Vern goes insane and attempts to buy PRS Private Stock #1

[vernplum]

Crazed and delirious with GAS induced by recent tryouts of PRS guitars and chit-chat on the SOFT forum, Vern e-mailed PRS when he saw this baby:

http://www.prsguitars.com/showcase/private/ps1.html

Fortunately, he failed. Wonder how much that would have cost - no doubt Vern would have had no way to pay for it if they said 'yes'. E-mail reply from PRS below.

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From: Vernplum
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:57 PM
To: Paul Reed Smith Customer Service
Subject: PS #1

Dear Paul Reed Smith guys

Supposing, just supposing I had enough cash to buy PS #1, how much would it cost me and how would I go about buying it (I live in Singapore) – would I just buy it directly from you?

Kind regards

Vern

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[MrRhoads]

very nice guitar

 

[JMguitars]

Vern,

I knew u couldn't resist a Tiger's Eye Private Stock.

She's beautiful .......

 

[ItAcHi]

its a beauty...but it might cost a bomb...

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cheers!!
the 100th post!!!

 

[chimaera]

Erm u can order, i think i can get u the order form its online from a US store,.. but yeah itll cost a bomb, stock PS is around 10.000 USD... one o a kind though,...

 

[vernplum]

More lah!

That's Private Stock #1 - *NUMBER ONE*

I'd venture to say that could be up to $50K of axe just because of the serial.

I wonder what I would have done if they'd said 'yep - we can sell it. Paypal ok for you?'

 

[chimaera]

Yupz tt one will cost more, but u can always design one close to that one,.. trust me i tried,.. hahahaha i didnt dare send the quote though, a friend of mine sez itll be around 11-12K, mines based one the hollowbody II, with 3 pickups, its fun to design but i dun dare send the form hahaha

 

[JMguitars]

I wonder what I would have done if they'd said 'yep - we can sell it. Paypal ok for you?'

You could organise a SOFT fund raising for "needy" guitarist. :lol: :lol:

 

[uzzo88]

wei..
needy guitarist wont go n buy sumting more than 1 k i think..this is..whoa..cant find the 8.2k PRS at davis tho

 

[chimaera]

Side track a bit u might wanna check out thorn guitars, www.thornguitars.com
They do custom shop stuff and on par with PRS PS, at a fraction of the price, am saving up to get the artisan standard with korina wood hehehe

 

[BlackMoo]

I'll learn the methods of biomedical science, then I'll invent a cure for GAS.

 

[ItAcHi]

..cant find the 8.2k PRS at davis tho

well...its at lower left the entrance...

 

[Lifehouse]

Lol.. Skarli Vern bought it with his credit card and decide to eat maggi for 3 months without all of us knowing.. Haha.. :smt075

 

[vernplum]

I wish that were true.

 

[wangdexian]

8O
Insane. Totally.

 

[Praetorian]

I wish that were true.

If it were, and assuming, under the most dire circumstances, that you guitar goes missing... i just wanna tell you...

it wasnt me. :roll:

 

[dhalif]

im happy if i can get a guitar thats like bout 500 dollars lol! *never played with Ks*

 

[pooo]

I wonder what I would have done if they'd said 'yep - we can sell it. Paypal ok for you?'

You'd probably would have chosen to use that credit card, go many months on mee, whilst selling butt to cover expenses and support the family hehehehe. :lol:

 

[wangdexian]

pooo, I'd doubt he'd even eat mee in order save costs. Maybe he would starve himself:lol:

 

[vernplum]

My butt not good enough for selling unfortunately... and if I ate 3 meals a day, with one packet of mee at an estimated cost of 25 cents per packet:

25 x 4 x 8200 / 3 / 365 = 29.95 years I would be eating mee to pay for that guitar...