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PRS SE Custom 24-08 Electric Guitar - Vintage Sunburst

Solidbody Electric Guitar, with Mahogany Body, Maple Top, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fretboard, 2 Humbucking Pickups, and Tremolo - Vintage Sunburst
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Eight Pickup Combinations and Legendary Playability

With the PRS SE Custom 24-08 solidbody electric guitar, PRS brings one of their most sonically versatile guitars to their most affordable line of instruments. It's loaded with a pair of TCI (Tuned Capacitance and Inductance) humbucking pickups and advanced switching options to yield every type of tone a modern guitarist could ask for. Two mini toggle switches serve as coil taps for each pickup, allowing you to switch between fat humbucking tones and chiming single-coil tones instantly — there's even a "dual single-coil" mode unique to this model. Complete with PRS's Pattern Wide Thin neck profile for comfortably fast playability, there's a lifetime of musical exploration that's yours for the taking with the PRS SE Custom 24-08.

PRS-designed 85/15 "S" humbucking pickups

PRS 85/15 "S" pickups balance vintage character with modern clarity to deliver the sweet — yet articulate — sound and rich harmonic overtones of vintage humbuckers. Featuring a powerful bridge pickup and neck pickup with the perfect amount of brightness, the 85/15 "S" set packs a real sonic punch, from chimey cleans to full shred. The pickups are treated to PRS’s TCI (Tuned Capacitance and Inductance) tuning, which means the team at PRS has used their years of know-how to sculpt the sound to be perfect to their ears. The end result is a very musical pickup that’s true to its lineage, but updated for the modern player. Guitarists at Sweetwater love these pickups. You will, too.

Advanced switching for eight distinct tones

The "-08" in this model's moniker refers to the eight distinct tones you can conjure. With the 3-way blade switch you can access the pickup positions you'd expect from a dual-humbucker guitar — neck only, neck plus bridge, and bridge only. The two mini-toggle switches allow you to explore five more combinations — each switch engages a coil tap for each pickup, giving you access to snappy, articulate single-coil tones.

PRS quality in every guitar

All Paul Reed Smith guitars are designed for performance, right out of the case — and the SE Custom 24-08 is no exception. Constructed from high-quality tonewoods and components, PRS instruments carry on a commitment to quality that's been the brand's hallmark since 1985, when Paul Smith began crafting guitars for some of the most elite players in the world. In fact, you'll often see a PRS SE in the touring rigs of the most well-respected PRS artists in the world.

PRS SE Custom 24-08 Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

  • PRS's acclaimed Custom 24-08 joins the affordable SE series
  • TCI-tuned PRS 85/15 "S" pickups deliver superb humbucking or single-coil tones
  • Dual mini-toggle switches engage a coil tap for each pickup for access to single-coil tones; unique dual single-coil setting available
  • High-quality PRS hardware and patented tremolo bridge
  • Pattern Wide Thin neck for a comfortably fast feel

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape SE Custom 24-08
  • Body Material Mahogany
  • Top Material Flamed Maple
  • Body Finish Gloss Polyurethane
  • Color Vintage Sunburst
  • Neck
  • Neck Material 3-Piece Maple
  • Neck Shape Pattern Wide Thin
  • Neck Joint Set Neck
  • Radius 10"
  • Fingerboard Material Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay White Pearloid Old School Birds
  • Number of Frets 24, Medium Jumbo
  • Scale Length 25"
  • Nut Width 1.6875"
  • Nut Material PPS Plastic
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece PRS Molded Tremolo
  • Tuners PRS Designed
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup PRS TCI-tuned "S" Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup PRS TCI-tuned "S" Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone
  • Switching 2-way mini-switch (coil-tap), 3-way blade pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings D'Addario, .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Gig Bag
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 107994:VS

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 5/5

Love this guitar

This guitar is so effortless to play. The fit and finish are remarkable, and I don't mean just at this price point, but by any standard. I ordered locking tuners and will install them myself. I probably do very little to this instrument beyond maintenance regarding upgrades. It sounds and plays wonderfully—big props to the sales department. I must have driven crazy with questions and swaps until I finally pulled the trigger. Starting with Damian Hyde, who got the ball rolling and a team that must keep many balls in the air simultaneously.
Rated 5/5

PRS Quality, at a more wallet friendly price.

