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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Jappse on May 04, 2006, 11:28:45 AM

Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Jappse on May 04, 2006, 11:28:45 AM: I need some help choosing a colour for a custom PRS, Im going to order this month, but have no idea what to choose. Being a metal dude I need a metal look, but at the same time its cool to have a vintage look on the guitar as well.

Im thinking a set of black MM`s, and black hardware.

So heres what I have to choose from:

1: Charcoal burst.
Metal, dark, but maybe not flashy enough,

2: Tabacco/Tea Burst
A mix between the two colours. Flashier, but not quite as Metal. But still a very nice colour.

3: Slate Blue
A very nice colour.

If theres any other suggestions, Ill great them with open arms.

Jappse
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: maliciousteve on May 04, 2006, 11:45:43 AM: I'd say Trans Blue or Tiger Red on a flamed maple top. Very nice colours.
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: froglord on May 04, 2006, 01:07:48 PM: Jappse, have I misunderstood or are you ordering a private stock PRS?

The blackburst is most metal, but I quite like the Faded Blue Jeans colour:

http://prsguitars.com/showcase/current/moderneagle.html

... which isn't metal at all.
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Twinfan on May 04, 2006, 01:12:36 PM: You're ordering a private stock? You must be loaded!!!

I'd go for the satin charcoal finish used on the modern eagles. Beautiful colour that really shows off the grain of a private stock flame top.
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Jappse on May 04, 2006, 03:03:18 PM: No no no no, twinfan. Im gonna order a custom PRS made from a luthier in poland. Im not THAT loaded, or stupid, to buy a PRS private stock.

But thanks for your input, I do like that charcoal burst.
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: dave_mc on May 04, 2006, 03:40:04 PM: ^ out of the colours you had, i liked the charcoal burst. It's also quite metal, but retaining a bit of class too, and not being over the top. I'm not too well up on PRS, though, so I don't know if they have any other colours that I'd like better.

They did a nice blue sunburst on a singlecut that guitarist magazine reviewed a while back, but that's hardly metal...
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Twinfan on May 04, 2006, 04:22:25 PM: No problem Jappse - the satin charcoal is fantastic in the flesh. Pictures just don't do it justice. It's much more subtle than a high gloss finish too - very metal.
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Jappse on May 04, 2006, 04:28:58 PM: So youve seen it Twinfan?
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Petre on May 04, 2006, 05:02:12 PM: id say slate blue all the way. Its still pretty dark but looks pretty classy. I myself like whale blue

Petre
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Twinfan on May 04, 2006, 05:13:27 PM: Quote from: Jappse
So youve seen it Twinfan?

Yep - I've seen a Modern Eagle with trem in Charcoal and I've also seen a fixed bridge Modern Eagle in Faded Denim.

My wife would love me to get the charcoal one, but I don't "do" £5000 guitars!
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Jappse on May 04, 2006, 05:24:05 PM: Well the one im thinking of buying will cost about 1800€, pups included (BKP`s of course).

Heres the specs, so far...

Custom REK guitar (PRS)

Body:

Model:               PRS Custom, Double Cut-ins
Top Species:            Carved Flamed Maple
Back Species:            Walnut
Binding:            Multi-Ply White/Black
Laquer:             Polyurethane
Colour:             Charcoal Burst (Tabaco burst?)

Neck:

Species:            Maple
Middle species:            Badi
Profile:          PRS wide thin
Neck Joint:            Set-in

Fingerboard:

Species               Ebony
Inlays:               Custom Runes, Mother-of-Pearl
                12th fret inlay, Abalone
Scale:               25,5”
Number of Frets:       24 Jumbo
Binding:            White

Headstock:

Wood:               Ebony
Inlays:               Custom Rune, Mother-of-Pearl
Truss Rod Cover:        REK Logo
Binding:            White

Hardware:

Tailpiece:            Tonepros AVT-2 Wraparound bridge
w/locking “superstuds”, Black.
Tuner:               Sperzel Locking Tuning Keys Black #5
Strap Button:          Schaller Strap Lock Black
Pickup frame:           Ebony
Controls:          Volume, Tone, 5 way rotary switch
Knobs:               Black PRS knobs, “dug” into the guitar.
Strings:              .010-.046
Pickups:            BKP Miracle Man

Any thoughts??
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Johnny Mac on May 04, 2006, 05:52:27 PM: Sounds killer you lucky bleeder!! :D
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Searcher on May 04, 2006, 07:03:39 PM: Yeah, sounds like it will be a very cool guitar. :) Are you getting it made by Mayones? They're the only guys I know of who use badi as a tonewood.

Oh, and as for the colour, I like the blue and the black.
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: 38thBeatle on May 04, 2006, 07:05:30 PM: I am going to be a dtractor and say the Tobacco /teaburst- traditional and can't be beat in my view but as I am not the one choosing and paying, feel free to ignore me. Great spec though and whatever you get, I hope you are very happy with the results.
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Jappse on May 04, 2006, 08:32:03 PM: Thanks, ive been so fed up with finding a guitar that suits me. If I found one, it was just danm expensive.

I got the luthier idea from ztevie, who was very helpful and served me his research on POLISH guitar makers. I contacted a lot of them, but I was most satified with REK`s answer. REK is a custom guitar maker that consists of Radomil & Krzysztof Rek, they are brothers and very good with exotic woods. You should check one of their costumers, hes crazy when it comes to two handed tapping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ZZIo-LAfA&search=fulara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTD2mwwlPqc&search=fulara

Anyways, the guitar will cost around 1800 €, which is a VERY GOOD price. REK are very fast when it comes to E-mail, and they both know fluid english.

But im still in doubts when it comes to the colour. Have to sleep on this...

Jappse
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Davey on May 04, 2006, 09:21:14 PM: charcoal or slate... charcoal or slate... damn, both rule!
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Ratrod on May 05, 2006, 09:53:08 AM: I'd go for black cherry.

(http://www.magdonmusic.com/guitars/PRS/images/guitars/SCBCBTa.jpg)
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: Jappse on May 05, 2006, 03:05:29 PM: Thanks Ratrod, you now gave me another option...

Ill just have to settle for one and get another one with either blue or red...
Title: Custom PRS colour???
Post by: indysmith on May 05, 2006, 11:03:58 PM: If you were going with the faded tobacco, would yu have the physically faded finish aswell? because that is hot! feels lovely, looks organic. Perhaps not for metal though...