New Guitar Day: Time Capsule Modern Eagle 1, Unplayed, first owner

[Utkarsh]

So many of you know, of the two PRS Braz rosewood necked legends, the 513 Rosewood is my favourite and I overcompensated by getting 3 of them.

That said, the Modern Eagle 1 is legendary. And it is not everyday you get to chance upon an unplayed, one owner example.

This was the case for me yesterday, as I picked one up from a wonderful gentleman, who also watches my Youtube channel. He's more of a collector though he does play as well and has some wonderful instruments. Around 16 years ago, he had bought new from the local PRS dealer, a charcoal ME1 hardtail and essentially kept it in its case since then, occasionally taking it out to admire it.

It is remarkable. Pretty much frozen in time, flawless, no scratches, no oxidation. Haven't gotten round to doing a video yet but be rest assured, it is coming.

I think it makes a good pair with my other ME1, the one that I think was the last one to be bought new (by myself).

I'll let the photos do the talking from here on

The case sitting there in anticipation

The contents justify the wait

She agrees

A closeup

A view of that neck

A little memento

The two Modern Eagle 1s together

And a look at the back. Quite different colouring

 

[toothace]

Wow!


Sweet top!

 

[deepender]

So many of you know, of the two PRS Braz rosewood necked legends, the 513 Rosewood is my favourite and I overcompensated by getting 3 of them.

That said, the Modern Eagle 1 is legendary. And it is not everyday you get to chance upon an unplayed, one owner example.

This was the case for me yesterday, as I picked one up from a wonderful gentleman, who also watches my Youtube channel. He's more of a collector though he does play as well and has some wonderful instruments. Around 16 years ago, he had bought new from the local PRS dealer, a charcoal ME1 hardtail and essentially kept it in its case since then, occasionally taking it out to admire it.

It is remarkable. Pretty much frozen in time, flawless, no scratches, no oxidation. Haven't gotten round to doing a video yet but be rest assured, it is coming.

I think it makes a good pair with my other ME1, the one that I think was the last one to be bought new (by myself).

I'll let the photos do the talking from here on

The case sitting there in anticipation

The contents justify the wait

She agrees

A closeup

A view of that neck

A little memento

The two Modern Eagle 1s together

And a look at the back. Quite different colouring

Nice

 

[Sybo]

I want to raid that closet

 

[Greywolf]

SWEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[aphantomvaper]

Wow! Thanks for sharing these!

 

[alvarocasme]

No words. Amazing guitar!!!!

 

[Jimi D]

Wowzers! thanks for sharing!!

 

[bodia]

That new one is spectacular, but the neck on the other is out of this world!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Congratulations Utkarsh.

You need to let @Jo- know how you managed to get that “For USA Only” beauty across the border.

 

[Jazzedout]

Excellent top on that one!! Enjoy!

 

[vchizzle]

Daaaayum! Want!!! Congrats!

 

[dmatthews]

Droolicious!
That's a doozy mate, congrats!

 

[vchizzle]

What pickups are in it?

 

[Utkarsh]

What pickups are in it?

The tag says Modern Eagle. I would assume RPs as this predates the 57 08s

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Looking back at your photos, I love how you have your own guitar “vault”.

 

[Utkarsh]

Looking back at your photos, I love how you have your own guitar “vault”.

Yes in land scarce singapore, it leads to creative solutions. Sometimes I'm really jealous of the space in the USA. What I wouldn't do for a huge house with a shed and a yard. Here you need to be a multi-millionaire many times over to even entertain such a possibility

 

[Utkarsh]

Just a quick tone report (Video will be a touch delayed as I am re-arranging my music room)

This thing just rips. I have to admit I like it better than the Trem, mainly due to the pickups (57/08s are my least favourite PRS pickups. I have a pair of 58/15 LTs I am so tempted to put in, but not sure I should mess with a guitar I play much)

Back to the new newcomer. The bridge pickup is my favourite for now. The best way I can describe the tone is focussed yet thick. This means when you plug in to a mid gain Marshall tone and you play Lenny Kravitz's 'Are you gonna go my way', your ears perk up at how accurate it sounds. At the same time, roll down the tone a bit, add a tube screamer and a bit of delay, and it's Gary Moore's 'The Loner', overladen with harmonics.

The neck pickup is nice It's a typical PRS sound, not at all in Les Paul territory, much a rosewood neck humbucker tone (which means enhanced highs and lows) The harmonics continue as I think its an inherent part of the guitar's unplugged tone.

The coil splits are much lower volume than the full humbuckers. This translates to a bright split middle position sound, perfect for flat picking. Like an acoustic but if it had beautiful overtones and more body.

 

[Bogner]

Great Grab! I Am Jealous!! I Love The Modern Eagles...I & II With The II Being My Favorite. You Scored A Beauty My Friend! Congrats!! Dibs If You Ever Sell It.

 

[vchizzle]

The tag says Modern Eagle. I would assume RPs as this predates the 57 08s

That would make sense since it doesn’t have USA only on the back of headstock and would be out there before the CITES holdover guitars. I think the 5708 started showing up on some of those holdover guitars.