PRS Finishes

[SinSir]

In a Sweetwater email today

PRS Finishes: What You Need to Know - inSync

PRS guitars have set the visual standard for guitar finishes thanks to their highly figured maple tops, stunning stains, and high-gloss nitro topcoats.

www.sweetwater.com

 

[Stray Strummer]

Lots of good info in that link. It nicely addresses some questions I've wondered about....plus some I never knew. Thanks for posting!

 

[Going Modal]

Nice coverage of the "glow," "dragon's breath," and "fade" burst finishes, and of the term "wrap."

Okay, pop quiz for y'all now that you're well-versed in the finish/color lingo--try to imagine this real-deal (although, apparently not a standard "core" color) finish that came on my CU22: whale-blue purple burst smokewrap.

It's like, "I'll have a venti soy-milk caramel macchiato with half-caff and extra caramel, please." Huh?

 

[show_a_little_faith]

I never realized the maple "binding" isn't actually binding; it's just the edge of the maple top, unstained/painted. It looks awesome, I'm happy either way I just always assumed it was a separate piece, applied like plastic binding