Engraving on pickups?

carter840

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So I have seen this primarily with the 57/08 pickups, but can anyone explain why PRS engraves some pickups. In relation to the 57/08 I've also noticed that some are not engraved, which makes the engraving even more of an enigma. Does anyone have the story on this?
 
The original 57/08s weren't engraved, some call those "The Holy Grail", and they are different but yeah, tone is subjective. Next was " 57/08" then came "57/08 TM".

The "TM" was the final version that Paul decided on apparently.
 
Well looks like I've got myself the holy grail then. I'm be picking up a smoke burst McCarty tomorrow and it seems to have those non engraved 57/08. A bit worried about a guitar with a nitro finish but I should be awesome.
 
Yup that guitar will be a tone machine.

Don't worry about the nitro, just use a nitro safe stand, take your strap off when you put the guitar in the case and wipe it down after every time you rock it!
 
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