This Private Stock Guitar is a Feast for the Eyes and Ears
A little self-indulgence never hurt anyone, right? That's what the builders at PRS must have thought when they dreamed up Private Stock #8630. At first, this Custom 24 began as a humble slab of swamp ash. Then, a flame maple 10-Top was added for the signature PRS look. But that just wasn't enough for the luthiers over at the PRS factory, so they added a piece of flame maple to the back too! The guitar's design is rounded out by a comfortable wenge neck, flame maple/wenge fingerboard, and Sweetwater Dealer Exclusive "Owls in Flight" fingerboard design. Plug it in, and the pair of 58/15 LT humbucking pickups will provide you with a vintage PAF-style tone with exceptional clarity. To sum it up, the Private Stock #8630 Custom 24 is playable work of art that sounds just as good as it looks.
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58/15 LT pickups deliver a smorgasbord of vintage tones
Constant improvement is one of the founding philosophies of Paul Reed Smith guitars. The Private Stock #8630 is powered by a pair of vintage-voiced 58/15 LT humbucking pickups. These pickups exhibit the same PAF-style warmth and texture of the acclaimed 58/15 pickups, but with a twist — a few less than usual. The "LT" in the 58/15 LTs stands for "Low Turn," which helps the pickups exhibit even more clarity and nuance than before. They're very clear through all frequencies and don't feel muddy like genuine vintage pickups. Factor in the 5-way pickup selector switch, and the Private Stock #8630 serves up a veritable tonal feast.
A symphony of Private Stock tonewoods
The PRS Private Stock Vault contains some of the finest tonewoods on the planet. Gorgeous wood sets for tops and backs. Toneful neck blanks. Exotic fingerboards. Handcraft a guitar with materials of this caliber, and you get an extraordinary instrument. When Sweetwater’s guitar experts visit the Vault, they can smell the wood, feel it, wet it to reveal the grain, and knock on it to hear its distinctive tone. This gives them a keen sense of the unique instruments we will finally present to you. The Private Stock #8630 Custom 24 is a breathtaking guitar with jaw-dropping visuals, off-the-charts playability, and decadent tone.
A neck unlike any you've seen yet
PRS Private Stock instruments are known to have exotic, experimental tonewood combinations. However, this guitar, Private Stock #8630, takes the cake for the most interesting neck. It's made from wenge and has a curly maple fingerboard that fans of all-maple necks will love. Tonally, wenge necks have the spirited midrange response of maple with mellow highs akin to mahogany. The fingerboard is adorned with Sweetwater Dealer Exclusive "Owls in Flight" inlays that truly set this instrument apart from the crowd. A traditional Pattern neck carve facilitates excellent playability throughout the entire playing range of the instrument. All in all, the PRS Private Stock #8630 Custom 24 is bona fide PRS from looks, to tone and playability.
PRS Private Stock #8630 Custom 24 Features:
- Flame maple top and back entrap the eyes and add a touch of treble zing
- Swamp ash body produces impressive resonance
- 58/15 LT humbucking pickups deliver ultra-clear PAF-style tones
- Wenge neck with Pattern carve plays like a dream
- PRS Gen III tremolo enables expressive playing
- Phase III locking tuners make changing strings a breeze
- Sweetwater Dealer Exclusive "Owls in Flight" inlays set this instrument apart from the crowd
- Smoke black hardware compliments the instrument's finish
