aphantomvaper
Bend it to the Owl!
My stars, what a clean machine! They can still be found it seems.
Wow, that is some kind of timing on a extended power outage! Hope you (and guitars) are safe!! I will try to telepath a new power source into the grid near you, stay tuned!!!Thanks guys & gals for all the congrats! And here I sit with my power out for the last 37 hours… but who’s counting, right? (Been in the dark five full days of the last eleven, on account of two winter storms and a terribly unreliable grid.)
Hope to be back up & running soon, when this beautiful “new” guitar will get a full checkup, new strings, and a setup. I anticipate another killer instrument.
Looks mint, too.
That looks like it's in incredible condition!!
My stars, what a clean machine! They can still be found it seems.
Sooo…what happened to those DI’s?I have an 06 CU22 10 top that looks just like that. I had the PTC put 57/08 pickups in mine during the pickup promotion in 2009. It transformed the guitar for my uses. It was the first PRS I had ever bought.
Congrats on yours!
Mine had DIIs in it. I still have them. I keep the stock stuff with the guitars in case I ever decide to sell them. I recently put the stock pickups back in two guitars that I am planning on selling.Sooo…what happened to those DI’s?
I know a guy who could get those pesky pup’s off your hands.
Beautiful! The CU22 in my profile photo is a '95.1993 Custom 22 (first year of the CU22—hey, it's "only" 30 years old!)
10-top (stamped!)
Small signature-logo on headstock
Winged tuners (enough said!)
Dragon pickups (the original ones)
According to PRS's model-history page, the Custom 22 model was "...based on a Dragon Series, without the inlay...". So, while that guitar might be untouchable, I basically just acquired a Dragon I without the cachet of a near-priceless-investment piece or the fancy-pants inlay (it does have birds, though). And besides, I already have a dragon on my Westie, so I'm good.
Proof that it's not a First Act Hello Kitty ukulele:
Gotcha.Mine had DIIs in it. I still have them. I keep the stock stuff with the guitars in case I ever decide to sell them. I recently put the stock pickups back in two guitars that I am planning on selling.
Well I probably did over-pay, if one were to really investigate used CU22 prices. However, for a first-year model, with Dragon pickups, and in such excellent condition as this one... it's no longer a concern for me, now that I've played it. I've probably paid more for (and eventually sold) guitars that were less musically-resonant and inspiring as this one.Q: "Do you mind if I ask what you paid?"
A: "No. I don't mind."
Then the sound of silence....
That guitar looks like a new guitar! Gotta expect to pay a little more for a great guitar liked that.Well I probably did over-pay, if one were to really investigate used CU22 prices. However, for a first-year model, with Dragon pickups, and in such excellent condition as this one... it's no longer a concern for me, now that I've played it. I've probably paid more for (and eventually sold) guitars that were less musically-resonant and inspiring as this one.