PRS RF

It seems that PRS has a quiet demeanour when it comes to  artist collaborations. We had Mayer & Lettieri to account for that (there were others before, mind you) & now Robben Ford. The pictures floating around in cyberspace are currently finished protos, as alluded by Mr. Ford himself. It's a variation of a PRS double cut & attuned to Mr. Ford's specs, nothing too deviant. The most striking difference would be an over-sized headstock as you can see above but it's a subtle departure compared to John Mayer's design.

Let's remind ourselves how a Robben Ford signature looked like when it started with Fender (Esprit model), it's a PRS-style doublecut so no surprises there. Ditto the dual humbucking option & non-whammy bridge.

When he moved on to Baker guitars, the outline stayed in tact for the most part with a hint of an offset design.

For the PRS iteration, it seems that a pair of signature pickups add to the new details. 

I'm not a signature model fan but I look forward to PRS developments. PRS has a very opinionated slant when it comes to a re-interpretation of an established guitar concept. More often than not, it manifested to become something differentiated despite not being too different. The Silver Sky is a testimony of this. I'm looking forward to the official announcement of this Ford-PRS collaboration.

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