Well technically it's a belated NGD as I got the guitar two weeks ago but I really wanted to play the guitar properly for a while and provide an informed review. Also after the two recent NGDs of the 8 string and the Purple Artist custom 24, I thought you lot would murder me.
It was quite difficult getting this guitar. These are getting extremely rare since the SE version is going gangbusters and there are less than a 100 of the cores to my knowledge (does anyone here know the exact number).
I literally had to cajol the previous owner to part with it (price negotiation was out of the question) but luckily I did succeed. It helped that he had his eyes on something else and made a tidy profit since these things have gone up like crazy in the last year. It was a bit eye watering but I consoled myself since this had one of the best tops I have ever seen on a Holcomb. Also, it was practically mint other than the usual PRS nickel hardware aging.
All my thoughts, as always, are captured in the video review but this year, I have decided to put pen to paper (or keyboard to screen) as well and provide some prose on top of the usual video content.
So choose your poison
Article ( I'm still struggling to upload pictures since IMGUR stopped working for me so all the pictures are here)
https://www.ministryofguitar.com/post/prs-usa-mark-holcomb-review
Video
It was quite difficult getting this guitar. These are getting extremely rare since the SE version is going gangbusters and there are less than a 100 of the cores to my knowledge (does anyone here know the exact number).
I literally had to cajol the previous owner to part with it (price negotiation was out of the question) but luckily I did succeed. It helped that he had his eyes on something else and made a tidy profit since these things have gone up like crazy in the last year. It was a bit eye watering but I consoled myself since this had one of the best tops I have ever seen on a Holcomb. Also, it was practically mint other than the usual PRS nickel hardware aging.
All my thoughts, as always, are captured in the video review but this year, I have decided to put pen to paper (or keyboard to screen) as well and provide some prose on top of the usual video content.
So choose your poison
Article ( I'm still struggling to upload pictures since IMGUR stopped working for me so all the pictures are here)
https://www.ministryofguitar.com/post/prs-usa-mark-holcomb-review
Video
