PRS Ernie Guitar

[WeeGee]

Got sent a link to Ernie Ball related guitar on sale at the PRS forum.

Ernie Ball Related Guitar

What's the scoop with the custom made PRS for Ernie Ball and Brian, does BP know what you've been up to?

 

[Spudmurphy]

Mob Mob Brian - but I guess that you have to check out the opposition?
- or did you swop an EB for a PRS ? (with a cash adjustment in your favour!)

 

[azazael]

Those things just don't appeal to me at all.
I don't know what it is.
I've never showed interest in a PRS in my life...

 

[JoeDogInKC]

The real question is why is it for sale and is PRS gonna be pissed that Brian let it go? To me, it looks like a custom job they did for him just because they're in the same biz together. Maybe the Ball family made up some special custom jobs and sent them over to the PRS family? Either way, I can see potential that someone might be a tad upset that this baby is for sale.

 

[JoeDogInKC]

I didn't mean to insinuate anything negative, just that it seems like it could be a bit like "regifting" to me. There again, that's only if it was given as a gift in the first place.

I'm just musing here, I have absolutely ZERO knowledge on this particular guitar or anything, I just get the feeling that it could possibly be a scenario where it was given as a gift to someone and then sold after the fact. Just speaking from personal experience, were I to give someone a nice handmade gift or something and they turned around and sold it and/or gave it away, I'd be pissed.

 

[dstockden]

I'm sure this popped up last week or the week before somewhere here. I think Poppa commented on it.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Hangabouts.

- it's not for us or anybody else to comment like this, on something we know zilch about.

My pun was intended as a "oh so you play other guitars too!" as a lot of us on the forum do.

What Brian, I or anybody else does with (their) acquisitions, is entirely their own affair.

 

[Big Poppa]

actually this isnt the first time this guitar has reared its head and the jumping to conclusions and allegations of re gifting and disrespect....Here is a lesson for all who posted without considering some other options......

A few years back Brian Ball was at a guitar show that Paul Smith was at. Brian went up to Paul and introduced himself as my son and commented on the respect we all have for his work. Paul asked if he played guitar and brian said yes. Paul said I would love to make you a guitar....Your dad has been helpful and blah blah blah...Brian said fine....About six months later a red prs shows up o brian. Brian sent him a 30th stingray (I think) to return the favor. Apparently the guitar sent to brian was not the one that started it life in the factory for brian.....They sold the one for brian and made him the red one. Brian still owns that guitar and considers it a very special gesture and a fabulous guitar and has no intentions of selling it. Paul Smith is a class act.

 

[TNT]

whewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! Thanks for clearing that up BP.

I already figured that Brian would NOT have put that guitar up for sale, one that
another respected guitar manufacturer personally made for him.

 

[mesavox]

Man.. that is a stunning top!!! If PRS's had rounded top edges that didn't dig into my arms, had a longer scale length, and didn't put the knobs in weird places, I could probably play them. LOL Still, they build really great guitars... I know people like to say they're overpriced, but Paul is still not a guy with the corporate pockets of a Gibson or whatever and I'll always love the Music Mans, PRS, McCinturfs, Suhrs, etc. out there for doing something different. It's a cool story...

 

[JoeDogInKC]

Thanks for clearing it up BP. I figured there was a good and logical explanation for all this. Please note that everything I posted above was in hypothetical question format, just offering options of how it *could* have gone down. Thanks again for clearing it up though.

 

[fatoni]

Man.. that is a stunning top!!! If PRS's had rounded top edges that didn't dig into my arms, had a longer scale length, and didn't put the knobs in weird places, I could probably play them. LOL Still, they build really great guitars... I know people like to say they're overpriced, but Paul is still not a guy with the corporate pockets of a Gibson or whatever and I'll always love the Music Mans, PRS, McCinturfs, Suhrs, etc. out there for doing something different. It's a cool story...

longer scale, really? its the same as ebmm for 95% of their guitars

 

[dstockden]

longer scale, really? its the same as ebmm for 95% of their guitars

PRS's are 25" scale length.

 

[zyx345]

If PRS's had rounded top edges that didn't dig into my arms

Although thats an awesome guitar in that post, I agree with the above. For some reason I don't have this problem with my EBMM Axis which I suspect is due to the flat top.

I struggled to sell my PRS but once I saw the top I got on my Axis I was definitely pleased.