Now for a non American made guitar, these things are fantastic. The price is still steep for being an "entry level" PRS, but you 100% get what you pay for. Plays fantastic, sounds great, especially with the volume controls, looks great too. An extra thanks
goes to Adam and Loui from the Sweetwater team for their fantastic customer service.

If you like how the Custom 24's handle, but need to save a few bucks, I would absolutely recommend this guitar.
Rated 5/5

Love it!

What a beautiful guitar that just feels so right in your hands! This is my first PRS guitar and the SE quality is OUTSTANDING! The frets were impeccable and standard set up from factory was very good. And the versatile 85/15 pickups...sound great. The wide thin neck feels so smooth and nice. I would have preferred a satin neck but so far no issues with the high gloss neck. I can move around the fret board with ease.

I read some reviews about tuning stability. I have not had any issues after STRECHING the strings several times. I bend those strings and use the trem and go several days without needing to be re-tuned. I am currently playing through a Bugera V22 tube amp and this guitar sounds so sweet and smooth on the clean channel. I throw on a dirt pedal and the bridge PU is splendid.

I have had several guitars including Gibson and a fender like (G&L) and this PRS definitely has its own sound which I love. For the price this is a tremendous value. Not cheap but a lot cheaper than a USA made PRS custom. Some day maybe!

Lastly, a big shout out to Nick Reedy! Simply great customer service during the order process since I had to wait a while for it to come in stock. I am a Sweetwater customer for life!
Music background: Hobbyist
Rated 5/5

A lot of guitar for the money and a beautiful finish

This guitar plays great. But it just looks nice too. The new orange finish is pretty rad, but I still say the vintage sunburst is the best looking. People compliment mine all the time. Oh yeah, it's a really great guitar too. Awesome support from Sweetwater on this purchase.
Rated 5/5

Almost 30 day review

So much I can say about this model, but I'll get straight to the point and say this guitar ROCKS! The specs are outstanding, but the surprising factor for me with this guitar are the pickups it comes with. They're very harmonically rich in a musical way for stock pickups. Granted they are fine tuned to the specs of PRS for this model, however they still hold their own for cleans and definitely distorted tones. I'm a Jazz and JB guy through and through, but I honestly have no desire to swap out the pups in this guitar. I also have several drive/distortion pedals in my collection including the Revv G3 & G4, and the Diezel VH4 dual channel pedal. This guitar sounds great with them ALL through a custom 2X12. Huge shout out to Alex Roderick my Sweetwater rep and his team for helping me pull the trigger on this. Holding on to this one for a lifetime. With over a decade of music experience I can confidently say this guitar is very much worth the price tag compared to what's out there. If you still need more convincing please watch the Youtuber Leon Todd's review of this model. I feel he really nails the essence of what PRS is trying to offer with this model.
Music background: At home musician with several years of experience in the music industry.

You don't even have to play guitar to know that PRS instruments are in a league of their own. With their exquisitely figured tops and premium appointments, each PRS is a playable work of art. But it goes way deeper than the surface. Every time Paul visits Sweetwater, we get a deeper look at his amazing instruments. We've even hosted several PRS Custom Shop events, complete with Paul's personal Wood Library! Whether they're his most affordable SE electric guitars, top-quality acoustics, or amps, it's always amazing to see what PRS comes up with. What's more, we keep a ton of PRS guitars in our amazing Guitar Showroom, so the staff at Sweetwater can get hands on with all of their latest models. We'd love to tell you all about them.

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