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[gordiji]

lovely jublee, have fun.

[FernandoDuarte]

What a looker! I loke the burst!

[Kiichi]

I really, really like that one...donīt know what it is exactly, but there is something spherical (for lack of a better word) about it.

[38thBeatle]

Congrats-lovely guitar.

[viking]

Congrats! That's a very nice piece in a sort of darker honeyburst or is it just the picture?

I think the picture is about right colour wise (in daylight). I like it a lot: it has that late 50s Les Paul 'burst look which I'm very fond of.

It's called "McCarty burst" by PRS.Congrats  8)!

[AndyR]

Mighty fine looking guitar :D

[Andrew W]

Congrats! That's a very nice piece in a sort of darker honeyburst or is it just the picture?

I think the picture is about right colour wise (in daylight). I like it a lot: it has that late 50s Les Paul 'burst look which I'm very fond of.

It's called "McCarty burst" by PRS.Congrats  8)!

As in "McCarty and certainly nothing like a name that sounds like Lester Polfus burst"? :)

One extra thing to add was I opened up the back today as the previous owner had disabled the bridge single-coil mode on the tone control and I wanted to put it back. The job took two minutes because of the neatness of the soldering and the layout in the cavity. It's quality all the way through! Now need to try and learn Grissom's "Boots Likes to Boogie"  :? Eek.

[Zaned]

Gongrats from a fellow McCarty owner! Yours is an earlier one, mine is an -02. And a killer guitar it is.

I've since replaced the frets (just been played to death), the pickups and modified the wiring. The original pickups didn't work for me on that guitar eventually (although I knew what I had in my hands the second I struck that first chord on this guitar), now it has a CS set . I also installed a treble bleed, so that the high end stays there when the volume is turned down.

-Zaned

[Andrew W]

I'm liking the pickups at the moment though I think the ones in the '95 version differ from those that preceded and succeeded it. What's really interesting to me is that this is the first guitar I've ever had that I didn't get because a hero of mine played one (aside from Grissom I guess). What it's meant is that I've been playing the thing rather than trying to find the tones that I liked from records by others, if that makes sense? I suppose it means that I'm treating it on its own merits rather than comparing it to something on a record. It's different and interesting because of that. :)

[Twinfan]

Sounds like you may become a PRS convert, if you haven't already  ;)

The very early McCartys had Lollar pickups I think, they also had very rounded cover corners and were in the first 100 run signed by Ted McCarty.  I think yours has the regular McCarty pickups built by PRS.

[Andrew W]

Sounds like you may become a PRS convert, if you haven't already  ;)

The very early McCartys had Lollar pickups I think, they also had very rounded cover corners and were in the first 100 run signed by Ted McCarty.  I think yours has the regular McCarty pickups built by PRS.

That's my understanding too though I read that the PRS pickups went through a few versions in the first few years too, that may be Internet spurious rubbish though.

[_tom_]

Looks really nice! That's how I'd want a PRS if I had one. Doesn't look plasticcy or tacky like some of them can. Colour is spot on as well.

[Philly Q]

That's my understanding too though I read that the PRS pickups went through a few versions in the first few years too, that may be Internet spurious rubbish though.

I think it's probably true, they're forever tweaking little details on their guitars, like changing to brass screws on the tremolo unit, or bridge studs which only have nickel plating on the top surface....

The "trouble" with PRS pickups is that they don't publish detailed specs so it's really hard to find out much about them.  I'm sure someone out there has dissected all the models and kept a history, though!

[roland_rat]

I saw this earlier and forgot to reply. It looks a very tasty guitar you got there. Enjoy!

[Ian Price]

That looks ace! nice one.