PRS Archive Guitars

[Shawn@PRS]

Hey all,

It was suggested that I do a series of videos about the guitars residing in the PRS Archives. So as I find time in my schedule, I'll create short videos featuring different guitars in the collection. I'll post the videos here and I'll try to answer any questions you might have about the instruments.

I'm going to start at the beginning. These are the first two guitars built by Paul. The single cutaway model is #1 and it started out as a class project while in his freshman year at college. He was 18 years old! The double cutaway (#2) followed shortly after. As Paul likes to say, "When people first learn to play the guitar, they play covers of other people's music." When he first started building guitars, he was making covers of other people's guitars.

Enjoy

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Oh boy! This thread gets an immediate Bangin’! Award.

 

[Shawn@PRS]

Here is a video featuring the two guitars built by Paul that launched the PRS Guitars company. Paul built these guitars in 1984. He traveled around to various guitars shops trying to drum up enough orders to start a factory. He came home with $300,000 worth of orders, but he lacked start-up capital. He found private investors who believed in a young, unknown, guitar maker from Annapolis Maryland. Paul rented a building, made jigs and fixtures, hired a staff and started building guitars in 1985. The rest is truly history!

 

[flux]

Oh boy! This thread gets an immediate Bangin’! Award.

*clicks Watch Thread*

 

[flux]

Wow. Thanks so much @Shawn@PRS! I have the warm fuzzies already, sheesh -- between the VY and the inlays I'm jello right now.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

The beautiful simplicity of the LPJ style guitar and the lovely attentions to detail (jack plug cover/control cavity cover etc) show the shape of things to come!

 

[ScottR]

That's what I'm talkin about! Shawn I hope you know you have officially opened the the proverbial can of worms! I have 2 words...THANK YOU! MORE PLEASE!

OK, OK.... 4 words actually

OH, and we're gonna need a "LOVE" button for this thread....just sayin

 

[TerraRich]

Those guitars look well gigged. Used and enjoyed. Thanks for posting, Shawn!

 

[xjbebop]

Extra points for the chrome dog ear P90's...

 

[WEDGE]

Love it, this is the good stuff.

 

[bodia]

This is going to be EPIC! Great thread!

 

[veinbuster]

Very cool.

 

[toothace]

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Oh boy! This thread gets an immediate Bangin’! Award.

In perpetuity!

 

[alantig]

For anyone on the fence about Experience, just know...they have put some of these guitars on display there.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

For anyone on the fence about Experience, just know...they have put some of these guitars on display there.

Tears of joy!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

For anyone on the fence about Experience, just know...they have put some of these guitars on display there.

I wonder how far I’d make it out of the parking lot...

 

[Alnus Rubra]

I wonder how far I’d make it out of the parking lot...

The real guard dragons would get you, Tyrian de Blanc!

 

[Tosca]

Drool cup....check.
Spit rags....check
Clean pair of underwear....check

Hitting “watch thread” button....

 

[andy474x]

Soooooo there's gonna be a run of Mira "2's" right???? Ironically with one pickup? That guitar is BAD ASS.

And it needs to come with a replica of the case.