My birth year PRS. 1986 Custom 24

[Utkarsh]

I picked this up from a shop in France 3 years after being on the hunt for a blue one with birds for a while. Hasn’t played it for a while so decided to film the entire process and share some thoughts as well.

I also compared it to the modern Custom 24 and McCarty 594 briefly. It does sound really different. Higher output than I expected.

Overall I remain stunned how much of a finished modern product they made 37 years ago. The pickups sound has changed and the control layout has been improved , but otherwise they perfected the formula right from the start

 

[RickP]

Nice condition! No such thing as a birth year PRS for me, but I’d sure get one if there was. Good add to your killer collection.

 

[bodia]

Awesome!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

You young whipper-snapper.

Congratulations, looks classy

 

[RickP]

You were right... Nidhi gets many more clicks.

 

[gush]

Nice guitar!

 

[Utkarsh]

You were right... Nidhi gets many more clicks.

Haha have made my peace with it

 

[Utkarsh]

Nice condition! No such thing as a birth year PRS for me, but I’d sure get one if there was. Good add to your killer collection.

Maybe a PRS ‘Back to the Future ‘ edition. Though it strikes me that Marty McFly did play a PRS in the 2015 future

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Maybe a PRS ‘Back to the Future ‘ edition. Though it strikes me that Marty McFly did play a PRS in the 2015 future

I remember this one in 1989 -

 

[Greywolf]

Birth year guitars are special , Paul was 30 years too late for me .. but I did get a nice birth year guitar anyway

 

[Jo-]

Damn awesome!!!

I'd kill to get a PRS with my birth year ..... alas

 

[Mozzi]

Too old for a PRS Birth Year guitar myself but that is damn awesome to have one if you can...

 

[Monahan]

Excellent!!

Also too old for a birth-year PRS. Really wish I had purchased a birth-year Gibson, or Fender when I had the chance. Now I'd have to mortgage our house to own one LOL!

Fun video! Always enjoy seeing folks talk about their passions-- especially when it's guitar themed

 

[aamefford]

1986 Birth year! GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

Kidding. Sorta. Nice guitar! A birth year Les Paul or Strat would be cool though, but it would likely cost most of my retirement savings - '59 for me.

 

[Deft Tungsman]

Great score, beautiful guitar. Congratulations !!

 

[JMintzer]

I've got underwear older than you!

I almost pulled the trigger on a 1957 (my birth year) Les Paul Gold Top Soap Bar @ the Philly Guitar Show back in the 90's. It was $5K, just a bit more than I could swing at the time, as I was paying back the bank loan for the practice I had purchased...

A Year later, it was $9.5K...

About 9-10 years ago, a patient told be about an old acoustic and electric guitar she had in a closet. They were her late husband's, who bought them used in '63.

She didn't know the names on either headstock, but said the electric on was brown with a yellowish center...

Visions of a Les Paul Burst and an old Martin danced in my head...

She told me to come by to see them as she wanted to sell the,

The "Burst" was a Gibson Sunburst ES-125 and the acoustic was actually a '57 Martin D-28, both in old chipboard cases...

Again, I didn't have the cash (damn college tuition!), so she asked me to sell them for her. I took them to Garrett Park Guitars to be appraised. It turned out the Martin had several loose braces and a hairline crack in the top (which I completely missed).

They offered a fair price to buy them, and my patient was ecstatic at the check she received.

They repaired the Martin, the Gibson just needed a good cleaning and polishing. The last I heard Rick Hogue still owned the Martin.

The Gibson was sold to Howard Leese...

I still kick myself for passing on the D-28...