Private Stock of the Month

Posted Aug 27, 2014

Behind The Gear

“Private Stock” guitars are custom-built and made to order. The goal of Private Stock is to create the most beautiful, best playing, and best sounding guitar money can buy. A customer ordering a Private Stock can select their own wood types, pickups, electronic configuration, and so much more.

Each month we will select one of these Private Stock built guitars and feature it on this blog. We will take detailed photos and explain the components that make the guitar unique.

The customer who ordered this guitar chose their authorized PRS dealer and the top and back woods were specially selected from our Private Stock wood vault. With the help of his dealer, the customer was able to speak directly to the luthiers building and staining his guitar to ensure the color and build would be exactly what he envisioned.

Private Stock #4990 Specifications:

Model
Santana II

Body
Top Wood: Quilted Maple
Back Wood: Mahogany

Finish
Bronze
V12 Body / Satin Nitro Neck

Neck
Neck Wood: “Sinker” Mahogany
Fingerboard Wood: African Blackwood
Scale Length: 24.5”
Inlays: Old Birds - Black Mother of Pearl
Outlines: Gold Mother of Pearl
# of Frets: 24
Neck Shape: Santana
Veneer Wood: African Blackwood
Veneer Inlay: Old PS Eagle - Black Mother of Pearl
Truss Rod Cover Inlay: Black Mother of Pearl with Gold Mother of Pearl Outline

Electronics
Tuning Pegs: Phase III Locking
Tuner Buttons: African Blackwood
Bass Pick-up: 59/09
Treble Pick-up: 59/09
Pickup Covers / Bobbins: Brushed Nickel with Gold Screws
Electronics: Volume / Tone / 3-way Toggle
Hardware Color: Mixed
Bridge: PRS Tremolo
String Gauge: 10
Truss Rod Cover: African Blackwood with OM Symbol
Backplates: PRS Stock / Carlos Santana Signature
Case: PS Brown Leather

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To get started building your own Private Stock, click HERE.