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PRS - McCarty - 2002 'special' solid roesewood neck - sold £2750
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We are excited to present a truly exceptional guitar for sale today. This guitar from a private collection that I have been given the honour of selling on his behalf. this guitar is beleived to be a is an above Private Stock (according to paul himself and the see privae stock in the cavity) model (boasting a Tiger Eye finish that was exclusively available t o privae stocks during its time. The level of construction precision and playability far surpasses PRS Core standards. It was originally sold to its owner as a custom PS build.
Now, what makes this guitar truly special?
The case included is a PRS Artist case, rather than a standard PS case.
The neck is labeled with a "10," but according to Paul (Reed Smith), it exceeds that quality level.
Solid indian rosewood neck, more on this later.
First thing you will see. No Moons or birds there are no fingerboard inlays besides the top markers carved into the Brazilian rosewood fingerboard.
Equipped with Dragon 2002 hardware, the original "McCarty" pickups were sourced from a Dragon 2002 model. These were replaced with 57/08 pickups due to their dark tonal character. While there's potential to revert to the McCarty pickups after a discussion, please note that only one set of pickups will be included with the sale.
The guitar boasts a lightweight Mahogany body, contributing to its comfortable playability.
In summary, this offering presents a rare and exceptional opportunity to acquire one of only six meticulously handcrafted PRS instruments. Remarkably, this coveted piece is available at a significantly lower cost compared to conventional Private Stock models due to its mystery status.
We are unable to entertain trade offers for this unique item, as it stems from a collector's initiative to downsize their collection.
more detail in following post due to limits on text
Price is a staggeringly good £2750
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Comments
Hello, just a few questions/points if I may...
You started off with 'we are excited' Are you a shop or an individual? Clarity on this helps so people know the situation.
Aside from the fact that the 3rd sentence is possibly the worst sentence ever written in the English language could you clarify what you mean by 'above Private Stock' In your posts you never mentioned Paul saying anything about 'Above Private Stock' just that he'd sourced a very straight grained log that had been used for 40 or so guitars, of which some were Private Stock, and that this guitar was part of a run of 6 built for friends which wasn't done on the book so to speak, hence blank hangtag and lack of modcat info. I did notice you differentiated Private Run from Private Stock, which leads me onto the next question.
Regarding the 'see Private Stock' in the cavity, I'm pretty sure that just relates to the finish as Tiger Eye is a special order colour that they don't do on the Core line. It's referring the stainshop guys to look for the Tiger Eye colour they are going to apply in the Private Stock stuff imo, although could be wrong. If it was built by the Private Stock team using Private Stock woods that would be different, are you saying it was? Even if that was the case what would make it 'above Private Stock?'
The '10' on the neck doesn't refer to the neck it refers to the top, it's a 10 top McCarty. Do you know much about PRS? Asking because that's a really basic thing and it raises questions if you didn't know that.
You said the fretboard wood is Brazzy Rosewood, that's obviously a nice selling point, do you have that in writing from PRS or on any of the sale information?
You also said it far exceeds the core range for build and playability.....I'd just like to ask how you assess/quantify that.
Thanks.
Hello, just a few questions/points if I may...
You started off with 'we are excited' Are you a shop or an individual? Clarity on this helps so people know the situation.
selling on behalf of a friend who doesn't do the internet.
Aside from the fact that the 3rd sentence is possibly the worst sentence ever written in the English language
Sorry if i offended you. anyway lets get through the rest of the post.
could you clarify what you mean by 'above Private Stock' In your posts you never mentioned Paul saying anything about 'Above Private Stock' just that he'd sourced a very straight grained log that had been used for 40 or so guitars,
the log refers to the neck. apologies if the post confused you, he also stated he thought it was above a 10, again apologies if the post didn't give full clarity.
of which some were Private Stock, and that this guitar was part of a run of 6 built for friends which wasn't done on the book so to speak, hence blank hangtag and lack of modcat info. I did notice you differentiated Private Run from Private Stock, which leads me onto the next question.
Regarding the 'see Private Stock' in the cavity, I'm pretty sure that just relates to the finish as Tiger Eye is a special order colour that they don't do on the Core line. especially when the guitar was produced
It's referring the stainshop guys to look for the Tiger Eye colour they are going to apply in the Private Stock stuff imo, although could be wrong.
opinion noted
If it was built by the Private Stock team using Private Stock woods that would be different, are you saying it was? Even if that was the case what would make it 'above Private Stock?' again im gong off what was told
The '10' on the neck doesn't refer to the neck it refers to the top, (that is correct) it's a 10 top McCarty. Do you know much about PRS? Asking because that's a really basic thing and it raises questions if you didn't know that. I'm not even going to answer this one besides saying i think you just took wha t i wrote wrong, i assumed everyne who woud be lookig at this would know what a 10 in corner meant.
You said the fretboard wood is Brazzy Rosewood, that's obviously a nice selling point, do you have that in writing from PRS or on any of the sale information? this was stated by peach guitars when they sold it. as i said the modcat is blank
You also said it far exceeds the core range for build and playability.....I'd just like to ask how you assess/quantify that.
i have 3 core prs. a custom 22, a prs 1990 studo maple and a mcarty. I assesed it on A/B ing these.
Thanks.
Just for the record here, this guitar sold in under 20 mins, even with Aside that the 3rd sentence is possibly the worst sentence ever written in the English language.
I'm joking - it was about £2750, I'm hoping @chris78 or another one of the PRS nuts snaffled it rather than some flipping flipper
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I have let 2 Rosewood necked PRS's go over the years and definitely regret it.
In saying that it was a lovely guitar sold at a very reasonable price . Your opening sentence meant that unfortunately some folks had the pitchforks ready and jumped on some other aspects of your post that they may not have otherwise.
Hopefully you stick around - you were unlucky to be selling a PRS too which in my experience often attracts the more forensically minded buyers who really appreciate the fact based minutiae !