All PRS Bass Guitars DISCONTINUED?

[alantig]

Check out Bryan Beller. Great bass player, can do it all. Has played everything from Zappa to Vai to Dethklok.

 

[HANGAR18]

In one particular interview I saw, Geddy Lee cited playing a heavy bass guitar for so many years when refering to his back pain. That was one of the first things I thought of the first time I ever saw the Gary Grainger model... "Holy Cow! Look at all those pickups and electronics! That thing must be REALLY heavy!" But I eventually bought my 5 string GG model and I really like it. Bass is not my primary instrument so the weight is okay if I limit how time I spend playing it. Now I want to buy at least 4 more, and I only know of ONE guitar store int he entire world where I can still buy brand new Gary Grainger bass guitars but at the moment, I'm kinda broke and I cannot afford any more GG bass guitars. Maybe I should hold up a cardboard sign at a subway station saying "I'm not homeless, I just need to buy more guitars." hahahaha

 

[Toecutter0]

I just purchased a new PRS Gary Grainger 4 string from Eddie's Guitars a month ago; Had a production date April 2024...

 

[Toecutter0]

I live 20 minutes away from the PRS factory here in Stevensville, MD. They offer private tours of the factory floor, only small groups of six per tour...INCREDIBLE! You should see all the incredible grades of wood in stock, everything had crafted and fitted. PRS also winds their own coils and manufactures their own pick ups.

 

[Toecutter0]

Grainger very low end output, great for Reggae!

 

[Toecutter0]

Too pretty to play out!

 

[Stephen J.]

I just purchased a new PRS Gary Grainger 4 string from Eddie's Guitars a month ago; Had a production date April 2024...

They are probably still fulfilling orders that were placed before the discontinuation of the line.

 

[Toecutter0]

This Grainger was ordered for Eddie's Guitars, looks custom in every way, especially the wood selection. I asked the guide, while taking the tour last week, if the quality of the instruments made for mass merchandisers was of any LESS quality as would be special order or small retail venue...he stated ALL PRS guitars have the same quality put into them regardless of where they are shipped.

 

[Toecutter0]

They has STACKS of boxed finished guitars piled up going to Sweetwater, Guitar Center and other mass merchandisers. I mean STACKED in the shipping room...

 

[Toecutter0]

Most of the face woods used front body were either east or west coast US sourced, African and South American sourced various fingerboard woods and Mahogany bodies.

 

[Toecutter0]

The Custom Shop has a special room where the highest grade woods are separated and shelved by matching bookend slabs and high grade fingerboard blanks. Custom starting at $8K. They use alcohol based Aniline Dye, coal dust product, for staining to get the deep look on figured wood and Nitrocellular urethane for sealer. Anyone whom owns an instrument with this finish HAS to keep it away from direct sunlight, even from rays incoming from a nearby window, as the finish will bleach out over a short time. I have used these finishes myself on furniture projects and have witnessed the fading damage.

 

[Toecutter0]

Necks glued, not screw or bolted...all hand fit...

 

[theDeepender]

Hmmmmmmm. Maybe I should hang onto this.

Ya think?
I’m pretty sure I’d hold onto that like a toddler who just found his wenis.

 

[DISTORT6]

Getting that post count up, Toecutter0?

 

[WingerRules]

Getting that post count up, Toecutter0?

So he can post pics of that new bass!