I don't own any 24 fret guitars because i don't love the way the neck humbucker sounds on them. I grew up on Gibsons and Fenders and the neck pickup on a 24 fret guitar sounds unfamiliar to me. Don't like it for either rhythm or lead.
I own exactly 3 24 fret guitars. They are some of the first that will go when I thin the collection down. Two of them are very nice high end guitars. One of them is my CU24. I have had it for many years. I think the reason I have held on it is because it is the second PRS I ever bought and it is the OG of the brand. Another one of them was a 6k guitar 7 or 8 years ago. It would cost every bit of that or more to build it again today. It is a Suhr custom set neck modern. It is a beautiful guitar that plays great but I just don't reach for it like I do the 22 fret custom I had them build. The last one is an old Hamer Diablo. It is one of the early ones with the reverse headstock. I bought it from a friend because I thought it was cool and he was in the mood to move it so I got it for a decent price. I never play it. It spends all of it's time in a case. It is just a cool part of history for me.
Hmmm, maybe we should talk trades... Mine is a 2006 Whale Blue 10 top CU24 with the rotary. It is in like new condition. If you are interested, shoot me a PM. Who knows...Interestingly, I'm the opposite here. I'm finding it harder and harder to play 22 fret guitars, leading me to contemplating selling my rosewood neck'd '08 Custom 22, to fund another Custom 24 purchase. Something that goes well against my long-standing position that one should never sell guitars, only buy.
It's a wonderful guitar, and my first Core line PRS. But, if I just don't bond with it anymore due to the fit, feel, and simply what I'm used to, it doesn't make sense for it to just sit there. And, Lord knows, there are many more guitars out there I'd like to have in my stable.
Nope! I love you man, but I disagree.
Here's my beloved 30th Anniversary PS Limited run CU24.
Look ma! No mini-toggles! No coil splits! Push-pull tone knob is a Sweet Switch. Phenomenal instrument. Love having it in my studio.
You can keep the coil splits, I never used them on my guitars that had them (Signature Limited, 408. Special, 594, McCarty). And the mini toggles are an interesting concept with a significant drawback: they're way too slow to dick around with in the heat of a session or gig. It's not like I haven't owned guitars with them. I speak from experience.
I have the blade switch in another PS that isn’t a CU24. Played that guitar today, sounded great! Love the blade. Much more functional and ergonomic than the slow, ungainly 3-way plus mini-toggles. Especially with clients breathing down my neck to finish faster, faster, faster!
So yeah, I'd buy a CU24 with a blade over a 24-08 any day of the week. This one's not going anywhere, either!
The 24-08 is great if you like coil splits and have lots of time/patience to mess with the toggles. I don't.
That is exactly how my PRS buying got started. I bought the CU22 and a few months later I bought the CU24. I bought them both from the same store.
It's easier to flick switches than to pull up on a knob.
Complety agree. My starla has the blade switch un the same position and it is the only thing I dislike about that - otherwise great - guitar.
