Jul 14, 2011  PRS American made guitar serial number question. So I put it on eBay. A guy bought it for $1000 then asked to see a photo of the serial. It is a stamped serial. He said American made PRS guitars have a hand written serial number. I have never seen a factory PRS with Grover tuners. The serial number does look wrong. $700 for a Standard.

Paul Reed Smith began making top-of-the-line guitars in Maryland in 1985. At the time of publication, the guitars are being made in the United States and South Korea. To properly identify a model, locate the model number and determine which country the guitar was made in. The information for making this determination is contained on the front and rear sides of the guitar headstock, and in the serial number. One exception is the signature models, such as the Santana I and Santana II guitars. In addition to model numbers these guitars have artwork on the fretboard showing a soaring bird.

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Determine the Model and Country of Origin Examine the front of the headstock for the model number, which appears there in large letters. This identifies the model of the guitar. Look for the word 'Korea' on the front and on the back side of the headstock.

If it appears on either side, the guitar is a South Korean-made model. Examine the serial number on the back of the headstock for the letter K. The K indicates that the guitar is a South Korean-made model. Determine whether the serial number is handwritten or is a graphic reproduction.

A handwritten serial number indicates that the guitar was made in the United States.

PRS Guitars History PRS Guitars History > > > The PRS Story Paul Reed Smith has done more for the high end guitar market than any other person alive. If it weren't for Paul Reed Smith, people would still be playing Gibson's & Fenders. The early PRS guitars were absolutely the best guitars I had ever seen or played in my life. Up until the mass production and CNC manufactured models of 1995 I was recommending PRS guitars to everyone. The absolute best thing that Paul ever did was to bring the perceived price of an electric guitar up to the level where a consumer would actually consider buying a custom made instrument.

Today there are hundreds of small builders who owe their success to Paul. I am one of them. Paul wasn't the only company who built great guitars, There was Hamer, Dean, BC Rich, Jackson, Moonstone, Turner, Alembic, Veillette Citron, and many others. These other companies even though they built great guitars failed to capture the imagination and hearts of thousands of guitarists who could afford to purchase a beautiful guitar. Paul succeeded where all others failed.

I am not a huge fan of what he is doing today but his guitars will always have a special place in my heart. My first contact with Paul Smith was in 1977, this was as a direct result from my conversations with Stanley Whittaker and Rick Kennel of the Maryland based band, 'Happy the Man'. They were raving about this unknown builder making guitars in his attic. They were so enthusiastic that I simply could not ignore them. As a large retailer, I am frequently approached by many small luthiers.

I will generally check them out and occasionally I will find a real. In this case these 2 guys were incessantly driving me up the wall.

I had never been pitched so strongly about any other guitar up until that time and to this day. Later that day I called Paul I spoke to him for a few moments. He sent me a handwritten letter ( which I still have) and several not so good pictures of his guitars. I was not terribly impressed by the photos. In any case a few years went by and I spoke to Paul several times about his product.

They were high priced for a completely unknown brand name. I sold very few of the original pre production models that were made between 1976 and 1984. These guitars played and sounded extremely good but there were many custom builders in that era that were advertising more and we all know the golden rule of the guitar business.

'He who advertises the most sells the most guitars ' I n 1985 Paul got some major financing and he was able to start limited hand-made production of the PRS Custom. His design got sleeker his finishes were and still are probably some of the best in the industry to this day. The locking tuning pegs that were standard were the best in the industry at that time and have been copied in theory by Fender, Sperzel, Schaller and other notables.