PRS Paul Reed Smith Private Stock McCarty 594 Guitar, Stained Curly Maple, Aqua Violet Glow

PLAYER'S PERSPECTIVE

As a premier PRS Signature dealer, we are simply honored to to present this absolutely phenomenal 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. When we head out to Maryland every year to hand-select woods and appointments for builds, we're designing a lot more than just guitars that look incredible - they need to sound and play incredible, as well.

We have a fantastic 594 here finished in a stunning Aqua Violet Glow. The mahogany body is beautifully figured and almost looks holographic in person. The flame maple top is striking and widely curled, which we are always big fans of and goes well with the flame maple neck when you spin the guitar around - which, by the way, is juxtaposed nicely with the natural mahogany back. The contrast is just amazing. The finish staining process is always done by hand so they all come out a little different - we're absolutely thrilled with how this particular Aqua Violet came out!

The real star of the show here is the fretboard and headstock veneer. Using ridiculously figured pieces of curly maple, PRS pulled off one of their signature looks by staining the fretboard and headstock veneer a matching Aqua Violet for an incredibly cohesive, striking and flowing look to the whole guitar. It's simply insane and not something you see everyday.

The pickups are PRS's new 58/15 LT 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.

Details

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
• Curly Maple neck, fingerboard & headstock veneer all stained to match
• Matching Swirl bird inlays with Paua outlines
• Smoked Black hardware
• 58/15 LT Pickups