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My Custom SE 24 came with PRS Classic 9-42 strings, and they are quite fine. I also used to play wit Elixir Nanoweb 9-42’s, which last longer, but I like the PRS Classics more. They are manufactured by D’Addario, and they sound a bit more incisive.

I play an SE custom 24 and changed the standard nut for a graphtec one quite quickly after purchase. From then on no more tuning instability.

I consider myself an ‘advanced beginner’. During lockdown I bumped into ActiveMelody, the guitar teaching website of Brian Sherill. He’s mostly focussed on blues and country but hey, he got me playing all over the neck in no time. What’s more he’s an outstanding teacher (l can tell, because I am...

I try not to stack them in my mouth unknowingly anymore. Lately during rehearsal I borrowed a pick from my fellow band member and found it between my lips a few minutes later. Yucky ! I’m afraid it is stronger than myself.

PRS classic 09-42. Ideal for a lot of blues bending.

I changed the stock strap buttons for Dunlop strap locks. The change went smoothly, the Dunlop screws a teeny weeny bit thicker than the original PRS screws, but I didn’t feel like wrecking my SE Custom 24. One disadvantage : I prefer the looks of the original strap buttons more, the Dunlops...

You could also engage a luthier to replace it for you. Normally not an expensive operation (around 30 euros here in Belgium).

I bought the Graphtech nut myself on the internet (around 10 euros), and had a luthier install it cost me 30 euros. So the bank didn’t break :).

Hello, I bought a PRS SE Custom 24 six months ago and I experienced the same tuning issues. I had a luthier change the standard nut for a GraphTech Tusq nut. Since then no more tuning instability ! I did the same with my Telecaster by the way. I don’t understand why such major guitar brands...

Since my telecaster has Dunlop strap locks, I also installed them on my PRS SE Custom 24. A job done in 15 minutes. Never had any issues with the Dunlops.

I like the feel and the tone of the PRS 9-42 strings that came with the guitar when I bought it, so I stick to them.

I replaced the stock nut on my SE Custom 24 with the GraphTech Tusq nut and all tuning instability disappeared.

I own an SE Custom 24 and encountered the same issues with the stock nut. I had it changed by a luthier for a Tusq nut, and the tuning instability disappeared. It’s a pity that so good a guitar features a mediocre nut.

This is a PRS only problem it seems. I tried the Planet Waves micro tuner at the top and sideways on the headstock of my SE Custom 24, but it slips off quite easily although I try to secure it tightly. There just seems not to be enough room on the headstock, and the poly finish doesn’t help...

Hello John, seems like we bought our SE Custom 24 almost simultaneously. I don’t have any fret buzz issues, but the guitar gets untuned quite easily. I have stretched the strings sufficiently, so that can’t be the problem. And I don’t use the trem (I keep it locked). Compared with my tele the...