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PRS S2 Custom 24 Electric Guitar - Faded Gray Black Burst

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Mahogany Body, Maple Top, Mahogany Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Faded Gray Black Burst
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PRS S2 Custom 24 Electric Guitar - Faded Gray Black Burst
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Fully Equipped PRS with Upgraded Pickups

The PRS S2 Custom 24 solidbody electric guitar's comfortable asymmetric bevel-cut double-cutaway body is built from maple-topped mahogany, so it's loaded with warmth, resonance, and copious amounts of bite and sustain. Instill your playing with incredible vintage sweetness, clarity, and extended tonal range, courtesy of the PRS S2 Custom 24's upgraded 85/15 humbuckers. These pickups are made in the USA and represent some of the finest electronics from PRS. This guitar's Pattern Thin-profile neck features an extended 24-fret rosewood fingerboard that makes high-register soloing easy. Perform everything from subtle, expressive nuances to full dive-bombs with this guitar's tremolo bridge/tailpiece. Complete with iconic Birds fingerboard inlays, the PRS S2 Custom 24 is a great-sounding, great-playing solidbody electric guitar.

PRS 85/15 pickups offer remarkable clarity and extended tonal range

Playing your favorite licks through the PRS S2 Custom 24's 85/15 pickups is a wonderful experience. Paul Reed Smith personally designed the 85/15 set for PRS’s 30th anniversary, and 85/15s continue to deliver sweetened, vintage-inspired tones that Sweetwater guitarists trust. From shimmering cleans to blistering high-gain tones, the clarity and extended tonal range provided by these pickups make the S2 Custom 24 the ideal workhorse guitar.

Pattern Thin–profile neck provides incredible ease-of-play

The PRS S2 Custom 24 gives you a Pattern Thin-profile mahogany neck fitted with a rosewood fretboard. A hallmark of PRS quality, neck shapes are, of course, critical to your playing experience. Perfected after years of prototyping, the Pattern Thin neck carve offers you incredible command of the neck and fretboard, allowing for more freedom-of-movement and articulate playing. You'll love the playability and feel of the PRS S2 Custom 24 electric guitar!

The PRS S2 series of guitars: extreme value

In their never-ending quest for guitar perfection, PRS has created the S2 series of guitars. These guitars were designed to give you all the tone and playability that the PRS Maryland factory is known for in an affordable, beautiful instrument. Key features of this series include PRS S2 locking tuners, custom-wound pickups, the PRS Pattern Thin neck shape, PRS bridge, and a hybrid gloss finish. The PRS S2 Custom 24 delivers amazing playability and big guitar tone at a killer price.

PRS S2 Custom 24 Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

  • Comfortable contoured mahogany body with asymmetric beveled, bookmatched figured maple top
  • Easy-playing mahogany Pattern Thin-profile neck with rosewood fingerboard, 24 frets, and S2 Birds inlays
  • Upgraded with USA-made PRS 85/15 humbuckers for top-notch clarity and extended tonal range
  • Volume and Tone controls plus a 5-way pickup switch for tone-shaping possibilities
  • Patented PRS tremolo bridge/tailpiece delivers everything from subtle expression to full dive-bombs
  • PRS Low Mass locking tuners deliver impressive tuning stability and speed up string changes
  • Breathable gloss nitro finish looks and feels great while tonewoods resonate unimpeded

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape S2 Custom 24
  • Body Material Mahogany
  • Top Material Maple
  • Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
  • Color Faded Gray Black Burst
  • 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 Material PRS Proprietary
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece PRS Patented Tremolo, Molded
  • Tuners PRS Low Mass Locking, 18:1
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup PRS 85/15 Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup PRS 85/15 Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x volume, 1 x tone
  • Switching 5-way blade pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings PRS Signature, .010-.046
  • Case/Gig Bag Gig Bag
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 112818::GS:

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Reviews

Rated 5/5
Simply WOW
The core electronics and 85/15 humbuckers give the S2 core performance at a lower price to entry. These upgrades give you an amazing package that plays as good as it looks. The 85/15 pick ups are great for modern, classic rock, and even metal music.
Rated 4.5/5
Very Well-Built Guitar
Very nice guitar at a lower price point than the Core models. The tone is definitely darker than my Les Paul, with a pronounced low-mid bump. The construction is top notch, and the playability is excellent, although I do struggle to get pinched harmonics out of it. The vibrato bar works great (floating) and the guitar stays in tune even after aggressive use of the bar.

I do prefer the tone I get out of my Les Paul and even my Flying V, and the rhythm tones can get a little muddy with too much distortion. The lead tones however are glorious and really sing (although with the pinched harmonics struggles mentioned earlier).

The finish is beautiful, and the frets are very nicely finished. The guitar was also very nicely setup out of the box, but since I am so particular, I am going to set it up again to get it just the way I like it.

I do feel for a guitar that costs over $2,000, they should have included a hard-shell case instead of the gig bag. This is an unfortunate omission in my opinion.

Overall a very nice guitar with just a few minor complaints, which are mostly just a matter of taste (tone).

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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