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Re: PRS Silver Sky

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509, Molly?

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Conway wrote:509, Molly?

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Yes. That sort of thing exactly.

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Wouldn't mind one of them myself. I've had a 513 previously, which was much the same, but different.
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Re: PRS Silver Sky

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Molly wrote:
Conway wrote:Super Eagle.

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Switches are a bit busy for me. Maybe it was for the Grateful Dead gig.

I'd like a C22 / 24 style PRS with Stratty pickup arrangement.
LoL for the switches. If you want a stratty PRS, get a swamp ash special.

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Molly wrote:Switches are a bit busy for me. Maybe it was for the Grateful Dead gig.
Yup.


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Re: PRS Silver Sky

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kdawg2a wrote:I look at that guitar and to me it seems to solve a lot of problems that no one has with a regular strat. If you buy all the bits, you can make a really high end strat for $1500.
I'm not going down this road again. The outcome is just too hit-and-miss. If you shop-around second-hand you could probably source all the bits cheap but it'd take forever and a day. I guess it could be a rolling project where you get something that's got good bones and upgrade as you go. That said, when you say high-end I guess you'd need a nice, light and resonant body and a well finished neck. Hard to find the right spec. second hand and spendy new.

How would it break-down do you think? Just roughly.

$100 - Tuners
$250 - Neck
$350 - Body
$200 - Trem
$300 - Pickups
$100 - Plastics
$100 - Case
$80 - Pots / wire etc.
$20 - Neck plate / screws
$100 - Paint
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Plastics $100
CTS pots, CRL switch, clothe wiring, ali p/guard sheild, $100

Ok, that's $1630. I'd happily take $1500 for it!
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Re: PRS Silver Sky

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Conway wrote:509, Molly?

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Just watched the demo of that. Sounded great. Wonder why it has a different neck join.

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kdawg2a wrote:I would imagine if you wanted a strat you would just go get a strat.
Says the guy with many Strats built by himself.
Tin arse!!

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Re: PRS Silver Sky

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Hey, that's an ugly strat.

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Terexgeek wrote:I don't mind it, it's nicer to look at than a Suhr (hate the droopy dick headstock), has a better cutaway and upper fret access than a Fender Strat, better trem than a Strat, bring on the PRS version of a Tele I say.
here u go :lol: :mental:


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Lol...
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I don't think the headstock looks that out of place that much, I'm used to seeing it on strat-ish shaped guitars.
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I don't mind that look, but that headstock/body shape combination basically makes it look like a Korean Schecter.
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Re: PRS Silver Sky

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Oh man, I thought that was for real for a bit. Looks horrible.

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