Whilst my other 2 (594 & 509) Fire Red Burst PRS guitars are what I consider quite ordinary, my Custom 24 is much more interesting. By ordinary, that doesn't mean that they are plain or boring as each has its own interesting pattern, its just that they are what I would consider the normal horizontal flame maple tops you tend to see on a PRS and as mine are non-10-tops, I don't know if they could compete with some of the tops in this thread.
I do however think my Custom 24, with its Chevron style book-match can compete. Its not a 10-top (none of my guitars are) but I do think its actually better than many 10tops I have seen. Some of that of course is subjective and preference but I am not a fan of flame tops that have horizontal thin regular striping that looks almost as if it was drawn on with a ruler but that's my opinion.
As such, the chevron pattern here is much more interesting and I prefer this to many of the 10 tops I see - again, just my opinion. Even the irregular thicknesses of the strips add more to the characteristics of this and I feel there is less likelihood of many people owning a top like this on their Custom 24 in this colour. With so many horizontal stripe guitars, even if they are as unique as a fingerprint, there is still a lot of guitars that look very similar - my 509 and 594 are quite similar even if they are also different.
I know the first picture looks like there is a dead or at least lacking flame under the switch/tone control, but as this picture shows, there is more flame than was captured in the first picture. I know many people say that the camera never lies but in the case of both this and my Hollowbody ii (there is a lot more striping - which can just be seen from the side view and its missing all the fine natural wood grain too). We all know that camera pics don't do these guitars the justice they sometimes deserve...
Anyway, this is a favourite top amongst my guitars...