The PRS Bolt Neck Guitars: A Short History
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I've been a long time fan and user of PRS guitars. From my first 2008 Mira with DGT pickups to owning three DGT's back just five years ago, I've always been impressed with their engineering and innovation.
So it's not surprising that I'm fascinated by the influence of all classic guitars on the guitar designs that Paul and company have put out over time. As I've been playing primarily bolt neck guitars myself these last few years it was inevitable that I'd want to review this history and I had a lot of fun doing it. I hope you have fun watching it.
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Gibson's biggest success was in convincing guitarists that a set neck is "better" than a bolt on neck. By that logic than a neck through is superior to either. They are just different, and there is no difference in quality purely relating to the type of neck joint. While a Les Paul player may think a Strat sounds thin, a Strat player may think a Les Paul sounds muddy.
I worked at PRS from '88-'91. I clearly remember those first CE's that we built. The satin neck just felt amazing to me- so much so that I had them make me a bolt-on as my employee guitar. It was scarlet red quilted maple bolt-on with a bookmatched quilted maple veneer headstock and a curly maple fretboard and abalone bird inlays. It was an amazing guitar. I think Paul had seen other competitors in the market like Ibanez, Charvel, Jackson, Carvin, etc having success with bolt-ons and he wanted to give people what they wanted. As usual, great thinking on Paul's part.
WAIT I'M IN THIS?!!
I got a PRS Modern Eagle V guitar at a local pawn shop for freaking $319. I was skeptical if it was a fake because it was in almost a totally unused condition. I got it anyways and checked everything out at home and it was authentic. I even contacted PRS to verify the SN and model to confirm it was just a really incredible fake. I was stunned that the guy running the pawn shop clearly didn’t look up its value because he was off by $3000-4000. Just an insane find, and I was only in the shop to kill time while my wife got her hair done next door.
sips cup of coffee
Keith, thank you for including a picture of my PRS Swamp Ash Special at
From Leo: As always, great reporting. I like have generally liked the PRS line. In this corporate age, it is noteworthy & unique to see the founder of any company still at the helm, and still in love with the product. In the day, Hartley Peavey also had that kind of passion. I have never had any trouble with a screw on neck guitar and I have paid to have necks reset on glue on neck guitars. The PRS CE models are fine by me.
Sitting here with my CE 24 and watching Five Watt World. What a perfect morning.
Hey Keith! Sorry I missed this yesterday. I'm 15 days into an 8 day kitchen remodel! A little stressed!
Matt King!! That dude is awesome! He helped me through the process of refinishing an older McCarty. He was so good, I sent my Stripped-58 back to The PRS PTC for a nut and a setup. Simply super to work with!
Thanks for taking us to PRS bolt-neck school.
In 1992 I was lucky enough to go to P.R.S's house in Annapolis to watch the July 4th fireworks. The girl I was dating were family friends.He was such a cool and down to earth guy and showed me some awesome guitars he had.
The Mark Lettieri live video at the end is a real treat, love his playing. I coincidentally got my Silver Sky at Ish guitars, back in late 2018, such a wonderful instrument. I believe the first PRS that John Mayer played in public was an NF3, another way in which that model was a gateway to future products for the company. I am a lifelong Rush fan, and my first real exposure to PRS was watching Alex Lifeson playing CE's and EG's in the 90's, and reading in interviews about his praise for the snappy response of those guitars. This is probably my favorite episode in this series, great work as usual.
I'm the proud owner of a '97 CE24, purchased from Guitar Center in San Jose in May 1998. To this day, it has the best neck of any guitar I've ever played, and on top of that it sounds great. Financially it was a bit of a stretch for me at the time ($1400 for the guitar plus $90 for a hard case), but I've never regretted buying it.
These short stories are so good to check out, well done!
Excellent PRS bolt on history. I’ve never owned a PRS yet, though played a few briefly and loved them. (Unfortunately, this superlative PRS history doesn’t exactly inspire me to own fewer guitars; time to decide which one to sell?) Well done Keith!
Thoroughly enjoyed this more recent short history!! Thanks Keith!
Thanks for these videos Keith, they're so much fun.
Always a good day when a new five watt video comes out. Thanks..
Always love your history presentations, no matter the subject.