Behold this absolutely stunning PRS McCarty 594! This guitar is a total one-off custom spec. Featuring a stunningly-figured Artist Grade Flame Maple top finished in Slate Smokeburst, a gorgeous Swamp Ash body, an extremely high-figure Roasted Maple neck with a Brazilian Rosewood fretboard and a Brazilian Rosewood headstock veneer. On top of the gorgeous and exceptional wood combination on this guitar, this guitar features PRS's all new McCarty III pickups, which technically are a new pickup for 2025. So, with this stunning instrument, you're ahead of the curve on the latest pickup voicing from the mind of Paul Reed Smith. The hardware on this instrument is Smoked Black - typically found in Private Stock builds, and the Smoked Black hardware compliments the Slate Smokeburst color exceptionally well. This is a great opportunity to get your hands on a guitar that you technically can't order from PRS. Get a custom spec without the Private Stock price!
Vintage Heart with Modern Playability
The McCarty 594 is a versatile, vintage-inspired instrument that is effortlessly playable. Featuring a bound 22-fret Pattern Vintage neck and slightly thicker back for more enhanced tone and sustain, the McCarty 594 plays in tune, is intonated the entire length of the neck, and feels like a guitar you’ve been playing forever. Whether you are looking for rich, authentic humbucking tones or nuanced, sweet single-coil sounds, the McCarty 594 can seamlessly master both sonic territories thanks to its McCarty III pickups, and dual volume and push/pull tone controls. A zinc two-piece bridge and vintage-style tuners anchor this guitar and stay true to the promise of the McCarty family.
“One of my sayings is that everything that touches the string is God – well, that’s really the bridge, the nut, and the tuners. The updates to the McCarty family make a huge difference in their tone. The guitar sustains longer and the tone has more character,” said Paul Reed Smith.
In the late 1980’s, Paul Reed Smith called on Ted McCarty to consult with him on guitar design and production techniques. He not only served as a mentor but became a great friend of Paul and everyone he met at PRS. In 1994, PRS released the first McCarty, an instrument that incorporated the full spectrum of techniques and knowledge Paul had gained from Ted as well as his own experiences as a guitar builder.
For 2024, PRS Guitars is updating the tuning machines on many of our Core guitars. While, aesthetically, our new Wing buttons are designed to echo the 12th fret bird wingspan design, they were first and foremost designed for tonal reasons all the way back in 1982. Because these buttons are lighter weight than their metal predecessors, they are subtracting less energy from the vibrating strings, thus helping the guitar ring longer and at a more musical note. The removal of the tuner’s locking feature on non-tremolo-equipped guitars further decreases their weight.
Specs:
- Body Construction: Solidbody
- Top Wood: Artist Grade Flame Maple
- Back Wood: Swamp Ash, 3-piece
- Top Carve: Violin
- Number of Frets: 22
- Scale Length: 24.594"
- Neck Wood: Roasted Maple
- Neck Construction: One-Piece
- Truss Rod: PRS Double-Acting
- Neck Shape: Pattern Vintage
- Nut Width: 1 11/16"
- Fretboard Wood: Brazilian Rosewood with Faux Bone Binding
- Fretboard Radius: 10"
- Fretboard Inlay: Birds
- Headstock Logo: Signature, Inlaid
- Neck/Body Assembly: Set
- Finish Type: High-Gloss Nitro (body), Satin Nitro (neck)
- Bridge: PRS Two-Piece
- Tuners: PRS Vintage-Style Non-Locking with Wing Tuner Buttons
- Hardware Type: Smoked Black
- Nut: Bone
- Truss Rod Cover: "McCarty"
- Treble Pickup: McCarty III
- Bass Pickup: McCarty III
- Controls: Two Volume, Two Tone (push/pull), 3-way Toggle
- String: PRS Signature 10-46
- Tuning: Standard
- Weight: 9lb 0oz
- Case: PRS Hardshell Case Included
