How long does a refinish from the PTC take?

[Jo-]

How long does a refinish generally take?
I had bought a Cu22 Walnut Ltd which I had to send to the factory for some repairs, and they have had it since mid September, so that's nearly 4 months now.
I got a follow up email today which said it would be a few more weeks. So far it's received it's base coat, but Ryan says that since it's got a walnut top they need to give it some extra care and attention as they haven't made many 'production-level walnut topped' guitars

They were kind enough to send me a couple of pics... so here she is .. all nekkid and stuff... can't wait till I get her back. She'll be like new!

 

[Mark Ray]

Time frame seems about right. They've had my '12 P22 since late August. I haven't gotten an update in quite a while. Your post gives me hope!

 

[Greywolf]

it will be worth the wait , the Walnut's are spectacular .. love mine.

 

[aphantomvaper]

Very cool! Neat that rough finish turns into the glassy gloss finish!!

 

[bodia]

I was quoted 16 weeks on the two tha5 I have sent in. One was every minute of 16 weeks, and the other was back in 5 weeks.

 

[JasonE]

The only one I had them do was in spring of 2021 I think. All mine needed was a strip of the finish, probably mostly top coat, and a respray. They told me it was going to take a while but they had it done and in shipping in about 3 weeks. I was very surprised to see it that fast. The guitar was like new. It just had a cloudy finish. It is now finished in their current nitro. I am sure they have become much more backed up than they were back then.

 

[Jo-]

Very cool! Neat that rough finish turns into the glassy gloss finish!!

Ya.. it does look quite rough eh?

OK.. so I guess i'm on track with the timing then... probably another month to wait *fingers crossed*

 

[opnoob]

I just had one done. Took over 4 months.

 

[Jo-]

I just got another email from PRS and they said refinishing should be complete in about 3 weeks then it will go up to the PTC for re-assembly and setup.

 

[JasonE]

I just got another email from PRS and they said refinishing should be complete in about 3 weeks then it will go up to the PTC for re-assembly and setup.

How about that for timing...

 

[Jo-]

How about that for timing...

i know.. right?

 

[nussbajh]

I got mine back in December after 6 months.

 

[Jo-]

I got mine back in December after 6 months.

Ooof 6 months... thanks. Hopefully it won't be quite that long for me. I'm dying to get my hands back on this guitar.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Ya.. it does look quite rough eh?

OK.. so I guess i'm on track with the timing then... probably another month to wait *fingers crossed*

Nothing to worry about, it’ll come back glassy smoooth.