2014 PRS Private Stock McCarty Singlecut Violin

2014 PRS Private Stock McCarty Singlecut Violin Paul Reed Smith Private Stock guitars are the pinnacle of guitar building; they are the most expensive and highest quality, I will say without hesitation that these are the best guitars in the world, no others can compare to them. This is already my second PRS Private Stock, and just like the first one, I am absolutely delighted!!! I will say right away that it is not worth comparing even a good American PRS from the Core Models to a PRS Private Stock - these are still different qualities of wood and setup, finishing, fine details, exclusivity, and so on. Therefore, I will compare this Private Stock with my first Private Stock SC - 2010 PRS Private Stock Singlecut SC 245 Both of these guitars are exclusive and, if ordered from PRS today, cost from 10 000 $. This Singlecut is named after McCarty for a reason - it is perhaps the coolest PRS with the character and look of a 57-59 Gibson Les Paul, only as if it were more beautiful and better sounding, especially do not compare them with Gibson Custom Shop R7 R8 R9 reissues - those are not the same, the Gibsons are several heads lower! Plug the guitar into a good tube amplifier and you hear a focused, melodic sound "with balls". I played GNR riffs, Garry Moore solos, I even played thrash - at different gain settings - in all styles the guitar behaves very well, even in drop tuning. I also played it through a Marshall AFD100 - on this device the guitar was even more Gibson-like in sound, while retaining its signature expensive PRS overtones. Its overtones are a separate subject - you can savor them like expensive wines, whiskeys... every time you find something new in the sound. The wood resonates endlessly. This, by the way, is one of the features of the most expensive guitars in general - there are special "laboratories" where they select wood for PRS Private Stock based on sustain duration and so on. Manual finishing of each instrument is carried out by the best craftsmen right at the factory, and in the end, Paul Reed Smith himself checks and adjusts everything, preparing the guitar for sale - say - for the final stage. Inside the guitar, the best shielding and the best high-end quality wires are used, all the "innards" so to speak are Hi-End. That is, both inside and outside we get the ideal IN EVERYTHING! I will move on to the specifications of this specific guitar - it is ONE OF A KIND: Private Stock # 4953 Serial Number: 14-211186 Specifications: Model: McCarty Singlecut Neck wood: African Mahogany Fingerboard wood: Madagascar rosewood with curly maple binding Top wood: Curly maple Back wood: African ribbon mahogany Headstock Veneer wood: Curly maple Neck Carve: Pattern Side Dots: Black Color / Stain: Violin Fingerboard inlays: Mammoth ivory birds Headstock veneer inlays: Mammoth ivory Private Stock eagle Finish type: High gloss nitro Pickups: Treble: 57/08 Bass: 57/08 Electronics: 2 Volume, 2 tone with 3-way toggle- Traditional wiring Hardware: Aluminium PRS 2pc stoptail with brass studs, nickel phase III locking tuning pegs with ebony buttons and a bone nut Set-Up: D’Addario .010 Case type: Paisley Specials: Violin high gloss nitro finish, mammoth ivory bird inlays as well as curly maple fingerboard binding along the fingerboard. As we can see, the main differences are that the mahogany is all African Ribbon, the Madagascar (!) rosewood - it is available ONLY in PRS Private Stock, all the maple is select top-class, even the neck binding is made of flamed maple, as is the truss rod cover. The guitar has a 24.5 scale length + there is a Tune-o-Matic and the bridge itself, like on a LP. The guitar is full-weight, without any weight relief. All bird markers on the neck and the eagle on the headstock are made of ivory, the nut is also made of ivory, in general everything is natural and veeery cool! The pickups on the guitar are vintage-type 57/08, 3-way switch, 2 volume, 2 tone, nothing extra! Violin color - as the finishing touch of the guitar's beauty and exclusivity - the flame is deep, wide and simply mesmerizing - this can be seen in the photo. The guitar comes with all papers (see photo), case, and goodies. The case, by the way, is completely leather Private Stock (the case itself costs around $700 separately))) The guitar is in new condition, the former owner is a collector who barely played it, so you can say it is NEW. The sound of such a guitar The guitar is located in Dnipropetrovsk! It can be auditioned on a good tube setup of your choice - Mesa Boogie, Marshall, Engl.... I will deliver to any point in the world