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In pictures: PRS S2 Starla unboxed

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By Michael Brown ( Total Guitar ) published 9 July 2013

One of the stars of the new cut-price PRS USA line-up

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PRS S2 Starla unboxed

PRS S2 Starla unboxed

Paul Reed Smith and co have done the impossible: PRS has unleashed a new range of USA-made electric solidbodies at half the price of the USA equivalent PRS models.

One of these new guitars is the S2 Starla, a guitar that aims to snag players who might have been put off by the high price tags of existing PRS USA guitars. Not only that, but this £1,095 RRP guitar looks pretty sweet, too – as we’re sure you’ll agree as you check out our unboxing shots.

For the full review of the PRS S2 Starla, check out Total Guitar issue 245, on sale 2 September.

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Mike is Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com, in addition to being an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict. He has a master's degree in journalism, and has spent the past decade writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as a decade-and-a-half performing in bands of variable genre (and quality). In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock under the nom de plume Maebe.

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