That particular one in the video is particularly gorgeous, but I would guess each one has different grain patterns. The one pictured on Sweetwater is nice, but not as nice as this one (imo of course). So you'd have to pick out one that you really liked visually.
@ please know the photos at SWEETWATER are washed out. I almost backed out with my Rep Nate because of this. When the guitar came, it was much darker than the photos they took. Nate even had a talk with guitar gallery and agreed the photos did not do them any favors. Thankfully, mine is much more brown than pale.
Sweet. I have a CE24 with 57/08 pickups. Love the neck and the tone. A CE24 with the 24-08 electronics is a brilliant addition. These guys keep hitting home runs.
@prsguitars I've been a graphic designer and brand consultant for a very long time, but a vocalist and songwriter even longer. I've even just invented a more convenient electric guitar. I'm no longer a "casual observer". What you guys are accomplishing here is more than an aesthetic or just another version of the coolest old whatever. I literally cannot think of another company that made a cooler amp and guitar combo than this since Leo Fender. LINE 6 came pretty close, at one point, but they forgot to make it a "collector's item for decades to come", which this guitar could end up being. They were more focused on function and "faking the vibe" than actually BEING the vibe. PRS has not forgotten to make their guitars or amps as important to older players as younger generations. If anything, Paul focused on himself as the definitive answer to the throne... and he DID it. This combination IS an embodiment of both collectible and classic. It will stand the test of time. That's... that's pretty awesome.
It needs to. I love the CE. The switching for this i like better than the push/pull and it adds two more tonal variations. Last year I called PRS and asked if they could configure my CE to this switching type. I never sent it in as I was not ready, and now here these are. Maybe they got the idea from me 🤣.
Awesome models! Why is the neck pickup in the BLACK LIMBA model mounted in reverse to what is in the ASH model? Screws are away from the fretboard in the black limba model, and close to the fretboard in the ash model.
PRS has the BEST looking guitars already, not to mention one of the best sounding. With the coil split, you can get strat or tele tones, with the humbuckers you can get Les Paul tones, but it’s all a more modern sound, and a more classic sound at the same time. Yes, I have one, yes it’s my favorite, yes, I will likely save up for another one.
Why with so many different variations of the 24 fret (Core Custom 24/2408 and multiple CE Custom/2408s) do we still not have one with a Pattern or Pattern Regular neck?
@@gdawgs101 Having a Custom 22 and a Custom 24, I can only second that. Especially when playing clean / edge of breakup the neck pickup has so much more character on the 22. This is just physics, there are more string harmonics at the 24th fret - and you can only have a fret OR a pickup there. For an extreme example try the neck pickup on any 'super strat' with 24 frets - it has none of the magic of a strat with 21/22 frets.
@@uwedasler425 No, I get the 22 fret harmonic thing, I already knew that. I was asking why we need a 22 fret CE specifically? PRS already has plenty of dual-humbucker, 22 fret, tremolo equipped guitars. If you really need all of the above + bolt on + maple neck, the SE Swamp Ash Special exists. You could also go with a silver Sky or NF3 and swap out the pickups if you really wanted. Just seems like too niche a market for PRS to bother
Great demo. Finally someone playing the guitar without a ton of overdrive to let us listen to the guitar instead of an overdrive pedal. So often all anyone will do is strum a couple of open chords and never any real playing on the neck pickup. IMO, you did a terrific job of showing us and letting us hear what it really sounds like. Not everyone plays with cranked up overdrive on all of the time. Thank you!
PRs is making very hard to narrow down which guitar I want. My plan was to get a CE Semi-hollow. Now I want this. Just imagine if they do 24-08 semi-hollow🤯
I got the black limba from SWEETWATER. Out of the box perfectly setup. Quality is amazing. Could not find anything that I could complain about. Ended up playing it for 3 hours tonight. Love the tonal quality and variation.
I am waiting on my limba also. I got the white one already. The first limba was ugly to me. I want one like in this video but depend on the piece of wood. Glad you like it
They already have that combination on so many models. I don’t own a PRS for that reason. Mahagony + Maple top makes a guitar to dark sounding. This is also why I don’t take my Gibson to Gigs, I take my Tele which cuts through the mix like a knife. This PRS is actually something I would consider buying.
I don’t own a PRS mostly because I never liked their finishes and I am also not a fan of mahogany and maple top. It makes the guitar too dark sounding, I am talking to you too Gibson. This guitar might actually be my first PRS. Bolt on neck, Ash body plus a less shiny finish is clicking all my boxes so I might gift myself this for Xmas.
