There is no onboard tone control for the piezo system but when removing the battery, if you peer into the cavity you'll see six trim pots that let you balance the piezo output of each string.
Plugging another mono lead into the piezo output means you can now send each signal to separate amps and the controls' functions are slightly altered in that the blend now becomes just a volume for the piezo system and the 'master' volume of the mix/mag-only output becomes just a volume for the magnetic pickups - as with a regular PRS guitar. "Plugging another mono lead into the piezo output means you can now send each signal to separate amps." With a standard mono jack in the mix/mag output, the volume control works as a master for both the magnetic and piezo outputs the blend control - which only functions with the system switch in its middle position (both systems on) - moves between magnetic (fully 'off' anti-clockwise) and piezo (fully 'on' clockwise). On the treble-side edge guitar of the lower bout we get a long panel holding the mixed mono output (labelled 'mix/mag'), the piezo output and the battery housing necessary to power the piezo system. The P22's layout has the volume close to the treble stud of the piezo-loaded adjustable Stoptail, just like a Custom. "If you peer into the cavity you'll see six trim pots that let you balance the piezo output of each string."Īside from having a smaller electronic footprint than the Hollowbody's piezo system, the controls have been moved around a bit.
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At full retail it adds £500 to the price of a PRS Custom - less at street prices - while the P22 is around £500 less expensive than the other piezo-equipped PRS guitars, the single- and double-cut Hollowbody II. In fact, its been either an option or a standard feature on PRS's double- and single-cut Hollowbody guitars since the early-2000s.īut by making the P22's new piezo electronics smaller, PRS has been able to fit it into a slightly extended cavity of a PRS solidbody. The P22 may be the first PRS solidbody electric that comes with a piezo system to produce acoustic-like sounds when amplified, but this system, and its development, date back over a decade.
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