Shawn's 15 Year Employee Guitar, Start To Finish

[Sam]

Logged in from my usual lurking to vote Solana! Looks great on wide random flame.

 

[bodia]

I'm still on my both kick. Solana violet burst.

 

[garrett]

I think Solana really makes the inlays pop, actually. Has an old school PRS vibe to me.

 

[Shawn@PRS]

Jaquan doing the body sanding process!

 

[dmatthews]

Here are a couple of videos of Trampas doing the stain tests.

Was Trampas green with envy?
Prolly not...
Shut up Dave.

 

[vchizzle]

I still think the violet makes the flame pop more so that’s my vote.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

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Jaquan doing the body sanding process!

This is where the true luthiery begins! I love the attention to detail and the concentration

 

[Mike Duncan]

Just watched the staining video...do the violet!

 

[Shawn@PRS]

Brendan does the neck and body assembly

 

[garrett]

Man, I love how tight that neck joint is.

 

[dmatthews]

I wanna be the guy that drops off the paper to Brendan

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Brendan does the neck and body assembly

Gotta love the shaped clamp on the rear of the body. Nice attention to detail

 

[Tosca]

Brendan does the neck and body assembly

Congrats Shawn! Your build is now officially a guitar!

 

[ArnaudS1979]

Brilliant to see the body being carved. Amazing transition from plank of (tone)wood to guitar body, made of (tone)wood.

FWIW, I think the violet would be stunning. The solana would as well but it is quite traditional, somehow doesn't feel special enough... Of course you will have to live with this choice

 

[Shawn@PRS]

So while these aren't necessarily the pickups that will be used in my guitar, here is a video of the pickup making process. As with every other step in building a PRS guitar, there is a lot of time and attention given to the pickups.

 

[dmatthews]

So while these aren't necessarily the pickups taht will be used in my guitar, here is a video of the pickup making process. As with every other step in building a PRS guitar, there is a lot of time and attention given to the pickups.

Interesting. What's the liquid dip at the end?

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Interesting. What's the liquid dip at the end?

I believe it’s wax to solidify the components and prevent microphonic feed back.

 

[dmatthews]

I believe it’s wax to solidify the components and prevent microphonic feed back.

Was thinking that, but was surprised at how late in the process it is. Now I know!

 

[mikeinaustin]

If they would allow, I still would have gone with Salmon. You and Carlos Santana would have it and very very few others. Just like the one they had a NAMM this year. If not that, then Solana.

 

[Shawn@PRS]

This morning Joel started to finish sand my guitar. He'll spend about an hour and a half making sure the contours and blends are done correctly and he'll also remove every tiny little scratch so that the guitar is ready for stain.