PRS STANDARD 1989 / VINTAGE PRS

General Information

• Brand: PRS Guitars
• Model: Standard 24
• Year: 1989
• Serial Number Format: 9 65 28 

Body

• Wood: Solid mahogany (no maple top)
• Construction: Set neck
• Finish: Thin gloss polyurethane (commonly cherry red)

Neck

• Wood: Mahogany
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Scale Length: 25"
• Frets: 24
• Neck Profile: Usually Wide Thin (most common in this period)
• Inlays: Dots 

Electronics

• Pickups: PRS Treble & Bass humbuckers (early PRS pickups)
• Controls:
  • 1 Volume
  • 1 Kill switch
  • 5-way rotary switch
• Switching:
  • Full humbucker (bridge / neck)
  • Coil combinations (parallel / split tones typical of PRS rotary system)

Hardware

• Bridge: PRS tremolo (Mil-Com style, early design)
• Tuners: PRS Phase I locking tuners
• Nut: PRS proprietary
• Hardware Finish: Nickel or chrome

Key Features of 1989 PRS Standard

• All-mahogany body → warmer, mid-focused tone vs Custom models
• Early PRS production → small-shop craftsmanship era built in the early Annapolis-era factory period
• Rotary switching system → signature PRS versatility of the late 80s
• Lightweight and very resonant instruments compared to later production