What color is this? PRS SE Standard 24-08 from 2022? Just tobacco sunburst?

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So, while my SE HB II Piezo is still at PRS for repairs, I found myself browsing the websites of some local guitar shops (as you do..).
And I ran into a used PRS SE Standard 24-08. According to the serial number is should be from 2022.
The shop lists it as a Standard 24, but by the looks of it, is should have been listed as a 24-08 (it has the two tiny switches).

However, on the photos at least, it has a much deeper red hue than what the PRS catalog photos suggest for that year.
According to the PRS website for the 2022 series, it was only available in Tobacco Sunburst and Translucent Blue.

On the photo of the store, however, it looks considerably redder than the PRS catalog. The knobs are also the wrong color (black vs translucent orange).

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Anyone any clue on what finish this is?

Might be that the original owner swapped the knobs (they also seem to have swapped out or flipped the truss rod cover so that the white text on it is not visible), and that this is just one of the shades of Tobacco Sunburst combined with camera white balance..

On the photos at least this sample looks quite nice. Wasn't planning on getting another guitar, but might have to visit the shop to go check it out in person.. :p
 
Ha, hadn't checked reverb yet. Google did not get me any results that I thought matched.
Might be taking my little one to a guitar shop for the first time in her life to go check out the color, whether I might buy it or not xD I now sort of want to know the actual color under daylight.

Edit: found one on reverb that indeed has the same hue, only differently colored knobs. Guess those were swapped by the original owner. Thanks Bodia!
 
Ha, hadn't checked reverb yet. Google did not get me any results that I thought matched.
Might be taking my little one to a guitar shop for the first time in her life to go check out the color, whether I might buy it or not xD I now sort of want to know the actual color under daylight.

Edit: found one on reverb that indeed has the same hue, only differently colored knobs. Guess those were swapped by the original owner. Thanks Bodia!
You’re welcome!
 
I have the same model same year, but translucent blue.
I have a 2020 Standard tobacco sunburst that is my favorite. It's just beautiful.

My wife has an acoustic P20e that is solid mahogony top. The builder in China did a special hand job with the stain and made it actually burst. I love it.

Sharon-Tonare.jpg
 
I have the same model same year, but translucent blue.
I have a 2020 Standard tobacco sunburst that is my favorite. It's just beautiful.

My wife has an acoustic P20e that is solid mahogony top. The builder in China did a special hand job with the stain and made it actually burst. I love it.

Sharon-Tonare.jpg
That's not a hand stained top (or a "hand job" 😆)… it's sprayed like any other.

Your wife's guitar just happens to have a nicely figured mahogany top, which is even more special.
 
That's not a hand stained top (or a "hand job" 😆)… it's sprayed like any other.

Your wife's guitar just happens to have a nicely figured mahogany top, which is even more special.
OK he must have been using his foot to hold the spray gun :cool:;):cool:

LOL My bad. But thanks.

What would you use to clean this guitar? Satin finish.
 
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I have an SE Standard 24 Tobacco Sunburst from Indonesia in 2020 that looks very similar. I believe the finish is poly of some sort. I loooove the mahogany grain!! And the stock 85/15 pickups are great. I would prefer the 24-08 for the separated coil splitting.
 
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