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Hollowbody Tone, Solidbody Playability





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The PRS SE Hollowbody Standard is a workhorse electric guitar that's built to merge the comfortable playability of a standard solidbody guitar with the warm, resonant tone of a hollowbody instrument. Featuring fully hollow construction, this eye-popping instrument features a mahogany top over mahogany sides and back ? a tonewood cocktail that delivers extraordinary clarity and warm resonance. The SE Hollowbody Standard also features a very comfortable Wide Fat mahogany set neck and a premium ebony fingerboard emblazoned with iconic PRS bird inlays. Dual F-holes and two toneful 58/15 “S” humbuckers with a built-in Piezo pickup round out the feature set. For amazing tone, playability, and value, the PRS SE Hollowbody Standard is hard to beat.





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Resonant, comfortable, thin-profile hollowbody





The PRS SE Hollowbody Standard is built like no other guitar. Instead of the center block that runs top-to-bottom through semi-hollow guitar bodies, the SE Hollowbody Standard features only a small block that anchors the bridge. This proprietary PRS construction gives you the warm resonance of a full hollowbody with the clarity, sustain, and rock-solid stability of a semi ? all in a comfortable thin-profile instrument. So, if you're a solidbody player, you'll feel right at home on a SE Hollowbody Standard.





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Vintage-voiced 58/15 "S" humbucking pickups and piezo system





The SE Hollowbody Standard Piezo showcases some serious sonic flexibility. Most notably, it's powered by a pair of PRS 58/15 “S” pickups that deliver vintage character with modern clarity. Featuring a powerful bridge pickup and neck pickup with the perfect amount of brightness, the 58/15 “S” set packs a real sonic punch, from chimey cleans to full shred. But that's not all that's hidden inside this guitar's body. It's equipped with a piezo pickup that amplifies the hollowbody's acoustic tone. For sets that require acoustic and electric guitars, Sweetwater believes that the Hollowbody Standard will do the job.





Wide-fat neck profile feels great and plays fast





Neck shapes are critical to your playing experience and a hallmark of PRS quality. The PRS SE Hollowbody Standard is fitted with their Wide Fat set neck. Perfected after years of prototyping, the wide-fat neck carve is based on designs Paul Reed Smith did in the '70s and '80s for Carlos Santana, Peter Frampton, and Howard Leese of Heart. The SE Hollowbody Standard's premium ebony fingerboard feels smooth-as-glass under your fingers, and its iconic bird inlays are the calling card of this top-notch guitar maker.





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PRS SE Hollowbody Standard Electric Guitar Features:


Hollowbody construction with mahogany top, back, and sides to deliver a smooth, warm tone with plenty of natural body resonance


Mahogany neck carved into PRS’ slightly chunky Wide Fat profile


Sleek ebony fingerboard studded with iconic PRS Birds inlays


10-inch fingerboard radius offers both easy chording at the base of the neck and an easy lead playing in the upper register


PRS adjustable stoptail bridge enhances sustain and resonance


Dual 58/15 “S” humbuckers capture the magic of an old-school humbucker, but with modern refinements for enhanced definition and clarity


Built-in Piezo system provides beautiful acoustic-like tones