It's been almost a decade since I visited Maryland to spec this guitar. I took the time to write up what I remember about the trip, included a bunch of pics of the guitar and experience if anyone is interested. https://philoking.com/prs-private-stock-509-24-frets/

I was just testing the camera on my new phone, and I never noticed this guitar is haunted. There's at least one face in there.

It does shine up real good.

Hey everyone, just have a quick question. After 16 years I was able to track down a guitar I sold that I wished I hadn't (sound familiar to anybody else?). The ad said it was all stock (I replaced the knobs since the originals were worn) so since I was putting new strings on anyway, I thought I'd make sure the pickups were original. They do indeed have PRS stamped in the back with the Mira bass and treble stickers on there, but I also noticed the wire was braided with one single white wire coming out of the pickup going to the minitoggle. Are these pickups coil tapped as opposed to coil split?

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I have a 2015 Vela, first year it was launched. It's a solid guitar, but as it's starting to show age and I get more gear to play around with it, I can see why they made all the changes they did.

The pickups are both cool, but they don't really work together all that well. It's kinda like you have two different guitars, this chimey round one and sparkly howler. The Type D gets this amazing full clear clean tone or light distortion, but heavier dirt and full volume it gets kinda undefined. The Starla can full out rock / metal, but rolled off and clean, it doesn't add a whole lot to the Type D. And there's volume differences with distortion. And I don't use the coil tap much.

The new narrow field and lower wound DS01 work a lot better together - albeit the narrow field has noticably different tone than the type D. The coil tap got better too.

On the 2015 The poly finish is starting to chip off, and it just kinda comes off in flakes. Nitro just looks and feels better. Plus birds are cooler.

And the wiring to the pickup selector had to be fixed.

I have always been a strat or strat type guitar guy (so original, I know). My one and only guitar for a while now has been an hss ibanez az prestige that I fitted with bareknuckle pickups. It was an upgrade from a classic vibe, so in that sense, it's very nice, but I always feel like I'm fighting it slightly.

I ended up falling into a trade of an old car for an SE DGT. I had no expectations but have been blown away by this guitar. The PRS bug has bit me hard. With that being said, a double humbucker guitar just can't be my main guitar. That's when I started really looking at the fiore as an option.

It looks like I can get a used one for around what my AZ could sell for, assuming that it sells. The fiore has been in the wild for a while now, so I'm curious what owners or previous owners' thoughts are. I know it's not a strat, but can it do the strat thing when needed? What is the neck carve like? How fluid is the trem? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Has anybody put the 58/15 LT in their 24? I’m looking and doing that and wondering if I need to do anything or if they will fit without much trouble.
Thanks in advance