All user reviews for the PRS Custom 24 (2011-2014)

Model PRS Custom 24 cases (CU24) color royal blue (royal blue).
It manufactures t usa entirely up to the hand.
It possde 24 frets, two humbuckers: a vintage bass in the neck position and HFS in the bridge position. Both pickups are original, they will conues entirely by PRS for its guitars.
The mcaniques ropes PRS is a patented system which allows mounting ropes 1/4 turn (no more cramps door handle), but you must take the hand is at the beginning galre a little. Thereafter, we quickly see the benefits there wholes. Deplus this system is self-locking thus favors the holding of agreement even if we are like crazy on the vibrato is really a plus for playing comfort.

The bridge is "type fender" with the whammy bar that slides into place, unlike Fender (s) that screws.
The guitar is equipped with a rotating 5-way switch, volume button, and a Tone knob.

The selector DIFFERENT modes:
Position 5: Bridge Pickup (sound very powerful, a lot of precision, say nothing is perfect.)
Position 4: Bridge pickup in series with the neck pickup, you lose a little pattate the osrque we just position 5, this is due to wiring in series. (A typical PRS sound. In the clear position cete rendering magnifique.Le better its clear that I personally was never heard on other guitars of commerce).
Position 3: Micro bridge and neck humbucker in both coupls In parallel (Idale to keep a rhythm).

Position 2: Micro coupled single coil bridge and neck pickup In parallel single bobinage.Cette position allows it really raproch the sonority of a fender with even when the sound typ PRS. (The sound quality toujour.

Position1: Neck Pickup (sound well ... still nothing wrong.)

USE

The handle is al.

The handle is very pleasant it is a trade-off between Fender and Gibson I think.
Let me explain Gison boxes are more than the Fender srres and mache is "bomb.
The PRS Bay distance the handle has a handle boxes Fender and Fender a compromise between the handle "C" and the handle Gibson.C'est a true Russianness, essay it is adopted .dropoff window
The handling of this guitar is amazing, it was imprssion the handle starts at your hand immediately.

Treble are very easy to access "Type Gibson SG" in the sprit.

Attenetion, this guitar is its weight (a little nearly the same as a Gibson Les Paul), but that's because they put in the quality of wood that is a.
Go for your grannies not all the same.

Regarding the sound, I find it exellant, there's really nothing to say except ...? ... It's perfect.

If there are some who find it a bad sound then you definately they arrtent guitar.
As against this, may not like the sonority PRS.

SONORITS

It suits all styles of music I do not see that it could not play. "I have even a pte to me to make a decision gypsy jazz concert!"

I think that all lamps amp is ideal for this kind of guitar with a little weakness for Mesa / Boogie amps.

All types of sonorits are allowed with this instrument, biensur, the amp used there for many. It fits you and your personality.

My personal, I did with a group of hardcore, jazz conservatory and alternative rock with another groupe.Et the beast she dyed the road well.
Truly a versatile guitar.

NOTICE GLOBAL

I use it for 6 years, I've had 2000.Je have bought 15,000 fr (= 2287).

For the record, I'm me a pay after having made a small t work for 2 months. And 2 paid were not enough, he missed me 1500fr the era but my "nice" parent m 'have avancs lack. (Rather cool!).

I love everything about this guitar, I do not find fault him anything.

Except little-being rotary selector that is not very easy to use, if we DSIRE excuter a solo by changing the position flies like a Fender Stratocaster (neck pickup -Non-Micro severe acute ECt ...) it is impossible to do.
BTW, I do not understand why PRS did not put a selector "standard stratocaster" has the option limits for those who desire (can be a reason to patent?).
But it is also true that the three buttons give a nice aesthetic cot guitar.

it is an instrument of quality and quality has a price (sorry that's all).
yes, I would do this choice without a doubt.

Specifications Custom 24 classic finish Charcoal 10 top beautiful.

Strat 5-way switch, so much more convenient than the previous versions rotary switches types.

Locking tuners, bridge and vibrato owners, very effective (no problem keeping agree).

