How to ruin a collectible guitar in two easy steps

[markd21]

Is the bridge a Floyd???

It could be one of these....

https://floydrose.com/collections/tremolos/Rail-Tail

 

[Johnny Rigs]

I saw “pinstripe” in the link url and knew it was gonna be painful before I even clicked.

 

[shinksma]

Ouch. Gak. Sigh. Those were my "physical" reactions.

My emotional reactions are: Growf. Dammit. Idiot.

 

[AP515]

My stomach hurts...

 

[jvin248]

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That's a factory pinstripe job. I've seen those before. The ad even references a sales catalog.

Tuners are a nightmare, but easily replaced. Bridge is not a Floyd. Most likely stock. I guess the guitar seller is the son or grandson of the original owner, and not a gear head, so their feature list description is way off.

Price is certainly high....

Similar one in black. Maybe the catalog guitar?

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[Shawn@PRS]

I would love to see some photos of the pickup cavities and what it looks like under those bridge screws.

 

[ScottR]

Yup, it's been confirmed...i just threw up in muh mouth a little.

I think it's suffice to say...some sh!t ya just can't unsee.

 

[drdoom8793]

The longer I look at it, the worse it gets...

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I would love to see some photos of the pickup cavities and what it looks like under those bridge screws.

Right? I’m intrigued.

 

[Tim S]

C'mon, Get Happy!!!

 

[Tucson Thump]

Let's see Gibson copy THAT !

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Let's see Gibson copy THAT !

 

[Tucson Thump]

As Les Paul turns in his grave at 45 rpm

 

[László]

Bahaha hahaha.

 

[John Beef]

Go home guitar, you're drunk.

 

[Guy_OBX_NC]

https://reverb.com/item/28871058-paul-reed-smith-metal-1986-pinstriped-white

Ruined, trashed, only the body and serial # are original.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Go home guitar, you're drunk.

And those are what, like the third set of tuners put on that guitar? I see holes for the originals, and then another set, and then....dude lands on these?!?!

Whatever, we all make mistakes... I sh!t the bed way more worse than $4700 by blowing off my stock options for Starbucks back when I worked there in the 90’s.

 

[shimmilou]

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Here's the real kicker... the seller received the guitar as a stripped body. The original parts were used for a different project. So it was assembled as you see it today to put it back together and sell it.

I'd love to buy this one and send it to the PTC for restoration but finding the missing parts would be as spendy as the plugs and paint work. And when it was done, I'd have a guitar worth a lot less than what I spent.

 

[merciful-evans]

the stripes look like the charge indicator on those expensive batteries.