Help me with info and a value for this PRS.. please?!

harrisonlg81

I’ve been asked to sell this for a friend who’s inherited it and I must confess I know nothing about PRS guitars. Hoping someone may be able to shed some light on what model it is, how old it is and roughly how much he should be asking for it. Looks like a solid rosewood neck if that makes much difference.

Unfortunately these are the only photos I’ve got so far until I go and have a look at it on Sunday. He assured me there’s a hardcase and “papers” in it.

thanks in advance oh knowledgable ones...

John_P

The paperwork and tags should tell you - if he can send a pic of that, it will list the model, neck shape, pickups etc.

The serial number is an odd one with the 8  so someone more knowledge can decode that - could be a reference to the neck?   But the 13 and hollow birds would give as a 2013 custom 22 non 10 top  so it's likely to have a wide fat neck with hfs and vb pickups but you would need to see the paperwork or guitar to know for sure.  

Funkfingers

2008 Custom 22 in Tortoiseshell Brown.

All rosewood neck adds considerably to value. 

RaymondLin

Email PRS with the back of the headstock and they can tell you pretty quick.

custserv@prsguitars.com

John_P

Funkfingers said:

2008 Custom 22 in Tortoiseshell Brown.

All rosewood neck adds considerably to value. 

I haven’t seen a Prs with the j bird inlays that early.  I thought they came in a few years later 

imalrightjack

Funkfingers said:

2008 Custom 22 in Tortoiseshell Brown.

All rosewood neck adds considerably to value. 

I imagine £1,800 region. I sold a Custom 22 Artist package with rosewood neck for that last year - https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/146400/sold-prs-custom-22-2008-with-rosewood-neck-10-top-artist-pack-1-799#latest

Just sold a McCarty (also non-10) with rosewood neck for about the same. 

Yoggie

FYI there was a 2007 version sold on eBay for auction price of £1351. Exact same finish serial number started 116 so that one def 2008.  The one on eBay was stoptail and didn’t have the rosewood neck so you can add a bit on for that. 

It was originally on for £1650 which I thought was a bit steep but sold under best offer so no idea what it went for. A couple of weeks later the guy who bought it relisted it for auction. I would have tried bidding and bought it for around the final selling price. However when I asked why he was selling it I never got an answer. I’ve been wanting to try one for a while but not in a rush. Rather than risking it and the hassle and cost of returning I let it go.

hope that helps

guitargeek62

John_P said:

Funkfingers said:

2008 Custom 22 in Tortoiseshell Brown.

All rosewood neck adds considerably to value. 

I haven’t seen a Prs with the j bird inlays that early.  I thought they came in a few years later 

Nope, introduced in 2008. The DGT was a 2007 model, but only a few were produced with “old” birds before J birds became the norm for a while.

@Funkfingers is spot on. It’s likely a wide/fat neck profile (most RW models I’ve seen are), and should have Dragon II pickups unless it was a special order or modified later.

The spec’s nice though, and should be a relatively straightforward sale for £1,600-1,800

Funkfingers

guitargeek62 said:

Funkfingers is spot on. 

Not really. I took a semi-educated guess and posted quickly in hopes of replying before ICBM for once.

Later, tried to check my facts in a Japanese book but that turned out to have been published in 2007. 

John_P

guitargeek62 said:

John_P said:

Funkfingers said:

2008 Custom 22 in Tortoiseshell Brown.

All rosewood neck adds considerably to value. 

I haven’t seen a Prs with the j bird inlays that early.  I thought they came in a few years later 

Nope, introduced in 2008. The DGT was a 2007 model, but only a few were produced with “old” birds before J birds became the norm for a while.

@Funkfingers is spot on. It’s likely a wide/fat neck profile (most RW models I’ve seen are), and should have Dragon II pickups unless it was a special order or modified later.

The spec’s nice though, and should be a relatively straightforward sale for £1,600-1,800

Ah that makes sense I bought new guitar is 2007 and 2012 so pre and post the introduction of j birds, but I've only had newer and older ones since.   I actually like the 20th anniversary bird pattern better, it's a shame that hasn't been done since.    

guitargeek62

@John_P the shadow birds? They were pretty nice, but I think they might have been the first to use corian as an inlay material so a lot of people turned their noses up at them. The neck binding (on a PRS) was surprisingly dividing too! My personal favourites are either the brushstroke inlays from the Paul’s Guitar, or the Celtic Knot ones.