UTILIZATION

Handle "pattern" flat enough radius, profile very, very comfortable, close enough (comparable to a modern Fender C profile).
Quite heavy anyway, but very comfortable guitar (thoughtful chamfers, access to acute relatively easy).

SOUNDS

Typed sounds rather modern for my taste. 5 positions allow go of his fat good for double handle sound very sharp rock on the double bridge, through the more typical sounds "Tele" and "Strat" ​​in positions 2 and 4. Beware, it remains Anyway its a pretty typical.

Perhaps a slight lack of character, which I play more readily since my TV.

OVERALL OPINION

Archi versatile guitar, flawless finish, ultra reliable.
Perhaps a slight lack of character, which I play on my TV more readily when the chips and context are appropriate.

Manufacturing USA.
A great handle 24 cases, fine and fast
Two microphones of the brand, with a huge potential 5-way switch.
The volume and tone knobs are very reactive and sensitive guitar playing to different intensities

9/10 because perfection does not exist

UTILIZATION

I repeat round of thunder. Access to acute is qu'aisé.
The guitar is quite heavy but very well balanced.
The sound palette is huge, hard to not find something, whatever the style attack. From blues to metal, anything goes.

Even 9/10 to stop the body that shears a little forearm at the beginning ... then, adjusting its position and it passes.

SOUNDS

It suits my style of music, from classic rock to metal close.
The sounds are warm (mahogany forces), and the power of microphones is very good (I have a Lag with active pickup, it is far from having the same power and much less the quality of the PRS .... although LA is already a good scratch)

I only play on the pedal (no pedals) and if possible analog. HT distortion dual tube, Vox Night Train amp head and as a Marshall 1912 cabinet.

I love all the sounds with this guitar ... I have 4 years, it's always a pleasure to play with .... I raves whenever I take!

OVERALL OPINION

Before I had a BC Rich Warlock, a Ibanez JS1200 ... I currently have a Fender American California and Lag Roxanne. I wanted to complete my chain in 2009 with a small versatile guitar ... budget € 600. Unfortunately, the seller made me try the PRS Custom 24 .... love at first touch. I tested during week long many other guitar but the damage was done, it was this one and not another .... € 2,000 more than expected (on a model expo) ... no regrets, a real treat!

Its a long story... I responded to an ad in the St Albans chronicle, a regional north london newspaper regarding a Gibson les paul firebrand! Not knowing what this strange animal was, I called the ad and got the address. The juvenile voice on the line had me suspicious, but my hunger for the elusive guitar deal of a life time made me overlook this disturbing detail. Arriving after speeding all the 12 miles through Watford to St Albans in a 69 Triumph spitfire I could hardly contain my excitement, but as with all deals I had to gain composure and pretend not to be excited. Perhaps this guy was a syd barrett that lived in his bedroom for 20 years? After knocking, a neanderthal looking mono sylabbic speaking youth with the greasiest hair i'd ever seen ushered me up to his bedroom. The thought of some scene from deliverence crossed my mind, but the smell of a guitar find powered me onward. He opened a wardrobe, removed what seemed to be dozens of pairs of shoes to reveal the unmistakeble shape of a fitted gibson case. Like a coffin being exhumed from a grave he wiped off the dust and laid the precious sarcophigus on the bed. OPening the case there was what appeared to be a les paul that had been scratched to death by the buried alive victim you see in movies. It was a les paul no doubt. I asked the cro magnon about its history and the like, but alas details were sketchy. He said he had to sell. I asked the all important question, how much? Expecting a four digit reply, he simply grunted make me an offer. This is the moment whan all the cool in the world is needed, and all the yoga in the world wouldnt have brought my heart rate down. I took a gamble, based on my suspected IQ assessment, and offered him 250 quid. He immediately said yes, and I began counting out the faces of queen elizabeth into his sweaty palm, trying not to appear excited, half expecting him to turn into the punk pithicus he looked like. I finished dealing out the wad, and closed the case, thanking him, got down the stairs and out the door. I was in the spitfire and down the road, glancing at the black gibson case wondering if the thing was for real or a fake or what!. Once home we , my brother and I thoroughly researched the strange gibson and found it be official. The bridge pickup was working intermittently so I took it to a guitar shop in St Albans for repair. Whilst there the owner asked me to try this new vox 24 fret guitar he had just received. Remember this was 1983 and Carlos Santana was using the Yamaha sg2000. I guess this vox was a challenger to this genre of axe...... he traded the gibson even up for the vox which was 699 pounds in the store with a hardshell case

