Just like every other PRS guitars I own, this one was ordered on a whim or nearly so.
I had a LP style guitar with humbuckers in mind for quite some time. Since I sold a Larrivée RS-4 in fact (lovely guitar, great Lollar pickups but kinda wrong looking and 25,5" scale length so not LP like enough).
I looked for a few weeks (honestly maybe just days...) for a McCarty 594 that I would like and didn't find any with usual PRS woods that I really fancied. I didn't want to spend 10 top/ WL or PS money so I figured a plain color would be great. I looked up to my guitar wall and realized I quite like gold guitars so the color was chosen.
Then there was a tuning pegs choice to be made (I don't like the look of the 2024 version) as well as pickups (58/15 LT vs 58/15 LT+). I decided for 58/15LT and vintage style tuners.
The only remaining spec to fine tune was the weight. I have a strict hard limit on just around 8 Lbs / 3,6 kg so the hunt for one in stock somewhere in Europe was on.
I found a few, some dealers not willing to weight their guitars so hard pass on those and some being really more expensive than others for the exact same guitar. I settled on a German dealer I never hear of before as their went above and beyond to answer all my questions.
I just received the guitar, unboxed it and as usual with PRS, I am very happy with my choice. Very very nice guitar.
Oh and I really like the brushed pickup covers !
As my text is worthless without pics, here they are
From left to right :
PRS Special Semi Hollow Limited Burnt Maple Leaf
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top 1976
PRS McCarty 594 Gold Top
PRS Silver Sky Golden Mesa
PRS Fiore Sugar Moon
PRS SE Hollow Body II Piezo Black Gold
Larrivée TL-4 butterscotch
Missing from picture : Larrivée RS-2 P90 seafoam green.
I had a LP style guitar with humbuckers in mind for quite some time. Since I sold a Larrivée RS-4 in fact (lovely guitar, great Lollar pickups but kinda wrong looking and 25,5" scale length so not LP like enough).
I looked for a few weeks (honestly maybe just days...) for a McCarty 594 that I would like and didn't find any with usual PRS woods that I really fancied. I didn't want to spend 10 top/ WL or PS money so I figured a plain color would be great. I looked up to my guitar wall and realized I quite like gold guitars so the color was chosen.
Then there was a tuning pegs choice to be made (I don't like the look of the 2024 version) as well as pickups (58/15 LT vs 58/15 LT+). I decided for 58/15LT and vintage style tuners.
The only remaining spec to fine tune was the weight. I have a strict hard limit on just around 8 Lbs / 3,6 kg so the hunt for one in stock somewhere in Europe was on.
I found a few, some dealers not willing to weight their guitars so hard pass on those and some being really more expensive than others for the exact same guitar. I settled on a German dealer I never hear of before as their went above and beyond to answer all my questions.
I just received the guitar, unboxed it and as usual with PRS, I am very happy with my choice. Very very nice guitar.
Oh and I really like the brushed pickup covers !
As my text is worthless without pics, here they are
From left to right :
PRS Special Semi Hollow Limited Burnt Maple Leaf
Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top 1976
PRS McCarty 594 Gold Top
PRS Silver Sky Golden Mesa
PRS Fiore Sugar Moon
PRS SE Hollow Body II Piezo Black Gold
Larrivée TL-4 butterscotch
Missing from picture : Larrivée RS-2 P90 seafoam green.
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