@@predigr No it does not, the neck pickup moves closer to the bridge to accommodate the extra 2 frets. The first 22 frets are in the same position on the 24 and 22 customs with the same 25" scale.
Yes, it is the combination of ash , maple/rosewood neck. I am thinking about buying the blue one. I never really liked the combination of mahogany + Maple top. It makes the guitar sound really dark. This is why you probably hear some telecaster tones with this specs on this model.
I think you’ll find people that want you to buy a guitar will have you believe everything affects the sound. Paul himself said plastic tuning buttons sound different than metal lol. Just focus on the parts you think matter and have more fun. (We all know deep down it’s the pickups and electronics 😉)
I built a guitar once out of oak flooring, it sounded so bad, super dead no life, flat as a pancake. I suggest you try it and say it makes no difference. I think you'll fine that it very much is professional behaviour for a manufacturer to suggest that the wood used in it's construction makes a difference to the sound. Where have you been for the last ten years? This is a hot potatoe.
@@robert-wr6md Check out "Physik der Elektrogitarre" (physics of e-guitar) by Prof. Manfred Zollner. He has a channel on RUclips, too. The difference is so small to be meaningful.
In theory it will, as will everything else on the guitar. An electric guitar is an amplified acoustic instrument - the pickup measures the movement of the string but the string is mechanically coupled to everything else. Whether the difference is noticeable depends on lots of other interdependent factors, including how you play and who is listening to it. I'd agree that electronics are of most importance, and of course marketing will exaggerate things. And it's a lot more complicated than just the species of wood. But to say that the wood makes absolutely zero difference is an over-simplification.
Wood makes a subtractive difference. Put the same pickups in two different guitars and they will not sound identical. Even with the same type wood, because the density may be different. I have three Gibson Les Pauls. Same pickups in each. They DO NOT sound identical to one another.
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That black Limba is beeeeuuutiful
Pre ordered from SWEETWATER. Only 400 will be made.
@@kensmith5108 Said 800 i thought ?
That particular one in the video is particularly gorgeous, but I would guess each one has different grain patterns. The one pictured on Sweetwater is nice, but not as nice as this one (imo of course). So you'd have to pick out one that you really liked visually.
@ please know the photos at SWEETWATER are washed out. I almost backed out with my Rep Nate because of this. When the guitar came, it was much darker than the photos they took. Nate even had a talk with guitar gallery and agreed the photos did not do them any favors. Thankfully, mine is much more brown than pale.
@@kensmith5108 Very useful info. Thanks for sharing that.
Sweet. I have a CE24 with 57/08 pickups. Love the neck and the tone. A CE24 with the 24-08 electronics is a brilliant addition. These guys keep hitting home runs.
Batter up!
57/08's are the best pickups PRS has ever made. I have them on a CE24 and an S2 satin.
@@prsguitars Awfully tempting. It is still baseball season.
Alex is an awesome guy and a great player. He sold me a 52 reissue Tele and a Cme spec 58 LP. Glad to see you are doing well sir!!
Just bought this guitar 🎸 in Thailand
Only 4 in the country. My Christmas 🎄 present 🎁 can’t wait to play it. It’s a beauty for sure
Absolute monster player. Absolute monster tone.
Absolutely the coolest new amp and guitar combo in at least 50 years.
High praise indeed! Thanks for your kind words @jamesdeananderson1411
@prsguitars I've been a graphic designer and brand consultant for a very long time, but a vocalist and songwriter even longer. I've even just invented a more convenient electric guitar. I'm no longer a "casual observer".
What you guys are accomplishing here is more than an aesthetic or just another version of the coolest old whatever. I literally cannot think of another company that made a cooler amp and guitar combo than this since Leo Fender.
LINE 6 came pretty close, at one point, but they forgot to make it a "collector's item for decades to come", which this guitar could end up being. They were more focused on function and "faking the vibe" than actually BEING the vibe.
PRS has not forgotten to make their guitars or amps as important to older players as younger generations. If anything, Paul focused on himself as the definitive answer to the throne... and he DID it. This combination IS an embodiment of both collectible and classic. It will stand the test of time.
That's... that's pretty awesome.
Very, very nice! Love the CE bolt-on and the 24-08 configurations. Would love to see this limited edition become a regular edition SE.
It needs to. I love the CE. The switching for this i like better than the push/pull and it adds two more tonal variations. Last year I called PRS and asked if they could configure my CE to this switching type. I never sent it in as I was not ready, and now here these are. Maybe they got the idea from me 🤣.
My pearl white CE 24-08 arrived today. Black limba also ordered !
