2006 PRS Private Stock Custom 24 Midnight Green Knaggs White Gold Birds Outlines NOS

2006 PRS Private Stock Custom 24 Midnight Green Knaggs White Gold Birds Outlines NOS Private Stock guitars are custom-ordered one-of-a-kind instruments made by the best PRS masters! Better wood, better electronics, better hardware, perfect setup, manual finishing. They cost significantly more than mass-produced PRS... 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 - now he has established his own boutique guitar factory separate from PRS, which is in high demand and is on par with PRS in terms of quality. Such guitars are mainly in private collections in the USA, because they were made in the golden era of PRS, everything is perfect in them. 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 doubts in such cases. The price only goes up every year... Before you is a real piece of art - the best PRS Custom 24 I have ever held in my hands. I have simply never had this model with these specifications from PS before... The first thing that shocks you is the realization that the birds on this guitar are made of natural stone - black onyx, and the outline of the birds, attention... is made of pure white gold! I didn't even believe it at first, I sent a separate request to the factory with a clarifying question, to which I received the answer: The inlays on your guitar are outlined in real gold and real Onyx stone is also used. The guitar can simply be hung on the wall like a painting, and even people who cannot play it can admire it. Well, that's just... from an art perspective - it's just something else! Added to that is the beauty of the select maple top, which is either flame or quilt - it's hard to tell... I would say a rather wide flame top with rounded edges, quite unique, I haven't seen anything like it. The color itself is also unique... a beautiful green! The neck is matched to the color of the top and is also green and flame in pattern. Sound... well, what do you think yourself? Of course, it is beyond all praise and unique, especially with these specs. Describing the sound of this guitar is very difficult, it must be heard, soon we will 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 endless, it resonates like no other. Quite cutting through due to the ebony fretboard and maple neck, the pickups are more rounded and combine perfectly with this wood, which makes the overall balance ideal across the frequencies. The dynamics are equally cool on the first and last frets on the neck. Fits the hand perfectly, like all PRS. The ergonomics are super. Lightweight! The tremolo works like a clock, holds tuning 100%. The specifications of this guitar are indicated in the certificate signed by the masters and Paul Reed Smith - see photo. But I will list the main ones here: Neck - Curly Maple (North American Maple) Fretboard - Ebony (African) Top - East Coast Curly Maple Back - African Mahogany Headstock Veneer - Ebony (African) Color - Midnight Green Inlay - Black Onyx with White Gold Outlines Pickups - Artist Electronics - Custom 24 with 3-way toggle Hardware - Nickel PRS tremolo and nickel new locking mini tuning pegs with ebony buttons The guitar was born on October 13, 2006, PRS Private Stock number # 1237. The cost of the guitar in 2006 was 7500 $. Ordering the same one now with onyx and gold birds will cost about 14 000 $, I set 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, and in new condition, it was practically not played, maybe it was taken out of the case once or twice, consider this NEW OLD STOCK or NOS. Comes with a full package of documents as from the factory, a brown leather case, tremolo arm, etc. 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