USED PRS Studio 2012 Black Gold Burst

Summary: 
Here we have a beautiful PRS Studio from 2012 finished in the classy Black Gold Burst, this guitar was originally sold buy us new to a good friend who is sadly no longer with us. It has been the pride of a collection for many years and has some battle scars. However, the guitar is a pleasure to play and offers so much tonal variety. There's a reason they have bought these back to line up and this is from the original run. A couple of little upgrades have been done including the wooden tuners and wooden control knobs, sadly the originals are no longer with the guitar.

Model: Studio
Year built: 2012
Weight: 8bs 5oz  /  3.8kg (approx)
Hard case or Gig Bag? - Yes, original PRS case
Neck profile: Pattern

Body Condition: 7/10
Generally, from a few feet away it looks near perfect on the front. On close inspection you will find some normal signs of wear and tear, but mostly minor. Some minor scratches, polishing swirls, nothing major or structural. Please not there are various dings all over the body, I have done my best to capture the worst of these in the pictures. The back shows some buckle rash and a few scratches, yet again see pictures.

Neck: 8/10 
The frets are in good condition with only some signs of light wear and tear. No noticeable dents, dimples or flat spots. There are some very minor signs of age related wear on the rosewood but general wear and tear is much below what you'd expect. The headstock has a few various dings (see pictures) nothing structural, all purely cosmetic.

Hardware: 6.5/10
The machineheads are the original minus the buttons that have been changed to a wooden button. The control knobs have also been changed to a wooden knob with a bird inlay. Very PRS! Please not there is significant tarnishing to the pickup comes and a few dings on the narrowfieds.

Electrics: 9/10 
Sockets, pots and switches etc are wear and tear items. The electrics on this guitar have been tested and are in excellent working order, but my standard disclaimer is it's a used guitar and one must expect SOME occasional electrical 'scratching' noise, crackling and popping when adjusting pots and switches. In our opinion the electrics on this guitar exhibit less than average 'noise' in normal play but there's no guarantee how long they will stay in this condition. 

Playability:
This guitar has been lovingly set up by Jon, one of the UK's most highly regarded and experienced guitar techs. 
That doesn't mean this guitar is the best playing guitar ever, it just means that he has taken the time to set it up. Adjust the action, intonation etc so that it plays as well as can be expected and stays in tune as good as any guitar of this type does. 
We all have differing styles and demands from our instruments. Some of us like fast n low actions for fretboard burning licks, others prefer a high n mightly action for show stopping windmills and downtuned heavy riffing and everything in between. No one set up suits all!
This specific guitar has been set up sympathetically for it's style so has a fairly low action, and minimal fret buzzing.

Priced with all of the above in mind but feel free to "make an offer".

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We first opened our doors in 1994. Since then we have expanded and grown in size and popularity to become one of the South's leading guitar shops. Our commitment to a friendly, knowledgeable and personal service has won us a collection of awards. These include: Three times winner of the prestigious FENDER EUROPEAN TOP DEALER AWARD for service, knowledge and commitment to Fender products. (They only presented them for three years) And SEVEN times award winners at the Poole Retail Awards 'Top of the Shops' event, including overall Best Independent Shop and Best Customer Service.

Our aim is to provide the highest levels of customer care, to offer a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere and still offer the lowest possible prices.  
Because we are all passionate guitarists ourselves note that all our guitars are dispatched: 

• Inspected - check for scratches, dents etc 
• Tuned - Stretching each string for optimum tuning stability 
• Set up - adjust action and intonation as required 
• Tested - give it a play to make sure we like it ! (Tough job huh ?) 
• Ready to Play - now it's your turn ! 

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