How does that white one look? Does the finish have a pearlescent look to it?
@rebeccagarner2576 yes but has a natural wood grain look. I like it a lot.
@ thank you. That is what I was hoping for. I cant find a video that shows the white one
@rebeccagarner2576 you can see them at Sweetwater
@ the picture of it at Sweetwater makes it hard to see if the finish has a pearl like sheen
Awesome models! Why is the neck pickup in the BLACK LIMBA model mounted in reverse to what is in the ASH model?
Screws are away from the fretboard in the black limba model, and close to the fretboard in the ash model.
Looking great! These finishes and tone woods make perfect sense for a bolt on. I LOVE this brand!
PRS has the BEST looking guitars already, not to mention one of the best sounding.
With the coil split, you can get strat or tele tones, with the humbuckers you can get Les Paul tones, but it’s all a more modern sound, and a more classic sound at the same time.
Yes, I have one, yes it’s my favorite, yes, I will likely save up for another one.
Paul, maple fretboard, please!
It makes sense for a CE
1999 for the black limba shocks the goose out of me. In a good way. I expected a lot more.
Why with so many different variations of the 24 fret (Core Custom 24/2408 and multiple CE Custom/2408s) do we still not have one with a Pattern or Pattern Regular neck?
Like how the black limba really calms some of those high ends that prs are known for… Sounds really balanced!
Absolutely spectacular version of the CE24 (-08)!!!!!
I'm interested in the Black Limba CE 24-08 and is there a reason why the neck pickup has the screw pole pieces reversed from the Ash CE24-08?
Any room for a hardtail version???
SE hard tail please! I’ve tremlocked mine…. Mind you a 594 with 24 frets would be another way to go…
Step one remove trem arm
Step two add a wedge to block trem down.
You’re welcome, now wipe your tears.
Effective but, not the same. try again. Bahahaha
All we want is a 22 fret CE... Make it happen PRS!
Why?
@@gdawgs101 Having a Custom 22 and a Custom 24, I can only second that. Especially when playing clean / edge of breakup the neck pickup has so much more character on the 22. This is just physics, there are more string harmonics at the 24th fret - and you can only have a fret OR a pickup there. For an extreme example try the neck pickup on any 'super strat' with 24 frets - it has none of the magic of a strat with 21/22 frets.
They used to make it. Buy a used one off of Reverb. They're pretty affordable actually.
@@uwedasler425 No, I get the 22 fret harmonic thing, I already knew that. I was asking why we need a 22 fret CE specifically? PRS already has plenty of dual-humbucker, 22 fret, tremolo equipped guitars. If you really need all of the above + bolt on + maple neck, the SE Swamp Ash Special exists. You could also go with a silver Sky or NF3 and swap out the pickups if you really wanted. Just seems like too niche a market for PRS to bother
@@gdawgs101 You do have a point, but your "why" was open to interpretation 🙂
Limba model looks great, love natural wood grain. Pickup covers would perfect the look IMO.
So beautiful natural wood matte ! i love it
Great demo. Finally someone playing the guitar without a ton of overdrive to let us listen to the guitar instead of an overdrive pedal. So often all anyone will do is strum a couple of open chords and never any real playing on the neck pickup. IMO, you did a terrific job of showing us and letting us hear what it really sounds like. Not everyone plays with cranked up overdrive on all of the time. Thank you!
Looking forward to getting the McCarty tobacco burst.
Same specs, Swamp ash body, 24 fret maple neck, 58/15s awesome!!!!!
This is what I have always wanted !!!
PRs is making very hard to narrow down which guitar I want. My plan was to get a CE Semi-hollow. Now I want this. Just imagine if they do 24-08 semi-hollow🤯
This. Is what I want to see too
Excellent demo!
I don't know but i like the blue one when it comes to clean tone. Black Limba for gain
Sounds amd looks amazing!!
Liked the Black Limba with the Gain
Mine came today. Definitely a brighter sound. Black limba. Beautiful
Wow, hod is the quality ? And do you like it ? I am thinking about buying the blue one.
I got the black limba from SWEETWATER. Out of the box perfectly setup. Quality is amazing. Could not find anything that I could complain about. Ended up playing it for 3 hours tonight. Love the tonal quality and variation.
@@kensmith5108I just pulled the trigger on blue one. This will be my first PRS.
I am waiting on my limba also. I got the white one already. The first limba was ugly to me. I want one like in this video but depend on the piece of wood. Glad you like it
I wish they would make some standard CE Hardtails other than the DW.
