PRS Custom 22 Soapbar Photos
Pictures of the 2001 PRS Custom 22 Soapbar I bought earlier this week
I received the 2001 PRS Custom 22 Soapbar on Wednesday, but didn’t have time to take pictures until this morning. They’re not great—purple is even harder to photograph than red—but they give a good idea what it looks like.
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It’s in great shape overall—no major dings, dents or scratches even after seven years of use. The only thing that keeps it from being nearly mint are the holes drilled in the headstock when a previous owner replaced the original Phase I tuners with locking Sperzel tuners. A subsequent owner then installed the original Phase I tuners, so there are some additional mounting holes. This isn’t a big concern for me, but it may be an issue to a diehard collector.
I tried to get some playing time in this week despit all the things going on around me. I think I need to spend more time dialing in my Ceriatone Matchless DC30 clone in to suit the new guitar. I’m already pretty close on the 12AX7 channel, but not on the EF86 channel. It sounds like someone throws a heavy, wet blanket over the amp whenever I start to roll off the volume and the “in-between” positions (2&4 on the switch) sound too muddy. I’ll try to tweak the amp to see if I can work around these issues without changing the guitar. If not, I may look into aftermarket pickups and better volume and tone pots.