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The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:11 pm
by Mossman
I saw this picture this morning, and I threw up a little coffee in my mouth... Does this look like a tiger to anybody, or does it look like a genetic abomination from the island of Dr. Moreau?
Like a cross between a Bengal Tiger and a Koala Bear! Our Ozzy friends call it a "Tigwalla"... Thought to be a modern myth, like the Chupacabra... I wonder if it can speak?
Why, Paul?? Why??
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:59 pm
by slowhand84
Mossman wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:11 pm
I saw this picture this morning, and I threw up a little coffee in my mouth... Does this look like a tiger to anybody, or does it look like a genetic abomination from the island of Dr. Moreau?
Like a cross between a Bengal Tiger and a Koala Bear! Our Ozzy friends call it a "Tigwalla"... Thought to be a modern myth, like the Chupacabra... I wonder if it can speak?
Why, Paul?? Why??
First day buyer:
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:14 pm
by Mossman
slowhand84 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:59 pm
First day buyer:
I think even he would say: "WTF
is that?"
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:43 pm
by fullonshred
to cover up even a mm of a top like that with ANYTHING is a freaking crime!
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:27 pm
by Mossman
fullonshred wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:43 pm
to cover up even a mm of a top like that with ANYTHING is a freaking crime!
No foolin'. I'm just hoping the "tiger" was carved out of a different piece of wood and glued onto the top, and not all carved out of one big hunk of AAAA flame maple.
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:46 pm
by sabasgr68
Mossman wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:11 pm
I saw this picture this morning, and I threw up a little coffee in my mouth... Does this look like a tiger to anybody, or does it look like a genetic abomination from the island of Dr. Moreau?
Like a cross between a Bengal Tiger and a Koala Bear! Our Ozzy friends call it a "Tigwalla"... Thought to be a modern myth, like the Chupacabra... I wonder if it can speak?
Why, Paul?? Why??
And, that tiger claw looks weird; 4 phalanges in front, one in the back. This tiger has them all in the front, and the middle one is larger!
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:04 pm
by bc rich
Floyd Scholz hand-carved ‘Snarling Tiger’ alert,
At first i thought it would be some April 1 type PRS trolling fun , but noooooo
https://willcuttguitars.com/collections ... er-0283344
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:15 pm
by Mossman
sabasgr68 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:46 pm
And, that tiger claw looks weird; 4 phalanges in front, one in the back. This tiger has them all in the front, and the middle one is larger!
Yeah, I meant to mention something about the "paw" too. It looks like a frickin'
hydra! It's like the artist had seen a tiger once when he was a kid, and tried to recreate it from memory. What I don't understand is why not a
single person at PRS looked at that and said... "Uh... That thing looks like a freak of nature... Next!", long before tools ever touched wood? The "sculptor" must have had to submit their design to PRS before they commissioned him/her to do the job.
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:25 pm
by toomanycats
Jeeesh . . . if somebody likes tigers
that much, can't they just be like a normal person and get a real one?
magician-siegfried_roy_tiger_2_r.jpg
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:59 pm
by sabasgr68
Mossman wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:15 pm
sabasgr68 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:46 pm
And, that tiger claw looks weird; 4 phalanges in front, one in the back. This tiger has them all in the front, and the middle one is larger!
Yeah, I meant to mention something about the "paw" too. It looks like a frickin'
hydra! It's like the artist had seen a tiger once when he was a kid, and tried to recreate it from memory. What I don't understand is why not a
single person at PRS looked at that and said... "Uh... That thing looks like a freak of nature... Next!", long before tools ever touched wood? The "sculptor" must have had to submit their design to PRS before they commissioned him/her to do the job.
Thanks! haha I knew the appropriate word was not
claw, but failed to remember it, even though it is mentioned here quite often (south paws)
If that guitar is for real, it´s an abomination! - for me, at least -.
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:55 am
by Mossman
sabasgr68 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:59 pm
Thanks! haha I knew the appropriate word was not
claw, but failed to remember it, even though it is mentioned here quite often (south paws)
If that guitar is for real, it´s an abomination! - for me, at least -.
Oh, I didn't put "paw" in quotes to correct you. I was using quotes ironically.... As in: "what's
supposed to be a paw".
And yeah, that guitar's all too real. It's one of PRS's latest "Private Stock" Models. I should have posted the link to this to begin with:
https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/prs-u ... ock-guitar
It's called the "Snarling Tiger".
Re: The PRS "Chimera"
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 12:57 am
by Mossman
toomanycats wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:25 pm
Jeeesh . . . if somebody likes tigers
that much, can't they just be like a normal person and get a real one?
magician-siegfried_roy_tiger_2_r.jpg
Yeah... Like a normal person.