NGD: Wood Library McCarty Trem

[MojoPin]

Been away from PRS for a while (swapped out my 408 for a Novo a while back but still wasn't the one) and picked a pretty special one to come back with.

As the title says, this is a Wood Library McCarty Trem (2018) - been through a few owners before me but thankfully seems to have been well looked after. The finish is Aquamarine, but it's all in satin so it looks a lot darker than the gloss version would. Also features an all-rosewood neck (oh how I've always wanted a solid rosewood neck) and 57/08's. Originally it came with 58/15 MT's but one of the previous owners swapped them out - was a bit disappointed at first as I had been keen on getting a guitar with 58/15's but have to admit I really like how the 57/08's sound at the moment so may keep them after all! The only thing I'm not keen on are the gold elements so at some point I expect I'll swap out the tuners for either the faux-bone or nickel buttons.

 

[Senor Verde]

That there is a NICE guitar! Congratulations.

 

[xxxadixxx]

Wow, that is one beautiful guitar. Congrats on an excellent find.

 

[Greywolf]

gorgeous , Happy New Year!

 

[toothace]

Oh yeah...Welcome to Blue-Guitars-Sound-Better Land! Congrats!

Sweet top!!

 

[Bogner]

Nice Ride! Congrats!!

Bone Or Rosewood Buttons For The Win!

 

[gush]

Beautiful guitar! I'd love a McCarty trem to go with my current McCarty.

 

[JasonE]

Very nice! Congrats!

I swapped out the 58/15 LT pickups in my 594 for a set of 57/08s and I like them a lot better in my guitar. They have just a little more grunt to them but still have great clarity. I can understand why someone changed them out. Depending on when they did it, those may be the hotter version of the 57/08s. The ones in my guitar are a little hotter than all of my other 57/08s.

 

[Moondog Wily]

Very nice score! Congrats and enjoy!!

 

[dmatthews]

What a stellar example, congrats! I love the gold tuners, but that's subjective of course.
And a RW neck is to die for!

 

[ViperDoc]

57/08s win over the MT pickups for me, too. SWEET AXE!!!!

 

[WA Paul]

Congrats, beaut guitar! Love McTrems and RW necks

 

[MojoPin]

Very nice! Congrats!

I swapped out the 58/15 LT pickups in my 594 for a set of 57/08s and I like them a lot better in my guitar. They have just a little more grunt to them but still have great clarity. I can understand why someone changed them out. Depending on when they did it, those may be the hotter version of the 57/08s. The ones in my guitar are a little hotter than all of my other 57/08s.

Oh that’s interesting! No idea when the swap was done but the 57/08’s seem really well balanced - very warm but with clarity and the single coil tones are way nicer than I expected!

 

[JasonE]

Oh that’s interesting! No idea when the swap was done but the 57/08’s seem really well balanced - very warm but with clarity and the single coil tones are way nicer than I expected!

If you have a meter that reads ohms, you can get a pretty good idea of what they measure to find out if they are a little hotter than the current or old spec.

 

[5Springer]

Sweet! Can’t go wrong with 57-08’s, enjoy..

Charles

 

[bodia]

Love it! Congrats

 

[MWebster]

Man! That is bamboozling in its beauty. That top pops so much especially through the satin! Love aquamarine and natural back and sides. Lucky fellow.

 

[SinSir]

Smokin' score!!! Congrats

Dig me some 5708 and blue guitars DO sound better! Satin, rosewood neck, and natural back! Fire!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Congratulations, what a beauty.

 

[watelessness]

awesome!