PRS Private Stock #8682 McCarty 594 - Zombie Heart - Owls In Flight

Historic McCarty pedigree

Ted McCarty had his hand in some of the most legendary designs in electric guitar history, including the original humbucking pickup. McCarty began mentoring Paul Smith, and the original PRS McCarty model debuted in the 1990s. Since that time, the popular model has been re-released with updated specs and continues to be a popular line for the company. This McCarty 594 represents the latest incarnation of that model, replete with updated pickups, a spectacular neck feel, and sublime Private Stock tonewoods.

The finest tonewoods on the planet

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. When you craft a guitar with materials of this caliber, 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. This Private Stock McCarty 594 is a breathtaking guitar with jaw-dropping visuals, off-the-charts playability, and eat-it-with-a-spoon tone.

Pattern Vintage profile neck for enhanced playability

Some of the least visible but most powerful features of Private Stock #8682 include a neck feel that maximizes your performance and comfort with an asymmetrical Pattern Vintage profile. Though much like their Pattern profile, PRS’s Pattern Vintage carve is slightly thicker to fill your hand in just the right way. And the strings will always feel silky smooth when playing and bending due to the guitar’s 24.594-inch scale length — the origin of the “594” in the model name.

Drink in this guitar’s smooth, clear vintage voice

When you plug this guitar into your favorite amp, you will be enveloped in a rich and decidedly vintage tone. This is the warm and clear sonic elixir that propelled the original 58/15 pickups to the top of many guitarists’ favorite PAF-style humbucker lists. 58/15 LT pickups are based on that successful design, but they’re wound with fewer wire turns for even more clarity and nuance. The 594’s electronics setup features the traditional 4-pot configuration, which gives you independent control of each pickup’s volume and tone. Pulling up on each tone knob engages single-coil operation for that pickup, which means this 594 can serve up any electric guitar tone you could ever need. From rock and country to jazz and fusion; from chimey rhythm parts to blistering leads — and everything in between — the PRS Private Stock #8682 McCarty 594 delivers.

Nitro finish, for the look and feel of a classic

This Private Stock instrument wears a gorgeous nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Nitro finishes — standard back in the day — are significantly thinner than today’s polyurethane finishes, allowing the guitar’s tonewoods to "breathe." Nitro finishes not only look amazing; they also enhance the instrument’s tonal qualities. This guitar has the look and feel of a lovingly cared-for classic — one that will only improve with age.

PRS Private Stock #8682 McCarty 594 Features:

• Curly maple top, mahogany body; satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Curly maple neck, Pattern Vintage profile; satin nitro finish
• Ebony fingerboard, 10-inch radius, curly maple binding, Owls in Flight inlays
• 24.594-inch scale length, 22 Private Stock frets
• Neck and bridge 58/15 LT humbucking pickups
• Per-pickup Volume and Tone controls, 3-way pickup selector
• Push/pull Tone controls for coil-splitting
• 1-11/16-inch bone nut; 2-piece Stoptail bridge
• Phase III Locking tuners, curly maple buttons
• Dual-action truss rod, headstock access