Howard Leese Limited Editions
At the 2009 Winter NAMM Show, Paul Smith announced a limited release of 100 Golden Eagle guitars modeled upon the first maple top guitar Paul ever built. This historic PRS guitar was built in 1985 and became Howard Leese's number one guitar for more than 15 years. And oddly enough, the maple top for this guitar actually came from a dresser drawer given to Paul by a friend. Howard and his guitar were recently featured on the cover of Vintage Guitar magazine and the guitar itself was on display at NAMM. The limited run of Golden Eagle guitars are being built by the Private Stock team and each will have its own private stock number. Authentic features include an East Coast curly maple top with a filled in drawer hole like the original, a Santana type body shape modified like Howard's, old style mother of pearl birds with modified wings, Vintage Yellow/Amber stain that matches Howard’s guitar, high gloss nitro finish and a pre-factory Santana headstock shape among other details that distinctly make this guitar a classic reproduction of the original. The case is even modeled after Howard's case...a green flight case with a purple lining. Golden Eagle models will be available at select authorized PRS dealers in the coming months.
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