The 24 frets was special, it was weird to be able to solo in B above the 12 fret easily. The action was incredible and the screaming response from the semour duncan double humbuckers was twice the output compared to my 74 strat. It has single coil switching and out of phase switching too, which gives versatility to the sounds available.

The guitar is heavy! Its made from a number of gorgeous looking dark woods laminated, but I was suffering from "les paul neck" by the end of the first jam with the boys.

Construction is excellent and the finish superb

Ive had this guitar 20 years now and the only change I made was to replace the neck double humbucker pickup with a fender lace sensor double pickup, the blue/ gold combo. This now allows me to have amazing fenderesque tones and the screaming seamour at the flick of a switch.

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It was an aniversery gift from my Wife. It was purchaced from C&M music center in Baton Rouge, LA. The Cost was 2189.

I love everything about the guitar. The finish is beautifull. Its not a 10 top, but I like it better than a 10 top, I think 10 tops are too perfect with not enough character. Its Black Cherry stain. I got it with the 3 way toggle and the push/pull tone for coil tapping. This guitar sings. Its best when distorted, but the clean channel is beautiful.

There is nothing I don't like. The only thing I wish it had was seperate coil tapping for each bucker.

This guitar is built wonderfully. Feels great, looks great. All around great guitar.

This is a wonderful guitar. I would suggest to anyone thinking of buying a Les Paul to try a PRS. They play great and can sound like a Paul, but is also more diverse.

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I bought this guitar second hand about two monthes ago. It set me back $2900 Australian dollars, but thats OK, as with our current exchange rate, they are completly worthless anyway.


After day dreaming about owning a PRS for ages, I finally found one that was affordable, and was completely blown away. This is the best guitar I have ever played.



The second you plug in a set neck PRS, you are absolutely blown away by the tone. It makes you amp sound ao much more alive than any other guitar before.


When playing my Les Paul after getting my PRS, it sounded very muddy. The PRS has a much clearer tone, but it is not as fat. The main difference between the two guitars, is that the PRS sings, and has a very smooth sound, where a Les Paul screams, and can sound very rough in comparison.


The main reason I prefer the PRS to a Les Paul is that it is capable of sweet clean sounds as well as awesome overdrive courtesy of coil taps. This is definately the most versatile guitar I have owned. You will no longer have to switch between your Les Paul and strat.


My PRS plays like a dream. This is definately the best neck I have ever played. It is similar to a Les Paul, but slightly wider, not as thick, and with a much flatter fretboard. I find it feels lovely, and is even faster than the neck on my Ibanez Universe.



The only thing I really do not like about this guitar is the rotary pick up selector. At first it can be a bit daughnting, as you can not look down and imediately see which pick-up you are using. Although after you have had the guitar for a while it is not a problem.


A continual problem with the selector though, is when your hands get sweaty, it can be very hard to turn. I think a standard switch would be much better.


I also do not think the case is acceptable on guitar that cots as much as a PRS.


The only complaint I have about the sound is that it can be a bit mid rangey. It is not a good match for high end biased amps such as marshalls. It sounds much better through a bassy amp. This is just not picking though.



I am lucky in that my guitar is a pre 1995 model. It was hand built in the Virginia street factory. It absolutely flawless, and looks like it is brand new, even though it is approximatey 12 years old. After moving to a larger factory in 95, the quality went down hill, as happens with mass production. The guitars are no longer hand made, and the grade of woods used is lower. Try and find a pre 95 model if possible.


This is definately the best sounding, best playing and best qualits guitar I have ever owned. Every other guitar feels like a plank of wood and sounds dead in comparison. A woderful guitar.


