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An S2 Custom 24 with Added Sonic Versatility





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The PRS S2 Custom 24-08 is a no-frills solidbody electric guitar with modern features that expand its tonal versatility. The S2 Custom 24 starts with a comfortable, contoured mahogany body crowned by an asymmetric bevel-cut maple top. Its 25-inch-scale Pattern Thin mahogany neck is adorned with an easy-playing 24-fret rosewood fingerboard, while its USA-made 85/15 pickups churn out all the high-octane humbucking tones you can handle. You also get mini-toggle switches and a 3-way pickup selector, arming you with eight different pickup tones. The S2 Custom 24-08 also includes a high-quality PRS-designed tremolo and low-mass locking tuners, along with iconic PRS Birds fingerboard inlays. A nitro finish rounds out the Paul Reed Smith S2 Custom 24-08 for head-turning looks and durable performance that lets tonewoods breathe.





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Streamlined construction





When PRS designed the S2 Custom 24-08, they endeavored to strike the perfect balance between price and performance. This streamlined solidbody electric guitar is built around a resonant mahogany body, which is capped by an asymmetric bevel-cut maple top. The S2 Custom 24-08's mahogany neck boasts a Pattern Thin shape, which is an updated version of the company's traditional Wide Thin neck style. The Pattern Thin neck shape is fast and comfortable ? ideal for players with smaller hands or guitarists who use classical left-hand positioning, pivoting with their thumb on the back of the neck. This insanely comfortable neck is topped with a 10-inch-radius, 24-fret rosewood fingerboard that's guaranteed to facilitate lightning-fast fretwork.





PRS 85/15 humbucking pickups





The PRS S2 Custom 24-08 comes equipped with a USA-made set of 85/15 humbuckers designed by Paul Reed Smith himself. These masterful vintage-style humbuckers revise the brand's original pickup designs and sound terrific, whether used in humbucking or single-coil modes. From shimmering cleans to blistering high-gain tones, the clarity and extended tonal range provided by these pickups make the S2 Custom 24-08 the ideal workhorse guitar, and each pickup is carefully tuned using a proprietary TCI process. Two independent coil-splitting mini toggles further fortify your sonic arsenal with a range of spanky single-coil tones, taking the total number of pickup combinations to eight. Guitarists at Sweetwater love the sweetened, vintage-inspired sound of these pickups. You will, too.





The PRS S2 series: American-built guitars for working musicians





In their never-ending quest for guitar perfection, PRS has created the S2 series of guitars. These guitars were designed to give you all the tone and playability that the PRS Maryland factory is known for in an affordable, beautiful instrument. Key features of this series include PRS S2 locking tuners, custom-wound pickups, the PRS Pattern Thin neck shape, PRS bridge, and a hybrid gloss finish. The PRS S2 Custom 24 delivers amazing playability and big guitar tone at a killer price.





PRS S2 Custom 24-08 Features:


Comfortable contoured mahogany body with asymmetric bevel-cut maple top


25-inch-scale Pattern Thin mahogany neck with easy-playing 24-fret rosewood fingerboard


PRS TCI-tuned 85/15 humbucking pickups offer remarkable clarity and extended tonal range


2 mini-toggle switches engage independent coil-splitting for a total of 8 pickup combinations


PRS-patented tremolo delivers everything from subtle expression to full dive-bombs


PRS-designed locking tuners enable lightning-fast string changes and boost tuning stability


Stunning, durable gloss nitro finish enhances looks and tonewood resonance