What birds are these?

[Carbohydrates]

I'm not to well versed in the differences between old birds, new birds, and/or anything in between. What shape/style would these be considered, and are they what a typical 2010 Custom 24 would have?

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Original (old) birds.

 

[John Beef]

Those wouldn't be on a 2010 CU24 IMHO. Could be wrong. The last year for those is 2007.

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

I haven't paid much attention to US-made CU24's newer than 1990 (so I could be wrong) but I thought 2010 CU24's had 25th anniversary birds.

Is that an SE or core instrument. Those look like SE birds to me - in which case, it's correct.

 

[Carbohydrates]

It's a core, but it's from a special run with some non-standard features. My questions about the birds were to determine if they were yet another non-standard element.

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Post some pics already.

Is that a Pau Ferro fretboard?

 

[Carbohydrates]

Haha, it's not mine yet. If I seem cagey about the details, it's because I'm trying to figure out what all is going on with its features before I buy the thing!

 

[garrettb]

Post some pics already.

Is that a Pau Ferro fretboard?

I would've guessed Brazilian.

Yeah, they look like "old school" birds in mother of pearl. Wasn't mother of pearl only the norm for a year or two in the early 90's (until the 594, now)?

Now that my curiosity is piqued, could it be one of the Experience guitars? Small eagle on headstock?

 

[Whitecat]

Those wouldn't be on a 2010 CU24 IMHO. Could be wrong. The last year for those is 2007.

Except on HB12s.

(Which this clearly isn't, just being pedantic.)

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Haha, it's not mine yet. If I seem cagey about the details, it's because I'm trying to figure out what all is going on with its features before I buy the thing!

Gotcha. Smart move.

 

[Carbohydrates]

Well, I just bit the bullet, bought and paid, so I'll let the cat out of the bag.

https://reverb.com/item/2584656-prs-custom-24-with-10-top-amber-orange

The listing calls it a "Custom 24 with 10 top in amber orange" but I did some digging, sent some messages back and forth to get some headstock and hang tag photos, and what it is is a Custom 24 Guttar Center 46th Anniversary, one of 46, which isn't quite as special as it sounds because A) they did a special run every year for a while and B) Guitar Center's 46th anniversary isn't exactly a huge deal.

It seems to differ from the regular Custom 24 in the following ways:

- Artist grade top with Artist finish, Solana Burst
- Wood Library African mahogany body, fiddleback mahogany neck, and the fretboard is an Asian rosewood called dalbergia lanceolaria
- Hybrid hardware
- McCarty switching
- MOP old birds, apparently
- Nitro finish

So I'm pretty reasonably excited right now. The color is really speaking to me, and the features are an interesting blend.

 

[toothace]

Nice score! Love the figuring in the neck!

 

[bodia]

Dig! Great looking fiddle! Special, or not, nice score!

 

[Whitecat]

Crazy spec. See what that config would cost you from Private Stock and you'll feel like a thief. Congrats!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Right on! Orange is dope.

 

[PeteHill]

Love that

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Figured mahogany is no joke. Nice guitar.

 

[garrettb]

Whoa, nice job!

The covered pickups are also atypical for a CU24. I wonder which model pups they are.

 

[Carbohydrates]

Whoa, nice job!

The covered pickups are also atypical for a CU24. I wonder which model pups they are.

59/09s, and good point!

 

[WEDGE]

You stole that thing. Congrats.