For 2012, the Custom 24 is being updated with new, contoured bobbins that arc with the strings.
This is designed to give a more spread out, open tone.
“Originally, humbucking pickups were covered to combat electrostatic and electromagnetic hum. As the years passed and the covers came off, there was a gap between the pickup and the pickup ring. These new bobbins not only provide extended low and high end, they look like they were meant to be uncovered and in a ring, ” said Paul Reed Smith.
The Custom 24 model was updated in 2011 with new pickups and a redesigned 5-way blade switch,
For more details, check out PRS Guitars.
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