Woods, Materials and Colors

The New Collection Series from Private Stock. Available only at exclusive Private Stock dealers.

About The Collection Series

When Paul Reed Smith assumed leadership of the PRS Private Stock program in 2009, he remarked, “I’m looking forward to building guitars again.” The Collection Series from Private Stock provides him the opportunity to do just that. Much like the sought-after “Paul’s 28” guitars, these instruments will be built in small batches (about a dozen at a time) and will incorporate a balance of PRS traditions and exclusive “prototype stage” specifications. A very limited number - approximately 70 acoustics and 70 electrics - will be made in total each year and will be sold to our dealer network in pairs comprised of one acoustic and one electric guitar.

Collection instruments are built using the finest materials from Private Stock’s most select stash of exotic tone woods. Many of these woods, including prized Pernambuco used to make necks and fingerboards, will no longer be available for standard Private Stock orders. Proprietary specs, including Celtic knot inlays, will not be offered on forthcoming Private Stock guitars as well. Paul will personally oversee the design and construction of each Collection guitar.

Collection Series instruments cannot be ordered, but will be available from exclusive Private Stock dealers.

Collection Guitar Specifications

Series II Electric - DGT

Series II Electric

DGT

  • One-piece quilted maple top with mahogany back
  • 22 fret 25” scale length pernambuco “DGT” neck
  • Honduran rosewood fingerboard and mammoth ivory Collection Celtic inlays
  • Honduran rosewood headstock veneer with mammoth ivory signature and “Collection” inlay
  • Mammoth ivory purfling on the fingerboard, headstock veneer, and truss rod cover
  • DGT tuners with faux bone buttons
  • PRS Ttremolo
  • DGT pickups with scuffed gold covers and nickel screws
  • Two volume controls (one for each pickup) with push/pull tone control and 3-way toggle pickup switch
  • Custom Orange Glow finish with micro-bursts
Series II Acoustic - McManus/Simpson Angelus

Series II Acoustic

McManus/Simpson Angelus

  • 15.5” Angelus cutaway body
  • Proprietary hybrid X bracing
  • Sitka bearclaw spruce top with paua heart/black purfling, curly maple binding
  • Ebony, paua heart, green select abalone, and 14k gold rosette
  • African blackwood back and sides with black/maple/black purfling
  • Custom-carved pernambuco neck
  • African blackwood fingerboard
  • Paua heart, green abalone, and 14k gold Collection Celtic inlays
  • Ebony headstock veneer with mammoth ivory signature and “Collection” inlay
  • Paua heart purfling on the fingerboard and veneer
  • Ebony bridge and bridge pins with mammoth ivory inlays
  • Bone nut and saddle
  • Robson tuning pegs with ivoroid buttons
  • PRS acoustic system
Series I Electric - McCarty

Series I Electric

McCarty

  • 15.5” Angelus cutaway body
  • Proprietary hybrid X bracing
  • Sitka bearclaw spruce top with paua heart/black purfling, curly maple binding
  • Ebony, paua heart, green select abalone, and 14k gold rosette
  • African blackwood back and sides with black/maple/black purfling
  • Custom-carved pernambuco neck
  • African blackwood fingerboard
  • Paua heart, green abalone, and 14k gold Collection Celtic inlays
  • Ebony headstock veneer with mammoth ivory signature and “Collection” inlay
  • Paua heart purfling on the fingerboard and veneer
  • Ebony bridge and bridge pins with mammoth ivory inlays
  • Bone nut and saddle
  • Robson tuning pegs with ivoroid buttons
  • PRS acoustic system
Series I Acoustic - Tonare Grand

Series I Acoustic

Tonare Grand

  • 16” dreadnought body
  • Proprietary hybrid X bracing
  • European bearclaw spruce top with paua heart/black purfling
  • Ebony, paua heart, green abalone, and 14k gold rosette
  • Curly ‘tiger’ maple back and sides with black/maple/black purfling
  • ‘Tiger Eye’ smoked burst back and sides
  • Pernambuco ‘wide’ neck
  • Paua heart, 14k gold, and mammoth ivory Collection Celtic inlays
  • Ebony headstock veneer with 14k gold inlaid signature and mammoth ivory “Collection”
  • Ebony bridge and bridge pins with mammoth ivory inlays
  • Robson tuning pegs with ivoroid buttons
  • PRS Acoustic system

Collection Series Dealers

If you are interested in a Collection Series instrument, please contact one of these exclusive Private Stock dealers.

Collection Dealers - United States

Collection Dealers - International