PRS NF 53 Sprayer's Choice Electric Guitar - Custom Purple Holoflake

PRS NF 53 Sprayer's Choice Electric Guitar – Custom Purple Holoflake | No Limit Guitar Co, Idaho Falls

The PRS NF 53 Sprayer's Choice in Custom Purple Holoflake is one of the most visually spectacular takes on an already exceptional guitar — a swamp ash single-cutaway inspired by one of Paul Reed Smith's own 1953 vintage guitars, now wearing a custom holoflake finish that catches and scatters light with an almost holographic shimmer. Beneath the showstopping exterior is a guitar built for serious tone: a bolt-on maple neck, 25.5" scale length, 22 frets, and a matched pair of PRS Narrowfield DD (Deep Dish) humbuckers that deliver the clarity, focus, and hum-free performance of a purpose-built single-coil-inspired design with the power and definition of a modern humbucker. For players who want classic vintage tone without vintage noise — in a finish no one else in the room will have — the NF 53 Sprayer's Choice is the answer.

Product Overview

The NF 53's swamp ash body is the tonal heart of the instrument — a lightweight, resonant tonewood prized for its bright, airy character with pronounced highs, scooped mids, and a clear, defined low end that responds with immediacy and sparkle to both clean and driven tones. The flat-top NF 53 body carve gives the guitar a classic, unfussy silhouette that pays genuine homage to the mid-century single-cutaway designs that inspired it, while the Custom Purple Holoflake Sprayer's Choice finish transforms that classic form into something entirely contemporary and unmistakably unique. Applied by PRS's in-house spray team, the holoflake finish is embedded with metallic flake particles that catch light from every angle, producing a deep purple shimmer that shifts and sparkles under stage lighting in a way no standard finish can replicate. Nickel hardware throughout complements the finish with a warm, vintage-appropriate aesthetic. At 7.58 lbs., the swamp ash body sits in a comfortable gigging weight that won't fatigue over long sets.

The bolt-on maple neck is built with a scarfed construction — a joinery technique that reinforces the headstock-to-neck transition for long-term structural integrity — and wears PRS's 53 neck profile, a shape specifically developed to evoke the feel of vintage 1950s guitar necks with a depth of 7/8" at the first fret and 31/32" at the 12th. The maple fretboard runs a 10" radius across 22 frets with a nut width of 1-41/64" widening to 2-7/32" at the body — dimensions that feel immediately familiar to players experienced with classic bolt-on electric guitars. PRS bird inlays run the length of the maple fretboard, and a bone nut provides natural resonance and smooth string movement at the nut. PRS Vintage Style tuners complete the classic aesthetic while providing reliable, stable tuning.

The PRS Narrowfield DD (Deep Dish) pickups are the technological centerpiece of the NF 53 platform. As Paul Reed Smith himself has noted, achieving the clarity, chime, and beautiful high-end response of a vintage single-coil without the accompanying hum has long been a pursuit for guitar builders. The Narrowfield DD achieves this through taller bobbins that accommodate more windings and additional metal pieces positioned between the magnets — a design that produces a more focused, powerful tone with enhanced clarity and articulation while remaining completely hum-free. The result, in Paul Reed Smith's own words, is "game changing" — high-end clarity and single-coil character without the noise that has always accompanied it.

Ideal For

• Players who love the classic tone and feel of vintage single-coil-inspired bolt-on guitars but demand hum-free performance in live and studio settings
• Guitarists seeking a Sprayer's Choice PRS with a one-of-a-kind Custom Purple Holoflake finish that simply cannot be found through standard production channels
• Intermediate to professional players who want the bright, airy tonal character of a swamp ash body with the modern refinement of PRS construction and hardware
• Collectors and PRS enthusiasts drawn to limited custom-finish instruments with genuine tonal and visual distinction
• Guitarists in Idaho Falls looking for a bolt-on PRS that offers something genuinely different from the standard Custom 24 and CE platform offerings

Key Features

Custom Purple Holoflake Sprayer's Choice Finish Applied by PRS's in-house spray team, the Custom Purple Holoflake finish is embedded with metallic flake particles that scatter and reflect light from every angle — producing a deep, shimmering purple that shifts dramatically under stage lighting and cannot be found on any standard production PRS model.

PRS Narrowfield DD (Deep Dish) Humbuckers The Narrowfield DD pickups are built with taller bobbins for additional windings and extra metal pieces between the magnets, producing a more focused, powerful tone with the clarity, chime, and high-end articulation of a vintage single-coil design — completely hum-free. As Paul Reed Smith has described it, having this kind of beautiful high-end response without the hum is genuinely game changing.

Swamp Ash Body Swamp ash delivers bright, airy tone with pronounced highs, a clear defined low end, and immediate, responsive character that makes it one of the most tonally distinctive body woods in electric guitar building — an ideal platform for the Narrowfield DD pickups' focused, clarity-forward voice.

Scarfed Bolt-On Maple Neck with 53 Profile The bolt-on maple neck features a scarfed headstock joint for long-term structural integrity and wears PRS's 53 neck profile — a shape developed to evoke vintage 1950s feel with a comfortable depth that suits a wide range of playing styles. The maple fretboard's 10" radius and bone nut contribute additional brightness and resonant character to the overall tone.

Classic Appointments with PRS Bird Inlays PRS bird inlays on the maple fretboard, a bone nut, PRS Vintage Style tuners, a steel plate-style bridge, and nickel hardware throughout give the NF 53 a cohesive vintage-inspired aesthetic that suits both the body design and the holoflake finish's classic-meets-contemporary visual character.

What's Included

• PRS NF 53 Sprayer's Choice Electric Guitar (Custom Purple Holoflake)
• PRS Premium Gig Bag
• Free standard shipping

Technical Specifications

Get Your Hands on This PRS NF 53 Today

The PRS NF 53 Sprayer's Choice in Custom Purple Holoflake is available now at No Limit Guitar Co in Idaho Falls. Stop in to play it and hear firsthand what the Narrowfield DD pickups do — hum-free single-coil clarity that has to be experienced to be fully appreciated — or reach out online to arrange your purchase. A Sprayer's Choice NF 53 in a holoflake finish is a genuinely rare find anywhere, and it won't be here long.