This PRS Wood Library Custom 24 Stoptail is a historical and rare PRS model that has not been manufactured in 20+ years, until now!!
This limited run guitar features a stop tail piece, DMO Pickups, Black Limba body, hand-selected flame maple 10 top, and a Ziricote fretboard. This creates a visually striking and extremely resonant instrument that stands out in any collection. This limited Wood Library run was designed by PRS and offered to its top signature dealers. All of these specifications where hand picked for the best possible tone, playability and sustain.
Key Features:
Top Wood: Hand-selected Flame Maple 10 Top
Body Wood: Black Limba
Neck Wood: Flamed, Stained Maple
Fretboard: Ziricote
Pickups: PRS DMO Pickups
The One That Started It All
The Custom 24 is the quintessential PRS guitar. This iconic instrument was the first model that Paul Reed Smith brought to the public at PRS Guitars’ first Winter NAMM show in 1985 and has been a top seller ever since. Played by internationally touring artists, gigging musicians, and aspiring players, this rare Custom 24 model features the PRS compensated stoptail w/ brass inserts and the new high performance DMO pickups with volume and tone controls and a 5-way blade switch.
The Custom 24 is the original PRS. Since its introduction, it has offered a unique tonal option for serious players and defined PRS tone and playability.
PRS Guitars has updated the tuning machines on many of their Core guitars. While, aesthetically, our new Wing buttons are designed to echo the 12th fret bird wingspan design, they were first and foremost designed for tonal reasons all the way back in 1982. Because these buttons are lighter weight than their metal predecessors, they are subtracting less energy from the vibrating strings, thus helping the guitar ring longer and at a more musical note.
Specifications
Body
Body Construction: Solidbody
Top Wood: Figured Maple 10 Top
Back Wood: Black Limba
Top Carve: Violin
Neck
Number of Frets: 24
Scale Length: 25"
Neck Wood: Flame, Stained Maple
Neck Construction: One-Piece
Truss Rod: PRS Double-Acting
Neck Shape: Pattern Thin
Neck Depth at the 1/2 Fret: 53/64"
Neck Depth at the 12 1/2 Fret: 57/64"
Neck Width at the Nut: 1 11/16"
Neck Width at the Body: 2 1/4"
Fretboard Wood: Ziricote
Fretboard Radius: 10"
Fretboard Inlay: Birds MOP Outlines / Green Select Centers
Headstock Logo: Signature, Inlaid
Neck/Body Assembly
Neck/Body Assembly Type: Set
Finish
Finish Type: High Gloss Nitro
Hardware
Bridge: PRS Stoptail w/ Brass Inserts
Tuners: PRS Phase III Tuners with Wing Buttons Non Locking
Hardware Type: Nickel
Nut: Bone
Truss Rod Cover: "Custom"
Electronics
Treble Pickup: DMO
Bass Pickup: DMO
Controls: Volume and Tone Control with 5-Way Blade Pickup Switch
