| Comments | Paul Reed Smith has been buiding top-quality electric guitars for several decades now. His Private Stock instruments use the finest (and flashiest!) available materials and are built to exceedingly high quality standards.
Today we’re looking at a 2010 PRS JA-15 McCarty Burst archtop. Built in collaboration with jazz guitarist Paul Jackson, Jr., the JA-15 features a carved spruce top with tone bar and soundpost bracing, carved flame maple back and neck, and mahogany sides. This particular instrument also features Brazilian Rosewood for the fingerboard and headplate. Gold and mother of pearl are used for the position markers. This fine instrument is in very good condition with no appreciable wear. |
| Serial Number | 10-166096, signed and dated 9-21-10, Private Stock number 2914. Built at the Paul Reed Smith shop in Stevensville, Maryland, USA. |
| Pricing | $5,100.00 Canadian with case. SOLD |
| Neck | Flame maple neck with curly maple bound Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, and Brazilian headplate. 14k gold J bird inlays with mother of pearl centers. 25 inch scale length. |
| Frets | Original frets with no appreciable wear. |
| Body | Cutaway archtop body with Bearclaw spruce top, South American sides, carved highly flame maple back, curly maple binding. |
| Finish | Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer McCarty Sunburst finish in excellent condition. |
| Hardware/electronics | All original hardware. PRS branded locking tuners with ebony buttons, gold strap pins, top-slotted stop tailpiece and adjustable bridge, |
| Playability/Action | This guitar plays exceptionally well with a lot of definition and clarity between notes. |
| Case | Hardshell archtop case included. |
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