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The PRS Custom 24 is one of the flagship guitars from the company and it was introduced back in the eighties as a blend between the Fender and Gibson camps. It features a mahogany body and neck with set neck construction like the Gibson guitars, a rosewood fretboard with 24 frets and really classy bird inlays, locking tuners, a custom design PRS tremolo system (non locking) and a pair of PRS humbuckers (usually the HFS/Vintage Bass combo). It's basically like a high class superstrat meets a Les Paul, and as a result it's quite versatile and can cover lots of sounds from clean through dirty with ease.

UTILIZATION

The design of the Custom 24 is pretty amazing. The shape is excellent and the weight is a great balance between light and heavy. It's got a beautiful carved top that not only looks killer, but offers nice support for your arm to rest on. The only real issue I have with the design is the neck heel, which can get in the way of the upper fret access a bit (though I'm no stranger to that, having played Gibsons that had the same issue). Getting a good sound out of this guitar is pretty easy. The woods and pickups used are top quality, so the tones are just excellent. Whether you are playing clean or distorted, rhythm or lead, this guitar will respond very well to whatever you are playing.

SOUNDS

The tones out of this guitar are excellent. I'm a big fan of the PRS pickups in general. They're pretty high output, yet they retain the feel of being like a vintage pickup like a PAF. The result is a very thick and sweet sounding guitar that has excellent sustain and oozes harmonics, especially when played through a distorted tube amp. The neck pickup is syrupy smooth, perfect for any kinds of smooth jazz comping or overdriven fusion leads, and the bridge pickup is biting and clear, yet very thick - a perfect mate for hard rock riffage and shredding lead work. The in between positions on the selector offer some very Fender-esque Strat/Tele type tones that really cap off the instrument and prove its versatility in a variety of settings.

OVERALL OPINION

All in all I think the PRS Custom 24 is truly a fantastic instrument. It looks killer, feels like an old friend, is very highly crafted and the tones are to die for. At about $2,800 new this guitar isn't cheap, but if you're willing to pay the price for a real instrument that blends the gap between Gibson and Fender and offers just a great guitar, do yourself a favour and try the PRS Custom 24. You won't leave disappointed.

The PRS Custom 24 is the flagship of the regular PRS line. This is pretty much a custom guitar you can go out and buy in most guitar shops. PRS is a smart company in that they do not sit on a successful model without ever trying to improve it they constantly strive to make it better and better. This is the new PRS Custom 24 model. You can get it in a variety of finishes and you can also pick the one of the two PRS neck shapes. They use to be called Wide-Fat and Wide-Thin but they are now called Pattern Regular and Pattern Thin respectively. This example had the thinner neck. The guitar has a mahogany body and a mahogany neck. The neck has an Indian rosewood fretboard with ivory bird inlays. Up top you get a set of the PRS winged locking tuners. The bridge is the PRS Fender style Tremolo. I would prefer a hardtail version but they do not make many hardtail Custom 24's. This example had the stock 59/09 pickups still in it. The control layout has pretty unique placement with a volume and tone with a 5 way blade switch that splits coils. The blade switch replaces the old rotary switch that use to come on these models.

UTILIZATION

PRS is like the Apple computers of the guitar world. They are always looking to improve their models and they dont really care if you have grown attached to a certain feature. If the feature can be improve they are going to improve it. They do not sit on a model for 20 years while the rest of the world moves on around it. The tuners on these guitars are some futuristic locking tuners that PRS has come up with. They do the job and also prevent the string from slipping on the peg which some tuners do not prevent. The pattern thin neck is nice and thin. It is wide as well so it has the old super strat feel to it. The pattern regular neck isnt that fat itself but it has more of a traditional Gibson 50s feel to it while this is more 60s. The tremolo unit even if it looks like something off a 50s Fender it is a really modern design and holds tuning well. It is very stable so you can do double stops on it without going out of tune, something you cannot do on a lot of tremolos.

