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Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Maple Top, Mahogany Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, 2 Humbucking Pickups, and Gen III Tremolo - Black/Natural
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The Quintessential PRS with Expanded Features

The PRS Custom 24-08 retains the familiar qualities of the company's original Custom — namely, the maple top, mahogany body and neck, 24 frets, and 25-inch scale — while adding modern features to expand its tonal flexibility. This stunning solidbody electric guitar is capped with an exquisitely carved maple top. Of course, the Custom 24-08 is as playable as it is amazing to look at, thanks to its Pattern Thin neck and lightning-fast rosewood fingerboard. And when you plug it in, the Custom 24-08 yields fat, snarling humbucker tones with outstanding note articulation by virtue of its TCI pickups. You also get mini-toggle switches and a 3-way pickup selector, arming you with eight different pickup tones. The Custom 24-08 brandishes a rock-solid PRS Gen III tremolo for maximum expression, along with Phase III locking tuners with stunning wing buttons. Attractive natural body binding, iconic PRS Birds fingerboard inlays, gleaming hybrid hardware, and a light-catching gloss nitrocellulose finish put the perfect finishing touches on the Paul Reed Smith Custom 24-08.

Built to be played

It goes without saying that this Custom 24-08 is glorious to behold, but this solidbody guitar wasn't built to be stared at — it was built to be played. Don't believe us? Pick it up! The Custom 24-08's mahogany neck boasts PRS's eminently comfortable Pattern Thin shape, which is guaranteed to spark your most inspired playing ever. You've never experienced fast and playable until you've gotten your hands on a Pattern Thin neck. Moreover, it's an excellent choice for players with smaller hands or guitarists who use classical left-hand positioning, pivoting with their thumb on the back of the neck. The Custom 24-08 also sports a 10-inch-radius, 24-fret rosewood fingerboard that's primed for lightning-fast fretwork.

Ear-grabbing TCI pickups

The PRS Custom 24-08 is equipped with a pair of amazing TCI (Tuned Capacitance and Inductance) pickups. The guitar's hot bridge pickup is perfect for deploying leads infused with fat, snarling tone; back off your volume control, and it cleans up beautifully. Switch to the neck pickup, and you'll hear every note articulated in a chord, even in high-gain situations. These pickups also include mini-toggle coil-tap switches, providing eight ear-grabbing tones to mix and match.

First-class hardware

If you're like the guitarists here at Sweetwater, you'll appreciate the extreme pride PRS takes in their guitars, which is evident in every inch of the Custom 24-08. Take its Gen III tremolo, for example. This superior design gives you intonation and tuning stability on par with a hardtail bridge while also equipping you with the expressive capabilities of a traditional vibrato. Beyond that, the Gen III tremolo transfers every vibrational nuance from your strings to the guitar's wood. You'll also appreciate the Custom 24-08's Phase III locking tuners, which include high-tolerance pegs, stunning wing buttons, an open back, and a closed housing. You'll also find that restringing your Custom 24-08 is fast and easy, enabling you to spend less time tuning up and more time playing.

PRS Custom 24-08 Electric Guitar Features:

  • Custom 24 with special finish options, pickups, and appointments
  • Exquisitely carved maple top
  • Solid mahogany body imparts massive tone and sustain
  • 25-inch-scale Pattern Thin mahogany neck with easy-playing 24-fret rosewood fingerboard
  • Dual PRS TCI humbucking pickups deliver a full-range tone with plenty of snarl and clarity
  • Mini-toggle coil-tap switches unlock 8 ear-grabbing tones
  • PRS Gen III tremolo for reliable note bending and rock-steady tuning
  • Phase III locking tuners with wing buttons make for quick string changes
  • Attractive natural body binding, iconic PRS Birds fingerboard inlays, and gleaming hybrid hardware
  • Durable, head-turning gloss nitrocellulose finish

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape PRS Custom 24-08
  • Body Material Mahogany
  • Top Material Maple
  • Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Color Black
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Mahogany
  • Neck Shape Pattern Thin
  • Neck Joint Set Neck
  • Radius 10"
  • Fingerboard Material Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay Birds
  • Number of Frets 24, Nickel
  • Scale Length 25"
  • Nut Width 1.687"
  • Nut Material PRS Proprietary
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece PRS Patented Tremolo, Gen III
  • Tuners PRS Phase III Locking, 18:1
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup PRS 85/15 Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup PRS 85/15 Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x volume, 1 x tone
  • Switching 2 x mini-switch (coil-tap), 3-way toggle pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings PRS Signature, .010-.046
  • Case/Gig Bag Hardshell Case
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 112792::KN:

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Work of Art!!

I play dive bars and honky-tonks. I own a variety of Strats, Les Pauls, Vs, Zs, hollow-bodies, acoustics and try whenever possible to buy American. I also own a bunch of amps but would say I tend to fall in the Deluxe Reverb camp vs Marshall territory. I play classic rock, funk, country, blues and just about anything else that gets people dancing. I'm in it for the cheap beer, pocket change and the stories. I have a day job.

First impression on unboxing. Its got the mahogany body with the maple cap so it look Les Paul-ish. Its got ergonomics like a Strat. But somehow this guitar is so much more refined. Every detail is meticulously well done. I routinely have let people use my Les Pauls and Custom Shop Strat to jump in and play a song to the chagrin of bandmates. "You let that guy use your CS Strat and you just met him?!!" When I picked the Custom 24-08 up for the first time, I thought to myself .... I'm not going to want to let people play this one. Never had that thought with a guitar before. The finish is really pleasing to the touch and is exquisite (I didn't know this could be a thing).

Sound. It gets a more mid-rangey feel than Strats or Les Pauls. This took a bit to get used to. I played it through Deluxe Reverb, Pro Reverb and a Carmen Ghia with a probably 15 different combinations of overdrives and boosts to get the sound I like and comfortable with the mid-range tones. It seems like you really can't dial this sound out by spinning knobs. It took me a bit to figure out but I got there. I took it out to some jams to hear how it sounds in the band mix and there were a few times when it got in the muddy zone to me. The trick with this guitar is that it has more sounds than I'm used to slapping around on a Strat and Les Paul. Typically on a Strat when I'm playing and singing, I'll adjust tone and volume while I'm playing. This feels like it has a much wider tonal variety. The volume knob is right there to roll off with your pinky and actually gets some great tones rolled off just a bit. The pickup 3-way is a little out of the way, but I'm getting the hang of it. The mini-toggles are a little trickier to switch but not bad. Sort of in the middle is the tone knob and for me, I try to stay away from it for now. I'll typically roll a little tone off on a Strat bridge pickup if it's too bright. This tone hits both pickups and typically I don't like rolling tone off the neck pickup. I feel that when I get the hang of adjusting all the sounds this can get while playing, it will add a bunch of tonal variety in my playing.

I played a gig with it this past weekend. First off, it is an incredibly comfortable guitar to play and it feels light even during a 4-hour gig. It does a great job staying in tune. I got more comfortable adjusting sounds from the guitar as the night went on. During solos, the consistent tone from the low notes to the high notes was noticeable. Some notes that I used to have to wring out of a mid-scooped Strat and Fender amp combination just sang with the Custom 24-08 .... that was awesome. I typically play that edge of breakup sound and notes had amazing sustain with it. That was really cool. In the live setting this thing kicks butt.

When I play out, I tend to beat on my guitars a bit and play hard. This leads to string breakage. Clearly this is an expensive guitar. But it is so darn great, I bought another one.
Music background: Honky tonk hero.

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