Paul Reed Smith Guitars

2005 20th ANNIVERSARY PAUL REED SMITH SWAMP ASH SPECIAL ELECTRIC GUITAR

CUSTOM COLOR, ROYAL AZUL BLUE FRONT AND BACK!

20th Anniversary stamp on the truss rod cover

Gorgeous guitar in excellent condition! Slight tarnish on the pickup covers.

SERIAL # 5SA02472 finished August 25, 2005

Guitar was purchased new by a close friend of mine in 2006, who was a collector of sorts but did not actually play guitar. I have only played the guitar a very limited amount since I have had it so there is little wear at all except for the slight tarnishing of the pickup covers. Beautiful finish!

Comes with the original hard shell locking case (with 2 keys), a tan leather PRS guitar strap with embossed birds, whammy bar, extra PRS strings and special PRS guitar cleaner as well as all the original documentation for the guitar.

PRS has discontinued making the Swamp Ash Special except for a special 25th anniversary edition which came out this year.

Swamp Ash Special. Carved swamp ash body, PRS tremolo bridge with locking tuners, 22 fret bolt-on figured maple neck and fretboard, abalone dot inlays, McCarty Bass, Seymour Duncan Vintage Rails, and McCarty Treble pickups, 3-way toggle, volume, push-pull tone (coil tap).

Swamp Ash Special Electronics

·         PRS McCarty humbuckers with a Seymour Duncan Vintage Rails in middle position.

·         3 way toggle,  master volume and a tone pot with push pull

·         The push-pull pot, in the up position, activates middle pickup and renders the neck humbucker to a single coil.

The following sounds are available:

1.     Treble humbucker

2.     Both humbuckers

3.     Neck humbucker

4.     Full treble humbucker and middle pickup

5.     Neck coil and middle pickup

6.     Neck single coil, middle pickup and treble humbucker

Exerpt from Guitar Review:

“The PRS Swamp Ash Special features McCarty pickups at the neck and bridge and a regular three-way switch providing all the fat humbucker tone you expect from a PRS. The Seymour Duncan Vintage Rails hum cancelling single coil pickup in the middle position can be switched in via a push-pull pot to offer a multitude of single coil tonalities. It uses a unique split rail, twin coil design and special wiring to achieve true single coil tone without any hum. The sound is clean, clear and bright, with all that quack you love in the notch positions. Ted McCarty brought PRS his humbucker manufacturing process using a vintage alnico magnet and nickel silver pickup covers. The bridge pickup contains more turns to balance it with the hot neck position pickup.

Swamp Ash is a special tone wood for many reasons. Swamp Ash is a very musical wood offering a very nice balance of brightness and warmth with a lot of "pop". Swamp Ash is famous for its midrange snarl and biting response. The grain is open and the color is creamy. It takes a finish beautifully and is light enough to resonate well but strong enough to be stable. The PRS Swamp Ash Special features a 22-fret rock maple neck with the special PRS 25" scale.”

PAYMENT CAN BE PAYPAL, PAYMENT UPON PICKUP

I WILL SHIP USING A UPS SHIPPING STORE WHO WILL PROFESSIONALLY PACKAGE YOUR GUITAR TO INSURE SAFE DELIVERY. ITEM WILL HAVE FULL INSURANCE AND SIGNATURE DELIVERY CONFIRMATION .