Pickslide33
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For my first PRS Im looking at a CE24, but found a listing for a 25th Anniversary McCarty with Narrowfield pickups. I cant try either one first so what would you choose and why?
plenty of used CE's as well to be had for bargains. Save yourself at least $300-500 off cost of a brand new. Brand new ones tend to have have natural necks; older ones can have satin painted necks.
For my first PRS Im looking at a CE24, but found a listing for a 25th Anniversary McCarty with Narrowfield pickups. I cant try either one first so what would you choose and why?
they all have finished necks, the new ones simply have a different finish.
Actually the new ones do have unfinished natural necks. I had a 2016 CE24 that had a finished neck and recently got a 2020 CE24 and it has an unfinished neck like a Charvel. Not sure when they first started doing it, but it started at least in 2020. It maybe my favorite neck of all my guitars including my McCarty 594s and Custom 24s. I actually liked the 2016 CE24 with its finish the least.
Yeah, it’s their “satin in maple” finish. Feels like bare wood, but it isn’t.I had a McCarty with a maple neck that felt unfinished, too, but it was what PRS called an infused finish. Maybe Shawn can enlighten us. I don’t believe that PRS is putting unfinished maple out there.
I could be wrong. Hopefully we’ll get the answer soon.
I sold mine because I didn’t like the feel of that neck. Felt like bare wood.
I had a McCarty with a maple neck that felt unfinished, too, but it was what PRS called an infused finish. Maybe Shawn can enlighten us. I don’t believe that PRS is putting unfinished maple out there.
I could be wrong. Hopefully we’ll get the answer soon.
I sold mine because I didn’t like the feel of that neck. Felt like bare wood.
Its definitely an unfinished neck and I can feel the knicks on the wood on my guitar which was much different than my 2016 version which was a wood neck, but with the lacquer finish on it. If it does have a lacquer finish, its probably just near the bottom part of the neck and it would have to be the thinnest one ever, because I still feel unfinished wood near the heel. When I brought it from the guitar store I also confirmed with the owner who said they started making the necks unfinished recently. I think if anything, they just polished the wood.
I think you were given the wrong information. That neck looks exactly like the one I had, only mine was flamed maple instead of plain. Your neck has the infused finish.
You can always ask PRS Customer Service, but I'm pretty certain I'm right.
It may be infused, but its definitely not finished on the back between frets 1 - 12. Makes more sense it may have the finish after the 12th fret where you can see the shine in the picture. I think the finish you're referring to was probably the same type like on my old 2016 CE24. That one had a pretty thick layer of lacquer which is one of the reasons I prefer the newer CE24s. Regardless, I think the 2020+ versions has a "faster" neck if someone is looking for a shreddy type PRS guitar.