Withdrawn - PRS SE Bernie Marsden guitar, 2015 £425

[bassbiscuits]

[color=#000000][font=Helvetica]Hello all,[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Helvetica]I'm selling my very nice PRS SE Bernie Marsden Signature. Its almost mint condition, Korean made, bought new in 2015, and barely left the house since then. These are now being discontinued in favour of USA-made versions I believe.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Helvetica]I've owned it since October 2015, when I wrote a fairly lengthy 'New Guitar Day' post on it shown here:[/font][/color] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/272245-ngd-bernie-marsden-prs-se"]http://basschat.co.u...-marsden-prs-se[/url][color=#000000][font=Helvetica]/[/font][/color]

[font=Helvetica]In a nutshell, it's a singlecut Les Paul-alike, with a neck modelled on Bernie Marsden's own 1959 sunburst LP known as 'The Beast'. [/font]

[font=Helvetica]It has a mahogany neck and body, with a solid maple cap overlaid with a figured maple veneer. [/font][font=Helvetica]It features two volumes and a master tone, wrap-over bridge, vintage-style machine heads, mahogany fretboard and the usual flying bird inlays. [/font]

[font=Helvetica]Full spec here: [url="http://www.prsguitars.com/2015/seberniemarsden"]http://www.prsguitar...seberniemarsden[/url]/[/font]

[color=#000000][font=Helvetica]It's had a pro set-up by Leicester guitar repairman Howard Smith [url="http://www.howardsmith.co.uk/"]http://www.howardsmith.co.uk[/url], which involved tidying up the string slots in the nut and giving it a fret polish. It did wonders to improve the action and tuning stability, compared with how they are 'off the peg.' Its strung with 10-46 Ernie Balls. [/font][/color][font=Helvetica]The action is beautifully low and buzz-free.[/font]

[color=#000000][font=Helvetica]Condition-wise it's about as near to mint as you could get, having been played onstage only a handful of times, but not even for a full gig. It comes with an immaculate condition PRS SE chocolate brown padded gig bag, which again has only left the house half a dozen times.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Helvetica]I've put a cream Gibson Les Paul pickup ring on the selector which, which I think looks cool, but I'll include the original ring too. Its a 30-second job to swap them.[/font][/color]

[font=Helvetica]The exact weight is 3.5kg - which is lighter than my 2001 Strat and very comfortable to wear. [/font]

[color=#000000][font=Helvetica]I'm selling it because my workload is now almost entirely bass playing, and I've already got two Strats for the very occasional guitar gigs. I also need to cover the cost of a newly-bought Epiphone Jack Casady Bass (which is worth a whole other NBD post of its own…!)[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Helvetica]Price is £425 & postage. They retail for £595 new.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Helvetica]I'd prefer meet / collection within a sensible distance of Leicestershire, but I can post too. Will work out costs etc.[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=Helvetica]Fire away with any questions, and I'll do my very best to answer them. I'm sorry some of the pics are at the wrong angle, but i can't figure how to change them and[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Helvetica]they show all the right details.[/font][/color]

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Edited May 30, 2016 by bassbiscuits

[bassbiscuits]

More pictures added, this time showing a bit more detail of the maple top and bird inlays.

I've also tried to show the small area of very light surface scratches from belt/jeans rivets etc on the back - these are imperceptible to touch, and hard enough to see at all unless you're looking for them.

Just thought it would be right to mention them.

[niceguyhomer]

I have one of these with SD Whole Lotta Humbuckers in it. It's simply the best guitar I've ever owned and I love the look of envy on the other guitarist's face every time time I play it and wipe the floor with his Gibson Les Paul Premium Plus. This is a bargain.

[bassbiscuits]

Cheers NiceGuyHomer - you're not helping my willpower here! I had thought of keeping it and possibly doing something like that - popping in a pair of SD Pearly Gates was my original thought.

If only I did more gigs on guitar it would be a goer.

Someone please offer me guitar gigs so I don't have to make these difficult decisions!

Edited May 28, 2016 by bassbiscuits

[bassbiscuits]

I've just spent the evening playing this loud thru a pair of headphones and I can't bring myself to sell it.

It was a glorious experience!

So, regrettably, it's withdrawn until further notice.

Sorry folks