The PRS Special Semi-Hollow offers players a versatile hum/”single”/hum configuration with two PRS 58/15 LT humbuckers and a PRS Narrowfield middle pickup. PRS Narrowfield pickups deliver the bite of a single coil, so they cut through the mix with plenty of clarity and punch – without the hum. Paired with a 5-way blade switch and two mini-toggles that tap the 58/15 LT humbuckers, this guitar can handle myriad sounds and styles (with twelve pickup combinations in total). Roll back the tone control for added growl, turn it up for some shimmer, and have fun exploring this versatile tonal palette. The volume level between the humbucking and single-coil settings remain very even, and the semi-hollow body with single f-hole provides a welcome airiness and depth to the guitar’s tone.
Additional specifications include a maple top, mahogany back, 22-fret 25” scale length mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard, Phase III locking tuners with wing buttons, and the PRS Gen III patented tremolo.
For 2024, PRS Guitars is updating the tuning machines on many of our Core guitars. While, aesthetically, our new Wing buttons are designed to echo the 12th fret bird wingspan design, they were first and foremost designed for tonal reasons all the way back in 1982. Because these buttons are lighter weight than their metal predecessors, they are subtracting less energy from the vibrating strings, thus helping the guitar ring longer and at a more musical note.
Model: Special Semi-Hollow
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Fingerboard Wood: Indian Rosewood
Top Wood: Curly Maple (10 Top)
Body Wood: Mahogany
Headstock Veneer: Rosewood
Neck Carve: Pattern
Side Dots: White
Fingerboard Inlays: Birds MOP
Finish Type: McCarty Tobacco Burst (nitro)
Pickups: Treble: 58/15 LT Middle: Narrowfield Bass: 58/15 LT
Electronics: Volume and Tone Controls with 5-Way Blade Pickup Switch and Two Mini-Toggle Coil-Tap Switches
Hardware: Nickel PRS Stoptail, Phase III Locking Tunings with Wing Buttons
Set-Up: D’Addario .010
Case type: PRS Paisley Case
Weight: 7Lbs 3oz