My, my, those sure are my life's biggest regrets. Very very fortunately, one fateful morning in January, I saw my PRS 2018 SE Custom 24 in Zebrawood being put up for sale at the exact same price I sold it for 8 months ago. I knew in that instant that I have to get it back, no matter what. Back then I needed money for the Line 6 Helix. Today was different.
Fighting a tight schedule like every other Sunday recently, I wasted no time in dealing with the seller. Drove all the way to Woodlands few hours before book-in timing to make the deal. Upon receiving the guitar, I was quite happy that it was mostly untouched. It does look like someone has been using it a lot.
I'm very sure this guitar won't be as new as I remember it was. The scars that came along reminds me of the stupid decision to sell it off in the first place. The scars will always remain to tell myself never to sell good gear without serious considerations ever again. These scars, are good scars.
The Grover locking tuners I once put in it showed signs of force, probably because the previous guy doesn't know how to use it. Never mind on that one, someday I will change those tuners to back-locking ones. Then the tremolo system seemed older than it was 8 months ago. No sweat on that one too, thinking of changing it to hardtail someday.
Little screws here and there got rustier, which is expected and I would probably change them too. Easy replacements from a hardware shop. Strings height still as low as I remember. The body finish has some bubble marks on it, meaning the previous guy left it in some harsh environments. Not visible unless upon close inspection so that's okay for me.
Whole guitar needs a little clean up from the dust and oiliness and it would be as good as new. Very very happy I got a second chance in life to own this one guitar that I put so much work into. Loved it very much once, and I'll love it more again.
Thank you to whoever out there that has been looking after this guitar.
Edwin Ang
13th January 2019
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