This
is the guitar that I used for all the APP tours from 1993 to
1995. It also played the solo on Beverley Craven's track "Look
No Further". I refer to it fondly as "Blue Boy"
because of the intensity of the blue finish. You just can't
miss him can you!? He is the most basic of the Paul Reed Smith
models with a solid alder body and is a little unusual in that
he has a maple neck and fingerboard. The neck is bolted to the
body, not glued. He is absolutely standard as from the factory,
except that I fitted "Dragon" pickups to give him
a little more kick. Occasionally you stumble across guitars
that have a sound of their own. This is one of those guitars.
Although the McCarty guitar that Paul built for me can outpace
him, I would never part with this little guitar with the big
tone. If you want to know more about Paul Reed Smith guitars,
check out their website!
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