World-class Private Stock Custom 24 Semi-Hollow Owls in Flight
The PRS Private Stock #9299 Owls in Flight Custom 24 Semi-Hollow is in a class by itself. PRS’s elite luthiers applied their world-class guitar-crafting expertise to this classic solidbody, and it shows in every inch of its masterful construction. It all starts with the tonewoods. For over a decade, Paul Reed Smith has hoarded the very best woods for his Private Stock guitars, stashing them away in the Vault, PRS’s repository of rare premium tonewoods. Open the case, and you’re treated to a mouth-watering symphony of superb tonewoods: a gloriously figured buckeye burl top on a toneful swamp ash body; a Macassar ebony neck capped by an ebony/curly maple fingerboard with Sweetwater signature Owls in Flight inlays. Spec’d with a dynamic duo of PRS custom humbuckers, the PRS Private Stock #9299 Owls in Flight Custom 24 Semi-Hollow is truly a world-class solidbody electric guitar that was made to be treasured — and played — for generations.
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Private Stock tonewoods for your playing (and viewing) pleasure
The 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 finally present to you. The Private Stock #9299 Owls in Flight Custom 24 Semi-Hollow is a breathtaking guitar with jaw-dropping visuals, off-the-charts playability, and eat-it-with-a-spoon tone.
A powerful tone arsenal, ready for deployment
When you plug this guitar into your favorite amp, you will be enveloped in a rich, organic, and decidedly vintage-flavored tone. With its remarkable clarity and extended highs and lows, the PRS 58/15 pickup in the bridge position retains a vintage flavor while delivering a solid tonal foundation for modern music applications. Inspired by vintage 1957 humbuckers and introduced in 2008, the 57/08 in the neck position captures the warm, even, responsive sound of ’50s-era guitars, and is perfect for both lead and rhythm playing. The electronics setup features 5-way switching and master volume and tone controls. It's a powerful, versatile tone arsenal that will allow you to ace any live gig or recording session. From jazz and fusion to blues, rock, and country; from chimey rhythm parts to blistering leads — and everything in between — the PRS Private Stock #9299 Owls in Flight Custom 24 Semi-Hollow delivers.
Fast and comfortable Pattern profile neck
This Private Stock Custom 24 Semi-Hollow is spec’d with PRS’s Pattern profile neck. A hallmark of PRS quality, neck shapes are, of course, critical to your playing experience. Perfected after years of prototyping, the Pattern neck is an updated Wide Fat PRS neck style based on neck shapes Paul Reed Smith designed in the ’70s and ’80s for Carlos Santana, Peter Frampton, and Howard Leese of Heart. Fast and very comfortable, the Pattern profile always feels just right. In reality, most electric guitarists employ a combination of thumb-over and thumb-behind fretting-hand positions in their playing, and the Pattern profile lets you switch seamlessly between the two.
Nitro finish for a classic look and feel
PRS graced the Private Stock #9299 Owls in Flight Custom 24 Semi-Hollow with a gorgeous nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Nitro finishes — standard back in the day — are significantly thinner than today’s polyurethane finishes, allowing the guitar to breathe. Nitro finishes not only look amazing, but 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 #9299 Owls In Flight Custom 24 Semi-Hollow Features:
- Premium Private Stock tonewoods, components, and craftsmanship
- Includes Sweetwater signature Owls in Flight inlay
- Buckeye burl top, swamp ash body; satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Macassar ebony neck, Pattern profile, satin nitro finish
- Ebony/curly maple fingerboard
- Bridge pickup: 58/15 humbucker
- Neck pickup: 57/08 humbucker
- 5-way pickup selector switch, Master Volume and Tone controls
- Gen III Tremolo vibrato bridge
- PRS Blend nut; Phase III locking tuners
- Private Stock hardshell case included
- Handcrafted in Maryland, USA
