JerEvil
Well-known member
I finally get it. It was a SC model. Fantastic playing guitar! GAS is setting in for sure.
geese_com
Member
I know PRS guitars aren't that popular on some forums, but I love them! Great playing instruments.
cphr3d
Member
I love my Custom 22 and Im GASing for a PRS singlecut something awful. Welcome to the club.
mindseye
New member
Love my single cut, I've kept it around longer than any other guitar I've ever owned.
Steinmetzify
Well-known member
One piece bridge or tuneomatic? Their one piece adjustable is kickass to play; great to rest your hand on, great for palm mutes.
LP Freak
Well-known member
I bought my Singlecut new in '01. Great guitars. 
Audioholic
New member
Loved My CE24 when I had it. very well built!
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mesa50w
New member
I was a tried and true gibson guy for years played a custom 22 and had to have one... 2 days later I drove 3 hours one way to pick up a custom 22, moons, tobacco sunburst love it
spirit7
Active member
I'm obsessed with them. A Moderm Eagle will be mine this year!
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kasperjensen
New member
I know it's a bit pricey, but if I was going to buy a new one now, I would consider the new ones with a Piezo.
I have a Custom 24, and I love it.
I have a Custom 24, and I love it.
luther910
New member
JerEvil":10hi1ulx said:
Your life will never be the same
59Bassman
Member
I've had a Custom 24 since 1995. I'll be honest, I've really struggled with the guitar over the years but I've come to really like it. My wife bought it for me when we were first married (and absolutely didn't have the money for me to drop $1.7K on a guitar), so I can't ever sell it.
When I bought it, I wanted a swiss army knife of a guitar for a band I was playing in that covered about everything you can think of in the era of electric instruments. We'd double up some nights, with a dinner music gig early and a roadhouse gig later. I didn't have time to head home between shows, so I needed a rig (one guitar, one amp, and some pedals) that would go from jazz through ZZ Top and AC/DC. I almost bought a Hamer Studio, but decided I wanted a McCarty (they were new that year).
I played about 25 PRS guitars in Minneapolis that weekend, and it came down to a new Whale Blue Custom 24, or a 1987 root beer Custom with artist package (for $100 less!). Of course I bought the new one. I brought it home, took it to a gig, and immediately hated the tone. I love how the guitar plays, but I was always disappointed with how it sounded through my rig. Oddly enough, any time I've heard anyone else play my guitar, I love how it sounds. But I didn't like it with my playing.
I've now come to realize that part of the problem was amps. I was playing my PRS in lower gain settings with Fender-style amps and 10" speakers. When I got my first Line6 POD, I couldn't believe how amazing the PRS sounded through the higher gain amp models. I bought a Dirty Little Secret pedal for my rig, and the PRS shines through that for 80's rock. A pickup swap to some slightly lower-output pickups (Duncan APII's), and I've tamed some of the shrillness I used to hear.
I'm now finally understanding that the PRS Custom is a guitar from the time it was designed - it's essentially a late-80's superstrat without a Floyd. It's not a vintage blues guitar, it's not a jazz box - it shines on fusion and rock. Once I "got it" (hell, it took me over a decade), I get it. I now really love this guitar.
Pic below. It's now at PhilTone for some new stainless frets and a nut that will allow some more use of the bar. As a package it's a really good guitar. I've never owned a guitar that is as effortless to play. I've said before that the PRS allows you to play over your ability level. You're not fighting them like you do with strats and teles.
I even bought a new amp (Mesa Mark V) that will hopefully allow this guitar to absolutely shine once I get it back. As I'm now getting heavily into fusion and hard rock/metal, I think I'm finally ready for the guitar.
When I bought it, I wanted a swiss army knife of a guitar for a band I was playing in that covered about everything you can think of in the era of electric instruments. We'd double up some nights, with a dinner music gig early and a roadhouse gig later. I didn't have time to head home between shows, so I needed a rig (one guitar, one amp, and some pedals) that would go from jazz through ZZ Top and AC/DC. I almost bought a Hamer Studio, but decided I wanted a McCarty (they were new that year).
I played about 25 PRS guitars in Minneapolis that weekend, and it came down to a new Whale Blue Custom 24, or a 1987 root beer Custom with artist package (for $100 less!). Of course I bought the new one. I brought it home, took it to a gig, and immediately hated the tone. I love how the guitar plays, but I was always disappointed with how it sounded through my rig. Oddly enough, any time I've heard anyone else play my guitar, I love how it sounds. But I didn't like it with my playing.
I've now come to realize that part of the problem was amps. I was playing my PRS in lower gain settings with Fender-style amps and 10" speakers. When I got my first Line6 POD, I couldn't believe how amazing the PRS sounded through the higher gain amp models. I bought a Dirty Little Secret pedal for my rig, and the PRS shines through that for 80's rock. A pickup swap to some slightly lower-output pickups (Duncan APII's), and I've tamed some of the shrillness I used to hear.
I'm now finally understanding that the PRS Custom is a guitar from the time it was designed - it's essentially a late-80's superstrat without a Floyd. It's not a vintage blues guitar, it's not a jazz box - it shines on fusion and rock. Once I "got it" (hell, it took me over a decade), I get it. I now really love this guitar.
Pic below. It's now at PhilTone for some new stainless frets and a nut that will allow some more use of the bar. As a package it's a really good guitar. I've never owned a guitar that is as effortless to play. I've said before that the PRS allows you to play over your ability level. You're not fighting them like you do with strats and teles.
I even bought a new amp (Mesa Mark V) that will hopefully allow this guitar to absolutely shine once I get it back. As I'm now getting heavily into fusion and hard rock/metal, I think I'm finally ready for the guitar.
TX6Strings
Well-known member
I've got a PRS 20th Anni Custom 24 gold top with HFS/VB pups, a McCarty Custom 22 tobacco burst with McCarty pups and a ltd run McCarty SC tobacco burst with P90's and love all three. They all sound different, play a little different, feel a little different, but all sound great!
Jeff Hilligan
Well-known member
My first real fiddle was a 1989 bolt on trans purple ten top trem model. It sounded amazing but I was dump and flipped it. One guitar I wish I had kept!
sled
New member
I play two, a Std 24 (Barden Two Tone PUPs) and a 305.
AndyK
Well-known member
PRS guitars are just so well made and easy to play! Pickup changes are key to make the guitars sound right for you. But a killer platform of to e woods and beauty, with frets to die for!
thiswaythatway
Well-known member
I played PRS for a good 10 years, I had a SC and a Custom 22. I used to have a McCarty with a Rosewood neck also. I recently picked up a DC3 because I love the neck on it. I was into the Ernie Balls neck but I prefer the DC3. Now, I've got gas for maybe a McCarty.
BTW, did they discontinue the McCarty? I don't see it on their website.
BTW, did they discontinue the McCarty? I don't see it on their website.
geese_com
Member
danyeo":6ou04ine said:
I believe they did. The last McCarty was the MC-58.
AndyK
Well-known member
I just got my awesome '94 McCarty. I believe for the 20th anniversary next year, the McCarty will rise up and live again!
Jeff Hilligan
Well-known member
AndyK":1yf2owm3 said:I just got my awesome '94 McCarty. I believe for the 20th anniversary next year, the McCarty will rise up and live again!
Beautiful!