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The single-cutaway PRS Guitars Starla is an electric guitar that has many vintage-themed appointments. The Starla is PRS Guitars' first solidbody electric guitar that has a standard Bigsby B5 tailpiece and a Grover Tune-o-matic-style bridge. The Starla guitar also includes exclusive Starla treble and bass pickups.

PRS accents the solid mahogany Starla guitar body with a 24-1/2" scale rosewood fingerboard, a solid mahogany neck and jaybird inlays. Proprietary Alnico magnets incorporated into the pickup design contribute to the guitar's unique clean and crisp sound, but are also capable of rich harmonic overtones when driven. Other features of the PRS Starla guitar include a uniquely shaped black plastic pick guard, tone and volume pots; and a three-way pickup selector.

Paul Reed Smith Starla Electric Guitar with Bird Inlays Features:

  • Body:
  • Style: Single Cutaway
  • Wood: Mahogany
  • Finish: Gloss

    Neck: Mahogany
  • Scale Length: 24-1/2"
  • Neck Shape: Wide Fat
  • Fretboard: East India Rosewood
  • Number of Frets: 22
  • Fretboard Radius: 10"
  • Nut Width: 1-11/16"
  • Fretboard Inlays: Green Abalone Outlines with Paua Heart Centers

    Hardware:
  • Hardware Color: Nickel
  • Tailpiece: Bigsby B5
  • Bridge: Grover Tune-O-Matic
  • Tuners: Vintage Style
  • Pickguard: Black
  • Electronics:
  • Pickups: Starla Treble And Bass
  • Controls: Volume And Tone Control
  • Pickup Selector: 3-Way Blade Switch

    Case: Hardshell

Paul Reed Smith Starla Electric Guitar with Bird Inlays Includes:

  • hardshell case

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Paul Reed Smith Starla Electric Guitar with Bird Inlays

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I don't want to set it down.
Posted by inlovewithstarla from Santa Cruz, CA on Sep 23, 2009
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock/Blues
So I received my long awaited Starla the other day and all I can say is wow, I don't want to put it down ever. The feel of the guitar is way better than any of the other electric guitars I've owned. (Gibson SG 10 years, Fender Stratocaster 12 years) I always heard about PRS's reputation for quality guitars but I did not feel like they made a guitar that spoke to me, the other PRS guitars looked and sounded a little too stuck up for my taste. The Starla is not stuck up in any way, I first saw it in a guitar store in town and played it for about an hour I also played a Mira, a custom 22, and a semi hollow. The wider neck on the Starla feels like butter compared to the other PRS necks in my opinion and even better than the wide neck of my Gibson SG, something about the shape of it is just superior. The action on the guitar was prestine right out of the case. The PRS custom fitted case is nice too, with leather trimmings around the edges and soft velour on the inside of the case, it is a solid case and so is the guitar. As far as the sound goes, you can get such a wide variety of sounds out of these pickups, these pickups have pretty high output and can really scream if you want them to, but they also can whisper if you lower the tone and volume a bit in clean. The coil splitter nob works unlike any other coil splitter i've used, the quality of coil splitting on other guitars i have played do not sound as genuine as this. I noticed in other reviews people complained about the guitar going out of tune, and I agree a bit but after breaking in the new strings, you really have to be rough with the Bigsby in order for it to go out of tune at all. If it does go out of tune you have to push the bigsby to the limit for 5-10 minutes and even then its barely out of tune. Im also wondering if it is the fact that the classic tuning keys are not as solid as the standard PRS locking ones that come on most other models. I may replace these classics and sacrifice a bit of vintage appeal for the more solid locking PRS tuners. I've seen other reviews from PRS fans that hate the unorthodox look of this guitar, and I don't understand why, to each their own I guess. All of my friends/family I have shown off the guitar to seem to love the way it looks. Everything on the guitar except maybe the vintage tuning keys screams high quality as all PRS guitars are known for doing. The finish is amazing, super glossy beautiful and smooth, I got the mahogony finish and it looks awesome. the fret board is beautiful with the new hollow bird inlays well worth the extra 200$ The bigsby is as all bigsbys have always been freaking sweet, and i'm ashamed I havent been using one all these years. I highly suggest this guitar, if you are a serious guitarist looking to improve your sound and playing.

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