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Re: PRS factory tour
Some pics I took on a tour back in 2005 are at
PRS Factory Tour Met Paul & Joe Knaggs. Nice chaps both of them |
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Re: PRS factory tour
Aweome videoes
and even more awesome the photos! nice goin there!! met the big man himself! you know other than the two machines, its pretty much like a mom and pop shop feel to the place doesnt it! Thats whats really cool about that place. There is so much "Hands on" work in the place, truely amazing. Gibson factory seems like something out of 1984 movie compared to the PRS factory.
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@ halfway thru the vid: ohhh..
so that's how they get it book-matched ![]() i wonder how Gibson does it.. ![]()
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anyone here know of a guy by the name of ed roman? at some point of time he completely convinced me that the expensive prs company's guitars are all asian made then sent to the US to be assembled to be "officially made in the U.S.A" is this true, and that he said that there machines cant put in frets delicately enough into a ebony fretboard thats why all there fretboards are either indian rosewood or brazilian rosewood?
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And there ARE PRSes with ebony boards. They're just kind of rarer. Whoever this guy is, he's misled you. :/
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Ed Roman was already put in his place once, I hear. He had his PRS dealership rights taken away because he was retopping guitars and selling them as 'factory-new'. He's got a pretty wide reputation for dissing brands he doesn't/no longer carries. He's bashed G&L guitars & basses pretty often too because he no longer can sell 'em.
Most people don't (seem) to take him seriously.
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Thanks man, that was really cool! Have you watched the Dean factory tour?
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AH how I wish I worked there.
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Re: PRS factory tour
If you have the opportunity do the factory tour in person!
Class act all the way! Here are some stills from last summers PRS Expirence... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Part of me really wants to buy a PRS guitar but they don't offer any models with a bound fretboard, at least I have never seen a production model with a bound fretboard.
I would probably buy one if it weren't for that 1 thing they don't have. |
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Just sit down and play one sometime.
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Bound fretboards don't matter one bit when you have fretwork like PRS.
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I know they are great guitars and I played a few of them before. With my slightly over 40 eyes I am finding that I prefer bound fretboards with black dots, maple necks with black dots or rosewood boards with big ole' dots. Smallish white dots on a dark board are getting hard for me to see without staring at the fretboard like a dog on point.
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Now that's purdy! I've always loved those dark reds (black cherry, is it?) on the PRS.
I'm hoping I can brimg my scarlett red Custom 24 home after the issue with the stolen guitars is resolved, and this is just feeding my GAS! That, and the video was awesome too. David
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The last guy in the video has the best job in the world, to test play every guitar before they go out!
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Re: PRS factory tour
I owned a bunch of them over the years, there was something special about the early ones made up from '85 to '90-91 at the old Virginia Ave factory.
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