Show your PRS guitar wear!

[Basauri]

After watching the last video in the "weekly guitar talk" thread, about guitar finishes, it came to my mind how nitro finished guitars age and thought about how will age PRS poly and V12 finished guitars. By now some of your PRSs are 20-30 years old, enough time to age, so it would be awesome to see how have you worn your guitar off and the actual look of it. My eldest is just 5 years old, pretty new to be aged

 

[László]

My oldest nitro-finished PRS is a 2013. No wear or checking after 4 Michigan winters. Looks new. Same with the more recent nitro-finished ones.

I had a CU22 Soapbar from 1998-2014, and a 1992 or '93 Artist II for maybe 7 years. Both looked new when I sold them, and both sported the old poly finish. The CU22 Soapy also gigged with my son in several punk bands, and wasn't babied, yet still looked near-mint after 16 years. That finish is tough.

I think PRS nitro finishes wear very well, except obviously they may check if subjected to fast, extreme temperature changes, i.e., guitar comes in from freezing temperatures and case is opened in a warm building, etc.

One nice thing about the PRS nitro finishes, at least the ones I have, is that they're very hard, and don't get sticky in warm weather like other nitro finishes can. I expect them to hold up well for years...of course, you want to see ones that are more weathered, but...

I've got no wear on the V12 finishes I have here, either, but they're fairly new. However, there weren't any issues with previous V12 finishes I had, either.

 

[dkilpatrick]

OP
You might have to settle for faded.
Not too many worn PRS's about.

 

[alantig]

All right. I'll do it.

It's not mine. But when you talk road-worn PRSi, there is only...Casper. Frankie Clarke's beauty.

More here - https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/worn-reliced-prsz.14005/

 

[g.wizz]

Paging Bodia to show his latest score ie: the 513 baby blue

 

[bodia]

Paging Bodia to show his latest score ie: the 513 baby blue

New to me, so not my wear and tear.

 

[Basauri]

This one looks like a proper worn guitar, but the white one... jeez, is it been in Afganishtan fighting or something like that? But hey, sure it's plenty of stories!

In the other thread there's this aged DGT a la Gibson and... yeah, looks strange in a PRS.

 

[jcha008]

I'll post some of mine when I get home, but the wear doesn't photograph too well. From normal looking distance they look pretty good, but up close there are tons of fine scratches, pick marks, pick dents and etc. I do wipe it down after every session so they stay in decent condition.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

My favourite is my black-on-black T-shirt. It's only been through the wash 2ce, I think, so still looks relatively new.

 

[Herr Squid]

This one looks like a proper worn guitar, but the white one... jeez, is it been in Afganishtan fighting or something like that? But hey, sure it's plenty of stories!

That guitar is IIRC a late 80's Custom that's been in a bazillion sweaty bar gigs. Having been to one of 'em, I can say that it has every reason to look the way it does!

 

[Herr Squid]

My favourite is my black-on-black T-shirt. It's only been through the wash 2ce, I think, so still looks relatively new.

Heh! That's the way I read the subject line too...

 

[Basauri]

Does it have a double reading or is my english not good enough?

 

[Elliot]

Does this count? I bumped it on the case lock once

 

[Elliot]

Does it have a double reading or is my english not good enough?

Yeah sometimes people say "wear" to mean attire or clothing. So "PRS guitar wear" could be read as "PRS guitar clothing".

I'm assuming that's what Dusty Chalk meant.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Your English is fine, that is a perfectly acceptable and correct way to phrase the question, it's just not the way it's usually phrased among guitarists. Most would throw the word "relic" in there somewhere.

If you had asked about anything that wears as a normal course of its life -- show your carpet wear, show your linoleum floor wear, show your cow path wear, etc. -- then I wouldn't have taken the double-meaning. But yes, 'wear' is a way for cool, hip companies to call clothing and hats associated with their brand.

 

[strat63]

This one is pretty worn. You can't see most of the bad stuff in this picture but it's been well played.

 

[vchizzle]

I'll post some of mine when I get home, but the wear doesn't photograph too well. From normal looking distance they look pretty good, but up close there are tons of fine scratches, pick marks, pick dents and etc. I do wipe it down after every session so they stay in decent condition.

I have a couple from the 90's that are similar. Look fine at a distance, close up, lots of dings, pick scratches and swirl. It's all honest gig wear. I'll see if I can capture a few close up pics.

My oldest nitro-finished PRS is a 2013. No wear or checking after 4 Michigan winters. Looks new. Same with the more recent nitro-finished ones.

I had a CU22 Soapbar from 1998-2014, and a 1992 or '93 Artist II for maybe 7 years. Both looked new when I sold them, and both sported the old poly finish. The CU22 Soapy also gigged with my son in several punk bands, and wasn't babied, yet still looked near-mint after 16 years. That finish is tough.

I think PRS nitro finishes wear very well, except obviously they may check if subjected to fast, extreme temperature changes, i.e., guitar comes in from freezing temperatures and case is opened in a warm building, etc.

One nice thing about the PRS nitro finishes, at least the ones I have, is that they're very hard, and don't get sticky in warm weather like other nitro finishes can. I expect them to hold up well for years...of course, you want to see ones that are more weathered, but...

I've got no wear on the V12 finishes I have here, either, but they're fairly new. However, there weren't any issues with previous V12 finishes I had, either.

I've even inadvertently bumped my PS a time or two at a gig. On our set closer I usually am crouched or kneeling at my pedalboard fooling with knobs and making noises(cue the mooger fooger ring mod here). I know I smacked my headstock pretty good a couple shows back. On metal pedal housing. There's a little mark, but barely visible. I've heard Paul say their nitro is a little harder or more durable...something to that effect anyhow. Seems true in my limited experience.

 

[Herr Squid]

Does it have a double reading or is my english not good enough?

Yes, "PRS wear" could mean either "PRS damage" or "PRS clothing."

English is a little insane...

 

[django49]

Re wearable PRS gear.......Anyone else still have one of those old "Varsity Jackets" with the embroidery of that classic original picture of the Custom 24s (Red, Vintage Yellow and Blue) on the back? I could not resist all those years ago. Truth be told, it has barely been worn.....I should dig it out and take a picture.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Most would throw the word "relic" in there somewhere.

But the word relic brings up the notion of unnatural or fake wear... kinda like pleather.