PRS Paul Reed Smith Private Stock McCarty 594 Guitar, Black Limba, Vanda Glow

PLAYER'S PERSPECTIVE

As a premier PRS Signature dealer, we are simply honored to to present this absolutely stunning McCarty 594 from the venerable Private Stock workshop. There's never any question as to the quality of the instrument you're getting when you get any PRS guitar. But there's something magical with these Private Stocks and, at the end of the day, they're unique and simply unlike any other PRS guitar out there.

We have an simply breathtaking 594 here finished in Vanda Glow. The black limba body and neck are absolutely incredible! They look fantastic and contribute an amazing tone to the instrument. Black limba and korina were popularly used back in the day by the most renowned brand of set-neck vintage instruments in the 50s as well as many other manufacturers. It's generally considered a higher quality tonewood than mahogany, but it's more difficult to work with, hence mahogany taking over in popularity. But tonally, in our humble opinion, black limba wood reigns supreme. Not only does it look cool, especially with some nice figuring on the neck and back, but it tends to have a more focused and refined acoustic tone and harmonic content than mahogany.

The pickups are PRS's new 58/15LT+ pickups. They're sort of like PRS's take on a PAF pickup, but with a bit more oomph and top-end clarity to it. We love the extra brightness and presence that these have and it really goes well with the tonewoods for this guitar. There's a perfect amount of brightness to cut through any mix, mid-range presence to retain articulation and definition, and tight bass response to give your guitar's voice fullness and some warmth.

This guitar is truly a feast for the eyes, the hands, and the ears. It simply does not get any better than this.

ITEM SPECIFICS

Private Stock represents the highest quality of materials, the most personally crafted instruments, and the greatest level of customization available from PRS. Whether you choose a Private Stock model or spec a Built to Order instrument, every Private Stock is carefully conceived and built with a “one-off” mentality. Through this program, we strive to deliver heirloom-quality, musical instruments. All woods for this guitar were hand-selected by us during a trip to the Private Stock vault in Maryland.

Some features we'd like to highlight on this Private Stock guitar are:

• The dealer selected all of the woods for this guitar in the PRS Private Stock vault in Maryland
• Black limba back and black limba neck with flame
• 30th anniversary birds inlay pattern w/ vanda green swirl inlay fill
• Flame Maple fretboard binding
• Ebony tuner buttons