Display MoreI lucked out, really. I was looking for a new guitar mindlessly, you know how GAS sometimes is. Came across this and the seller had slashed his price by $700.
All in, including customs and shipping, I spent a little over US$3.7k.
It's a good thing customs duty in Singapore is just around 7%, I remember paying 47% duty and countervailing cess on my first Kemper in India, which was a real painful shock to absorb.
I think even Australian customs are less than that, though I think the retailers there are also price gouging there.
You can get the 57/08s in the PRS store. They had initially said these would never be available outside select models. Paul Reed Smith in fact said something to the effect that with this limited run of guitars, you were in effect paying for the pickups and getting a guitar free with it.
The 57/08s were apparently wound on original Gibson pickup winding machines, with NOS wire. The magnets were also supposed to be like the old magnets, though PRS kept the exact specs a secret.
This was one of the limited run of 250 Mccarthys, and there were CE24s and SCs as well, I think 150 each. These were no option runs, so speced by PRS.
It's a Peruvian mahogany neck with a dalbergia rosewood fingerboard and a mahogany body with a quilted maple top.
An interesting fact is that the PRS Artist Pack and Wood Library guitars were not around at the time and were only launched later.
Mine is #2 of 250, I compared it to some of the other pics of other guitars in the series and was pleasantly surprised. I like the fact that that the additional back plate was signed by PRS as well, a nice touch.
That is gorgeous! Sounds like a good price on it too!
