2004 PRS Private Stock #783 McCarty Soapbar Smokey Blonde Knaggs Rosewood Neck Gold Birds Ebony FB P-90 NOS

2004 PRS Private Stock #783 McCarty Soapbar Smokey Blonde Knaggs Rosewood Neck Gold Birds Ebony FB P-90 NOS Private Stock guitars are specially ordered, one-of-a-kind guitars made by the best PRS luthiers! Better wood, better electronics, better hardware, perfect setup, hand-finished. They cost an order of magnitude more than serial PRSs... but believe me, it's worth it! Exclusive, one of a kind, call it whatever you want! This is a period of PRS Private Stock when the guitars were handled by Joseph Knaggs himself - he has now established his own boutique guitar factory separate from PRS, which is in high demand and is on par with PRS. Such guitars are mostly in private collections in the USA because they were made in the golden era of PRS, everything in them is perfect. Even then, these guitars cost $7-8k, and that money would be twice as much now... No one wants to sell them and even I have second thoughts in such cases. The price only goes up every year... Before you is a true work of art - a PRS McCarty with a rosewood neck, an ebony fretboard, and P90 soapbars. I have never had this model with these specs from PS before... The first thing that shocks you is the realization that the outlines of the birds and the eagle on the headstock are made of pure 14-karat gold! You can simply hang the guitar on the wall like a painting and "look" at it even if you don't know how to play. Well, that's just... from an art perspective - it's just something else! One should also add the beauty of the selected maple top. The color itself is also unique... Smokey Blonde, as if natural but with a light shading! The sound is beyond praise and is unique, especially with these specs. It is very difficult to describe the sound of this guitar, it must be heard, we will soon make a review and add it to this page. The wood itself is the best selected at the factory in the sound laboratory, the sustain is infinite, it resonates endlessly. It is quite cutting due to the ebony fretboard and P-90s, but it also has delicious lows, thanks to the wood and the thick body (thicker than Custom models) and of course the velvetiness due to the fact that the neck is made entirely of rosewood - this is my own favorite topic in general - a neck made entirely of rosewood is an ideal, it is not affected by humidity and temperature changes, I own a similar instrument myself, it did not go out of tune even in the harshest weather changes, when I had to play outside in the rain at a slight plus temperature. This happens due to the high density of the rosewood, and the wood itself is expensive, and it is difficult to find a solid piece for a neck, especially one that is not too heavy. The dynamics are equally cool on the first and last frets of the neck. The guitar also has an option - a rosewood backplate selected to match the neck! It fits perfectly in the hand, like all PRSs. The ergonomics are super. Lightweight! The specifications of this guitar are listed in the certificate signed by luthiers Joseph Knaggs, Dave Hazel, Dana Seidman, Scott Bloomfield, Paul Miles and Paul Reed Smith - see photo. But I will list the main ones here too: Neck - East Indian Rosewood Fengerboard - Ebony (African) Top - East Coast Curly Maple Back - South American Mahagony Headstock Veneer - Ebony (African) Color - Smokey Blonde Inlay - Brown Lip Pearl with 14-karat Gold Outlines Pickups - Soapbar P-90 Electronics - McCarty Hardware - Gold PRS straight bridge, gold McCarty tuning pegs The guitar was born on November 15, 2004, number 783 of all Private Stocks ever made. The cost of the guitar in 2004 was 8000 $. Ordering the same one now with gold birds will cost about 16 000 $, I am setting an average price and reserve the right to raise it at my discretion, taking into account market prices. The guitar was bought by me from a collector, in mint condition, even the gilding on the bridge is not worn off at all, it was practically not played, it might have been taken out of the case once or twice, consider this NEW OLD STOCK or NOS. It comes with a full package of documents as from the factory, original case. As I have already said, the guitar will really only increase in price over the years, this is a work of art, a one-of-a-kind guitar in the world!!! It will decorate any collection and become its pearl! The guitar is in Dnipropetrovsk! You can listen to it on a good tube setup of your choice — Mesa Boogie, Marshall, Engl…. I will deliver to any point in the world WORLDWIDE SHIPPING