SOLD - 2016 Private Stock PRS McCarty 594

Grampa

YourArsenal87 said:

That’s not a crazy price for a private stock. 3500£ was very, very generous.

That's roughly what I bought it for, and then sold it for. I enjoyed owning it, I'm sure Con did too. It's only the dealers (retail or bedroom) that inflate prices to ridiculous levels. It then only takes one or two buyers with more money than sense to make these inflated prices seem acceptable. A PRS Private Stock is no better a guitar than a core model, it just looks prettier.

cm01

Hopefully safe to say this now that it's long gone... that 3 way switch placement is all kinds of wrong! 

YourArsenal87

Grampa said:

YourArsenal87 said:

That’s not a crazy price for a private stock. 3500£ was very, very generous.

That's roughly what I bought it for, and then sold it for. I enjoyed owning it, I'm sure Con did too. It's only the dealers (retail or bedroom) that inflate prices to ridiculous levels. It then only takes one or two buyers with more money than sense to make these inflated prices seem acceptable. A PRS Private Stock is no better a guitar than a core model, it just looks prettier.

I completely agree, and I wish these kind of dealers weren’t a thing. Not sure how big a part they have played in it, but used prices, across the board, have risen a lot the past couple of years. I think sites like Reverb are partly to blame as well. People see the asking prices there and assume that’s the going rate, even if the guitars sit unsold for ages. It’s great you chose you sell the guitar for what you paid. More or less breaking even is my aim when selling on a guitar I’ve enjoyed.

I also agree that Private Stock guitars aren’t necessarily better than Core models, strictly in terms of sound, playability and function. But that’s not really the point? They are vastly more expensive, new and used. And as often as not priced around that 6k mark. I would certainly not pay that kind of money (not to mention the 10k+ price of a new one), but some people obviously do.   

chris78

Grampa said:

That's roughly what I bought it for, and then sold it for. I enjoyed owning it, I'm sure Con did too. It's only the dealers (retail or bedroom) that inflate prices to ridiculous levels. It then only takes one or two buyers with more money than sense to make these inflated prices seem acceptable. A PRS Private Stock is no better a guitar than a core model, it just looks prettier.

Selling without inflating the price is one of the things that makes this forum a great place. 
I'm going to disagree that a Private Stock is no better than a core. I'm going to say there is a world of difference and if you buy 2 core line 594s, they'll both sound subtly different. For me though, I owned 2 MEVs together. A private stock and then the core model from the experience. The core was a good guitar (was because I sold it), the private stock is something special. I also had a Paul's guitar at one point at the same time as the MEV, which have the same pickups and that was very close too. The private stock has an additional couple of percent at most, but it's that couple of percent that means I still have my private stock (and probably always will) and don't have either of those core models.

Rebar

I think it's now up on ebay for £7300!!

Grampa

Rebar said:

I think it's now up on ebay for £7300!!

That's the one.

Try a cheeky offer of £3500, in six months time when it hasn't sold they'll probably bite your hand off!!

Grampa

And here it is again! Might just buy a ticket to try and win it back.

https://guitargeargiveaway.co.uk/product/prs-private-stock-mccarty-594-periscope-6-teal-nightshade-6402/

wizbit81

Hahahah f*ck me they make an absolute TONNE of money off this raffle scam. It's 1350 tickets at 9 quid a pop. They don't complete the raffle until all tickets are sold....so that's over 12k they are taking home on this guitar. They must be laughing themselves silly all the way to the bank. 

Grampa

wizbit81 said:

Hahahah f*ck me they make an absolute TONNE of money off this raffle scam. It's 1350 tickets at 9 quid a pop. They don't complete the raffle until all tickets are sold....so that's over 12k they are taking home on this guitar. They must be laughing themselves silly all the way to the bank. 

Exactly...If I win it back I think I'll raffle it next time!

wizbit81

I'm going to raffle my entire collection, I'll be a millionaire by next week! 

WindmillGuitars

We've had ten guitars bought in the last few months by online raffle sites .. only the legalities and paperwork are a minefield I'd nearly think about launching a site myself! 

guitargeek62

WindmillGuitars said:

We've had ten guitars bought in the last few months by online raffle sites .. only the legalities and paperwork are a minefield I'd nearly think about launching a site myself! 

The legalities of most of these sites are questionable at best. Most, if not all, of these sites should fall under gambling legalisation and be licensed by the Gambling Commission - I've not seen a single one that advertises this so far, nor makes it transparent whether they are licensed or not.

Rustylee

The fact that you have to answer a (quite obvious) question with your entry makes the whole thing a "competition" and not gambling is how they get away with it.

WindmillGuitars

@rustylee - that seems to be the loophole .. in addition to which if you want to operate / cover NI you also have to give a free route to entry 

DDtB

Just FYI to those suggesting guitargeargiveaway is a scam.  It’s not.  The guys running it have worked hard to build that business and are genuine music gear fans.

Decent blokes who’ve created something that has actually made a lot of folk happy, including some charities and don’t deserve slagging from folk who don’t actually have a clue about them or what they’ve done.

I’ve got amps, pedals and guitars I wouldn’t ever have had if not been for folk like them so I’ll always be grateful and defend them.  

Rich31k

WindmillGuitars said:

@rustylee - that seems to be the loophole .. in addition to which if you want to operate / cover NI you also have to give a free route to entry 

They have a free entry tucked away in the T&Cs on guitargeargiveaway. But it is fairly onerous in terms of requirements 

qawsed

wizbit81 said:

Hahahah f*ck me they make an absolute TONNE of money off this raffle scam. It's 1350 tickets at 9 quid a pop. They don't complete the raffle until all tickets are sold....so that's over 12k they are taking home on this guitar. They must be laughing themselves silly all the way to the bank. 

Not sure this is quite right judging by their FAQs:

“We have NEVER extended a competition and NEVER will. Regardless of how many tickets sell the entries will close when the timer runs out. Most of the time our tickets sell out long before the timer runs out and often draws get brought forward. However, if the tickets don’t sell out we will do the draw no matter what.”

I hadn’t realised this was a thing until this morning - definitely not for me, but I can understand the appeal for those who gamble/enter raffles.

guitargeek62

DDtB said:

Just FYI to those suggesting guitargeargiveaway is a scam.  It’s not.  The guys running it have worked hard to build that business and are genuine music gear fans.

Decent blokes who’ve created something that has actually made a lot of folk happy, including some charities and don’t deserve slagging from folk who don’t actually have a clue about them or what they’ve done.

I’ve got amps, pedals and guitars I wouldn’t ever have had if not been for folk like them so I’ll always be grateful and defend them.  

I’m not saying it’s a scam, I’m just saying that their operating model is questionable.