PRS Custom 24 10 Top Electric Guitar, Cobalt Smokeburst

The one that started it all, we have the PRS Custom 24 10 Top in a Cobalt Smokeburst. This PRS classic solidbody comes together with so many materials and specifications that never went out of style for an electric guitar equal parts retro and modern. Continuing on in relevance ever since its debut at PRS's first Winter NAMM Show in 1985, the Custom 24 is the cornerstone of the PRS catalog.

The Custom 24 is a beloved guitar. Carried proudly by the biggest touring artists to the most humble of players, this PRS is a classic for a reason. This standby pick for guitarists all around the world starts out simply with PRS's classic doublecut, contoured solid mahogany body. A maple top with a violin carve joins in on this guitar to impart brightness and clarity alongside the mahogany's rich and solid tonal base. An iconic tonewood combination, the Custom 24 10 Top is a marvel.

This formula for the quintessential PRS continues on with a one-piece mahogany neck shape in a PRS Pattern Thin profile. Giving a firm grip in hand yet facilitating smooth travels from its highest to lowest areas, this neck is a dream to play. This dream is only made more of a reality with the addition of a rosewood fingerboard featuring twenty-four frets. Inspiring speedy fretting across the lush rosewood, these frets are set across a ten-inch radius measurement. Visually, these frets are adorned with PRS Birds inlays to add that added element of PRS visual authenticity.

The PRS story cannot be told without some humbucking heat, however. Onboard, the PRS Custom 24 10 Top features two PRS DMO humbucking pickups. These DMO pickups (Dynamic, Musical, Open), designed personally by Paul Reed Smith and the PRS New Products Engineering team, play with a distinctly vintage sound as inspired by scientific signal analysis. Everything Paul Reed Smith and his team have learned about vintage pickup sound and design has fueled these DMO pickups. Rest assured, their wide-open, clear, warm, and resonant tonality are sure to please time after time.

Enabling an even richer playing experience is the Custom 24's hardware setup. At the base of the scale, we have the PRS Gen III Patented Tremolo bridge. This meticulously-designed piece of hardware is fitted to ensure strikingly sturdy intonation and tuning stability even when incorporating deep vibrato bends in playing. This bridge is matched with a set of PRS Phase III Locking tuning machines with wing buttons at the iconic PRS headstock. These lightweight and modern tuners promote greater sonic transfer across the entire instrument making for a totally fluid and robust feel from string to body. A PRS hardshell case travels with this Custom 24, protecting it for trips from place to place.

The origins of PRS lay in no small part with the Custom 24. Take up the guitar that started it all and feel the legacy of one of electric guitar's most prolific brands.