Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The PRS Vela should be in the conversation for the best $2000 electric guitar. The PRS S2 Vela HHT and Vela Semi-Hollow electric guitar both represent some of the best American-made guitars I've played, and today we're shooting out the Vela HHT and the PRS Vela Semi-Hollow to compare and contrast these two great PRS electric guitars.

The Vela is a unique design that delivers something fresh while being wildly versatile. Its two pickup configuration with coil-tap gives you a wide range of sounds suitable for clean or overdriven contexts. And both guitars display PRS' relentless attention to detail, design aesthetics, playability and great tones.

Check out this head to head comparison of the PRS Vela HHT and PRS Vela Semi-Hollow and let me know which one YOU would choose in the comments below 👇

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
01:36 Similarities
02:44 Clean Tones - Vela HHT
04:09 Clean Tones - Vela Semi-Hollow
05:56 Notable Differences
07:53 Coil-Tap Tones - Vela HHT
08:40 Coil Tap Tones - Vela Semi-Hollow
10:00 Overdriven Tones - Vela HHT
11:29 Overdriven Tones - Vela Semi-Hollow
12:58 Closing Thoughts

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PRS S2 Vela Semi-Hollow

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