Finally the CE 24-08, but why different woods and not Mahagony + Maple?
They already have that combination on so many models. I don’t own a PRS for that reason. Mahagony + Maple top makes a guitar to dark sounding. This is also why I don’t take my Gibson to Gigs, I take my Tele which cuts through the mix like a knife. This PRS is actually something I would consider buying.
So beautiful.
Black Limba is korina.. white limba is the Korina often seen on guitars ? Right ?
What on earth is the color? It looks dark here but it looks very bright on the Sweatwater product page.
Sonho de consumo 😍🥰
So these CEs have the full violin carve not the shallow? That’s pretty dang rad
The base of the knobs are still level, not countersunk
Awesome 🎸🎸🎸
Is it coil tapped....or coil split? Significant difference in the tech.
I don’t own a PRS mostly because I never liked their finishes and I am also not a fan of mahogany and maple top. It makes the guitar too dark sounding, I am talking to you too Gibson. This guitar might actually be my first PRS. Bolt on neck, Ash body plus a less shiny finish is clicking all my boxes so I might gift myself this for Xmas.
Is it tapped or split? The guys on the official prs channel should be able to tell the difference between tapping and splitting.
My dentist just ordered one right after he gave me 5 root canals.
These are not TCI?
SE please
That should be the next SE introduced for sure! I would definitely be in the buying mood for that.
Aesthetically I prefer the black limba natural look
Man, sure wish the CE’s came in 22 frets
My exact thoughts
Why do you care about that? I am curious. 24 frets should be easier to play? Less stretching of your fingers.
@@predigr why? The scale is the same 22 or 24 frets
@@markharmon9892 you have to put more frets in the same length. So, fret to fret distance descrease
@@predigr No it does not, the neck pickup moves closer to the bridge to accommodate the extra 2 frets. The first 22 frets are in the same position on the 24 and 22 customs with the same 25" scale.
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wait...this is not an SE, made in USA, and under $2K?
Please don’t forget the lefties!!
Go away , I have 3 PRSs already….i couldn’t possibly could I
Always room for one more!
Thanks god I hate satin finishes. Otherwise I would absolutely need that Korina axe.
Different body woods, but sounds mostly same! I can't tell the difference between black limba and swamp ash!
“And then we’ll hear bowl-th of them tapped”
when you hit the horsemeat everything sounded muddy and muffled.
Still no Bryan,wth
I think he is on a tour with someone currently
What means limited edition? 10, 100, 111? Tell me?
800 👀
@rebeccagarner2576 you are great! 😊
Why does this have to be limited!!!!
Right, I can get it in about a year but not at the moment
God maderfajken damn!
Where am I supposed to get all that money for all those PRS guitars!
Sounds like Les Paul standard
Coming soon, the CE line of bass guitars! Just kidding, they hate bass players.
First comment get a free guitar?
As Judge Smails in Caddyshack said, You'll get Nothing and like it!!😅
PDiddy could give you a coupon
Sounds alot like a telecaster
Yes, it is the combination of ash , maple/rosewood neck. I am thinking about buying the blue one. I never really liked the combination of mahogany + Maple top. It makes the guitar sound really dark. This is why you probably hear some telecaster tones with this specs on this model.
i have three PRS guitars and soon a forth ! can the twang ! i hate twang !!!!
It is not professional behaviour to say that the type of wood makes a difference in sound for e-guitars.
I think you’ll find people that want you to buy a guitar will have you believe everything affects the sound. Paul himself said plastic tuning buttons sound different than metal lol. Just focus on the parts you think matter and have more fun. (We all know deep down it’s the pickups and electronics 😉)
I built a guitar once out of oak flooring, it sounded so bad, super dead no life, flat as a pancake. I suggest you try it and say it makes no difference. I think you'll fine that it very much is professional behaviour for a manufacturer to suggest that the wood used in it's construction makes a difference to the sound. Where have you been for the last ten years? This is a hot potatoe.
@@robert-wr6md Check out "Physik der Elektrogitarre" (physics of e-guitar) by Prof. Manfred Zollner. He has a channel on RUclips, too. The difference is so small to be meaningful.
In theory it will, as will everything else on the guitar. An electric guitar is an amplified acoustic instrument - the pickup measures the movement of the string but the string is mechanically coupled to everything else. Whether the difference is noticeable depends on lots of other interdependent factors, including how you play and who is listening to it. I'd agree that electronics are of most importance, and of course marketing will exaggerate things. And it's a lot more complicated than just the species of wood. But to say that the wood makes absolutely zero difference is an over-simplification.
Wood makes a subtractive difference. