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Matt Owen

PRS once made a prototype thinline model for Eric Johnson – and it’s one of the strangest 'what if?' guitar designs you’ll see

Eric Johnson's PRS prototype

PRS has given serious attention to the Stratocaster market in recent years, having teamed up with John Mayer for the Silver Sky signature guitar – and, later, Mark Lettieri for the Fiore – which brought the iconic double-cut body shape to the Maryland brand’s catalog.

Before the birth of Mayer’s Silver Sky, though, PRS were courting another high-profile Strat player, and even went so far as to produce a unique, one-of-a-kind prototype model that might just be one of the strangest ‘what if?’ guitar designs you’ll see.

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