What year did PRS switch from stamped to painted 10-top designation on Headstock?

[Permanent Waves]

I'm trying to narrow down when did PRS change the 10-top designation on the back of the Custom Headstocks from a stamp to a painted 10. I searched this forum as well as Google images, and I know most 94's are stamped and most 96's are painted. I'll assume 1995 is the year of the change (like many other changes).

We're trying to identify a 1994 Custom 24 as a 10-top or not from grainy pictures and the stamp is hard to see. Some say it should be painted, but I think the change was done later. Also, bonus question, were there a lot of Custom 24 from those years that had birds but no 10-top? I always tend to see these features as going hand-in-hand. You rarely seem to see one without the other.

 

[Jazzedout]

As you say, the transition from stamped to written "10" designation started around the time they switched factories in 1994 - 1995.
But if you have a picture of the bridge pickup cavity it should have a 10 written there. If it doesn't, it probably is a normal top.
It could have birds and be a normal top, but some of those normal tops are really nice. Sometimes nicer than designated 10 tops.
If you like the top, fine. That's all it matters...

 

[WEDGE]

I believe rosewood necks were always stamped.

 

[DISTORT6]

My 94 Cu22 is stamped. But it’s not a “10”

 

[Rider1260]

I have only ever seen rosewood necks with a stamped 10 all others I have seen are written. If you can post the picture we can be of more help

 

[Permanent Waves]

Here are some examples from a 1994 model with a black back and a 1989 model with a mahogany neck.