Buying NOS

[fgeorge097]

Dealer has a killer NOS PRS at a great price.

My concern is that it is from 2008.

What precautions are there to buying NOS? How can I tell if the quality is there buying a ten-year old guitar online?

 

[watelessness]

It might need to be tuned

 

[veinbuster]

They made fine guitars in 2008. Like every year.
No worries - take the deal.

 

[dogrocketp]

if the price is right, and you like the guitar, it would be foolish to get hung up in the NOS worry.

 

[Herr Squid]

2008 was a watershed year for PRS. It's bound to be a good guitar. If it's got 57/08 pickups in it, it's probably a great guitar.

 

[AP515]

I got a 2008 NOS the day after Experience 2016. Was perfect. I wouldn't have a single worry.

 

[jay]

My only advice is: being an online store, ask for recent photos. If this has been kept under the light for a long time, the color might have faded and the photos might have been taken years ago.
Not necessarily a bad thing, but you don't want to have surprises when you open the box.

Enjoy!

 

[Dusty Chalk]

It depends -- Sweetwater, Dave's, Brian's, Moore, Island, I wouldn't have a problem. Big box stores like Guitar Center or Musician's Friend , you might need to change the strings right away.

But duude? What are you worried about ? It'll be under warranty !

 

[Alan Manning]

Dust it down and you're good to go

 

[bodia]

Wouldn't hesitate at all if it were something I was looking for. I say, go for it!

 

[Jazzedout]

I have my eye on a sweet semihollow singlecut limited run, from 2007 I think, but can't justify it at the moment. I would not hesitate if I was in a different situation