PRS Vela Limited Edition Black Limba Satin Natural (s/n: 9262)

Now Available at Northeast Music Center!

PRS Vela Limited Edition Black Limba Satin Natural (s/n: S2089262)! Guitar comes with PRS GigBag!

Limited to just 200 guitars worldwide.

PRS Vela Limited Edition – Black Limba – Satin Natural

Distinctive by design and even more compelling in Black Limba, the PRS Vela Limited Edition in Satin Natural captures a different side of Paul Reed Smith guitar building—organic, expressive, lightweight in spirit, and unmistakably individual.

The Vela has always occupied a special place within the PRS lineup. Its offset-inspired body shape, streamlined electronics, and unique pickup configuration give it a personality that stands apart from more traditional PRS designs. For this Limited Edition, PRS takes that character even further with a Black Limba body, allowing the wood's dramatic natural grain and coloration to become an essential part of the instrument.

Rather than covering that beauty beneath an opaque finish, the Satin Natural treatment lets the Black Limba speak for itself. Flowing grain patterns, contrasting streaks, and natural variations give each guitar an individual appearance, while the satin finish contributes to the Vela's understated, almost vintage-inspired aesthetic. It feels less like a guitar designed to simply look perfect under showroom lights and more like an instrument asking to be played.

A PRS With Its Own Voice

The Vela's appeal extends well beyond its appearance.

Its distinctive pickup combination gives players access to a broad range of textures, from articulate and muscular bridge tones to warmer, more open neck sounds. The result is a guitar capable of moving naturally between clean passages, edge-of-breakup rhythm work, blues, alternative, roots, rock, and more aggressive gain without losing the instrument's individual character.

The Vela's electronics are intentionally straightforward, keeping the player's interaction with the guitar immediate and musical. Combined with the resonance of the Black Limba construction and the tactile feel of the satin finish, this Limited Edition has an organic response that encourages you to explore what the instrument can do rather than simply settle into one familiar sound.

Limited Edition Character

What makes this Vela especially interesting is the combination of an already unconventional PRS design with the natural individuality of Black Limba.

No two pieces of Black Limba look exactly alike. The figuring, streaking, color variation, and grain structure naturally change from instrument to instrument, meaning each example possesses its own visual fingerprint. On a guitar as distinctive as the Vela, that individuality feels completely at home.

At Northeast Music Center, we have represented PRS guitars for decades and have watched the company continually expand what a PRS instrument can be. The Vela is a perfect example. It carries the precision and build quality expected from PRS while offering something intentionally different for the player who wants to step outside the traditional mold.

That is exactly why instruments like this deserve more than a specification sheet.

When you purchase a PRS from Northeast Music Center, you're buying from a store with decades of firsthand experience with the brand and a team that understands the differences between models, woods, finishes, pickups, and configurations. Whether this will be your first PRS or another addition to an established collection, Northeast Music Center is here to help you find the instrument that genuinely fits you.

The PRS Vela Limited Edition Black Limba Satin Natural isn't trying to be another conventional electric guitar.

That's precisely what makes it so compelling.

Awesome guitar available at Northeast Music Center! Adding unique wood to an already unique PRS called the Vela. This guitar is one of our personnel favorites here at the store!

Specifications:

• Body
  • Construction - SolidBody 
  • Body Wood - Black Limba
  • Pickguard - Black/Vela Style
  • Finish - Satin Nitro
  • Top Carve- Asymmetric Bevel 
• Neck
  • Frets - 22
  • Scale length - 25"
  • Neck Wood - Maple
  • Neck Shape- Pattern Regular – Fretboard Wood - East Indian RosewoodInlays - Old School Birds/ Ivory
    • Nut Width – 1 21/32"
    • Depth at Nut – 27/32"
    • Radius - 10"
    • Truss Rod- PRS Double Acting
• Hardware
  • Tuners - PRS Phase III Non-Locking
  • Nut Material - PRS
  • Bridge - PRS Plate
  • Knobs - Lampshade
  • Hardware Type - Nickel
• Electronics
• Neck Pickup - Narrowfield 
• Bridge Pickup - DS-01
• Controls - Volume, Push-Pull Tone & 3-Way Toggle

Really a unique, beautiful sounding and looking PRS here at Northeast Music Center!