PRS Partsacaster from 1986?

Strat54

Seriously deluded seller here.....possibly but not confirmed  '86 body with a 90's CE neck yet seller claims he modified it 35 years ago. Neck plate is a fake. Claims board is a brazzy...its not. Wilkinson trem, replacement tuners....yours for £4500! 
Hope this one makes you laugh too....

https://reverb.com/item/37780019-prs-custom-24-1986-obsidian

Dodge

Comedy gold.

35 years ago would have been 1985, 3 years before the CE even came out. Was Wilkinson making hardware 35 years ago? Lollar? I highly doubt it.

I can only assume the seller thinks he can blatantly bullshit people because there's another equally dimwitted nutcase thinking it's genuine. Either that or he expanded his mind a little too often in the 60s....

guitarmangler

That’s not a even an 86 as the neck heel
is too big. Did prs even make a bolt on 24 fret ce from 86? It looks like a more mangled version of my one from the 90’s/00’s. 

ICBM

1987-88 is the first year for the CE, just labelled 'Electric', and the bodies were alder not mahogany until 1995, so it can't be anything relating to 1986. I could believe it's a custombastardised '96...

Whistler

Well done, Strat54, Dodge and guitarmangler.

The larger heel was introduced in 1995 so, as guitarmangler says, it is not a 1986 neck.

Serial numbers are on the back of the headstock, not on the plate, which is fake, as Strat54 says.

The seller claims they are custom tuners but I cannot see a photo of the back of the headstock - where the serial number and the tuners would reveal themselves more fully. From the front they look like non-locking tuners.

ICBM

Whistler said:

Serial numbers are on the back of the headstock, not on the plate, which is fake, as Strat54 says.

I don't think it's fake, it's just a 1996 one.

PhilKing

ICBM said:

Whistler said:

Serial numbers are on the back of the headstock, not on the plate, which is fake, as Strat54 says.

I don't think it's fake, it's just a 1996 one.

The original PRS EG neck plates have the serial number on them.  This looks like one of them.

DefaultM

Why has he done this?

DefaultM

They're my fave guitars once I've modded them, but why that bridge? I swap the pickups and have ss frets put on.

guitargeek62

I emailed the seller and they’re insistent that it’s genuine

guitargeek62

PhilKing said:

ICBM said:

Whistler said:

Serial numbers are on the back of the headstock, not on the plate, which is fake, as Strat54 says.

I don't think it's fake, it's just a 1996 one.

The original PRS EG neck plates have the serial number on them.  This looks like one of them.

CEs had serial numbers on the neck plates too

Jez6345789

Seriously deluded LOL

DrJazzTap

Looks like a vintage 

ICBM

guitargeek62 said:

I emailed the seller and they’re insistent that it’s genuine

I don't doubt it is. It's a genuine 1996 PRS CE, just like this one...

https://reverb.com/ca/item/14260438-paul-reed-smith-ce-24-1996

... only mucked around with.

guitargeek62

So they replied to my messages, and have confirmed it’s a ‘96 neck at least from the stamp date on the heel under the neck pickup. They’re still pretty sure the neck and body came from separate guitars, but...!

gazrichards

I’d just like to point out that I have a complete ce22 from a similar era listed in the classifieds for about a quarter of that figure. 

ICBM

gazrichards said:

I’d just like to point out that I have a complete ce22 from a similar era listed in the classifieds for about a quarter of that figure. 

I’m guessing yours doesn’t have the wrong bridge and a massive hole drilled in the front either...

gazrichards

ICBM said:

gazrichards said:

I’d just like to point out that I have a complete ce22 from a similar era listed in the classifieds for about a quarter of that figure. 

I’m guessing yours doesn’t have the wrong bridge and a massive hole drilled in the front either...

No. Is that worth 3 grand? If so I’ll do it to all my guitars

guitargeek62

Shit, I should do that to my Cu24 - must add £6k to one of those!!!

maltingsaudio

Who is Phil Brown?

gazrichards

maltingsaudio said:

Who is Phil Brown?

A “luthier” that doesn’t own some cable cutters??!