NGD for £5 - PRS CE24 Semi Hollow!

DrJazzTap

A friend of mine entered a raffle at yourdreamguitar.co.uk... I figured it's worth a punt and I'd kick myself if he won and I didn't bother entering for a fiver.

I completely forgot all about it! I got a message on Monday night from my friend saying...."i didnt win...but I think you might have, did you enter?" Taken aback, I checked my email and then the draw video from Facebook and sure enough I had won.

Today it turned up! I haven't had chance to play it yet, it's still sinking in. It's a PRS CE24 Semi Hollow in burnt amber..a £2k guitar that I won in a £5 raffle! Mental!

duotone

You lucky f&%€er!

Looks awesome, Black/gold finish?

not_the_dj

Wowzers, nice one.

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duotone said:

You lucky f&%€er!

Looks awesome, Black/gold finish?

It's called burnt amber i believe.

not_the_dj said:

Wowzers, nice one.

Cheers mate.

lincolnblue

That's amazing! I saw adverts for that site but didn't know if it was a scam or not - clearly not. May have to enter!

NelsonP

I'll give you a tenner for it ;-)

Nice work, you lucky, lucky bugger!

preston61

DrJazzTap said:

A friend of mine entered a raffle at yourdreamguitar.co.uk... I figured it's worth a punt and I'd kick myself if he won and I didn't bother entering for a fiver.

I completely forgot all about it! I got a message on Monday night from my friend saying...."i didnt win...but I think you might have, did you enter?" Taken aback, I checked my email and then the draw video from Facebook and sure enough I had won.

Today it turned up! I haven't had chance to play it yet, it's still sinking in. It's a PRS CE24 Semi Hollow in burnt amber..a £2k guitar that I won in a £5 raffle! Mental!

It's a good job you enrolled in that dentistry school just last week, that could have been embarrassing

Jalapeno

Excellent Swag !!!!!

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Holy shit, that's awesome!

I've often been tempted by some of these raffles, but I've always had in the back of my mind that they could be some kind of scam and that the "winners" are all stooges. Way to prove me wrong!! 

DrJazzTap

lincolnblue said:

That's amazing! I saw adverts for that site but didn't know if it was a scam or not - clearly not. May have to enter!

To be fairthe people who run the competition did ask me to post a comment on the facebook page to help people understand it's not a scam. As they've had a few people who think it is.

A friend of my boss won a £122k Aston Martin, so these things must get won by somebody. It still hasnt sunk in!

Arktik83

Congrats man!  That looks well fab too!  I had a CE22 many moons ago, the ones with the rotary knob and I always regret moving it on.  HNGD!

LPManic

Great finish! 

Funkfingers

Soon to appear on a bedroom dealer’s eBay shop, priced £2500!

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preston61 said:

DrJazzTap said:

A friend of mine entered a raffle at yourdreamguitar.co.uk... I figured it's worth a punt and I'd kick myself if he won and I didn't bother entering for a fiver.

I completely forgot all about it! I got a message on Monday night from my friend saying...."i didnt win...but I think you might have, did you enter?" Taken aback, I checked my email and then the draw video from Facebook and sure enough I had won.

Today it turned up! I haven't had chance to play it yet, it's still sinking in. It's a PRS CE24 Semi Hollow in burnt amber..a £2k guitar that I won in a £5 raffle! Mental!

It's a good job you enrolled in that dentistry school just last week, that could have been embarrassing

Would you believe it's my second core model PRS? If this is half as good as the DGT then I'm a happy man.

ThePrettyDamned

Plenty of these sweepstake things around now, seems fun if you fancy a flutter.

I joined a group and got the app for one, and there are some folks who have spent hundreds on them - they'd have just as well saved up and bought a guitar! Still, if you're having fun... 

tony99

wow, the strings alone must be worth that

DB1

I think you're going to buck the 'new guitar depreciation' trend on this one. Congrats - it looks great.

WezV

Good to know its legit.   I guess there is some easy money in it for them if they manage to sell all tickets

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ThePrettyDamned said:

Plenty of these sweepstake things around now, seems fun if you fancy a flutter.

I joined a group and got the app for one, and there are some folks who have spent hundreds on them - they'd have just as well saved up and bought a guitar! Still, if you're having fun... 

Yeah that's it though mate, I don't gamble at all. I just figured for the sake of £5 it's worth a punt. I was curious about the CE24 Semi hollow, and had thought about part exchanging the DGT plus cash for one. I had a Tokai ES130 and sold that to get some money in. I also thought that the 335 bodyshape was a bit too big and delicate for me, so I was keen to get another semi acoustic electric again.

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WezV said:

Good to know its legit.   I guess there is some easy money in it for them if they manage to sell all tickets

 I think it was something like 600 tickets at £5 a pop, works out at £3000 overall. Minus the cost of the guitar/shipping and insurance they will make a few quid on it. More power to them.

Sassafras

I once won a bottle of British sherry in a raffle. It's a wonderful feeling.