You have a great top on that guitar.... ask your friend if mine has a dead spot........ and it's PS...
No, it does not.
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No, it does not.
You have a great top on that guitar.... ask your friend if mine has a dead spot........ and it's PS...
Wow your guitar is beautiful! I love those inlays and usually i dont like matching headstocks but that one looks amazing
Last night i was looking at private stocks and modern eagles because i wanted to see how black or wooden pickup rings and ebony tuner buttons look on CU24 and i saw a lot of guitars with these "Stripes" its funny because i havent see any core or top 10 with it.. how can it be good for PS or eagles but not for top 10? I know its not really important but im curious about how the guys at PRS choose their tops
For example:
Rusty Chops
Geezer
Ye
Yeah, who knew my ‘61 J-45 with “hideous bear claw” figures in its spruce top would someday be extremely fashionable?
Yeah, who knew my ‘61 J-45 with “hideous bear claw” figures in its spruce top would someday be extremely fashionable?
eclecticsynergy
PRS user since '87
I too prefer character over uniformity. It has a pleasing visual rhythm to it, like a boat wake. I'd much rather have a top like that than a typical tight-flamed 10-top.
Tonart
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I would grade wood library. Those are not deadspots - they’re extra wide flame! It’s a unique top which changes from tight to extra wide flame.Hello people, i wonder how would you "Grade" this maple top, i love it but i have a "Discusion" with my friends and id like to hear your opinions, please base your opinion on the top only, not hardware or inlays, would you say its a core, top 10, artist, wood library?
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Dead spot. This was supposed to be a Collection grade top! I’m so mad about getting conned I want my money back!!! 
But it’s also true that consistent flame can be unbeatable in artistic beauty. So the straight laced crowd is not wrong too.
It’s the individual top.
Mostly, this dude is right!
But it’s also true that consistent flame can be unbeatable in artistic beauty. So the straight laced crowd is not wrong too.
It’s the individual top.
Mostly, this dude is right!
Herr Squid
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10 tops are about uniformity.
Wood library and private stock guitars are about distinctiveness.
Those are not the same thing.
Sometimes the person picking the wood library or private stock top will think it's spectacular because of quirks of figuring even though some other people would look at it and say there are dead spots.
Wood library and private stock guitars are about distinctiveness.
Those are not the same thing.
Sometimes the person picking the wood library or private stock top will think it's spectacular because of quirks of figuring even though some other people would look at it and say there are dead spots.
Glide-bpm
We were small but we were slow...
Thanks! Appreciate the compliments!
Wow is that PS? Its beautiful... and that fretboard look reaaaally nice, you guys have amazing guitars, here in Spain they are so expensive...Dead spot. This was supposed to be a Collection grade top! I’m so mad about getting conned I want my money back!!!
But it’s also true that consistent flame can be unbeatable in artistic beauty. So the straight laced crowd is not wrong too.
It’s the individual top.
Mostly, this dude is right!
Yeah i think im starting to understand how that works its really insteresting to me
Tonart
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If you’re referring to the first picture, yessir it belongs to a run from the past called the Collection Series.
The other two pictures, I wish they were mine for me to answer for.
Glide-bpm
We were small but we were slow...
I'll have to admit, it's one of the best matching headstocks I've ever owned/seen in person. I'm sure there are better ones out there, but I've
never owned anything quite like this PS 2012 PRS Experience 408. I fell in love with those crazy wavy chevron flames below the bridge
as soon as I saw the picks on Reverb.com. Next thing I know, I'm raking $6k+ out the bank... The bride wore me out for THAT one!
LoL!!!
Haha but im sure it was worth itI'll have to admit, it's one of the best matching headstocks I've ever owned/seen in person. I'm sure there are better ones out there, but I've
never owned anything quite like this PS 2012 PRS Experience 408. I fell in love with those crazy wavy chevron flames below the bridge
as soon as I saw the picks on Reverb.com. Next thing I know, I'm raking $6k+ out the bank... The bride wore me out for THAT one!
LoL!!!
dogrocketp
I drank the PRS kool aid, and it was tasty!
Ebony isn’t always jet black, unless it’s been dyed. The color looks like some Macassar ebony knobs I bought years ago to put on a G guitar that I later sold. Yes, it had a jet black ebony fingerboard that would stain my fingers by the third set. I wanted to dump the damn thing in the ocean after struggling for 22 years and 2 fret jobs.
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As mentioned, ebony can have some lighter coloration - it was the purest black that was sought after, but most ebony is not so pure black. Curiously though, it looks like one of your knobs has the end-grain facing (on the top), vs side grain on the other two (like you'd see on a fret board). Weird.I bought some custom parts for the guitar, tuner knobs, pot knobs and pickup frames from crazyparts. I bought 3 ebony knobs and received this ones... do you think they are all ebony? Thats what crazyparts replied to me
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