Been hankering for a PRS....but not at this price!

StanleyAccrington

Surely it's a typo.

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thegummy

I can believe it since it's one Paul actually made himself before he started mass producing. Collectors pay crazy money.

For me, when the price is above about 5 grand it just goes in to fairytale world; if it's 10 grand it might as well be 20 grand, 60 grand or a million - the numbers don't have any bearing on my real world.

E.G. was watching a quiz show the other day and they had to guess how much an original Picasso or something was sold for - I had no basis for a guess, it could have been any high number.

Logie

Hmm, I'm on the lookout for a 24. Might give him a call.......or go and buy that yacht I've had my eye on. Choices, choices....

Henrytwang

Nice looking guitar but hardly a price a non-collector would want to pay. If somebody does buy it it’ll probably disappear into a collection.

jeztone2

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m6KSA49G01k

I love how he prefers the 2018 guitar. 

octatonic

There is no magic in the early PRS guitars, imho- although they are generally nice guitars.

Most (or at least many) 'players' did 3 things with them:

1) swapped the pickups- it is crazy what I see people paying for HFS and Vintage Bass pickups. They kinda suck.
2) ditch the sweet switch and put in a tone pot.
3) swap the 5 way to a Gibson style 3 way and maybe a push/pull on the tone out.

I did this with my '89 and it was a much, better guitar.
Until the knife edge on the trem goes, and you need to replace the tuners  because they wear down.

Once you've done all that work you have a much less valuable guitar in a collectors world.
I still sold mine back in 2010 and a second set of HFS/Vintage Bass pickups a few years later.

My PRS SC58 is a better made guitar.

Kebabkid

Oct hits the nail on the head - I did pretty much the same on all counts with my '89 CU24 but I felt I could without regrets towards the value/resale as I also had a neck break repair, but these simple mods improved the guitar greatly.

Whilst I put Lollar Imperials in mine, generally, a superior and fine pickup, I sold the HFS/Vintage bass pickups to a mate who eventually bought the guitar and reinstalled them. I have to say, when I tried the guitar again, the PRS pickups seemed a better fit for the guitar across both clean and dirty sounds and I preferred them.

I wouldn't rest much importance on one being a pre-1989 etc. PRS guitars are well made and they've had ergonomic and pickup improvements over the years, especially the CU24. It's just a case of if you like them and finding the model that's right for you. I've had a few and IMHO, the 22 fretters have a nicer feel and sound sweeter. Don't discount a DGT model.

gibsongretschfan

That's going straight onto a dental practice wall 

TeleMaster

gibsongretschfan said:

That's going straight onto a dental practice wall 

Like most of the other ones 

deano

I don't understand the references to dentists. Can someone explain?

impmann

deano said:

I don't understand the references to dentists. Can someone explain?

Some think it’s funny, because they cost “so much” only dentists can afford them.
Much like high end Gibsons and Fenders... but they are ‘cool’. See the other thread for what apparently constitutes ‘cool’.

Its a well worn, unfunny joke. And perhaps time for the record to change...

deano

Do UK dentists play guitars more than other health-care professionals do then? I would have thought consultant surgeons with a private practice would have more money to spend if they played guitars.

It's a confusing reference, specifically about dentists. Would someone who is making those references be able to give us some statistics to show a breakdown of what guitars (if any) are used by the various medical specialities that the NHS offers?

It would be helpful to know whether 28% of anaesthetists who guitar at all, play Martins for example? What about opticians or ENT specialists?

Let's get some numbers around these claims shall we?

Collings

octatonic said:8

There is no magic in the early PRS guitars, imho- although they are generally nice guitars.

Agree with this completly. I actually owned one of the very first PRS guitars in the country. Brought before Chandlers started importing them. It was a great guitar but do think the newer ones i now own arè superior in build quality and the current pickups are far better.

TeleMaster

Someone touched a nerve...

Musicwolf

deano said:

Do UK dentists play guitars more than other health-care professionals do then? I would have thought consultant surgeons with a private practice would have more money to spend if they played guitars.

It's a confusing reference, specifically about dentists. Would someone who is making those references be able to give us some statistics to show a breakdown of what guitars (if any) are used by the various medical specialities that the NHS offers?

It would be helpful to know whether 28% of anaesthetists who guitar at all, play Martins for example? What about opticians or ENT specialists?

Let's get some numbers around these claims shall we?

I have one UK Dentist friend from University - but he plays keyboards.

Of the three Consultants that I know socially two are musicians but only one plays guitar.  As far as I am aware, he doesn't own a PRS

Twinfan

The price is too high, but this is a serious collectors piece.  It's a very early PRS dated March '85 and it was a custom order with documentation to prove it.  The "NAMM 20" were built in late '84 for the winter NAMM show in Feb '85, and this guitar was built prior to the factory starting up to produce the orders that came in at NAMM.

I'd guess somewhere around half what it's listed for is a more realistic price to be asking for it.

thegummy

TeleMaster said:

Someone touched a nerve...

Lol

Not enough novocane

thegummy

deano said:

Do UK dentists play guitars more than other health-care professionals do then? I would have thought consultant surgeons with a private practice would have more money to spend if they played guitars.

It's a confusing reference, specifically about dentists. Would someone who is making those references be able to give us some statistics to show a breakdown of what guitars (if any) are used by the various medical specialities that the NHS offers?

It would be helpful to know whether 28% of anaesthetists who guitar at all, play Martins for example? What about opticians or ENT specialists?

Let's get some numbers around these claims shall we?

Think you're taking it just a tad literally...

Nikc

Isn't the dentist thing a US joke - as we know the USA has always seen health and peoples suffering as a profit opportunity. Dentist being a particularly well paid job but lacking taste ???

Cycling has similar jokes about Cevelo bikes. 

Hattigol

I understood the dentist/PRS reference to come not just from the stereotype that they are wealthy but also that they are boring.

In other words, a brace of reasons?

deano

So people who own PRS guitars are boring and tasteless (presumably because anyone who buys something that isn't cool is pretty much the standard definition of lacking in taste). That must be pleasant reading to PRS owners on this site.