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SOLD: PRS SE Bernie Marsden Ltd Edition Trampas Green (2016) + Mannmade USA intonatable bridge
2016 PRS SE Bernie Marsden signature model in Trampas Green, which I've owned from new.
£650 ONO SOLD
Selling
because I'm running out of space for guitars and I prefer slimmer
necks, though the PRS Wide Fat neck on this isn't huge - just very
rounded and fills the hand nicely.
The
first run of SE Bernies ran from 2011-2015, and this guitar is part of a
2016 "final run" of 250 guitars in six colours exclusive to PRS Europe.
PRS then brought the Bernie back for 2017 due to popular demand, but
this colour was not made available outside of this 2016 run. 250 doesn't
divide nicely by 6, so I've no idea how many of each colour there are,
but I've not seen another Trampas Green one come up since I bought this
new in 2017, so I don't think there are many of them.
I've
added a
Mannmade USA intonatable stoptail bridge, which I imported from
John Mann in the USA and wasn't cheap, but there doesn't seem to be
much of a market for them over here so I'm leaving it on; the original
bridge will be included with the guitar. The Mannmade bridge is one
solid milled piece of aluminium with brass saddles, and it was a
surprisingly significant improvement over the stock import bridge.
Besides the obvious intonation improvements, it's helped fill out the
low and and natural resonance of the guitar. It's also a handsome thing!
Condition: generally excellent with a couple of things to note:
- one ding in the side from another guitar knocking it in a rack - image 9
- one
very slight scratch in the neck finish that I genuinely didn't know was
there until I was photographing it for sale. I can't feel it even when I
run my finger over it, but it is there - image 10
Otherwise
I can't find a mark on it - the finish on PRS SEs is solid! The
mahogany back has some almost quilt-like figuring that pops out from
certain angles, which I've tried to capture (image 7), and the flame
maple veneer's got a fair bit of movement to it.
I've
rubbed the finish on the neck back ever so slightly to a satin feel, as
they subsequently did on the 2017 run of SE Bernies, but it will polish
back to gloss very quickly if that's what you prefer.
The guitar comes with a Fazley green/tweed hard case, which fits it snugly - images 11 & 12.
The
final picture shows how this guitar has looked for most of its life
with me, with a set of brushed nickel/gold pole Bare Knuckle Mules,
which suited this guitar brilliantly and which I ordered specially to
match the bridge and imitate the look of PRS covered pickups. I'm
selling these separately, so have a look at those too!
The guitar is now back to its stock G&B PRS SE 245 pickups..
Collection
from Birmingham B14 would really be my preference, but fully insured
postage with Overland Express should be around £35-40 and I'll pack it
thoroughly.
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Any questions, drop me a message
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Tim
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