I didnt realise PRS did ugly...

xmrchi

But this is truly horrific, A floyd on a semi solid?? Good God.

And the shape.....just no!

I totally respect that taste is subjective but if you like this guitar, then you need to have a hard look at your life and reflect on the poor life choices you have made for this monstrosity to be appealing

http://www.prsguitars.com/privatestock/gallery/nealschon.php

Adam_MD

I usually find anything from the private stock to be tragically ugly.

usedtobe

That's pretty nasty..

noisepolluter

Up until now, I've tended to turn Planet Rock down when they play anything by Journey (which appears to be several times per hour).

Now I'm simply not going to listen to Planet Rock at all so I don't hear Journey and get reminded of how horrible that guitar is. 

John_P

I'm not keen on the colour,  but if I saw one at a price I could afford I'd buy one!

I was looking at a hollowbody single cut the other day and wished it had a trem

meltedbuzzbox

i've seen worse. I dont think the floyd is helping the looks here. Dare I say it would look better with a bigsby or something to fill that huge void at the ass end?

xmrchi

Bigsby would work.

@John_P never grace a thread of mine again.

Fortheloveofguitar

There's no mistaking that's a Schon Sig model.

They obviously modelled it on his looks.

hubobulous

Bugger it. I like that model....always have since it was released. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to reflection my life choices ;-)

Bucket

PRS have had a sideline in ugly for a while...

http://vintageprsguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/7-1877-front-2.jpg

And need I remind you of the ultimate war crime of guitar inlays:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-14qZisTAg48/ULSsIxANiKI/AAAAAAAABQs/BjfYUIhxZ64/s1600/prs+dragon+series+II+fretboard+inlay.jpg

hubobulous

I agree that the overly blingy inlays are horrendous. However, I do love the Phoenix ones

thomasross20

Don't like the guitar in the first post.
Artist grade / private stock can look amaaazing!
I don't agree with the Floyd on their Cu22/24 guitars, though it was a good addition to the torero.

Octahedron

I like it. I would buy it. I don't see what the problem is?

His signature Les Paul was nicer though to be fair. 

John_P

Bucket said:

PRS have had a sideline in ugly for a while...

http://vintageprsguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/7-1877-front-2.jpg

And need I remind you of the ultimate war crime of guitar inlays:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-14qZisTAg48/ULSsIxANiKI/AAAAAAAABQs/BjfYUIhxZ64/s1600/prs+dragon+series+II+fretboard+inlay.jpg

Have a wow from me - I'd buy both of them as well

Bucket

Degenerate.

Thanks for the wow though

Philly_Q

I often find the "uglier" PRS models - like, say, the Starla - grow on me over time.

But that Neal Schon model is hideous.  It's his guitar, he can do what he likes I guess, but to me a Floyd on what is essentially a jazz box just seems ridiculous.

I also can't understand how a guy of his size - he's even shorter than me - can be comfortable with a huge guitar like that.  It's weird.

Love his playing, though.

ICBM

I quite like the Dragons, both the fingerboard inlays and the '2000' which has the big curving dragon right round the body... the one I can't stand is the 'Godzilla' single-cut one.

I normally hate flashy guitars, but the Dragons are so extreme they're almost works of art rather than guitars. I'd love to play a beaten-up one too! If nothing else it would annoy some PRS snobs .

That one is hideous though, the proportions are all wrong. PRS certainly do ugly, I usually find anything above a plain Custom ugly, except Dragons - basically anything with a quilt top, 10-top, sunburst, bird inlays, gold hardware... all the usual stuff people seem to want.

Voxman

Yuk - and people actually pay good money for all those???!!!   ) 

thisisguitar

What about this one? I don't normally do tarty guitars, but I really like this

http://worldguitars.co.uk/tree-of-life-makena-blue-182967/

Bucket

ICBM said: 

PRS certainly do ugly, I usually find anything above a plain Custom ugly, except Dragons - basically anything with a quilt top, 10-top, sunburst, bird inlays, gold hardware... all the usual stuff people seem to want.

In theory don't like most of that either (despite having a Tokai PRS-alike with a quilt top and gold hardware...), I'm more of a solid colours guy.

I like these though - which I suppose goes to show that it can work if it's not too overdone, which I don't think these are:

http://www.rocketmusic.net/images/3868.jpg

http://www.soundaffectspremier.com/images/products/1408108422-63556600.jpg

Saw something like this on SSO once, it's a DGT in White Tiger:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3919/14718961481_fa8dfcfb1e_o.jpg

This is about my upper limit, Blue Slate Glow is a gorgeous colour though.

http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t490/MAlvord71/My 1st Private Stock Build/DSC_0086_zps74f1d3c0.jpg

RaymondLin

The private stock ones can be a bit out there as you can spec it to your own desire.  There really is no limit, hence some are a bit weird, it's nothing to do with PRS (it's not like they made it into production model), more the owner who has bad taste.