Private Stock CE! WOW

[badfinger]

A Private Stock CE, incredible guitar! How about a bolt-on Brazilian neck!
http://www.vintagerocker.com/ps659.html

No association here, just think its a cool guitar!

[Josh Koropchak]

That guitar looks awesome! I wouldn't mind owning that. :D

[John LeQuire]

Definitely an awesome guitar. That is one killer finish.

I wonder what the rationale was behind going the bolt-on route, and how that in combination with the BRW Neck and FB affects the tone...

[Oldgtarz]

Amazing!

[Elgreco]

Cool!!!!

[badfinger]

I can't figure out how to do a quote here, but John's question is also mine. Does the bolt-on configuration give the BRW neck more brightness? That is the one thing I would change about a BRW neck guitar is that sometimes they can be a bit muddy sounding.

[Dan Thrash]

sweet guitar!!! that bolt-on braz neck looks killer. i wish i had one.

[Phil Macino]

I can't figure out how to do a quote here, but John's question is also mine. Does the bolt-on configuration give the BRW neck more brightness? That is the one thing I would change about a BRW neck guitar is that sometimes they can be a bit muddy sounding.
Just click the small "reply" next to the "edit" button. :)

[Dan O]

me like!

[merkenball]

Wow that is amazing! It definately has that dipped it glass look!:eek:

[Chun13]

Waow ! And the colour just looks awesome !!!

[Brian]

That's sweet

I'm surprised you don't see more PS CEs, if you're looking for a unique tone that could definitely be the way to go!

[-CM-]

Definitely an awesome guitar. That is one killer finish.

I wonder what the rationale was behind going the bolt-on route, and how that in combination with the BRW Neck and FB affects the tone...
Maybe there are multiple necks for it. Maple, walnut, BRW, etc. Different neck & fretboard combos would be cool.

[Jose]

Definitely an awesome guitar. That is one killer finish.

I wonder what the rationale was behind going the bolt-on route, and how that in combination with the BRW Neck and FB affects the tone...
My thoughts exactly.

[Jo]

That's sweet

I'm surprised you don't see more PS CEs, if you're looking for a unique tone that could definitely be the way to go!
Gorgeous colour. I love it.

I guess anyone could get their own neck made to the CE specs and just bolt it on. I know I've thought of getting a RW neck made to put on mine.

But what really makes a CE a CE?.. the fact that it's a bolt on model or that it's a maple neck. What's not to say that's a custom with a bolt on RW neck? :confused:

[tmoore]

Gorgeous colour. I love it.

I guess anyone could get their own neck made to the CE specs and just bolt it on. I know I've thought of getting a RW neck made to put on mine.

But what really makes a CE a CE?.. the fact that it's a bolt on model or that it's a maple neck. What's not to say that's a custom with a bolt on RW neck? :confused:
That's an interesting question. I've always looked at the bolt on neck as the defining characteristic. Doesn't make it so though.
You may note, this PS has an alder body. That's a CE trait.

The interchangeable neck concept is cool...until you consider you could buy about 6 CEs and custom necks for 5 of them for the price of one PS. :)

[VetteLover]

Way cool :cool: Love it.

[aleclee]

I too wonder about the point of a bolted rosewood neck. IMHO, it's the maple neck, not the method of attachment that gives the CEs their zing.

[toomany2]

That's a cool top for sure, but don't we all know the CE gets NO respect?

So what's it sell for..... $1600, maybe $2k? Isn't that pretty much the upper limit?

[cyclops]

I think I know who owns that PS... Is it for sale? I'd be very surprised, as the owner just got it a couple of months ago...

-cyclops
PS #542

[Ldavey]

Went to Ballmer with for an apppointment with Phil Jacoby on Feb. the 5th or so, doing my first major mod. And that was to my only PRS, which I got second-hand a few years back. Was going in with a slight case of first-go jitters.

Got Phil to now mod my CE from five-way rotary to McCarty push-pull, and insert #10 pups. Phil did some needed fretwork and intonation adjustments, too, and I wanted to add a fresh plug for Phil’s handiwork/ artisanship for mods and other work. Great guy, great work.

Aren't those the usual private stock pickups I just put in the CE, the #10s?

[JDJ]

Great top!

[george4908]

Love the color of that burst.

Tom Anderson has built a number of guitars with bolt-on rosewood necks, so there's actually a precedent for this particular CE.

[Ron M]

I've got gas

[Michael Nolan]

I dig that color.

[kikujiro0208]

Indeed a very distinguished axe!!!

Regards,

[Brewer]

Nice. I would like to hear that one!

[Scott Peterson]

Now that is a PS that I would get into. Bravo!

[Bill McDowell]

I could have swore a member posted a review of this axe some short time ago. Nice.

[redmax61]

I think this is the one I saw a few months ago in Florida. If it is, I can tell you that it's way outrageous in person, and it sounds freaking incredible!!!

[Brian D]

It's nice to see somebody go a little different on a Private Stock. Awesome guitar and kudos to the owner!

[fred dons]

I don't think it's it the maple neck which gives the CE it's zing but more the bolt on factor, I completed a warmoth hollow les paul (mahogany with quilt top, trem and bolt on rosewood with a single coil in the mid and neck position) and the thing is that especially in the mid and neck it sounds just like a strat with all the zing and crispyness!

[Chun13]

I've just seen the other pics, the abalone headstock is gorgeous ! :D

[josef1010]

i was just saying no one ever builds a bolt on PS...I was wrong, and that guitar is cool

[goof1073]

It's nice to see somebody go a little different on a Private Stock. Hey, I've got a totally different idea for a PS...just don't have that much disposable income. But...MMMAAANNNNNNN if I did!!! Dude!