PRS Private Stock Limited Brazilian Rosewood David Grissom Signature Model.

2011 Paul Reed Smith DGT Private Stock 'Yellow Tiger'.

This PRS Private Stock 'David Grissom DGT' weighs just 7.70 lbs., and has a one-piece, PRS-shape offset asymmetrical double-cutaway 13 inch wide, 1 5/8 inches deep, mahogany body with an amazing sculptured, two-piece book-matched highly-figured, curly maple top. There is a 3/16 inch 'band' of plain maple which starts at the tip of the treble-horn and goes all the way round to the neck on the bass side. One-piece 'fretted' Brazilian Rosewood PRS-shape, DGT carve, glued-in neck with a nut width of just under 1 11/16 inches, a wonderful medium-thick profile and a scale length of 25.00 inches. Single-action truss rod. Back angled three-on-a-side veneered headstock with Ivoroid "Eagle" inlay with brown pearlescent center. Brazilian rosewood truss-rod cover, secured with one screw. Individual open back PRS Phase lll locking tuners with octagonal Faux Bone buttons. On the back of the headstock is the serial number "11 182662" stamped in blind and "Private Stock #2380 / 11.21.11 / Paul Reed Smith" signature" and "Paul Miles" signature written in gold marker. Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets and Ivoroid "J" Bird inlays with brown pearlescent center position markers. One PRS DGT bass humbucker (with rectangular black label "Grissom Bass" on underside) in the neck position and one PRS DGT treble humbucker (with rectangular white label "Grissom Treble" on underside) in the bridge position, with outputs of 7.42k and 8.78k respectively. White plastic pickup surrounds. Two volume controls, one Push/Pull one control, and one three-way pickup selector switch. Dark amber plastic '12-sided' control knobs. Combined PRS six-saddle bridge and tremolo system. Inside the neck pickup cavity is the number "2380" and the  letters "PJ"  and "DG" in white marker. Also on the treble-edge of the neck pickup cavity is the the date "Nov 03 2011" stamped in black. inside the bridge pickup cavity, written in black ink is "PS 2380" and also the letters "RS" in black marker. Also inside the bridge pickup cavity is the original bar-code tag with the serial number "182662" dated "12/03/11" and also the letters "JD" in black marker. On the back of the guitar the triangular black plastic control cover is secured by four screws and the black plastic tremolo cavity cover also secured by four screws. All hardware gold and nickel-plated. This amazing guitar is in mint, as new (9.50) condition. Complete with the original Paul Reed Smith letter of authenticity, signed and dated November 2011, the , inspection card, warranty, truss-rod adjustment tool and various other 'case candy'. Housed in the original three-latch, rectangular 'deluxe' brown leather hardshell case with black leather ends and black plush lining (9.50).

"David Grissom has played PRS (Paul Reed Smith) guitars for most of his professional career. He played a modified PRS McCarty Trem for over a decade. In 2007, after a 25 year relationship working with Paul on the design and improvement of PRS guitars from a touring/session player's perspective, his collaboration with Paul Reed Smith resulted in the DGT (David Grissom Trem) signature model. Its innovations include special pickups developed by Grissom, Dunlop 6100 fretwire, a nitrocellulose finish and two volume knobs to allow the blending of both humbucking pickups. Grissom has noted that this feature was inspired by the sounds Jimmy Page created on the early Led Zeppelin albums. (Wikipedia).

The original PRS list price on this guitar was $22,000