SOUNDS

The 59/09 pickups in this guitar are PRS's take on the old school PAF design. They have a bit more of a modern feel to them and PRS's guitars are modern overall so the feeling fits. Both of the pickups are very smooth. Usually just the neck pickup has a smooth tone to it but on this guitar both pickups have a very smooth classy feeling to it. The switching on this guitar is slightly different. Position 1 gives you the bridge humbucker like you expect. Position 2 gives you the bridge humbucker with a single coil split tone from the neck. The middle position gives you both the neck and the bridge in humbucker and position 4 gives both pickups in single coil mode. The last position gives you the full on neck position sound.

OVERALL OPINION

If you own a PRS Custom 24 it is most likely the flagship of your collection. These guitars are works of art as much as they are instruments. The craftmanship on these guitars is amazing to behold. You havent seen a flamed top until you see a PRS 10 top. The quality on these guitars rivals something you would get out of a custom shop. PRS being on the market and growing in popularity has made other companies advance their designs and overall game in the guitar industry. Competition betters the breed and if more guitar makers adopted a more modernized approach to guitar designs we the player would benefit greatly.

PRS is an American guitar company known for making the most up to date guitars on the market. They started in the late 70s when Paul Reed Smith would go around to big name artists begging them to play his guitar. Now they have a reputation of being some of the best production guitars for sale. This is the new PRS Custom 24 model. The 24 in the same stands for 24 frets. With the new 2011 models they have changed the name of their neck shapes. Instead of Wide-Fat and Wide-Thin the necks are called Pattern Regular and Pattern thin respectively. You have to check which one your guitar has because the model can come with either neck without any markings or changes in the model name. This lovely Black Cherry model I first tested out had the Pattern Thin neck. PRS guitars have some of the best finishes on the Market. I dont know where they get their woods but they are really nice. I am a sucker for nice bookmatched flame finishes. The guitar has a mahogany body and a mahogany neck. The neck is the Pattern Thin profile I mentioned earlier. The neck has an Indian rosewood fretboard with ivory bird inlays. Up top you get a set of the PRS winged locking tuners. The bridge is the PRS Fender style Tremolo. I wish more of the Custom 24 models came with the hardtail. I am not an expert on PRS pickups but these are the stock PRS pickups in this example. The control layout has pretty unique placement with a volume and tone with a 5 way blade switch that splits coils. The blade switch is a lot better than the 5 way rotary they use to use where you never knew what position you were in.

UTILIZATION

The PRS locking tuners are really cool. These tuners lock the string in as well as the tuner in place. With the string locked in there is no slipping while youare tuning up. I had to read the instructions on how they work but they are a really creative modern design. The Pattern Thin profile neck is nice and thin like the name says and wide as well. It is very comfortable kind of like an old Jackson neck. The 24 frets are not super big but they have plenty of meat on them. The 25 inch scale means you are right inbetween a strat and a Gibson. The upper fret access is pretty good due to the deep cutaway bevels in the body. Only thing I do not like about the palyability on this guitar is the Les Paul style heel on the neck joint. The tremolo is good but I am not much of a tremolo user.

SOUNDS

The pickups in this guitar are classy for lack of a better word. The neck pickup is exactly what you want out of a neck pickup. It is smooth and fat. It loves to play lead lines. Both pickups have a very PAF quality to them but with more beef and bite. The bridge pickup has more smoothness than you get on a lot of bridge pickups nowadays. Even with the tone rolled completely off both pickups retained their clarity and were usable. If you are playing metal you may need some more specialized pickups but for just all around music these pickups are some of the best out there in a stock guitar.

OVERALL OPINION

PRS has been making some of the best guitars around for years and years and people now know this. They have made the bigger companies step up their game when it comes to quality and modernity. The Custom 24 has been part of their line up since the beginning and it is one of their flagship production models. When you get a Custom 24 you know you are getting the best guitar you can get. If you are looking for the absolute best production guitar with the best fit and finish and most up to date modern hardware it is hard to go wrong with a PRS.

