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VIDEO DEMO http://bit.ly/guitaristextra f i r st p l ay PRS SE CUSTOM 24 £825 WHAT IS IT? 2021 SE version of PRS’s classic Custom 24 PRS SE CUSTOM 24-08 £899 WHAT IS IT? The same deal as the 24 but with two extra sounds and a different pickup complement Moving On Up Two decades on from its single-model inception, PRS’s SE range is out-selling the USA Core models by quite some margin.
first play PRS SE CUSTOM 24 & 24-08 1 However, to kick off 2021 PRS has chosen to launch three additions to its SE line: our two review models and a classy makeover of the consistentlyselling Zach Myers with its semi-hollow body construction. Our SE Customs are refined and, in the case of the 24-08, tweaked.
VIDEO DEMO PRS SE CUSTOM 24 & 24-08 http://bit.ly/guitaristextra USA-made S2 and bolt-on PRSes, including the Silver Sky, use a scarf-jointed headstock and a heel stack. The bodies here are a very light coloured mahogany and both are three-piece. The overall body depth is a shade over 46mm, very slightly deeper than our 44mm-thick CE 24, which actually looks thinner at the rim because of its more graduated top carve.
first play PRS SE CUSTOM 24 & 24-08 6 6. The zebra coiled pickups here are down on the spec sheet as TCI ‘S’, although they’re certainly close cousins to the 85/15 ‘S’. A primary difference is the circuit that controls them 18 Different Strokes The construction on both our Customs is identical; the differences (colour options aside, see final spec list) lie in the pickups and their switching. The Custom 24 uses the PRS-designed/Indonesian-made ‘S’ versions of the more modern-sounding 85/15 humbuckers.
VIDEO DEMO PRS SE CUSTOM 24 & 24-08 http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 7 Feel & Sounds After 35 years of making the Custom, PRS should know how to do it by now, right? Both these ‘offshore’ models certainly capture the style and taste, and not for the first time the progression in quality and sound of the SE seriously challenges older USA models. The Wide Thin neck is eminently playable, even though its relatively slim depth (approximately 20mm at the 1st fret and 22.
first play PRS SE CUSTOM 24 & 24-08 VIDEO DEMO 9 Verdict The past year has seen high demand for PRS guitars, which makes virtually any criticism or observation redundant. There will be plenty of guitar players, for example, who would enjoy a more ‘working player’s’ version of either of these in opaque colours, such as a black or gold-top with less ostentatious inlays.
