Headstock Logo engravings

[Jo-]

I was admiring my HBII with the IRW neck the other day when I noticed for the first time that the logo was very squashed up. Is this usual for inlaid logos? The Reed part of the logo is right inside the Paul part and the Smith is pretty squashed in too.


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Usually the logos end up closer to the D and G tuners.

 

[FragileThunder]

Must be a fake, you'd better give it to me for a deeper forensic investigation. I can be there in (checks GPS)...under an hour.



Also, I have no clue. Squished one looks cool tho.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

I was admiring my HBII with the IRW neck the other day when I noticed for the first time that the logo was very squashed up. Is this usual for inlaid logos? The Reed part of the logo is right inside the Paul part and the Smith is pretty squashed in too.


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Usually the logos end up closer to the D and G tuners.

Well things shrink with age

 

[Jo-]

Well things shrink with age

Yeah.. but that is "severe shrinkage"!!!

 

[Max Headroom]

Well things shrink with age

Tell me about it

 

[FragileThunder]

Yeah.. but that is "severe shrinkage"!!!

Was it in the pool?

 

[shinksma]

What are the relative years of manufacture? Maybe they've switched up the logo again - they've had about 4 or 5 variations so far, AFAIK.

 

[Jo-]

What are the relative years of manufacture? Maybe they've switched up the logo again - they've had about 4 or 5 variations so far, AFAIK.

This HB is from March 2013. The inlay looks like it's paua. I don't know if that is the difference.
I've had this guitar for nearly 10 years and I never noticed the squished logo before.

 

[Jo-]

Must be a fake, you'd better give it to me for a deeper forensic investigation. I can be there in (checks GPS)...under an hour.



Also, I have no clue. Squished one looks cool tho.

Is this the very rare Pail Rod Smith model?

 

[Going Modal]

That is crazy. I know that the signature/logo on the SE headstocks is a bit compressed, but even they don't overlap the Paul, Reed, and Smith names...

Google image results for "PRS headstock logo" aren't even finding me anything that looks like that one.

 

[Bogner]

That Is Wild!

 

[ElrytNamrogo]

The PRS Artist V had that style logo...

 

[nac]

The signature has changed over the years. It's gotten more condensed.

 

[Maxime Bousquet]

The signature has changed over the years. It's gotten more condensed.

Yeah ! the condensed signature eagle brand

 

[Going Modal]

The PRS Artist V had that style logo...

Sonofagun, you're right... it did! Good eye.

 

[alantig]

This was addressed a while ago. Paul said he was being asked to sign a ton of things and it was taking up too much of his time, so he shortened his signature. The logo just followed suit.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

This was addressed a while ago. Paul said he was being asked to sign a ton of things and it was taking up too much of his time, so he shortened his signature. The logo just followed suit.

As I said, things shrink with age -

 

[garrett]

I was admiring my HBII with the IRW neck the other day when I noticed for the first time that the logo was very squashed up. Is this usual for inlaid logos? The Reed part of the logo is right inside the Paul part and the Smith is pretty squashed in too.


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Usually the logos end up closer to the D and G tuners.

They changed the logo up for a few years there in the early '10's. I was so glad when they went back to the more "normal" looking one. I'm not a fan of the bigger, yet squishier style.

FWIW, all those in your pic are inlaid. The top two are corian vs. the abalone in the bottom one.

 

[Simon Says]

If I saw this signature on anything other than a PRS headstock, I would never guess it says Paul Reed Smith...

...but I kind of like it

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Fakes.

Real ones look like this:

https://imgur.com/Sax6aDg

https://imgur.com/3XB8vWa