Hello MARK!
On 02 Dec 97, MARK VANSICKLE wrote to Rich Lockyer:
 MV> I read a good writeup on PRS CE's in VG today.  Confirmed my desire to 
get
 MV> one and share it with the eldest daughter (presumes $850) someday.
Tom has one and it's one of the nicer pieces in his collection.  The top is 
beautiful with a good matching job.  Of course, he had me yank out the 
5-position rotary selector switch and replace it with a McCarty style (Les 
Paul style) toggle and I dropped in a pair of SD pickups ('59 neck and JB 
Trembucker bridge).  I was sweating bullets as I put the step-drill on the 
finish to enlarge the hole.  Yes, I use only the eggbeater drill on finished 
guitar bodies.
The quality and playability is surprising for a bolt-on, but nothing less 
than I would expect from PRS.  The neck design is strange... it's a 24-fret 
neck, with full access up to about the 20th or so.  The neck is actually 
stepped at the 24th fret, and the two screws that would be under the 20th 
fret on a Strat are under the neck pickup.
C-ya! Rich
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