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It’s always exciting when a new PRS Wood Library guitar rolls through Sweetwater’s doors ? there’s nothing more gratifying than providing our customers with a Sweetwater-spec instrument you simply can’t get anywhere else. This PRS Wood Library Custom 24 was spec’d by our guitar experts to offer a masterful blend of uncompromising sonic character and premier tonewoods. It's loaded with a dyad of 59/09 humbuckers for unmatched presence and resounding clarity. A rosewood-topped figured torrefied maple neck in a Pattern Thin profile solidifies this guitar’s versatility-minded design with a lightning-fast feel that’s sure to inspire ferocious fretwork. Plus, a Brass Insert-adorned PRS Stoptail bridge, smoked black hardware, and flexible 5-way selector ensure indelible tones with powerful versatility. Finally, the PRS Wood Library Custom 24’s warm-sounding mahogany body and carved figured quilt maple 10-Top hail from PRS’ world-renowned Wood Library stash, putting some of the finest tonewoods on the planet straight into your hands.





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Resounding presence with 59/09 humbuckers





As with any PRS instrument, no effort is spared to ensure a diverse range of powerful sonic possibilities is always within reach, and this Wood Library Custom 24 is no exception. Outfitted with a pair of 59/09 humbuckers, these passive pickups have been meticulously engineered to meld clarity and presence without pulling punches. Each pickup is wound with Alnico 2 magnets and complemented by a 5-way selector to create a vast range of tone-crafting potential. Rich harmonics and blooming overtones abound with the 59/09 pickups, no matter where you place them, imbuing your neck-position output with a shimmering brightness while the bridge-position tones maintain plenty of oomph with a slight cut upper-mid section.





Serial 0371582


Serial 0371582


Ultra-fast PRS Pattern Thin profile





One of the speediest neck profiles you’ll find on a PRS instrument, the Pattern Thin shape is a modernized version of the original PRS Wide Thin profile. This shape forms the perfect fretboard foundation for blazing-fast riffing, technicality, and articulation ? a perfect match for this Wood Library Custom 24’s modern-minded M.O. The Pattern Thin shape is by no means strictly for shredders ? Sweetwater guitarists of all styles and backgrounds have come to favor the Pattern Thin profile for its lightning-fast feel and comfortable grip.





Only a 10-Top will do





Curl, flame, quilt, and spalt: even in the early days of Paul Reed Smith’s guitar-building career, the company had a reputation for the sheer quality of figuring on their maple tops, with dazzling lines and grain patterns that make any plain top pale in comparison. Naturally, customers began to call in and request that their instruments be built with “a nice-looking top” ? far too vague a term for the tonewood scientists in Stevensville, Maryland. Thus, the 10-Top designation was born: a lofty status that requires a “clearly defined figure across the entire top,” leaving no doubt that the guitar will arrive capped with a superlative piece of timber.





Serial 0371582


Serial 0371582


PRS Wood Library Custom 24 Electric Guitar Features:


A high-performance Custom 24 built by the master luthiers at the PRS Wood Library


Lightweight and resonant mahogany body means full-spectrum sonic balance with ample warmth


Beautifully carved figured quilt maple 10-Top imparts a touch of extra high-end definition to your every note


Torrefied figured maple neck in an ultra-fast-playing PRS Pattern Thin profile


Sonorous rosewood fingerboard, complete with “Old School Paua birds” inlays


Dual 59/09 pickups blend high-gain punch with resounding clarity and harmonic depth


5-way switch unlocks a variety of split-coil sounds for limitless tone-crafting