PRS SE STANDARD 24-08

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GUITARIST AUGUST 2022

arlier this year PRS released the

Indonesian-made SE Silver Sky in

trumpet-waving and near internet-

breaking style. Another pair of releases

went under the radar: the USA-made S2

Custom 24-08 and this little gem, the SE

Standard 24-08, which is £30 shy of being

the lowest-priced electric guitar currently

offered by PRS.

The Standard goes right back to the birth

of PRS Guitars in 1985, although at that

time it was simply called the PRS Guitar: an

all-mahogany version of the maple-topped

Custom. It became known as the Standard

from 1987 and was always less expensive

than the Custom – and today it remains the

most affordable model in both the S2 and

SE ranges, though it’s no longer a top-deck

Core model.

The ‘24’ suffix was added from 1994

when 22-fret versions of the original 24-fret

guitars were offered. The ‘08’ part of the

name refers to the number of humbucking

and single-coil sounds you can get from the

two pickups, and this started with the Core-

level Custom 24-08 that was originally

released as a 50-piece-only limited run at

PRS’s 2016 in-house Experience event; it

became a standard Core model in late 2017.

PRS SE STANDARD 24-08

£620

WHAT IS IT? The latest, most

a ordable 24-08 yet, o ering

very  exible humbucker

and single-coil sounds on a

stripped-down platform

Words Dave Burrluck Photography Olly Curtis

PRS guitars are very expensive and loaded

with bling, right? Not this one. The start-up

PRS gets a 24-08 makeover that should

interest any hard-working player

New

Standard

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Summary of content (6 pages)

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PRS SE STANDARD 24-08 £620 WHAT IS IT? The latest, most affordable 24-08 yet, offering very flexible humbucker and single-coil sounds on a stripped-down platform New Standard PRS guitars are very expensive and loaded with bling, right? Not this one. The start-up PRS gets a 24-08 makeover that should interest any hard-working player Words Dave Burrluck Photography Olly Curtis E arlier this year PRS released the Indonesian-made SE Silver Sky in trumpet-waving and near internetbreaking style.
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AUGUST 2022 GUITARIST GIT487.rev_prs.
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PRS SE STANDARD 24-08 1 1. These TCI ‘S’ humbuckers are designed in the USA but made in Cor-Tek’s giant PSE pickup-making facility in Indonesia. The double-black bobbins differentiate them from the SE Standard’s zebra coiled humbuckers 2 .
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VIDEO DEMO PRS SE STANDARD 24-08 http://bit.ly/guitaristextra It might not be made in the USA, but this cast vibrato is all steel and is the same that’s used on the much more expensive USA-made S2 and CE models uncovered TCI ‘S’ pickups that show off black open-coil bobbins, as opposed to the zebra-coiled 85/15 ‘S’ humbuckers of the standard model.
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PRS SE STANDARD 24-08 UNDER THE HOOD What spaghetti and magic is lurking inside the 24-08? PRS’s COO, Jack Higginbotham, joins us to find out I nside the relatively small rear cavity there’s certainly plenty of wire. It’s all neatly done, though, and the circuit and TCI ‘S’ pickups appear the same as the previous SE Custom 24-08 and the SE Paul’s Guitar we’ve looked at previously. Indeed, Jack Higginbotham confirms: “Yes, this is the exact pickup, electronic/switching rig found in those guitars.
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VIDEO DEMO PRS SE STANDARD 24-08 http://bit.ly/guitaristextra PRS SE STANDARD 24-08 There’s never been any confusion about where PRS’s SE guitars are made. Here’s another endorsement of Cor-Tek in Indonesia Not only do they impress, but they keep us playing way past our allocated testing time. To say this lowly Standard punches above its price is a serious understatement.