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PRS DW CE 24 "Floyd" Electric Guitar - Faded Blue Smokeburst

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Figured Maple Top, Maple Neck, Maple Fingerboard, 2 Humbucking Pickups, and Floyd Rose 1000 Tremolo - Faded Blue Smokeburst
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Dustie Waring's Signature CE 24 with Mojotone Pickups

Dustie Waring's (Between the Buried and Me) signature CE 24 adds pummeling crunch and pitch-perfect trem work to the familiar 24-fret PRS recipe. The secret tonal ingredient is a pair of DW Tomahawk pickups from Mojotone. These specially wound boutique humbuckers blend alnico and ceramic magnets for an exceptional balance of clarity, punch, and heat. A true Floyd Rose 1000 tremolo bridge, given extra clearance by way of a shifted-back 5-way selector, gives you complete freedom to bend and dive the night away. It's all made irresistible by the CE 24's breathtaking maple-capped mahogany body and legendary maple-on-maple touch response. Additional artist touches for the PRS Dustie Waring DW CE 24 Floyd include a DW-profile maple neck — based on a Pattern Thin profile with a slimmer front-to-back feel — and a selection of exclusive finishes.

A guitar created for Between the Buried and Me's Dustie Waring

If you're looking for a PRS that's optimized for prog-metal, then you'll want to check out the DW CE 24 Floyd. Mojotone Dustie Waring (DW) Tomahawk humbuckers create hot, musically flexible textures with a clear and uncompressed tone. The guitarists here at Sweetwater have coaxed every sound imaginable out of these versatile pickups, from pristine cleans to heavy and crunchy. You can send your solos soaring or diving with the Floyd Rose tremolo. Beyond that, the cool satin finish and black hardware give you a smooth and sophisticated look.

"I’ve always thought CEs were really great guitars, and I couldn’t be happier with this signature model. It can get pretty much any sound you want it to, it’s super comfortable to play, and it’s just cool to see a CE with a maple board and a Floyd. I hope everyone loves it as much as I do." — Dustie Waring (Between the Buried and Me)

Modified Pattern Thin neck shape for blazing-fast fretwork

Waring's DW CE 24 Floyd's neck is built to rock. For starters, this guitar has a slightly modified Pattern Thin neck carve. It's perfect for fast players and lead guitar players. It's not too big, not too small. The DW CE 24 Floyd's maple fingerboard plays smooth and fast under your fingertips. And thanks to its iconic bird inlays, no one will mistake your axe for anything other than a PRS.

Solid mahogany topped with maple sounds amazing

To give the DW CE 24 Floyd a rich yet balanced sound, PRS began by choosing the tried-and-true combination of mahogany topped with maple. The Dustie Waring signature guitar's mahogany body gives you natural tonal warmth, which is offset perfectly by the brighter tone of its maple top. Together, these tonewoods give you an incredibly balanced sound. The set maple neck and 24-fret maple fretboard offer smooth playability and a full 2-octave range on every string.

PRS Dustie Waring DW CE 24 Floyd Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

  • Signature CE 24 guitar for Between the Buried and Me's Dustie Waring
  • Rich-sounding mahogany body with figured maple top for extra clarity and surpassing beauty
  • Mojotone Dustie Waring (DW) Tomahawk humbuckers create hot, musically flexible textures
  • Modified Pattern Thin neck feels great in your hand and provides hours of playing comfort
  • Maple fingerboard with eye-grabbing PRS bird inlays
  • Black hardware and a smooth satin finish give this guitar a unique look
  • Floyd Rose 1000 tremolo gives you reliable note bending and stays in tune

