Post your pernambuco!

[Tonart]

Here’s another unicorn I’d love to get my mitts on.... I think Mr. Flametop owns this one?

There was a brief time when you could build order a PS to Collection Series spec, ie pernambuco neck and celtic knots. However what’s extra distinctive about this particular one-off Santana is that it’s got the words “Collection” inlayed onto its headstock. “Unicorn” is well used here!

 

[geese_com]

Ahhh! I think that’s the one @geese_com brought out to my rehearsal spot. It sounded glorious. Skies parted. Told him not to sell it.

And I regret it every single day....

 

[11top]

Where’s Markie when you need him? NOBODY’S owned more pernambuco PRSi than him.

 

[ViperDoc]

Is Pernie now verboten on a PS order?

 

[veinbuster]

Is Pernie now verboten on a PS order?

Yes. It has been unavailable for PS builds for a while now.

 

[ViperDoc]

Then I shall dream of ”Pernambeaucoup”.

One day...

 

[Twinfan]

I don't think PRS had very much of it. It was only available on PS orders for a short while around 2010, then the remainder was used up on the Collection guitars in 2012. I don't think it's been used on anything since then.

 

[ViperDoc]

Guaranteed there’s a secret stash somewhere. Gotta be a way to tap into that....

 

[Tonart]

I’ve still seen one or two pernambuco fingerboards from PRS in recent years, but no more full necks. Interesting fact - did you know Pernambuco is restricted and listed in CITES appendix II, yet the restriction is for raw timber and does not apply to finished prodcuts? That is, you could freely ship a pernambuco guitar even though it’s listed in CITES.

 

[Twinfan]

I asked many times for a pernambuco neck blank for a PS build and was told there were none. I even had my dealer ask Paul directly at a meet and greet, and I asked him too, and he said there's none.

There may be some blanks left, but they're not available to mere mortals!

 

[Tonart]

I asked many times for a pernambuco neck blank for a PS build and was told there were none. I even had my dealer ask Paul directly at a meet and greet, and I asked him too, and he said there's none.

There may be some blanks left, but they're not available to mere mortals!

I guess that’s all understandable. In the wild pernambuco has been depleted and only tiny remote clusters remain of what was 200 years ago a huge coastal swathe in Brazil. It was never used for structural or mass construction, so you can’t find recycled stump wood. It was used to make violin bows and red dye. The CITES restrictions would probably have been stricter were it not for the influence of the classical orchestral world.

 

[bodia]

I’d get arrested trying to take it across the border.

I'll help ya out. I've got a Honda Ridgeline, no one knows there's a trunk in the back. I think we could get it done!

 

[Tonart]

Violin guitar. This thing oozes vintage without thinking about it.

 

[Tonart]

Another Violin, this one with unbelievably dirty and messy figuring. A good model for the Dirty Violin stain!

 

[11top]

FWIW (nothing ), while I like both, given my choice I’d choose BRW.

 

[ViperDoc]

FWIW (nothing ), while I like both, given my choice I’d choose BRW.

Noted.

 

[Twinfan]

I prefer the tone and sustain characteristics of a pernambuco neck, but raw BRW does feel good to play...

 

[11top]

I prefer the tone and sustain characteristics of a pernambuco neck, but raw BRW does feel good to play...

You have better ears than me (and mine are not good). In a blind test, I wouldn’t be able to discern the tonal difference. And one of the things I like about both is the sustain. Therefore, I admit my preference has to do with feel and aesthetics. Purely subjective, but the look of pernambuco does not inspire me like BRW.

 

[Boogie]

the look of pernambuco does not inspire me like BRW.

Nor the smell.

 

[Twinfan]

Wood and guitars vary, I'm just very happy with my pernie guitars and would seek out others based on them. It's all good!