If you have been reading this blog or if you used to listen to the Guitar Technique Tutor Podcast for any length of time, you know I love, love, love PRS guitars. Actually, I may be understating it.
There is something to love about every PRS guitar -- the constants are superior quality and masterful design. Likewise for the limited editions, but on steroids. Enter, the premier Limited Edition Custom 24 Semi-Hollow.
LUSCIOUS, isn't it??
The Custom 24 is the original PRS guitar - the guitar Paul Reed Smith took to his first NAMM trade show in 1985. The original one I fell in love with. That flagship model has since become indispensable to countless musicians in the studio and on the stage. It's a guitar that "streets" for the low $700s
Through the years, the SE Custom 24 has evolved with the PRS craft and has been offered in several configurations.
Definitely, not too shabby. This one, is the Brushstroke 24. Based on Paul’s Guitar, the guitar Paul Reed Smith is currently playing in the studio and on the stage, the Brushstroke 24 is lacking neither tone nor style. This limited edition model carries over a familiar wood combination, the unique “brushstroke” bird inlay design, and adds 24-fret, tremolo versatility to the Core Paul’s Guitar model. The pickups deliver a full range of tones from sweet, clean highs to full, alive mids and driven lows, and the electronics configuration consists of two narrow 408 pickups with a 3-way toggle switch and two mini-toggle switches that allow players to move between humbucking and single coil tones with no volume loss when switching from full to single coils for maximum versatility.
Fewer than 200 of these instruments will be made for this small batch run. The specs are impressive on this beauty that "streets" for about $3800.
BODY
Top Wood Figured Maple
Back Wood Mahogany
NECK
Number of Frets 24
Scale Length 25"
Neck Wood Mahogany
Fretboard Wood Rosewood
Neck Shape Pattern Regular
Fretboard Inlays Brushstroke Birds
Headstock Inlay Rosewood Headstock Veneer with Inlaid Signature
HARDWARE/ELECTRONICS
Bridge PRS Tremolo
Tuners PRS Phase III Locking Tuners
Hardware Type Nickel
Treble Pickup Narrow 408 Treble
Bass Pickup Narrow 408 Bass
Pickup Switching Volume and Tone Control with 3-Way Toggle Pickup Switch and 2 Mini-Toggle Switches for Coil Tapping
Back to the copious drool worthy Custom 24 Semi-Hollow. It is the one configuration that has never been offered on a Core Custom 24 - a semi-hollow body with an f-hole...until now.
The 2014 Custom 24 Semi-Hollow has all of the versatility and reliability of the Core Custom. The addition of a chambered, semi-hollow body gives this guitar added midrange and resonance while losing none of the instrument’s tried-and-true character.
The 2014 Custom 24 Semi-Hollow is the first of its kind. Fewer than 200 of these instruments will be made for this small batch run. Like the Brushstroke 24, extremely limited run.
It's available in the same colors as the Brushstroke 24, except for Tiger Red, which are:
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| Aquableux |
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| Blackgold Burst |
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| Blood Orange |
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| Faded Whale Blue |
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| Violet |
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| Jade |
(I would have probably named the "Jade" color something else, if the photo is true to the color of the guitar -- maybe "Moldavite," and why not the color of a meteorite-born stone for a cosmically fabulous guitar?)
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| Obsidian |
The Specs on this uber-marvelous work of art are:
CUSTOM 24 SEMI-HOLLOW MODEL SPECS
BODY
Top Wood Figured Maple 10–Top
Back Wood Mahogany
NECK
Number of Frets 24
Scale Length 25"
Neck Wood Mahogany
Fretboard Wood Rosewood
Neck Shape Pattern Regular
Fretboard Inlays Birds
Headstock Inlay East Indian Rosewood Veneer with Inlaid Signature
HARDWARE/ELECTRONICS
Bridge PRS Tremolo
Tuners PRS Phase III Locking Tuners
Truss Rod Cover "Custom"
Hardware Type Nickel
Treble Pickup Uncovered 59/09
Bass Pickup Uncovered 59/09
Pickup Switching Volume and Tone Control with 5-Way Blade
The street price is about the same as the Custom 24 Brushstroke.
Whether you're in the market for your first PRS and your budget is constrained, or you have some serious coin to spend, there is PRS work of art for you. If there is a guitar store near you that carries them, you owe it to yourself to play them. If you do, be prepared to love, love. love them.
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