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1977 Paul Reed Smith Pre-Factory #224
A very early PRS, built for a friend and bandmate at an original cost of $400. This guitar was built after the Peter Frampton guitar, as it has the birds that first appeared on Frampton's. But notice..
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1980 Paul Reed Smith Hand Built #386
One of the more unusual early PRS I have ever seen. It is Strat shaped, left handed strung right handed, Santana style headstock, birds in flight, a bound fretboard, and it has a Floyd Rose Tremolo..
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1984 Paul Reed Smith Pre-factory Goodness #223
The very last guitar started at the old West Street shop, it was finished in the new Virginia Avenue digs. Built for, and owned by a friend of Paul's until acquired by me.This is an amazing guitar...
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1985 Paul Reed Smith Custom #267
Early Scarlet beauty. ..
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1985 Paul Reed Smith Custom NAMM 20 #201
This beautiful Vintage Yellow PRS is one of what are called the NAMM 20. Paul Smith took 20 guitars to the Summer NAMM show, the industry trade show, to announce the forming of Paul Reed Smith the..
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1985 Paul Reed Smith Guitar #265
Pre-Casper. ..
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1985 Paul Reed Smith Guitar #311
A lovely example of an early PRS Guitar in my favorite color. ..
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1985 Paul Reed Smith Guitar #219
A Pearl Black beauty, this is one of the original 20 guitars that Paul Smith took to the Summer NAMM music trade show in 1985. No serial numbers were issued to these guitars. Paul has graciously..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith #488
Baby Blue..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith 5 String Bass #290
The very first PRS 5 String. ..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith Bass 4 #216
Banana Freaking Yellow. Only Bass 4 I have ever seen this color. I'm only aware of two PRS guitars painted Banana Yellow as well. BRIGHT! ..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith Custom #266
A good example of early PRS color fading. ..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 #471
The Blue Onion. ..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith Guitar #275
Very early 1986 in dead mint condition. ..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith Guitar #299
I believe that they made only two Banana Yellow guitars. ..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith Guitar #364
The second of what I believe are the only two PRS Guitars ever painted Banana Yellow. ..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith Metal #505
Built for Robert Reed, aka Syke Dyke of the Washington D.C band Trouble Funk. Painted by Bud Davis, who painted all of the PRS Metals in 1985-1987. Not sure who it is signed by near the serial..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith Metal #551
The earliest 1986 serial number I have seen, and on a one of a kind "Flame" Metal. ..
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1986 Paul Reed Smith Pair #253
Two of the three that were built as an experiment to explore the EVH style. ..
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1987 Paul Reed Smith Bass 4 #280
Early PRS basses are uncommon, but fretless are downright rare. ..
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1987 Paul Reed Smith Bass 4 #229
Rock and roll baby! Everything in the eighties was loud, including the colors. This color is called Magenta Pearl by PRS. It shifts from pinks to purples with the light. The color is rare on the..
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1987 Paul Reed Smith Custom #304
Perhaps the very first maple neck Paul Reed Smith. ..
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1987 Paul Reed Smith Standards #286
A rare pair of the Multifoil finishes, one with birds and one with moons. ..
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1988 Paul Reed Smith Bass 4 #247
Very rare fretless. ..
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1988 Paul Reed Smith EG Prototype #220
An ultra cool piece of PRS History.  This guitar was a prototype made in Japan for a joint venture between PRS and Fuji Gen Gakki. This is the very first of the six that were built. PRS had..
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1988 Paul Reed Smith Studio #273
Rare, but brittle, Multifoil finish. ..
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1989 Paul Reed Smith Bass 4 #251
Curly Bass 4As nice as any bass PRS has ever built...
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1989 Paul Reed Smith Blue Crackle Finish #598
(1989 Paul Reed Smith Blue Crackle Finish)No, I've never seen one before either...
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1989 Paul Reed Smith Cedar Top #260
I was extremely happy to get this guitar back to it's rightful owner. ..
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1989 Paul Reed Smith Curly Bass 4 #653
(1989 Paul Reed Smith Curly Bass 4)Very rare early setneck PRS bass with a curly maple top...
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1989 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 #272
Built for Carlos Santana, but he refused it because the colors went the wrong way. ..
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1990 Paul Reed Smith PRS Custom 24 #605
(1990 Paul Reed Smith PRS Custom 24)The very first Purple PRS. Custom built for Howard Leese of Heart...
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1990 Paul Reed Smith Studio Metal #547
Unbelievable. The third of three Metals made for Robert Reed, AKA Syke Dyke. The only Studio Metal I have ever seen, and undoubtedly the very last original Metal painted by Bud Davis prior to the..
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1991 Paul Reed Smith Artist Series I #261
An absolute beauty that I owned for only a short while. I didn't feel that it really belonged to me.Back where it belongs. ..
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1991 Paul Reed Smith Custom #307
Rare, faded Bonni Pink. ..
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1991 Paul Reed Smith EG III #358
Rare color for an EG. ..
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1991Sprucetop Paul Reed Smith Semi-Hollow #263
Unlike any other PRS. ..
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1992 Paul Reed Smith Custom 22 #256
The first 22 fret trem. ..
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1992 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 #489
 This guitar belonged to a friend of mine who won it in a sales contest from PRS. It has since been re-fretted and upgraded with 57/08  PRS pickups and a three-way switch. ..
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1992 Paul Reed Smith One-Off #285
Groovy orange, no fret markers, and tuna. ..
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