PRS Experience Guitars

[Julian]

Hey could someone explain what the PRS Experience guitars are?

 

[veinbuster]

Small runs of special guitars built for a PRS Experience. They did 2 or 3 runs each Experience for the last 10 or12 years.

People attending got the first chance to buy them from their favorite dealer at the event.

 

[ViperDoc]

I seem to recall the only other recurring detail was the pre-factory eagle on the headstock. At least on the ones I saw.

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

I seem to recall the only other recurring detail was the pre-factory eagle on the headstock. At least on the ones I saw.

The opaque foil guitars don’t have the headstock eagle.

 

[neil godbole]

Also weren't the Special 22 Semi Hollow LTD's experience guitars initially? But they sold a bunch more to dealers overtime and when those ran out by 2019 they finally made it a core model (but with different pickups). Again, no Eagle on the headstock for those 58/15MT pickup LTD versions.

 

[Herr Squid]

I seem to recall the only other recurring detail was the pre-factory eagle on the headstock. At least on the ones I saw.

That was a sometimes thing. I think most Experience limited editions didn't have them.

IIRC the 57/08 and 59/09 limiteds were Experience guitars but I could be wrong. Anyway, here's some examples:

57/08 Limited SC245 (2008 Experience):

59/09 Limited McCarty with rosewood neck (2009 Experience):

2012 Experience limited Custom 24:

 

[bodia]

That was a sometimes thing. I think most Experience limited editions didn't have them.

IIRC the 57/08 and 59/09 limiteds were Experience guitars but I could be wrong. Anyway, here's some examples:

57/08 Limited SC245 (2008 Experience):

59/09 Limited McCarty with rosewood neck (2009 Experience):

2012 Experience limited Custom 24:

Hubba hubba!

 

[ViperDoc]

That was a sometimes thing. I think most Experience limited editions didn't have them.

IIRC the 57/08 and 59/09 limiteds were Experience guitars but I could be wrong. Anyway, here's some examples:

57/08 Limited SC245 (2008 Experience):

59/09 Limited McCarty with rosewood neck (2009 Experience):

2012 Experience limited Custom 24:

I can't see your pictures, but I bet they look awesome. I'm not surprised by the variations. I only started paying attention to Experience guitars after all of these were made, like 2012-ish. Thanks for filling in the details.

 

[Whackmaster]

I think at least the first run of 57/08s were not Experience guitars. Not sure on the rest.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

I can't see your pictures, but I bet they look awesome. I'm not surprised by the variations. I only started paying attention to Experience guitars after all of these were made, like 2012-ish. Thanks for filling in the details.

Yes they are spectacular!

 

[ThePanda]

There is a sweet Eriza Verde Experience 2020 594 with Rosewood neck and no fret edge binding floating around here too!

 

[Herr Squid]

I can't see your pictures, but I bet they look awesome. I'm not surprised by the variations. I only started paying attention to Experience guitars after all of these were made, like 2012-ish. Thanks for filling in the details.

Hmm... there's another forum where that kind of thing happens, I didn't know it was a thing here. See if clicking on these links does the trick:

http://users.owt.com/dcowley/prs/family/prs09.png
http://users.owt.com/dcowley/prs/family/prs11.png
http://users.owt.com/dcowley/prs/family/prs13.png

 

[11top]

That was a sometimes thing. I think most Experience limited editions didn't have them.

IIRC the 57/08 and 59/09 limiteds were Experience guitars but I could be wrong. Anyway, here's some examples:


59/09 Limited McCarty with rosewood neck (2009 Experience):

I was thinking I didn’t have one, and then Dave reminded me of these:

 

[ViperDoc]

Hmm... there's another forum where that kind of thing happens, I didn't know it was a thing here. See if clicking on these links does the trick:

http://users.owt.com/dcowley/prs/family/prs09.png
http://users.owt.com/dcowley/prs/family/prs11.png
http://users.owt.com/dcowley/prs/family/prs13.png

Cool. I really like the satin slate version.

 

[Herr Squid]

I was thinking I didn’t have one, and then Dave reminded me of these:

Freakin' fantastic guitars, IMHO. Kind of a rat rod Modern Eagle, if you will...

And that one's a beauty!

 

[11top]

Does it count if you helped carve and then bought it at the Experience (2007, Exp #1)?

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I was thinking I didn’t have one, and then Dave reminded me of these:

Whut? There’s a guitar you don’t have?

 

[11top]

Whut? There’s a guitar you don’t have?

Ya gotta give me time. Rome and all that.

 

[David Maxwell]

Nice!

 

[Glide-bpm]

Experience PRS 2012 Private Stock...