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape DW CE 24 Doublecut
  • Body Material Mahogany
  • Top Material Figured Maple
  • Body Finish Satin
  • Color Faded Blue Smokeburst
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Maple
  • Neck Shape DW
  • Neck Joint Bolt-on
  • Radius 10"
  • Fingerboard Material Maple
  • Fingerboard Inlay Black PRS Birds
  • Number of Frets 24
  • Scale Length 25"
  • Nut Width 1.656"
  • Nut Material Locking
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece Floyd Rose 1000 Locking Tremolo
  • Tuners PRS Locking
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Mojotone DW Tomahawk Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup Mojotone DW Tomahawk Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone
  • Switching 5-way blade pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings PRS, .010-.046
  • Case/Gig Bag Gig Bag
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 112797::YF:

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Rated 5/5

Perhaps the best PRS guitar you can buy

Have some free time now so I will review a couple of guitars from the amazing Sweetwater's guitar repertoire. This "PRS DW CE 24 "Floyd" Electric Guitar - Faded Blue Smokeburst" has no review here and comparing it with another great guitar ("Schecter C-1 FR SLS Elite - Antique Fade Burst"), which I bought from Sweetwater almost 7 months ago (9/18/2021), will be hopefully helpful for you, potential buyers.

First, let's start with a picture of both of them (see the attached photo). Both of them look great, play great and sound awesome! No wonder that I give 5 stars to both of them!

The PRS DW uses CE24 bolt on platform with a satin-finished maple neck, which is more "shredery" than any PRS neck I played before – truly awesome! Its Mojotone DW Tomahawk pickups are very articulate and clear, and you can get useful single coil sounds in 2 out of the 5 pickup selector positions.

In addition, there are two features that I particularly like. The volume/tone and pickup selector have been shifted backwards, which 1) allows plenty of room to work the tremolo and 2) practically eliminates the possibility of hitting the volume knob or the pickup selector with your picking/strumming fingers, which happens [at least to me :)] when the controls and pickup selector are placed annoyingly more forward – as, for example, in some Jackson guitars.

The second feature that I like is the metal locking nut, which is a great improvement over the typical PRS proprietary synthetic nut. This synthetic nut is very slippery, which is probably the main reason why most PRS guitars stay in tune (when utilizing heavy bar or finger vibrato) better than practically any non-Floyd guitar I know of. However, the thinner strings eventually cut through this relatively soft synthetic nut and start to buzz when they are played open, because the clearance at first fret becomes insufficient. This happens invariably in all PRS guitars with this synthetic nut, sooner or later, if you play the guitar frequently. The metal locking nut completely eliminates this problem!

In one sentence, the PRS DW CE 24 Floyd is the most comfortable and least problematic PRS I know of – simply fun and inspiring to play!

The Schecter C-1 FR SLS Elite has, similar to the PRS DW, a very comfortable and fast playing neck, great-sounding pickups and, in addition, stainless steel frets which are more durable than nickel silver frets as well as more slippery than nickel silver frets, which facilitates smother bends and vibrato. The fact that it's almost twice cheaper than the PRS DW only underscores that it is one of the best "value-for-money" guitars you can buy! The only drawback I can think of is that players needing single-coil sounds might be disappointed, because only various great humbucking-type sounds are achievable (in contrast to the PRS DW).

IN SUMMARY, if you need no "single-coilness" in your sonic repertoire, you are very likely to be extremely happy with the South Korea-made Schecter C-1 FR SLS Elite, because chances are good that you simply cannot easily buy a better guitar since its "build quality" is outstanding! However, if you are considering to buy a US-made PRS and you need single-coil sounds in your sonic repertoire, I do not think that there is a better PRS than the PRS DW CE 24 Floyd!
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You don't even have to play guitar to know that PRS instruments are in a league of their own. With their exquisitely figured tops and premium appointments, each PRS is a playable work of art. But it goes way deeper than the surface. Every time Paul visits Sweetwater, we get a deeper look at his amazing instruments. We've even hosted several PRS Custom Shop events, complete with Paul's personal Wood Library! Whether they're his most affordable SE electric guitars, top-quality acoustics, or amps, it's always amazing to see what PRS comes up with. What's more, we keep a ton of PRS guitars in our amazing Guitar Showroom, so the staff at Sweetwater can get hands on with all of their latest models. We'd love to tell you all about them.

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