Add a little PRS history to your collection

[toothace]

Saw this while perusing Mann's Guitar Vault. Wouldn't this be a cool piece to add to your collection...:cheers:

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Yes. Yes it would.

 

[László]

That just plain rocks.

 

[ViperDoc]

That just plain rocks.

Note the absence of the abalone center stripe and the presence of two mini switches. With P90s, are these pickup on/off switches, or a selector and a series/parallel switch? What else could it be? preamp? Cool nonetheless.

 

[Spikedog007]

Found a little more information on this guitar...


This guitar was hand built by Paul Reed Smith for me, John Mann. I designed and manufactured the original trem for PRS. This is one of the very first guitars Paul built. It's the first 1piece top ever... the first sunburst ever !!!

BODY •Top Wood - 1 piece Carved Figured Maple with Purfling
•Back Wood - Mahogany

NECK
•Number of Frets - 24
•Scale Length - 24 1/2"
•Neck Wood - Mahogany
•Fretboard Wood - Brazilian Rosewood
•Neck Shape - Santana Wide/Fat
•Inlays - 1 Bird (12th Fret)
•Headstock Inlay - Eagle
•Truss Rod Cover - None

HARDWARE
•Bridge - Tremolo - Original PRS-Mann
•Tuners - Original locking tuners
•Hardware - Nickel
•Treble Pickup - Gibson P-90 (rewound by Paul Reed Smith) / Brazilian Rosewood covers
•Bass Pickup - Gibson P-90 (rewound by Paul Reed Smith) / Brazilian Rosewood covers
•Volume control
•2 mini pickup selector switches (Neck / Both / Bridge / Off)

ADDT'L INFO
•Original Hardshell case (Gibson Les Paul )
•Hand built for John Mann by Paul Reed Smith
•Letter of provenance included
•First ever 1 pc top built by Paul Reed Smith
•First ever Sunburst built by Paul Reed Smith
•FREE Annual 70 Point Inspection & Setup

 

[John Mann]

B-)

 

[Brian]

Wow... a unique piece, for sure! It would be interesting to see what it would fetch on the open market.