Model · PRS

Custom

A PRS electric, introduced 1985^[1]. Built on the PRS Core and Private Stock line.

1985 NAMM

How it changed

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Who owned it and where it was built

The eras of the PRS Core and Private Stock line in the years this model was made. No end year is on record, so the last row runs as far as the line does. The model rides on its line: when the owner or the plant changed, it changed for this model too.

Sources

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1. 1
   Wikipedia: wiki/PRS Guitarsgraded community

   • "In 1996, the company moved to its present facility in Stevensville on Kent Island"Era: PRS Core and Private Stock, 1996–now
2. 2
   fandom: wiki/PRS Guitarsgraded community

   • "Paul Reed Smith set up a partnership to create a factory in Annapolis"Era: PRS Core and Private Stock, 1985–1996
3. 3
   Guitar Heaven: Paul Reed Smith Makes Guitarsgraded secondary

   • With the help of an investor he formed a limited partnership, raising $500,000 in capitalEra: PRS Core and Private Stock, 1985–1996
4. 4
   Gibson Guitar Corp. v. Paul Reed Smith Guitars, LP, 423 F.3d 539 (6th Cir. 2005)graded primary

   • PRS founder Paul Reed Smith ("Smith") began manufacturing custom guitars in the mid-1970s and opened a guitar factory in 1985.Era: PRS Core and Private Stock, 1985–1996
5. 5
   PRS media roomgraded primary

   • Paul Reed Smith, Managing General Partner of PRS GuitarsEra: PRS Core and Private Stock, 1985–1996
6. 6
   A Closer Look at the 1985 PRS Serial Number 5graded primary