Hi everyone, thanks again for all the help a couple days ago when I posted about the MH SVN I bought. I'm definitely going to return this one and appreciate all the help.
I've been thinking it over for 48 hours, and I really want a "proper one" (as one commenter put it!) BTW - this is definitely the endowment effect which is a psychological bias, but I don't care, I want this guitar!
Anyway, I've been poking around at some used ones and found a few in the $700-$750 range, all at Guitar Center. I could spend more somewhere else, but seeing as I'll be heading out to the Center anyway to return this one, I figured it was low effort to roll the dice again and can always show up with two returns.
This brings me to my question. Really just looking for a gut check here, but I think I have this right. 2 of the 3 guitars I'm considering have a white nut, and a serial number starting in CTIC3. The third one has a black nut and a serial number starting in CTIE6. This means that the first two are built in 2020 and the third one was built in 2022. Also, with the nut colors, at first I assumed someone replaced it, but from more reading, I understand that PRS improved the nut in 2022 model year which was a major complaint. Curious if anyone can confirm that the nut color also changed from white to black at this time, because that would really solidify what I think I know here.
With all that in mind, the third guitar's wood pattern doesn't "look" as nice. Still I think for the better nut and newer guitar I'm planning to grab that one. (It's also the most expensive of the three, but within $50 I'm calling it an immaterial difference)
Does that all sound right? Thanks again for the help!
I've been thinking it over for 48 hours, and I really want a "proper one" (as one commenter put it!) BTW - this is definitely the endowment effect which is a psychological bias, but I don't care, I want this guitar!
Anyway, I've been poking around at some used ones and found a few in the $700-$750 range, all at Guitar Center. I could spend more somewhere else, but seeing as I'll be heading out to the Center anyway to return this one, I figured it was low effort to roll the dice again and can always show up with two returns.
This brings me to my question. Really just looking for a gut check here, but I think I have this right. 2 of the 3 guitars I'm considering have a white nut, and a serial number starting in CTIC3. The third one has a black nut and a serial number starting in CTIE6. This means that the first two are built in 2020 and the third one was built in 2022. Also, with the nut colors, at first I assumed someone replaced it, but from more reading, I understand that PRS improved the nut in 2022 model year which was a major complaint. Curious if anyone can confirm that the nut color also changed from white to black at this time, because that would really solidify what I think I know here.
With all that in mind, the third guitar's wood pattern doesn't "look" as nice. Still I think for the better nut and newer guitar I'm planning to grab that one. (It's also the most expensive of the three, but within $50 I'm calling it an immaterial difference)
Does that all sound right? Thanks again for the help!
