Paul Reed Smith Guitars

This amber model is rare in that its sunburst surface is so subtle as not immediately apparent and so does not obfuscate the depht of burl and flame of the maple, the careful bookmatch, and thereby is uniquely and strikingly elegant.  In opening the case, you will be shocked at the beauty and simplicity of this instrument.  It has no hint of bad taste that is so reassuring to those who find the milieu of vulgarity so self affirming.  It is not enough that it is a PRS, as there are now, unfortunately, numerous that are not worthy of the reputation.  This is a uniquely beautiful one.  It had been stored in its original case in a room with 40 year old classical guitars and other high value instruments with humidification and fungal control. The serial number is 6109180, so you may verify the replacement value of it new, which is $4000.   You will certainly earn a substantial resale investment here, given the guitar is 2006, so that you are already ahead by 5 years in vintage value of a 2011 model.   I have much older PRS's, some of which have 10 tops but only by accident of selection for tonal character for particular studio projects.   You will find that 10 Top is a designation only for the appearance.  Many tops that earn the 10 top at the factory would remind you of Rod Stewart's tiger skin pants, and they may be too uniformly brittle in tone of midranges without over equalization of the frequencies which ruins the original timbre of the wood.  Remember that without the Plexiglass pick guard, the Strat would sound quite different.

It comes with new original case - and a new 3 inch wide belt.

Shipping is presumably maximum $45 anywhere in continental USA or if you are not far, a refund for the difference in distance will be made.