I have P.S. #234, it'll be 22 years old next month...
Who has the oldest Private Stock?
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Andrew Paul
The cat's meow
Looking forward to some upcoming Private Stock porn 
11top
Cousin Eddie's cousin
Mammoth Ivory birds:
Black BRW neck:
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11top
Cousin Eddie's cousin
Etched birds:
jxe
babe en der wood
who has one less than #100 tho?
11top
Cousin Eddie's cousin
jxe
babe en der wood
surely most of those were gigged to death by full time professionals then tossed in the chipper?
The earliest one I could find mentioned online was this 12-string #018 that was sold on Reverb about a year ago it looks like.
reverb.com
1997~PRS~PAUL REED SMITH~PRIVATE STOCK~12 STRING ELECTRIC GUITAR~1 of 3~MINT w/ROAD CASE | Reverb
THIS 12 STRING ELECTRIC GUITAR WAS DESIGNED AND HANDMADE BY PAUL REED SMITH ALONG WITH JOSEPH KNAGGS AND DAVID HAZEL. IT WAS MADE IN THE PRS FACTORY IN STEVENSVILLE, MD. THE WOODS SELECTED ARE THE FINEST IN THE WORLD AND WERE CAREFULLY PICKED FROM PAUL'S PRIVATE STASH. HE SAYS THAT IT IS HIS F...
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DISTORT6
NJ Devil
Great reminder to the awesomeness of the Tiger’s Eye finish in here.
Andrew Paul
The cat's meow
veinbuster
Zombie Three, DFZ
Damn, that is a sweet guitar!
bodia
Authorities said.....best leave it.....unsolved
True dat!
Alnus Rubra
Loving nature’s wonders
Love me some tigers eye
DISTORT6
NJ Devil
I thought of having my acoustic done in that finish, but decided I wanted something more stealthy.
I was an IDIOT!
gush
Where is that speedo pic
I have a buddy in Australia. He messaged me yesterday that he is looking at a SUPER expensive private stock guitar on Sunday.
I can't justify one for myself but I love them all!
I can't justify one for myself but I love them all!
ViperDoc
Plugged In.
I can only fit into the 4K+ vintage or later, but it’s crazy how quickly the numbers have grown. No wonder why.
I'd rather have one Private Stock than 5 of anything else, provided it sounded spectacular (they all sound pretty damn stellar!). I realize I'm an army of one on this concept, but for me, one fantastic guitar is enough.
"Then why do you have more than one?"
"Megalomania."
"That's a poor excuse."
"I know. So what."
I'm lucky to have a few PS models. They're the reason I can't narrow it down to only one guitar. I wish I could, I think the music might improve (less paralysis by analysis. more time spent learning the nuances of only one). But I just can't bear to part with a single PS, or for that matter, the others. I am a hopeless addict. I should be living in an alley drinking Guitar Kool Aid in the gutter, but that seems awfully uncomfortable, and besides, where would I keep the guitars?
PS models have a special something I can't quite describe that's simply a notch above. I'm talking purely tone and feel here.
I've even thought about that recent PS version of my SSH, but I stopped myself from pulling the trigger and trading my Artist model in because I stumbled onto a very good example of the model (ebony fretboards really work well with Semi Hollow guitars, and I've kinda fallen for this one, too).
I like the idea of using the very best brushes to make paintings with. If I deserve my guitars - of course I DON'T deserve a single one of them - you certainly do!
"It's not about 'deserve', Les."
"I know. That's why I have a few guitars that are certainly above my station in guitardom!"
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