First,
this appears at £649.99 BiN:
This PRS Santana is a bit of a
Frannkenstein..I picked up the guitar body/neck only from a Guitar shop
called The Rock Shop, West Edmonton Mall,
Edmonton Alberta Canada,
when I went to visit my cousin earlier on this year. It was propped up
on a guitar stand at the back of the shop, so I made an offer for it and
brought it home.
I haven't got a clue why it had been stripped of
the essentials, when I asked about it one guy said " it's been there
for ages". Actually nobody seemed to WHY it was there..So last month I
decided to put the guitar together.
The guitar has been completely
rewired, all the cavities have been coated with non conductive paint and
the bottom of the control cavity has 2mm copper sheeting and is
extensivley screened.
The pickups that I have used are Ibanez INF3
and INF4 which I have used bsically because I had them in stock, they're
powerfull and can be coil tapped,
which I've done by using a Push/Pull on the tone control knob.
I've installed a brand new set of Grovers to keep them in tune and a
PRS Tremolo bridge has ben used.
The
frets hve been skimmed and polished which affords a very low action and
the intonation has been set, It's gor Ernie Ball 9's on.
The Serial number is 10168389 .
The Private Stock number is- 1932 dated- 4.27.09
The
headstock is has the Paul Read Smith signiture and another sgniture
which I can't make out and the control Plate has the Carlos Santana
Signiture and has the number LTD 032 on it
Feel free to ask any questions
Then it ends and reappears at £279 BiN with a new description which is minus all the PRS references:
The guitar has been completely
rewired, all the cavities have been coated with non conductive paint and
the bottom of the control cavity has 2mm copper sheeting and is
extensivley screened.
The pickups that I have used are Ibanez INF3
and INF4 which I have used bsically because I had them in stock, they're
powerfull and can be coil tapped,
which I've done by using a Push/Pull on the tone control knob.
I've installed a brand new set of Grovers to keep them in tune
The
frets hve been skimmed and polished which affords a very low action and
the intonation has been set, It's gor Ernie Ball 9's on.
Feel free to ask any questions
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Had a look at the Santana Signature page at PRS...
http://www.prsguitars.com/santana/
Differences I noticed on the eBay offering...
The amount that the fretboard extends past the 24th fret is longer.
The chamfer in the upper horn is lacking flame maple.
The amount that the flat area of the heel extends from the body is much shorter.
Headstock bird logo looks wrong - no claws at the bottom.
Truss rod cover logo looks like the abalone stuff on the Ali Express one linked below rather than something plainer on the real PRS.
The serial number is consistent with 2010, but the April 2009 private stock date implies it lay around for several months before being serialised - don't know how realistic that is.
The upper horn chamfer looks suspiciously like the one on this...
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/HOT-Wholesale-Newest-Santana-Brazilian-prs-yellow-Electric-Guitar-24-frets-high-quality-in-stock-free/32439048673.html
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