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PRS Guitars
United States guitar manufacturer
PRS Guitars, founded by Paul Reed Smith in Maryland in 1985, is an American guitar manufacturer known for electric guitars that blend Fender and Gibson influences with figured-maple tops and proprietary hardware.
Models
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PRS Custom 24
Electric guitar · United States
The guitar that launched Paul Reed Smith in 1985 and remains the company's flagship, the Custom 24 features a carved figured-maple top on a mahogany body, 24 frets, and a versatile pickup-switching system. Its blend of Fender- and Gibson-like qualities, fine craftsmanship, and bird inlays define the PRS identity.
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PRS Custom 22
Electric guitar · United States
Introduced in 1993, the Custom 22 is the 22-fret counterpart to the Custom 24, trading two frets for a neck-pickup position closer to vintage humbucker placement. It shares the Core platform's figured maple top, mahogany body and neck, bird inlays, and PRS tremolo, delivering a warmer, more vocal voice prized for blues and rock.
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PRS McCarty 594
Electric guitar · United States
Named for its 24.594-inch scale length, the McCarty 594 is a Core vintage-leaning model designed with Ted McCarty-era Gibson voicing in mind. It pairs a mahogany body and figured maple top with two PRS 58/15 LT (McCarty III) humbuckers, a two-piece bridge with brass saddles, and dual volume and push/pull tone controls for a warm, classic humbucker sound.
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PRS SE Custom 24
Electric guitar
The import-built SE counterpart to the flagship Custom 24, bringing the original PRS double-cutaway platform to an affordable price point. It features a maple top on a mahogany body, 24-fret wide-thin neck, two 85/15 'S' humbuckers with push/pull coil splitting, and the PRS-designed tremolo, making it the SE line's signature model.
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PRS SE Series
PRS's more affordable SE (Student Edition) line, which brings core PRS designs to an accessible price point through overseas manufacturing. SE models offer PRS body shapes, bird inlays, and PRS-designed pickups and hardware, and include instruments such as the SE Custom 24 and SE Silver Sky.
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PRS Silver Sky
Electric guitar · United States
Designed with John Mayer and released in 2018, the Silver Sky is PRS's vintage-inspired, Stratocaster-influenced bolt-on model. It pairs an alder body and bolt-on maple neck with three 635JM single-coil pickups, a 25.5-inch scale, a 2-point steel tremolo, and a reverse PRS headstock, delivering classic single-coil tones with PRS fit and finish.
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PRS Core Series
United States
PRS Guitars' flagship line, built in Stevensville, Maryland. Core models feature violin-carved figured-maple tops, one-piece mahogany necks and backs, signature bird inlays, Maryland-wound pickups, and all-nitrocellulose finishes. The Core Series is the benchmark line that defines the PRS brand and includes models such as the Custom 24, Custom 22, McCarty 594, and Hollowbody II.
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PRS Bolt-On Series
United States
PRS's USA-made bolt-on-neck line, distinct from the set-neck Core guitars. Bolt-On models pair a screwed-on neck with vintage-inspired voicings and include the John Mayer signature Silver Sky.
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PRS SE Silver Sky
Electric guitar · Indonesia
The import-built version of the John Mayer Silver Sky, introduced in 2022. It keeps the Silver Sky's bolt-on maple neck, 25.5-inch scale, three single-coil 635JM 'S' pickups, and reverse PRS headstock, but uses a poplar body to reach a lower price while retaining the original's playing feel and single-coil voice.
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PRS Hollowbody II
Electric guitar · United States
A fully hollow, double-cutaway electric introduced in the late 1990s, the Hollowbody II uses a carved maple top and back with a mahogany center block-free hollow construction for an airy, acoustic-tinged voice. It carries two PRS humbuckers and is offered with an optional LR Baggs/PRS piezo system that adds amplified acoustic tones alongside the magnetic pickups.
Sources
Categories
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Acoustic Guitars
Acoustic steel-string and nylon-string guitars, guitar model families, and related variants.
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Electric Guitars
Solid-body, semi-hollow, and hollow electric guitars.
Representative model
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PRS Custom 24
Electric guitar · United States
The guitar that launched Paul Reed Smith in 1985 and remains the company's flagship, the Custom 24 features a carved figured-maple top on a mahogany body, 24 frets, and a versatile pickup-switching system. Its blend of Fender- and Gibson-like qualities, fine craftsmanship, and bird inlays define the PRS identity.