PRS Special S/H 22 Purple Mist WSB

PRS Special S/H 22 Purple Mist WSB review

The PRS Special S/H 22 Purple Mist WSB is a U.S.-made electric guitar with a mahogany body and neck, maple top, rosewood fingerboard, and a three-pickup HSH configuration. Its listed price is 4599. The model has been available since April 2025, and its item number is 613045. The supplied specifications describe the construction and hardware in useful detail, but do not include customer reviews or hands-on performance findings. This assessment therefore stays with what the listed components and controls establish.

Construction and playing dimensions

The body is mahogany, topped with maple, while the neck is also mahogany. The fingerboard is rosewood and carries 22 frets. PRS identifies the neck profile as Pattern, without providing further measurements such as nut width, neck depth, or fret dimensions. Those details matter to individual fit, so the profile name alone cannot establish how the neck will feel in a player's hands.

The 635 mm scale is also listed as 25 inches. That gives a clear reference for comparing the instrument with other guitars, though the specifications do not state string gauge or factory setup. The finish is Purple Mist, and the hardware is described as hybrid. No further breakdown of hardware materials or finish is provided.

Mahogany, maple, and rosewood are familiar tonewood choices, but the material list cannot predict the precise sound of an individual instrument. Pickup design, setup, strings, amplification, and playing technique all affect the result. Since no measured response or listening test is available here, any claim about a particular tonal character would go beyond the supplied evidence.

Pickup layout and switching

The HSH arrangement combines two 58/15 LT humbuckers, one in the treble position and one in the bass position, with a Narrowfield humbucker described as single-coil style. This gives the guitar three pickup positions across the body while retaining a humbucker at each end of the layout. The available data does not specify pickup output, magnet type, or individual frequency response.

Controls consist of one volume control and one tone control, plus two mini-toggle switches for coil splitting. The switches provide a way to split coils, adding pickup configurations beyond the full humbucker settings. The specification does not state which pickups each switch affects, whether the switches split one or both humbuckers, or the exact combinations available in each selector position. Prospective buyers should check the control diagram or confirm the switching details with the seller if those options are central to their decision.

This arrangement offers more switching choices than a basic three-pickup guitar with only volume and tone controls. However, the provided information does not identify a pickup selector type or its position count. It is therefore not possible to map every sound option from the specifications alone.

Tremolo, tuners, and included equipment

The guitar uses a PRS Gen III tremolo, identified in the general specification list as PRS-style. Locking machine heads are PRS Phase III. These are concrete hardware details, but the listing does not provide information about setup, tuning stability under tremolo use, adjustment range, or maintenance requirements. Those points depend on the specific instrument and its setup.

A PRS case is included. The shorter summary field says "Including Case: Yes" and "incl. Bag: No," so the supplied package includes a case rather than a gig bag. For a buyer comparing package contents, that distinction is useful. The specifications do not describe the case's construction, interior, or included accessories.

Assessment

The listed specification set makes the PRS Special S/H 22 Purple Mist WSB a clearly defined HSH model: 22 frets, a 25-inch scale, two 58/15 LT humbuckers, a Narrowfield humbucker, coil-split mini toggles, a PRS Gen III tremolo, and locking tuners. Its mahogany body and neck, maple top, rosewood fingerboard, Purple Mist finish, and included PRS case round out the documented package.

At a listed price of 4599, buyers should verify the currency, current availability, and exact switching behavior with the retailer, since those details are not established in the provided data. There are no customer reviews available, and no playing impressions or sound tests have been supplied. On specifications alone, the model's main point of distinction is its combination of three pickup designs and coil-split controls, rather than any proven performance claim. A hands-on evaluation would still be needed to judge neck comfort, tremolo response, tuning behavior, and sound through an amplifier.