If the secret sauce doesn't fly, further discussion is moot.
Perhaps we should look at this a different way.....
Is it possible to get some pricing flexibility with a bulk PS order? For example, if the forum could guarantee 20 or 30 (or whatever) Private Stock guitars is there enough of a discount in play to make it attainable for forum members? This may be particularly attractive to the PS production line if the guitars could be batched. For example, they all have the same color. If they were all unique PS shape and wood combos, but had the same finish, the PS line may be able to batch that production run together and POTENTIALLY offer some cost savings from the "normal" PS order.
Rather than trying to force fit this into a WL order, is there a way to make it a PS order that is attractive to both the forum members AND PRS?
I mentioned earlier, and I still maintain, that we should wait until the backlog is past before we try to have the FG done....
Markie has a very valid point in his post above. We are attempting this at a time when PRS has a HUGE backlog. They just added another shift to address all the orders they have. His point is that we cannot dangle enough prospective purchases in front of them to divert their attention from fulfilling the orders they already have. I agree.
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I don't think you have anything to apologize for. Lots of folks seemed to miss the point about trying to keep it within what is normally considered a "core" model with just variations in woods (thus the WL comparison was fair) and AP upgrades. I'd have been annoyed to a far greater degree.OK, I hear that I have ruffled some member's feathers.
This is far from my intent. For anyone who feels I have denigrated them, talked down to them or otherwise been rude or dismissive, I truly apologize.
While I like that idea in principle, I don't know if the current backlog will abate any time in the near to medium future - PRS is hitting home run after home run, expanding their customer base, and not lowering quality. It will be 4 or 5 years, I suspect.I mentioned earlier, and I still maintain, that we should wait until the backlog is past before we try to have the FG done.
I'm guessing they will have breathing room in about 6 months... unless they come out with another high demand model, that is!While I like that idea in principle, I don't know if the current backlog will abate any time in the near to medium future - PRS is hitting home run after home run, expanding their customer base, and not lowering quality. It will be 4 or 5 years, I suspect.