Made United States
Bridge PRS / PRS tremolo vintage
24 frets
PRS Humbucker pickups 59/09 splitable / Single coil
1 vol + 1 tone knob + 5 positioms (HB sleeve chev HB, HB + Chv handle, SC Manch Chv + and HB + SC Chv Channel)
Mahogany set neck / rosewood fingerboard
handle "Fat thin" - very slightly "bulging" is both very fast and very pleasant

UTILIZATION

handle "Fat thin" - very slightly "bulging" is both very fast and very pleasant
remarkable ergonomic (middleweight) and perfect balance (standing or sitting)
Access to acute ease.
The sounds found on the 5 positions are extremely versatile (from the Start / Tele through the Gibson (microphones 57 'or 490) and arriving at the PRS ... ... !!!!!!
Clean, OD / Blues, disto Chora, Lead Solo hard or "Sanatana" everything is OK!

SOUNDS

Perfect for my style (except for a slight lack of warmth in jazz)
Congratulations Peavey played with 112 (all lights) without any pedal - Canal + distortion on spring reverb amp.
All sounds are good with a little research and especially finger (it is very sensitive to the type of "touch", attack, vibrato violin or Blues that delivers incredible harmonics.
For my part I play Santana, Gary Moore, Gilmour etc. ... great!

OVERALL OPINION

Purchased mid August 2011 preceded by Epi.Casino, Telecaster, Washburn N2, ES335 (57 ') and PRS SE Custom 24 25th Ann.
It last me so excited that I j'ait jumping on the 24 Custom

Paul Reed Smith guitar is the boutique guitar and build quality and materials used. The also specialize in their own version of humbucker pickups and sound fantastic and my opinion. These are some very exotic looking guitars as well as a very cosmetically appealing guitars. This is going to be for a guitar player who likes the look of the guitar as well as the versatility and sound of the guitar.

This guitars pretty easy to use like any Paul Reed Smith guitar can be. The humbucker pick ups and a nice mahogany body would connect and neck with a cool flamed maple top. Give your normal volume and tone controls and pick up selector and that is pretty much about it there is it too much to figure out about this guitar there's no midi switches or anything that you push pool to get different sounds are phasing in and out it's pretty standard rock 'n roll guitar.

UTILIZATION

Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

* Color: Smoked Orange
* Body: Mahogany back, carved flame maple top
* Neck: Mahogany
* 24 frets
* Pattern Regular neck carve
* Abalone Bird inlays
* Fingerboard: Rosewood
* Hardware: PRS Tremolo bridge, PRS low-mass locking tuners
* Treble pickup: Uncovered 59/09 Treble humbucker
* Bass pickup: Uncovered 59/09 Bass pickup
* Pickup selector: 5-way blade
* Controls: Volume and tone
* Case: Hardshell case included

SOUNDS


The tone of this guitar is very fantastic if you like the sound of the Mahogany guitar and you will enjoy the sound of this guitar. The top maple will level out and balance out the guitar a lot better and add some necessary highest to the frequencies. It allows the guitar to breeds better and give it a lot more versatility then just the standard mahogany guitar.

These guitars are extremely versatile for pretty much any style of music. I see many country guitar players uses guitars as well as drop tuned players. These are around the county guitar that is able to be a great digging guitar and recording guitar. They sound fantastic although they are a little bit expensive compared to a couple version of a shifter or a guitar like that.

OVERALL OPINION


At new these guitars come in right around $2600 which is a pretty good chunk of change for a guitar. I'd love big fan of the Paul Reed Smith guitar next as they are a little bit chunkier and they just don't seem to fit my hand correctly. So I would recommend playing the guitar first if you get the opportunity to see if you even like it or not. If you are used to Fender Stratocaster or Fender telecaster's then this guitar will seem a little out of place for you but if you have played a Gibson Les Paul you probably be a little bit more comfortable with this guitar.

The Paul Reeds missed guitars are a very elegant guitars that are built with extremely high build standards and very high-quality wood components. These are some of the most beautiful guitars that you can find in any guitar shop or any studio. They use some of the most premium woods and precise build standards.

Paul Reed Smith guitars have been featured by thousands upon thousands of musicians around the world. So the most prolific guitar players and professional guitar players have used these guitars on their recordings and on touring stages.

