperature far better than most other neck woods. Moreover, many players — including plenty of Sweetwater’s own guitarists — believe that a maple neck imparts a brighter, crisper sonic quality to your tone.
PRS Wood Library Hollowbody II Piezo Features:
- Custom-spec Wood Library Hollowbody II Piezo, designed by Sweetwater’s team of guitar experts with exclusive specs
- Attention-demanding maple 10-Top and back, mated to mahogany sides for a rich and vibrant unplugged tone
- Sturdy and snappy figured maple neck in PRS’s classic Pattern profile
- Smooth and glassy ebony fingerboard planed into an easy-playing 10-in. radius and finished off with J-Birds mother-of-pearl inlays
- 58/15 LT pickups provide a slightly modernized spin on legendary 1950s humbucking tone, elevated with enhanced clarity and definition
- Blend control allows you to mix up your piezo and electric tones for hybrid sonic options
- Exquisite PRS hybrid hardware throughout
