PRS guitar from Eric Pritchard

[Philfly]

Any info on this guitar. It was given to me by Eric Pritchard who designed the Harmonic Generator Amps, locking tuners and neck and body making machines for PRS.

 

[dogrocketp]

It should be a one off, so there may be several modifications. By the way, I have an HG70 head. It weighs a ton!

 

[Philfly]

It should be a one off, so there may be several modifications. By the way, I have an HG70 head. It weighs a ton!

Eric also donated his PRS HG combo amp. It weighs a ton also.

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Donated?

 

[Philfly]

Donated?

Yes, Eric donated some equipment for my rock school since he does not build amps anymore and wanted to clear out some things since he is turning 80.

 

[Philfly]

This is from Eric about the guitar.

[email protected]​	10:40 AM (5 minutes ago)		Reply
to me

Phil,
The guitar was built from a neck and body combination (no strings, pickups, electronics, jack, bridge, etc.). This combination was to check out a jig that I build for PRS years and years ago. The neck and the body has some damage, but I cleaned that up and assembled the parts into it. The neck was put in without the proper adjustment so I had to add a spacer under the bridge to make it work. What is the value? Who knows. It has a curious history that a buff might appreciate.
You may appreciate it as it is. It should play OK. . . . And while it looks like a PRS, it is not quite a PRS from finish, etc.
Have a great day, Eric

 

[Texas_minor_blues]

This is very cool for sure!

We await a demo of the guitar through said amp =0)

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Interesting!

 

[Bill SAS 513]

Way cool...love this "odd-ball" stuff. Definitely neat!

 

[Collywobbles]

This is from Eric about the guitar.

eric​	10:40 AM (5 minutes ago)		Reply
to me

Phil,
The guitar was built from a neck and body combination (no strings, pickups, electronics, jack, bridge, etc.). This combination was to check out a jig that I build for PRS years and years ago. The neck and the body has some damage, but I cleaned that up and assembled the parts into it. The neck was put in without the proper adjustment so I had to add a spacer under the bridge to make it work. What is the value? Who knows. It has a curious history that a buff might appreciate.
You may appreciate it as it is. It should play OK. . . . And while it looks like a PRS, it is not quite a PRS from finish, etc.
Have a great day, Eric

Might be an idea to delete Eric's email? Otherwise very intersting - and nice of Eric to donate the amp and guitar. Nearly all (9 of 10) of the PRSi I've owned were made using the stuff Eric designed such as the neck duplicator.

 

[bodia]

Way cool!

 

[RickP]

Very cool gift to your school. I hope the students appreciate the history of it.

 

[dogrocketp]

I’m guessing you’re in the DMV. Most of the amps seem to have been sold in the Distrct, Maryland, and Virginia. While I never played a Pritchard amp (made after he left PRS), I’ve heard a lot of good things about them.

 

[Rod/]

I owned a Pritchard combo 1/12 amp for a number of years….(never should of sold it)…
It was an amazing SS all analog amp that could do Vox, Marshall and Fender tones just by turning a switch control, then tweaking your EQ…2 channels plus boost , reverb, fx loop and built like a tank…And responded similar to a tube amp.. . Eric’s a brilliant man…
John Mann has one of the PRS Harmonic Generator combos… sounds great

 

[Jo-]

What a cool find as well as a great piece of PRS history.

I’ve got one of the old HG70 heads and the matching 4x12 cab. It sounds great and looks pretty in the dark when it’s all lit up. However, the gem is really the old 4x12 cab. The amp is packed away but the cab is my day to day cab I use for my other amp heads.

 

[DISTORT6]

What a cool find as well as a great piece of PRS history.

I’ve got one of the old HG70 heads and the matching 4x12 cab. It sounds great and looks pretty in the dark when it’s all lit up. However, the gem is really the old 4x12 cab. The amp is packed away but the cab is my day to day cab I use for my other amp heads.

I run my SLO through one of these cabs.

 

[Rod/]

I run my SLO through one of these cabs.

Nice!