UTILIZATION

Specifications

Body
- Back Wood: Mahogany
- Top Wood: Maple
- Top Wood: 10 Top Flame 10 Top Quilt

Neck
- Number of Frets 24
- Scale Length: 25 inches
- Neck Wood: Mahogany
- Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
- Neck Shape: Wide Thin or Regular
- Inlays: Abalone Birds

Hardware
- Bridge: Tremolo
- Tuners: PRS 14:1 Phase II low mass locking tuners
- Hardware Type: Nickel
- Treble Pickup: HRS Treble
- Bass Pickup: Vintage Bass
- Pickup Switching: Volume and tone control with 5-way rotary pickup selector

Includes PRS guitar case.

SOUNDS

This is one of the best sounding guitars that you can buy. It has a great sick beautifully rich sound with its mahogany neck in mahogany body. Features a rosewood fretboard and a cool birds pearl inlay. They have unique feel to the neck and I don't really know how to describe them other then there not the normal Fender or Gibson They have just the most beautiful top you've ever seen on a guitar. I'm not really a fan all that much of Paul Reed Smith guitars because of their overpriced price points that they have on these guitars. However they have the most exotic look to them how to any other guitar manufacture that I've seen. The tops of them with their quilt in maple top in their flame tops are some of the most beautiful guitars that are in production.

These guitar sound excellent with their own Paul Reed Smith guitar amps. They sound great for country guitar players all the way up to modern metal guitarists. You can find the guitars on just about any stage of any genre of music. They are very good with clean amps as well as high gain amplifiers. There really isn't much that these guitars cannot do as far as being able to match most music. I think that is one of the big selling points to these guitars is that you can play him in virtually just about any music imaginable.

OVERALL OPINION

This guitar is priced rider round $3000 which is a little high for most people but this is the kind of guitar for a professional or someone who's bitterer playing a long time knows exactly what they want. I would recommend this guitar to someone who knows exactly what they want and has been playing for probably a long time to discover that. These are great guitars to look at their great guitars to play, but I prefer a slimmer neck so these guitars to me don't fit my style. It's a very chunky thick neck which I personally like the fender style neck, so this one doesn't suit my standards. They're beautiful guitars and a lot of people will like them if they can afford them.

PRS has made a huge mega impact on the guitar world. They have built high quality guitars and have really been the first company to expand an in house boutique quality guitar and delivery it to the masses. These guitars are some of the most beautifully constructed guitars in the world. The have unique and colorful patterns in the wood and many burst options that just compliment the beauty of the exotic woods.

PRS also has its won guitar body style that has made them easily identified. They have a mix between a Fender Stratocaster and Ibanez/ Les Paul SG all in one to make their own unique looking shaped guitars.

UTILIZATION


Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

Color: Scarlet Smokeburst
Body: Mahogany back, carved flame maple top
Neck: Mahogany
24 frets
Pattern Regular neck carve
Abalone bird inlays
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Headstock: Color matches back and neck
Hardware: PRS Tremolo bridge, PRS low-mass locking tuners
Treble pickup: Uncovered 59/09 Treble humbucker
Bass pickup: Uncovered 59/09 Bass pickup
Pickup selector: 5-way blade
Controls: Volume and tone
Case: Hardshell case included

SOUNDS

One of my on going beefs with PRS guitars are they are very hit or miss. I have played too many of their guitars to count and many of them have been great and many of them have been very poor.

This guitar has a great tone and I have always felt that with every PRS guitars that I have played. They don't have the soul of a Gibson Les Paul but the tone is very good for a do all kind of guitar.

I have seen country players play a PRS and I have seen metal guys play them. So the tone has been able to shift throughout musical genres. The pickups are great as well. They are not super high gain but not a vintage humbucker either. They fit in the middle nicely which enables them to blend between music styles.

OVERALL OPINION

At new these guitars come in at around $2600. Not a bad price for a PRS but certainly not a cheap price either. If you like the smokeburst look which I am not really a fan of then you will probably look past anything negative about this guitar. However, I would recommend playing this before buying because like I said these guitars drift from good to bad and you never know which one you are going to get.