PRS Mark Holcomb Limited Edition PTC Mod Project!

[cmtd]

Been following this for a while now. Not exactly my cup of tea in the finish department, but with that being said I totally respect what you did here. We all have different preferences for our guitars. This is a really awesome project you did here and it came out phenomenal. You truly have a 1 of a kind on your hands and it was done to perfection.

Haven't played a Holcomb PRS but those specs are really tasty. Enjoy OP, you have a stunner.

Have you shared it with Mark? (twitter or something) I'd love to see his reaction.

 

[budda]

Yeah you did!

 

[mbardu]

Argh it's ruined now

OK not to worry, I'll give you 500$ to take it off your hands



Seriously, best thing ever.

 

[StrmRidr]

This is amazing

 

[HighGain510]

Thanks guys! Been playing it non-stop since I got it, just such a fantastic piece!

I knew the finish would look a lot better all strung up and completed.
Came out AWESOME dude, does it play as good as it looks? Everything you'd hoped it would be?

Yes indeed! It absolutely met my expectations! I might tweak a few things (noiseless springs and titanium string blocks are on my list of items I forgot to buy before I shipped everything to the PTC ) but Skitchy did a fantastic job as I knew he would, he has an excellent reputation for a reason! He actually even cut me a new truss rod cover because the nut wouldnt allow the original to fit without removing the "H" and that would just look off.

Been following this for a while now. Not exactly my cup of tea in the finish department, but with that being said I totally respect what you did here. We all have different preferences for our guitars. This is a really awesome project you did here and it came out phenomenal. You truly have a 1 of a kind on your hands and it was done to perfection.

Haven't played a Holcomb PRS but those specs are really tasty. Enjoy OP, you have a stunner.

Have you shared it with Mark? (twitter or something) I'd love to see his reaction.

Yeah a few folks tagged him on both IG and FB, he seems to think it was cool from his posts. Whether or not he's just trying to spare my feelings is another question! At the end of the day, I absolutely love it and will be playing the crap out of it so that's really all I was worried about. The stock pickups sound so great in here, love love LOVE the SD Holcomb Alpha/Omega set!


Here are a few more quick pics:

I'll try to get around to grabbing some more shots once the weather gets a bit nicer and I can do some outdoor pics. The finish is just wild (ha!) in person!

 

[narad]

Hey, I found your next amp:

https://reverb.com/item/3506296-blades-venom-2015-mike-learn-orange-tiger

 

[hairychris]

"10"

 

[Steinmetzify]

Matt this came out SUPER SICK. What a vision, dude. Had no idea what it was gonna end up like, but glad I followed this thread. ONE OF A KIND BITCHES!!!

 

[HighGain510]

"10"

The guitar actually has a 10-top quilted maple top (as was designated on the back of the headstock prior to the refin) underneath the paint. In hindsight, I should have asked Marty to mark it an "11"...

Matt this came out SUPER SICK. What a vision, dude. Had no idea what it was gonna end up like, but glad I followed this thread. ONE OF A KIND BITCHES!!!

Haha thanks man! I'm keeping it on my living room guitar stand and honestly the finish just draws you in non-stop, so I end up picking it up to play even more than normal! Works for me!

 

[themike]

So sick!

Did you plug the side dots? Jeez, you're a mad man

 

[HighGain510]

So sick!

Did you plug the side dots? Jeez, you're a mad man

Haha Thanks Mike! The luminlay side dots are still there, Marty painted up to the edge of the fretboard only, the dots remain! No reason to cover those up, I need them!

 

[MAJ Meadows SF]

Hey, I found your next amp:

https://reverb.com/item/3506296-blades-venom-2015-mike-learn-orange-tiger

 

[Vede]

Looks amazing! Congrats!

Tech question: Perhaps it's an optical illusion, but it looks like the Floyd sits closer to the bridge pickup than the original fixed bridge. Is that correct? If so, given the placement of the saddles on both bridges, it seems like adding the Floyd slightly shortened the scale length?

 

[electriceye]

That is CRAZY! Great job and glad you like it. Play it like you stole it, now.

 

[Riffer]

Did you plug the side dots? Jeez, you're a mad man

It definitely looks like there are no side dots in all the photos that I can see.

 

[HighGain510]

So sick!

Did you plug the side dots? Jeez, you're a mad man

Haha Thanks Mike! The luminlay side dots are still there, Marty painted up to the edge of the fretboard only, the dots remain! No reason to cover those up, I need them!

It definitely looks like there are no side dots in all the photos that I can see.

You would be incorrect. I already pointed out that they are not painted over, not sure why you'd bother saying that a week after I already confirmed they aren't painted over.

Looks amazing! Congrats!

Tech question: Perhaps it's an optical illusion, but it looks like the Floyd sits closer to the bridge pickup than the original fixed bridge. Is that correct? If so, given the placement of the saddles on both bridges, it seems like adding the Floyd slightly shortened the scale length?

I think it's just an optical illusion.

 

[xwmucradiox]

The dot in the picture proving the point that the dots aren't painted over has paint over it

 

[p88]

are those just artifacts on a low quality photo or are those flecks of paint on the side of the fretboard?

 

[technomancer]

are those just artifacts on a low quality photo or are those flecks of paint on the side of the fretboard?

Looks more like dust / grit from playing...

 

[Glades]

Looks like overspray. The masking tape must have lifted off during spraying.