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PRS Certificate of Authenticity to be included
PRS Private Stock 35th Anniversary Dragon *Prototype*
PRS Certificate of Authenticity to be included
When PRS design such a special guitar like a Dragon model they will make several prototypes to ensure everything is perfect before they commit to the final design. PRS are incredibly proud of their prototype instruments are they are often offered to premium PRS dealers to put up sale, PRS believe that an instrument of this quality and caliber would be wasted locked up in their vaults, it deserves to be cherished and played.
We are incredibly honoured to be able to offer a prototype version of the critically acclaimed 35th anniversary Dragon model, this may just be one of the rarest PRS models out there, this sure isn't going to hang around.
Paul Reed Smith Dragon guitars are among the most coveted PRS models ever created, in order to celebrate PRS Guitars' 35th anniversary in 2020 the 35th anniversary Dragon was born. When PRS design such a special guitar like a Dragon model they will make several prototypes to ensure everything is perfect before they commit to the final design. PRS are incredibly proud of their prototype instruments are they are often offered to premium PRS dealers to put up sale, PRS believe that an instrument of this quality and caliber would be wasted locked up in their vaults, it deserves to be cherished and played. We are incredibly honoured to be able to offer a prototype version of the critically acclaimed 35th anniversary Dragon model, this may just be one of the rarest PRS models out there, this sure isn't going to hang around.
The visual star of the guitar is the elaborate, fantastical dragon inlay designed by Jeff Easley, a fantasy artist famous for some of Dungeons & Dragons rulebook covers. PRS Guitars engaged Aulson Inlay, to deconstruct Easleys artwork and recreate it for the fretboard of the guitar. The design concludes with the dragons breath of fire extending onto the truss rod cover. The finished inlay is fashioned from a wide array of materials including: Green Ripple Abalone, Green Abalone Select, Black Mother of Pearl, Stabilized Sand-Shaded Holly, Red with Gold Vein Recon Stone, Raffir Striped Black, Black and Red Raffir Aluminum Wave, Abaloid Acrylic, Nocturne Corian, as well as Blue Pacific, Citrine, and Flame Synthetic Opal.
The 35th Anniversary Dragon is based off of the PRS McCarty model, featuring a thicker back, PRS Stoptail bridge, and a classic volume, push/ pull tone control, and 3-way toggle electronics layout, but with TCI model pickups from the Pauls Guitar and tweaked Phase III Locking tuners for a unique balance of vintage and modern specifications. The extraordinary Private Stock grade tone woods were hand selected for this limited series and include a curly maple top, African ribbon mahogany back, and a chaltecoco Pattern neck with a 25" scale length, 22 fret ziricote fingerboard.
35th Anniversary Dragons will come finished in Frostbite Dragons Breath. A Private Stocks Dragons Breath style finish was the perfect choice for this run, with the stain sporting a lighter color (or "glow") toward the belly of the guitar that mimics the shape of a flame shooting out of a dragons mouth. The smoked black hardware brings a fierce elegance to the instrument.
"Looking at the final 35th Anniversary Dragon, I am incredibly proud. This guitar is PRS through and through from the fingerboard design to the pickups. I think its one of our most elegant Dragons yet." - Paul Miles