Let's see some PRS pics and share your stories about them

[TheGreatGreen]

PRS Custom 22 with EMGs - Got it in 1999, it's been my #1 for that long. It's an awesome guitar.

 

[VonBonfire]

PRS Custom 22 with EMGs - Got it in 1999, it's been my #1 for that long. It's an awesome guitar.

Closing in on 30 years, badass! I'm guessing PRS only uses poly finishes. No beef with poly at all in fact I kind of prefer it in a gigging instrument. Takes a beating and keeps looking great for years. I've actually put my Edwards up wet after a gig where some rain got on the stage and just dried it and the case out when I got back to the house. Not too much worry with a nice poly.

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Closing in on 30 years, badass! I'm guessing PRS only uses poly finishes. No beef with poly at all in fact I kind of prefer it in a gigging instrument. Takes a beating and keeps looking great for years. I've actually put my Edwards up wet after a gig where some rain got on the stage and just dried it and the case out when I got back to the house. Not too much worry with a nice poly.

Yeah I believe it's poly. The only chips it has are where I've dinged it pretty hard, and even then the chips are really small. Sounds awesome acoustically though, I have no complaints about the sound at all.

 

[PiggySmallz]

Have had a few come and go over the years. Missed a 97 custom 22 so much that I bought another 90s custom 22 just recently. These are the remaining guitars. Most are somewhat unique and polarizing.

Private Stock Custom 24 built to honor a family member. Quilt maple top, grain filled swamp ash body, Rosewood neck, pale moon ebony boards

Private Stock Tremonti - Black Limba body and neck with green grain fill, green resin filled burl top and back, green resin filled vulture headstock and zombie Inlay

I also had one of the limited Tremonti Joe Fenton editions. Still have the Gen 1 Tremonti next to it.

 

[thegame]

I for one am thankful that PRS guitars keep the guitar polishing cloth industry as in demand as ever.

 

[griff10672]

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I got 2, a SE Mark Holcomb 7 which has been excellent and has a really nice flame to it and a S2 McCarty I found used at the local GC in a finish I really liked that I haven’t seen, metallic blue black burst edges and black back.

I've almost pulled the trigger on a few McCarty's ....... that blue is gorgeous !!

 

[VonBonfire]

I've almost pulled the trigger on a few McCarty's ....... that blue is gorgeous !!

Agreed. I dig most of PRS' translucent color choices with the nice looking tops. I'd gig an Orianthi purple and pink sig model if I had the 15k they want for it.

 

[JackBootedThug]

OG Seymour parallel axis installed successfully…

 

[bikerdude2]

Currently own 3. A 01 Custom 22, and a pair of 594’s. I’m a fan of the Dragon pickups, and to me, sounds PRS’s ish, and work well for me. The 594’s have the lower wound pickups, and to my ears, really lend themselves to more of that LP tone, just more clear and balanced, if that makes sense. This is my LP killer Burst.

 

[CoreyW]

my understanding is that the silver sky is supposed to be close to a vintage strat. I'm not the biggest strat guy, so I honestly can't say if that's really true or not. I do like my SS, though, so it works for me.

From what I remember, it was supposed to be a modern take on a vintage style. Which, they are not all that strat like in feel, but they mostly sound like one.

The reverse headstock does retain the strat feel up around the nut, but the guitar feels a decent bit smaller than a strat. The lower horn cut away, is nothing like a strat, the SS feels like there is enough room to keep a groupie or two in there. To me standing a playing, the SS hangs on me more like a Wolfgang and closer to a Les Paul than a strat.

I personally prefer the Fenders though.

Here is a shot of all of mine together.

 

[ChurchHill]

Closing in on 30 years, badass! I'm guessing PRS only uses poly finishes. No beef with poly at all in fact I kind of prefer it in a gigging instrument. Takes a beating and keeps looking great for years. I've actually put my Edwards up wet after a gig where some rain got on the stage and just dried it and the case out when I got back to the house. Not too much worry with a nice poly.

IIRC, PRS started using a hybrid nitro finish sometime around 2014, think mixed with urethane or something. They had some problems with it, changed a couple of time, and finally found something that worked around 2018 or so. I think it's mostly nitro now, they call it high-gloss nitro, but who knows what their marketing dept is really talking about. Somebody that knows more than I do might have more details. I really don't care as long as it feels good and wears well.

I've heard a lot about people having problems with clouding and I've seen some that did. But, of the 7 I've owned, I haven't had any problems. I think most of that problem was during the hybrid nitro experiments and isn't nearly as common now. What I've heard is that it's caused by moisture being trapped under the finish, which could come from a previous coat, what I think was happening with PRS, or from the wood itself, which has happened to more than a few builders. But, I'm not a finish expert.

Here's another of mine, 2016 Wood Library Hollowbody with a Korina body and neck. Stock except for the gold rings and BKP Stormy Mondays. Despite its looks, it's a really great rock guitar. Korina sounds like a cross between mahogany and ash, to me. It's really snappy but has a warm body like an SG or LP Jr.