PRS ARTIST SERIES I

  • PRS Artist I (1991-1993)

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1991 to 1993

PAUL REED SMITH GUITARS (PRS) produced the ARTIST SERIES I between 1991 and 1993, the Artist Series was the replacement for the Signature Series. Artist Series guitars had an inlaid headstock logo on rosewood headstock veneer, wide-fat neck, figured woods including artist grade maple top, abalone bird inlays, special thin finish, volume and tone control with 5 way rotary selector switch, Artist Series pickups, semi-hollow, gold hardware and stop-tail options.

Specifications (21)

Body

Body materialmahogany body
Body shape featurescarved top, double cutaway
Body top materialflamed maple body top

Hardware

BridgePRS tremelo bridge
Hardware colorchrome hardware, gold hardware
Tailpiecestop tailpiece
TunersPRS locking tuners

Fretboard

Fingerboard inlay materialabalone fingerboard inlay material
Fingerboard materialrosewood fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersbird fingerboard position markers

General

Finish colorsamber finish, black finish, blue finish, red finish
Finish effectssunburst finish
Made inUSA
Number of strings6 strings

Neck

Headstock inlays or logosabalone headstock inlay/logo, signature on headstock
Number of frets24 fret
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Electronics

Pickups brand and modelPRS Artist Series pickup(s)
Pickups configuration2 humbucker pickups

Controls

Tone controls1 tone control
Volume controls1 volume control

Prices (4)

DatePriceConditionNameComments
2016$250excellentHas a Wilkinson tremolo bridge, emerald green colour gold hardware serial number is 2 15973
2017$2500wornAwesome guitar, great part of PRS history. Less than 500 made
2018$5000excellentBB
1992$2000new

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