PRS Announces 8 String Private Stock Guitar of the Month

PRS Guitars has announced their Private Stock Guitar of the Month for August, and it’s a doozy. Not the very first 8 string they’ve ever made (I think the first was the one for Mark Holcomb for the current Periphery tour), but possibly the first that’s not a one-off. This one will be limited to 8 pieces, so good luck getting your hands on one. The scale length is also 26.5″, which in my opinion is pretty short for an 8 string. I’ve played ones that were 27″ that were okay, but that seems like it might be a bit of a flop machine.

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Lucky for PRS, I’ll probably never get close enough to one to find out (I can’t even seem to find one for sale to see how much they cost). So instead, here’s a list of the specs and some pictures for your eyeballs:

Top Wood Curly Maple Top
Back Wood Swamp Ash
Scale Length 26.5″
Neck Wood Curly Maple
Neck Shape Wide Thin
Number of Frets 24
Fretboard Wood African Blackwood with Curly Maple Binding
Headstock Veneer African Blackwood with Curly Maple Binding
Inlays Mother of Pearl “J” Birds with Paua Centers
Headstock Inlay Mother of Pearl “J” Private Stock Eagle with Paua Center with a Mother of Pearl “August” Engraved Banner
Side Dots Paua
Pickups Seymour Duncan Omega Treble and Seymour Duncan Alpha Bass
Controls Volume and Tone with 5-Way Blade Selector Switch
Bridge PRS 8 String Plate-Style Bridge
Tuners Phase III Locking Tuners with African Blackwood Buttons
Strings D’Addario .010
Hardware Nickel
Nut Bone
Backplate Swamp Ash
Finish High Gloss Nitro
Color Frostbite Glow
Case Private Stock 20th Anniversary Black Comet Tolex

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