Just bought a PRS Starla...

...and it's lovely! It's been nicely worn in, hehe, but plays and sounds like a dream. Normally I wouldn't even bother to look twice at a guitar like this, but really fancied something a bit different to complement my other guitars. It's one of the originals with the Bigsby B5 (not the cheaper S2 Starla), although the previous owner has replaced the stock tuners with Grover locking ones
I used it on a session in the studio last night and was astounded at the breadth of tones I could get out of it through the studios Badcat (very nice amp, by the way).

Just had to share my joy!
Cheers,
Sam

And here she is!

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By the way, I think it was you that was talking about Fenix by Young Chang strat copies, Ingolf. My cousin had one from the 80s that I fell in love with when I was still a teenager, so I picked one up for next to nothing and modded it a bit. It's having its frets planed at the moment, but I think it might end up being pretty cool!

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Cheers,
Sam

Yeah I'm looking at swapping the pickups, too. I want to have a proper play once it gets back from the luthier before I decide on whether to bother or not. What pickups did you install in yours?

Cheers,
Sam

Quote from nightlight

Nice guitars, sambrox. I like the look of that PRS, how's the Bigsby vibrato? Does it stay in tune?

It certainly does, although the original owner has switched out the bog-standard tuners for Grozer locking tuners (locking tuners come as standard on the S2 Starla reissue).

Cheers,
Sam

Quote from mDan

Always been gasing for that Starla... beautiful guitar
Thx for "refreshing GAS" though

Hahaha, sorry, man!

Quote from Ingolf

One is equiped with a Fender Tex Mex set which is similar to Texas Specials but made in Mexico. I like them better than Texas Specials and they are a great bang for the buck! thomann.de/de/fender_tex_mex_pu_set.htmthe other one is equipped with a Red House set by Leosounds who is a German boutique PU builder. leosounds.de/EN/strat_redhouse_en.htmlThey are a bit fatter in the low mid range, a bit more pricey, but overall similar.Both sets are a bit hotter than a pure vintage set but with lots of character nonetheless.

Thanks, Ingolf! I'll be checking both out in due course

Cheers,
Sam

Quote from dvp

If you are looking for new pickups. I recommend lollar. I have these in my strat and they are simply amazing. (although pricey :))

http://www.lollarguitars.com/m….mvc?Screen=strat-pickups

nice guitar btw!

Hey thanks! I'll check these out!

Quote from jpm

Sweet guitar! I may have to pick one of these up myself one day.

Thanks, man. Yeah I'm totally in love! It's a really great, versatile instrument:)
Check out my other babies in this thread here

Cheers,
Sam