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1993 PRS custom 24 in vintage yellow. Trem, Wide Thin, £1350
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My PRS Custom 24 is up for sale. I'd fancied one of these for years, so bought one last summer. This is exactly what I was after. Built in the old Virginia Road factory, Phase 1 tuners, wide thin neck profile and gorgeous amber top. It also has the small neck heel and one piece trem. Immediately after buying (at Express Music in Coventry) it I had it setup at Richards Guitars in Stratford with 10s.
I'll spare the gush, but the normal PRS trick of being very easy to play is assured, as well as the range of sounds from the rotary 5way. This has not been modified as far as I know. All the exterior bits are correct, but I've not checked the pickup cavities. They should be HFS / Vintage Bass. I can't understand why people don't get on with the pickups. They sound fabulous.
The hard case is present and correct, as is the original USA sales docket, truss key but not the factory hang tag. There are a couple of dinks, most notably on the headstock and one by the binding on the upper body and on the face of the upper horn. Almost no buckle rash on the back, and fret wear is minimal, although it had some dressing when it got setup. The previous owner clearly looked after this one well! Please see photos:
As I said, I bought this last summer for £1500, but I wanted to buy it from a shop so I could play it. Open to offers of £1350 as it's a personal sale. Will post at your expense, but would really prefer to meet up. I'm in Coventry, so fairly central.
I'm not really looking for trades. I've got another guitar that I just play a load more. Which is odd, as by any measure the PRS is a way better guitar.
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It's a 10top in vintage yellow!!
Presumably its hand written in the pickup cavity and was noticed when popping the pups, I'm pretty sure they did that prior to writing on the 10 top on the headstock rear.
Update: Bjorn is one of the PRS guru's and board moderators. He's actually come across this himself and checked directly with PRS:
"I had my paws on once that had the 10 in the cavity (the seller had not checked) but not on the headstock. I was in contact with PRS, and they informed me that a 10 in the cavity but not on the headstock signfies that it has been "degraded" during production - it happens that a piece of maple look great raw, but carving and finishing it revealed it to not be a '10' (or Artist Grade) - On rare occasions you will also find guitars that go from non-10 to 10."
I was curious because it didn't have 10 on the headstock, hence not mentioning it in original post.
So, non 10top now fs!
Any more of interest, let me know!
Iain
@Strat54, vintage yellow 7lb Virginia Road PRS?
It had phase 2 tuners and pup covers, pushpull and toggle switch.