Private Stock orders during lockdown

[ScottR]

You're lucky. I tried to make a deal with my wife for an amp. She said I could have an amp-themed shirt.

I ended up with a tube top.

Well you rocked the hell out of it!!

 

[Deleted member 5962]

You're lucky. I tried to make a deal with my wife for an amp. She said I could have an amp-themed shirt.

I ended up with a tube top.

You know what they say... "if you've got it, flaunt it."

 

[Patrick Montgomery]

I went to the factory for my first custom build in July 2019. I wasn't planning to initially but the idea quickly grew to get the 'whole experience' package for the first build. I'm glad I did despite the added travel expense and not particularly enjoyable flight (flying from west coast isn't a bit long for such a short trip).

My specs were pretty locked down before we flew there. I knew what I wanted (curly maple neck, curly maple top, ash back, bats inlays) and wouldn't have deviated from that. I wanted to stay below a certain price point. Also got to meet Paul which was great.

If you go there without being dead set on specific woods I imagine the experience to be even better as you can just marvel at the wood section and pick what jumps at you. You need to have an open ended budget for that though; I'll use that mindset if I ever go to the Vault again in the future.

There are things you see in person you would easily miss if you don't ask when doing a virtual vault call (haven't done those yet but I'm due for 3 of them...):
- you may want to look at the sides of the top blanks to see whether the figuring is dying off down below the surface, as that's what you'll get once the top is carved.
- it's very very hard to get an idea of the chatoyance, even on a video call, compared to being in person and holding the blanks at different light orientations.
- I was already amazed by some of the early tops we looked at and the dealer was like 'that's more of an Artist grade top' , it was great to have a dealer familiar with the process.

On the downside I went there wanting a specific wide curl reversed chevron orientation top and there really was only one that was satisfactory (but still not wide enough curls). I ended up not picking that one because the one with horizontal curls just was far more chatoyant. In this case waiting for PRS to find a top like I imagined and doing a virtual visit would have been great too; it's just a case of setting the expectations right - there are lots of fantastic woods in there but if you are too specific on what you want you may feel disappointed if you don't find exactly what you envisioned.

Overall though, fantastic experience.

Having said that I ordered 2 during lockdowns. I trust PRS and the dealers I used to pre-select the figuring I want before dong the virtual vault visit (still waiting for that); we'll see how that goes.

What do you think is a reasonable budget? In my mind it was $10-12k. I do want a curly maple back and top though so I can see that getting expensive. I think anything over that I’d have to let something I have now go.

 

[Patrick Montgomery]

I had a similar deal with my wife. Get my GED, and she was going to let me buy a PRS T-shirt. I hope you sitiation turns out better than mine. That test is tougher than I thought. I'm not a good studier.

I think the term you’re looking for is “studiest.”

 

[docteurseb]

What do you think is a reasonable budget? In my mind it was $10-12k. I do want a curly maple back and top though so I can see that getting expensive. I think anything over that I’d have to let something I have now go.

We can't quite discuss pricing on this forum, so I'll just say I'm confident you'll be fine ;-)
Pick a dealer you want to work with, and go from there.

 

[Patrick Montgomery]

We can't quite discuss pricing on this forum, so I'll just say I'm confident you'll be fine ;-)
Pick a dealer you want to work with, and go from there.

Gotcha, I didn’t know that was a rule - I’m still new to the forum. I will be going with Willcutt since that’s located down the road from me (relatively speaking). I’ve got a few PRS guitars from them and they seem to have a good relationship with PRS.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

I think the term you’re looking for is “studiest.”

I used a couple "questionable" words in that post. Admittedly, I stole "sitiation" from The Nuge. I thought I made up "studier" and ScottR told me I was "studlyer" but I think he was thinking about something else.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

You know what they say... "if you've got it, flaunt it."

Said the man who posted a Speedo pic

 

[ScottR]

I used a couple "questionable" words in that post. Admittedly, I stole "sitiation" from The Nuge. I thought I made up "studier" and ScottR told me I was "studlyer" but I think he was thinking about something else.

No, no, no...it's "studierer" geez man pay attention already.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

No, no, no...it's "studierer" geez man pay attention already.

I’m not a good speller ether.

 

[ScottR]

I’m not a good speller ether.

 

[DougUSMC]

Test

Check, 1, 2, 3, 4

Yup, 11top isn't banned.

 

[Tosca]

I had a similar deal with my wife. Get my GED, and she was going to let me buy a PRS T-shirt. I hope you sitiation turns out better than mine. That test is tougher than I thought. I'm not a good studier.

I think the term you’re looking for is “studiest.”

I used a couple "questionable" words in that post. Admittedly, I stole "sitiation" from The Nuge. I thought I made up "studier" and ScottR told me I was "studlyer" but I think he was thinking about something else.

No, no, no...it's "studierer" geez man pay attention already.

I’m not a good speller ether.

Have you checked out this place?
I hear this is a really really ridiculously good (looking) school.....

 

[alantig]

I’m not a good speller ether.

Wait...is this you?

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Wait...is this you?

I can neither confirm nor deny... because I can't see nuttin. Pic link not working.

 

[alantig]

I can neither confirm nor deny... because I can't see nuttin. Pic link not working.

It did when I first posted it. Well, this is gonna be ironic...

 

[CandidPicker]

Gotcha, I didn’t know that was a rule - I’m still new to the forum. I will be going with Willcutt since that’s located down the road from me (relatively speaking). I’ve got a few PRS guitars from them and they seem to have a good relationship with PRS.

Welcome to the forum. You'll find there's a ton of stuff to learn here, but as you've already seen, you may not receive a straight answer at times. It's part of the ritual we tend to include newcomers in so they'll feel part of the group more readily.

Wilcutt's is a good place to begin your search, and they're qualified, reputable PRS dealers. Although I've not personally purchased from them myself, there are plenty of testimonial reviews customers have provided that bespeak their service.

Regards asking about new PRS prices, yeah, that's typically not well-received because it's proprietary information PRS likes to keep reserved for paying customers, not out there in the public domain. If you've already had some experience with Wilcutt's before, they'll know you and treat you well. Kind of like how family and friends treat one another when they meet together for enjoyable times and good reason.

Enjoy that guitar; looking forward to your future posts!

 

[Deleted member 5962]

It did when I first posted it. Well, this is gonna be ironic...

Classic. I have that one in my office.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Gotcha, I didn’t know that was a rule - I’m still new to the forum. I will be going with Willcutt since that’s located down the road from me (relatively speaking). I’ve got a few PRS guitars from them and they seem to have a good relationship with PRS.

Where are you located? Willcutt is down the road form me, relatively speaking, as well.

 

[Patrick Montgomery]

Where are you located? Willcutt is down the road form me, relatively speaking, as well.

I used to live in Lexington and now I’m about 20 miles outside of it