NAMM 2012: PRS Adds Pickup System To SE Angelus Acoustic

By: Staff

Announced in September 2011 at Experience PRS, the PRS SE Angelus Standard and Custom acoustic guitars are made with high-quality components, including a solid back and solid spruce top, a bone nut and saddle, and PRS designed tuners. Unveiled at NAMM 2012, however, is a PRS pickup system (pictures below) that is now an added option on the SE Angelus in 2012, designed to highlight the instruments’ rich, resonant, and responsive tone. The pickup system is an under-saddle design with three bands of EQ and an anti-feedback loop.

The SE Angelus shares the same proprietary bracing pattern and several other distinct construction features as PRS’s acclaimed Maryland-made acoustic line, as well as the company’s trademark headstock design and bird inlays. The PRS SE Angelus is offered in both a “Standard” and “Custom” package. The Angelus Standard includes mahogany sides, a solid mahogany back and a rosewood fretboard and bridge, while the Angelus Custom includes rosewood sides, a solid rosewood back, and an ebony fretboard bridge.

“The SE Angelus models are the newest additions to the SE product family, which has matured into a comprehensive line of electric and acoustic guitars as well as amplifiers,” said Paul Reed Smith. “The addition of an optional pickup system on the SE acoustics makes the line even more complete. My hope is that all of our SE products become tools for making music and sources of joy.”

The just acoustic version of these highly-anticipated instruments hit stores in early 2012. Instruments with the optional pickup system are available for order beginning on January 19, 2012 and will begin shipping in the spring.

PRS SE Angelus acoustic-electric

SE Angelus acoustic-electric

PRS SE Angelus acoustic-electric