NGD: Custom 24 Artist

[Rezamatix]

Hey y'all, first post. new member. longtime PRS enthusiast.

After almost a decade i'm back in the PRS fold. I picked up this new beast today. Really enjoying it. I'm not 100% on the Metal pickups, but i'm gonna play it for awhile and let the guitar settle in a little. It showed up perfectly setup and in tune. I wish the neck was Pattern Vintage, but i can live with it. I'll embrace the change from my thicker necked usual suspects.
Anyway, here are some pics!

 

[andy474x]

Nice one!!!

 

[László]

It's beautiful. Enjoy it!

 

[SinSir]

Pretty dang hot man! Dig me some floyd action. The Metal pickups seem to be quite liked around here. Give them a chance and get the height right to your ears. I know I debated them for a while to pair with my Floyd.

 

[Rezamatix]

Pretty dang hot man! Dig me some floyd action. The Metal pickups seem to be quite liked around here. Give them a chance and get the height right to your ears. I know I debated them for a while to pair with my Floyd.

I usually hate ceramic pickups, i'm an Alnico 8 Junkie when it comes to bridge pickups. I feel like these are making the guitar sound thinner than it needs to be in some ways. It's overall a very truncated sound in the lower ranges. It's like there is a high pass on the low end. which for some of the aggressive palm muted metal stuff I like to play is great, but I almost feel like the guitar may have a lot more low end that I may be missing out on.

the pickups switching is super cool and there are a lot of tones available but they lack a real command of the lows.

I may try some of my goto Floyd guitar pickups in this.
i'm also finding that the guitar on certain 14th fret B string bends lacks a little sustain unless the volume is all the way up on the guitar, so i'm not sure how much magnetic pull is in play here.

 

[SinSir]

I usually hate ceramic pickups, i'm an Alnico 8 Junkie when it comes to bridge pickups. I feel like these are making the guitar sound thinner than it needs to be in some ways. It's overall a very truncated sound in the lower ranges. It's like there is a high pass on the low end. which for some of the aggressive palm muted metal stuff I like to play is great, but I almost feel like the guitar may have a lot more low end that I may be missing out on.

the pickups switching is super cool and there are a lot of tones available but they lack a real command of the lows.

I may try some of my goto Floyd guitar pickups in this.
i'm also finding that the guitar on certain 14th fret B string bends lacks a little sustain unless the volume is all the way up on the guitar, so i'm not sure how much magnetic pull is in play here.

I don't usually go for ceramics either, but I don't hate them. I ended up going with the first gen Mojotone DW tomahawks that have a hybrid magnet of Ceramic and Alnico. They are fantastic. I can't say enough great things about them and they are unlike anything else I have. Perfect for a floyd.

http://darthphineas.com/2017/02/mojotone-dw-tomahawk/

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Congratulations, what a bonnie guitar.

 

[dmatthews]

Killer hot!
Congrats, that's gonna be fun.

 

[veinbuster]

Most excellent.
Bonus points for photos in your first post.
Enjoy.

 

[Palmguy]

Stunning....charcoal top/natural back is the best and a flame maple neck makes it even better!

 

[bodia]

So hot!

 

[shimmilou]

Beautiful guitar! Congrats

 

[watelessness]

crackin!

 

[Mvenuti1980]

Beautiful. Love me a Floyd...

 

[Andrew Paul]

WOW!! That’s just gorgeous!

 

[RickP]

Killer axe there! You’re smart to hang in with the pickups for a bit. Can’t count the times I thought I was sure what I wanted and got pleasantly surprised. Hope you do too!

 

[Kalamazuu]

Absolutely beautiful! That's a dream guitar right there!

 

[Davey]

Congrats! Thats a beauty!