Specially appointed to commemorate the 5th annual Experience PRS event, this limited run of guitars is adorned with artist grade tops with matching headstock veneers, the original PRS tremolo cavity carve, black and white mother of pearl bird inlays, and an artist case. The small eagle on the headstock has been updated to match our 2011 birds and pays homage to Paul’s “pre-factory” guitars; this feature has now become a tradition for Experience PRS limited runs. These instruments also feature our newly redesigned 5-way blade switch and covered 59/09 pickups with custom etched pickup covers, offering versatility and uncompromised tone. The Experience event has become an amazing part of our history over the last five years. Only 200 pieces of these celebratory instruments will be available worldwide.
Pickup Switching Positions:
Position One: Bridge humbucker
Position Two: Bridge humbucker with neck singlecoil, in parallel
Position Three: Bridge and neck humbuckers
Position Four: Neck singlecoil with bridge singlecoil, in parallel
Position Five: Neck humbucker
Finish should enhance the look, sound, and feel of a guitar by accentuating the wood’s inherent beauty and feel without hindering its natural resonance. And PRS Guitars’ new “V12” finish does just that. Introduced at Experience PRS 2010, “V12” is a very thin, hard, and clear finish that will not crack or react with thinners. After roughly 12 years in development, it is halfway between acrylic and nitro but with a classic feel all its own. “PRS models with this new finish feel like old instruments,” said Paul Reed Smith.
Neck shapes have always been a high priority for us and a hallmark of our quality. A guitar should feel comfortable, like “home,” as soon as you pick it up, and the neck is paramount to that connection. The new “Pattern Regular” neck shape is similar to the traditional PRS regular neck found on guitars made in the late 80’s at PRS’s former Virginia Avenue location.
This new neck shape reflects modern tooling and programming that allows us to even more precisely shape and consistently reproduce our necks.
Videos
Paul Reed Smith introduces the 2011 Custom 24.