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PRS Announces Floyd-Equipped SE Torero

The SE Torero is PRS'' first shred-minded guitar with a Floyd Rose, EMG pickups and neck-through-body construction.

PRS Announces Floyd-Equipped SE Torero
Stevensville, MD (January 14, 2010) -- The SE Torero offers many ā€œfirstsā€ for PRS Guitars, and is dubbed by Paul Reed Smith himself as ā€œa shredder’s dream.ā€ Features unique to the new SE Torero and first ever for PRS are the use of a Floyd Rose bridge, EMG pickups, and neck-through body construction.

ā€œThe Torero has our quality with a Floyd Rose tremolo and EMGs. It’s very cool.ā€ Paul Reed Smith

The minimal/unpronounced heel smoothly blends into the body. That coupled with the deeper, lower cutaway increases sustain and gives easier and smoother accessibility to the upper frets while pick-ups provide power, clarity and definition. The bound ebony fretboard with jumbo frets and no inlays paired with a mahogany body and flame-maple veneer give this guitar a very distinct look.

ā€œI am excited to bring this new model to market. We incorporated a lot of firsts for PRS in the Torero that should appeal to players who may not have considered PRS in the past,ā€ commented Doug Shive, SE Business Unit Manager.

Detailed specifications for the SE Torero are as follows: mahogany body with flame-maple veneer, arm carve and bound top; 3-piece maple neck with thru-neck construction and a wide-thin carve with a heavily carved heel area, a 25 Ā½ā€ scale length, an ebony bound fretboard with no inlay, jumbo frets and a bound headstock; standard EMG 81 and 85 pickups, a master volume and tone, 3-way blade switch and remote battery box; chrome hardware, an original Floyd Rose 1000 Series bridge, and standard PRS tuners and standard strap buttons.

Wayne Johnson, PRS Amp team member describes this new model as ā€œsonically devastating,ā€ and PRS’s SE Inspector Dong Chang also offered, ā€œThis guitar makes you play harder.ā€

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