Guitar Center | 12 months ago

Bring home a PRS SE Custom 24-08 from Guitar Center today:
https://www.guitarcenter.com/PRS/SE-Custom-24-08-Electric-Guitar-Blood-Orange-1500000407473.gc?source=4GOA4LOBA

Like its Core series relation, the affordable PRS SE Custom 24-08 expands upon the tonal palette of the original Custom 24 with two mini-toggle, coil-split switches. The toggles give you the option to transform each of the guitar’s 85/15 “S” humbuckers (with their resonance fine-tuned using proprietary TCI tech) into actual single-coils—a move that provides a total of eight different pickup configurations.

“I love having that full, round humbucker sound, and then being able to switch to single-coil mode to open up the top end and add what I call ‘breath’ to the tone,” says Grammy-winning guitarist/producer Justus West—who is no stranger to Guitar Center, as he was a finalist in our 2016 “OnStage with Vince Gill” competition. “If I’m clashing with any instruments in a mix, instead of messing with EQ, I can simply change the toggle switch and get a sound with less low end or less treble. With the pickup-selector switch set to the middle to run both pickups simultaneously, I can even get four different sounds from that one position.”

The versatile PRS SE Custom 24-08 offers a flame-maple veneer over a mahogany body, a Wide-Thin profile maple neck, a rosewood fingerboard with 24 frets and a PRS Patented tremolo. “This is a must-have guitar,” adds West. “Tone-wise, there are a lot of options, and the neck feels incredible.”

Follow Justus West and his music at https://www.instagram.com/justus.west/

Chapters
00:00 - Intro with Justus West
00:45 - Overview and Features of the PRS SE Custom 24-08
01:28 - Demo: Pickup Position #1 (Bridge in Humbucking Mode)
01:54 - Demo: Pickup Position #1 (Bridge in Single Coil Mode)
02:19 - Comparing Humbucker and Single Coil Voicings
02:49 - Demo: Pickup Position #2 (Bridge and Neck in Humbucking Mode)
03:13 - Demo: Pickup Position #2 (Bridge in Single Coil Mode, Neck in Humbucking Mode)
03:32 - Demo: Pickup Position #2 (Bridge and Neck Pickups in Single Coil Mode)
03:51 - Demo: Pickup Position #2 (Bridge in Humbucking Mode, Neck in Single Coil Mode)
04:12 - Manipulating Your Tone by Varying Your Hand Placement
04:53 - Demo: Pickup Position #3 (Neck Pickup)
05:13 - Demo: Pickup Position #3 (Neck Pickup in Single Coil Mode)
05:53 - Achieving Dirtier Tones with the PRS SE Custom 24-08
06:37 - Justus’ Final Thoughts on the PRS SE Custom 24-08
07:02 - Outro