The Custom 24 is the quintessential PRS guitar. This iconic instrument was the first model that Paul Reed Smith brought to the public at PRS Guitars’ first Winter NAMM show in 1985 and has been a top seller ever since.
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Custom 24 Model Specs Body Top Wood Carved Figured Maple Back Wood Mahogany Finish V12 Neck Number of Frets 24 Scale Length 25″ Neck Wood Mahogany Fretboard Wood Rosewood Neck Shape Pattern Regular or Pattern Thin Fretboard Inlays Birds Hardware/Electronics Bridge PRS Tremolo Tuners PRS Low Mass Locking Tuners Truss Rod Cover “Custom” Hardware Type Nickel Treble Pickup Uncovered 59/09 Treble Bass Pickup Uncovered 59/09 Bass Pickup Switching Volume and Tone Control with 5-Way Blade Pickup Selector Option Top Option Flame or Quilted Maple
10-Top Flame or Quilted MapleBridge Option PRS Stoptail Bridge Hardware Option Gold Finish Option Special Order Finish
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Finish should enhance the look, sound, and feel of a guitar by accentuating the wood’s inherent beauty and feel without hindering its natural resonance. And PRS Guitars’ new “V12” finish does just that. Introduced at Experience PRS 2010, “V12” is a very thin, hard, and clear finish that will not crack or react with thinners. After roughly 12 years in development, it is halfway between acrylic and nitro but with a classic feel all its own. “PRS models with this new finish feel like old instruments,” said Paul Reed Smith.
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Neck shapes have always been a high priority for us and a hallmark of our quality. A guitar should feel comfortable, like “home,” as soon as you pick it up, and the neck is paramount to that connection. The new “Pattern Regular” neck shape is similar to the traditional PRS regular neck found on guitars made in the late 80’s at PRS’s former Virginia Avenue location.
This new neck shape reflects modern tooling and programming that allows us to even more precisely shape and consistently reproduce our necks.
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Neck shapes have always been a high priority for PRS and a hallmark of our quality. A guitar should feel comfortable, like “home,” as soon as you pick it up, and the neck is paramount to that connection. The “Pattern Thin” neck is an updated version of PRS’s traditional Wide Thin neck. This new neck shape reflects modern tooling and programming that allows us to even more precisely shape and consistently reproduce our necks.