Designed by Joe Knaggs, who also ran the Private Stock program until July of 2009, this is Paul Reed Smith’s take on a semi-acoustic guitar. Definitely inspired by the Gibson ES335, but with many modern upgrades. Some might even claim improvements. The construction of this model is beautifully described in Dave Burrluck's book: ‘The PRS Guitar Book, A Complete History of Paul Reed Smith Guitars’. Its sole sound post is under the bridge, instead of running the length of the body. The sides are mahogany, somewhat of a relative term due to the routing procedure, with highly flame maple top and back, making it a double-10. Although not standard, the sonic possibilities for this model are expanded by the presence of a piezo element in the bridge. The guitar has 2 outputs: a piezo only and a pickup/mix output which acts as a sole output for the Archtop treble and bass pickups when the piezo output is also used or as an output for the mixed signal if this is the only output used. For this purpose, the 2 volume controls either act as master and mix or dedicated pickup volume and piezo volume. The piezo system is powered by a 9V battery. The mahogany neck has an East Indian rosewood fingerboard with abalone bird inlays. For more information on the latest (2020) version, visit the following link:

https://www.prsguitars.com/index.php/electrics/model/hollowbody_ii_piezo_2020.