1986 PRS Custom 24 Cherry Sunburst COLLECTOR Vintage Birds

1986 PRS Custom 24 Cherry Sunburst COLLECTOR Vintage Birds The first thing I want to write is: PRICE IS NEGOTIABLE! This guitar is interesting only to collectors; if you are not one, skip this ad. I will immediately write at least 10 features of this guitar: 1. This is a LOW SERIAL vintage PRS from 1986, one could say it is in the first thousand guitars ever made by the Paul Reed Smith company - they grow in price every year by 5-10%, like vintage Gibson and Fender, i.e. this is not only a cool-sounding and unimaginably beautiful guitar, but also a reasonable investment of money - an investment with price growth in the future. 2. This is an optional custom color - Cherry Sunburst, this was a private order, not a store purchase. Back then, Paul did not have super-large-scale sales and part of the guitars were made to order, like Private Stock since 1996, only the production was not yet so automated and a large part of the work on manufacturing the guitars was done manually. This PRS was more expensive due to the color. 3. This 1986 PRS Custom 24 Cherry Sunburst also has a custom selected top - until 1987, PRS did not have 10-top options, nor Artist Package, etc. This option was not on all guitars, it cost quite a bit and was called a highly figured maple top. 4. On the headstock of the guitar is the old Paul Reed Smith signature from 1986, still well preserved. 5. The guitar is All Original, i.e. everything is original on it, the potentiometers date back to 1985. 6. If you are not just a collector, but a musician who has tried many guitars and understands that there are guitars with a special sound (singing wood, call it what you will) - then this is the very instrument that people chase all over the world, where both the look and the sound are off the charts. This guitar sounds even better than a PRS Private Stock... although it would seem, how could it get better... but you cannot explain it with words. Simply, if you have the opportunity - come visit to listen! 7. The fretboard of the guitar is made of selected brazilian rosewood fretboard, a selected highly figured east coast maple top, and the neck and body are made of selected mahogany - Honduran mahogany. Nowadays this is possible only on a PRS Private Stock, but not with such aging, of course. 8. The pickups and electronics are the Gold Era Of Paul Reed Smith Guitars - the legendary pickups, the same as the 1985 PRS Custom 24 - PRS Treble and Bass pickups (Stamped T&Bs!) - later these pickups will be reissued by PRS itself in 2015 under the name PRS 85/15. And also the Sweet Switch - a metal switch. 9. The guitar is in perfect condition for 30+ years, even the frets are like new, as it has spent almost all 30 years in its case, it has been played very little, this is visible. The case, by the way, is original and also in quite good condition with blue lining inside. 10. Inlays - birds, which increases the price exactly by two times, those with dots are cheaper and there are more of them. And there is no other one like this :)) in such condition, with such a top, etc., it is unique; all vintage PRS sound different, this one has combined everything the best - both sound and appearance! Now more details, if you are interested in this guitar. Paul Reed Smith made guitars by hand until 1985, when he opened a small workshop, rather a room for producing guitars. In the first year he made a little less than 400 guitars and 1300 in 86, since this guitar has 1985 pots, and its serial number is 1087, it belongs to the first half, or rather even to the beginning of 86, approximately March-April - the exact date is unfortunately unknown. Over 30 years to date, the company has released over 232000 American PRS, and through simple calculations we see that this 1986 PRS Custom 24, just like the first thousand PRS guitars, accounts for less than 0.5% of the total quantity; of this thousand, the greater half are dented, killed, beaten, lost, non-original PRS, and only a small part is in collector condition. That is exactly why prices for such guitars with birds from 85-early 86 start from 10 000 $ and end at the 60 000 $ mark today. https://reverb.com/item/3141824-paul-reed-smith-custom-one-piece-top-1985-vintage-yellow-sunburst https://reverb.com/item/2009530-1985-prs-custom-24-vintage-yellow Prices for these guitars vary depending on options, condition, etc., the price increase happens every year, as I wrote, by 5-10%. In the CIS there were no such guitars, this is the first one, and it is unlikely that anyone will bring another one even similar; they are VERY expensive, they are rarely bought in stock, I bought it because of my wild love for PRS guitars and I will not be coy - of course, this is a good investment of money; you can not sell it for 10 years and then the price tag will skyrocket, like the price of an apartment in the center of Los Angeles or New York))) A little bit more about the specifications: Serial number under 1100 Rare Factory Original T&B pick-ups Original sweet switch (3-way), tone and volume pots Small neck heel One-piece Mil-Com bridge The guitar has a thin Pattern Thin neck (later), but the response is insane, it resonates like crazy! And by the way, an important point - on it the Sweet Switch is a 3-way switch; I corresponded with PRS - basically the guitars were without tone, but had a 5-way rotary, volume, and sweet switch according to a special scheme, but the soldering was quite complex and inconvenient, so there were some orders with a 3-way switch and tone. Anyway, the tone is important; I do not understand why some stock guitars were made without it; the potentiometers date back to 1985 (13785), they are original; the guitar is shielded and does not make any noise - whoever needs it, I will provide photos of the electronics in personal messages or via email upon request. The guitar looks like a million bucks. The appearance of the fretboard, top, neck, even the back is mesmerizing, everything is very beautiful! See the photos, they reveal its beauty quite well. It lies in the hands perfectly, it is quite light, ergonomic. Sound... I'd better record a good demo a little later and a video review. But in general, come over - hold it in your hands, play it, you don't want to let it out of your hands for a minute. It has its own sound, with character, while I have already played in a band and it cuts through the mix perfectly. The frets are in perfect condition. In general... the guitar is a collector's dream! I consider price offers only by email; I set the price on the site specifically to filter out unnecessary questions, naturally the price will be lower! The guitar is located in Dnipropetrovsk! You can listen to it on good tube equipment of your choice — Mesa Boogie, Marshall, Engl.... I will deliver to any point in the world