There’s less bulk, in feel and sound, compared to a single-cut and while there’s something of the Strat’s feel in the lighter weight and strapped on feel (although the neck feels longer despite the shorter 25-inch scale) the sonic selections are more Gibson than Fender. It is beautifully weighted, feels like a supermodel and so long as the aesthetic appeals, you’ll find it’s a guitar for life.īy design, it sits between the two generic landmarks, the Gibson Les Paul and the Fender Stratocaster, both in build style and the sounds we hear. Yes, of course, the cost means you shouldn’t expect anything less, but production guitar-making doesn’t get better than this. Pulling a current-spec Custom 24 from its weighty hard case you can’t help but be impressed by the craft. But simple things like dot inlays instead of the ubiquitous birds or gold hardware, let alone a left-handed version, are not offered. Then there’s the Artist Package option which adds a more significant outlay. You can choose neck shape - either pattern regular or pattern thin (as here) which to old-school PRS players are pretty similar to the previous regular and wide-thin shapes - and a figured maple 10 top (as here, which defaults to hybrid gold/ nickel hardware over the non-10-top’s nickel). While there’s a pretty big range of eye-catching colour V12 finishes, options are limited. Aside from the ‘08’ part, the other new feature for this year is the Gen III vibrato which now replaces the long-running second generation version on all the Core models with the exception of the Custom 24 Floyd. It retains that outline and original 49mm depth - the thinnest Core model. The 2017 Custom 24 has certainly evolved from its original 1985 specification with virtually every part being constantly re-evaluated and improved over the years. As of November 2017, we have another Core option, the Custom 24-08. The 509 has the 513-style five single coils, and the DGT offers David Grissom’s own-blend covered ‘buckers. The differences primarily lie in the pickups: the Customs have uncovered 85/15s (with the exception of the Custom 24 Floyd which uses the uncovered \m/ humbuckers) the 408 has its eponymous larger bridge and smaller neck humbuckers Paul’s Guitar goes for two of the smaller 408 neck humbuckers. They all share the same outline (the 509 being very slightly different), the same 635mm (25”) original scale length - with the exception of the 509’s 641mm (25.25”) - with 22 frets, aside from the Custom 24s, and dual humbuckers with a master volume (only the DGT has individual volume controls) and a master tone. If we zone in on the classic double-cut shape, with vibrato and without piezo, there are seven: the Custom 24 and 22, plus the Custom 24 Floyd, the 408, 509, Paul’s Guitar (the only model with optional Stoptail or vibrato) and the David Grissom DGT signature. Certainly if your budget stretches to the £3k and upwards USA-made Core line it’s even more important to find the right model.
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