Hi folks - intro post. I recently bought my 3rd PRS, a 1989 Custom 24.
My first one was in 1985, serial number in the 40's maybe, one of the first batch of 5 or so that arrived at Corner music in Nashville that year. I just happened to walk in right as they were hanging them up, and immediately knew there was something special going on, and that this guitar maker had been reading my mind. That one was the best guitar I've ever owned, but I had to sell it while unemployed a few years later.
About a year ago I decided it might be time to get back into the PRS game, so looked around, and found a really nice SE on Reverb. Add locking tuners and better pickups and you're almost there - it's a really nice playing guitar. But not quite there, so kept looking, and despite having a ton of 509's in my watch list on reverb, I found the Custom above locally.