You know you're a professional when you can work at the top tier of your company, and produce work like this that fast.

Anyone that's actually dyed a guitar knows how impressive this actually is. Makes it look like he is just signing his name. Props

Not sure if I’m more impressed by his amazing work or the fact that his gloves are still mostly clean at the end.

20+ years of learning to complete this master-piece in 5 minutes. Beautiful job.

Words are inadequate at times...this is one of those times...

I'm going to watch this dozens of times, and then practice on scrap tops. Perfect tutorial.

I watched a few other guitar staining videos and it's insane how easy he makes this look. He's orders of magnitude faster and still does a cleaner job.

No doubt that "Dave" is an absolute pro and probably one of the best in the business, but it also doesn't hurt that he's working with a stunning private stock maple top. Those private stock woods are insanely gorgeous. I'm glad Dave knows just how to bring out the beauty of the tops. It'd be a shame for wood like that to get anything less than an expert finishing.

Great teaching moment, really different from the most wannabe youtubers. Thanks.

There are two finishes in the world that take my breath away almost every time, McCarty Glow and Ibanez' "Vintage Violin", which coincidentally is basically almost the same as McCarty glow, though was done in the 90s and early 2000s (so maybe earlier than PRS). Either way, this finish is incredible, having a custom guitar made and I wanted THIS color, sent him the video. Epic thanks! Dave is a true artist; can't believe how quickly he did that and how perfect it came out.

So nice watching it all come together in the end. It's like watching Leonardo doing a finish on statue Michelangelo made for Pope.

When that last year stain goes on, that entire top just explodes with color. Really amazing!

Absolutely stunning work! Wow!

A master at work. An absolute pleasure to watch.

I can’t believe how amazing that looks and the fact he did it in 5 minutes!!! Damn!

I've shot sunbursts, I've made decent efforts at staining veneers. This man is an artist, there is no doubt. A very fast artist.

Does anyone else hear Pirates of the Caribbean music at 2:05?

Spectacular job Sir - great to watch a true artist at work!

That's a perfect burst, smooth transition of colors, just excellent.

What beautiful work!

Must be his first day on the job. LMAO 🤣 Beautiful work man.

Can't get tired of watching... work of art

3:04 - I'm just in love with this colour....

FANTASTIC JOB ED! Never seen the adding dabs of color on the inside before, and then blend it in, and removing the excess before it reaches the wood, and you didn't hit it with black first, leave to dry, then sand! sometimes that works, but others not! it looked great, but when that yellow went on! WOW! AMAZING JOB!!!

Absolutely astounding ❤

He dyes the guitar making it appear so simple. He is a true artist!

Fantastic Work, watched it many times, such great skill

Could watch this all day

Looks amazing!

That was amaising ! Thx for sharing, Shawn!

That's a beautiful guitar!

Staining videos in YT look not much different, but this Dave made it an art!! Probably the best I've seen!! Thanks!!

So fun to watch the skilled hands of a master craftsman at work. Makin' it look too easy...

Absolutely gorgeous.

outstanding. that flame is unreal

Dude has a touch!!! When, and if I can ever afford one of these. I want the dude with the Red Sox hat…. Hell yeah!

Nice an' smooth!! Great upload, thx!

NOw Thats 1 Impressive stain skill right There !

This never gets old

This is so rad to watch

master at his craft!

Beautiful.

Whoever owns that Private Stock Custom #7382 has now acquired extra provenance, in regard to having an accompanying video, shot on location in the PRS core factory, with the very expert that crafted that wondrous tiger-flame sunburst and starring his own instrument!

What a fantastic flame top

yeah... that is freakin insane!! Not sure what's insaner: the dude's skills or the size of the flame on that top. unbelievable, would love to see it finished

That looked great

Very impressive.....I worked for Ovation for over 30 years ,and with the exception of a few different times ,all the stains I applied were by a spray gun......very nice job ,great talent !!!!

Stunning!

Outstanding

I am amazed that the bloodsuckers at disney have not dinged you with a copyright strike for the faint pirates of the caribbean music in the background.

Very nice work. I'm guessing that doing the burst with stain rather than spraying the colors on reduces the amount of build in finish coats that end up staying on the guitar after sanding & buffing out. Is that the reason for doing it this way?

Nice work. It’s art.

Looks like he's done that before.

That's amazing.... Wow

Gorgeous

Beautiful

One of the many reasons these guitars are so individual!

I make hand made sling shots from hard woods I find in the forest. I always amazed me how beautiful they look when you oil them.

Thats got to be one of the best jobs there Seeing that top come to life like that

Art!!!

A M A Z I N G !

You can actually see how this guitar turned out when you search "PRS Private Stock 7382" on KZfaq!

... amazing !!! ...

Not the color I'd choose for my PS but man it came out awesome, and that figuring... Beautiful guitar!

Amazing work and he moves so fast! Still so meticulous though, and there were lots of little moments where you could see his attention to the little details really shining through. Makes me wonder how long and how many guitars it took for him to get to that level. I know PRS has a rep for long tenures for its production team, so I wouldn't be too surprised if this guy started there as a snot-nosed kid in the 80s and has been working his way up to this level ever since.

There are 3 things we need to know; 1). What colors are being used? 2). What is the brand/type of dye used, dilution/strength, alcohol based, etc? 3). Is the wood is treated with something prior to being dyed?

Wow, just wow..

Nice!!!

Nice!

just wow!!!!

Perfection

Great !!!!

Impressive!

Impressive 🥲

Just seeing the wood vault at PRS is worth the drive to Kent Island.

Yep I could binge watch this for a week. More videos like this!

You did a great job! Do You have idea how make Prs "sour grapes" finish ??

One day.... It will be my number!

Top notch.

epic stuff

Just casually listening to the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack at the PRS factory. lol

Do different types of stain help bring out the grain patterns on the quilt maple? Thank you 🤓 are traditional oil-based stains not used as much?

He makes it look so easy. I feel like I would make a royal mess

A Michelangelo with staining rags... That man is brilliant.

and just like that, a new brain cell was formed!

awesome

man gettin hyped worh the pirates of the Caribbean theme

He's done that before, I could tell by the speed at which he worked.

Wow!

Getting ready to dye a bass with something similar. In my dreams it looks this effortless and smooth In Reality , I will cuss and spill and the burst will look like a messy shart

This guy is doing mine! 😲

Though there is NO way to get this beauty of a pattern without the top, I have actually found using a decent stain you can actually paint on the grain and spend the time before staining the entire top and get a pretty decent flame look without spending for the actual top, lol. Doesn't always work, but when it does, oof.

there's going to be one very lucky owner

Satisfying

W. O. W !!!

What is their next step after color dye stain?

Now thats Tiger strips :)

I see the discussion below about what brand of dye/stains is used in this video, but there's more to it. The ones mentioned are mixed with water (etc.) which gives a pretty high viscosity. In this video, however, the stain used is much drier than that, almost like a gel, which is probably easier to control than straight up stain plus water. Anybody know where this gel like consistency derives from?

I’ve been scouring the web for inspiration. Building a flame maple tele body and want it to turn out similar to my PRS finish . This looks really nice . What are the stains they are using ?

Somebody should send a link to BigD (?) and most of the other guys posting videos staining guitars. I was quite impressed until he reached for the strong yellow dye thinking that would ruin it for sure, but holy Moses I was wrong!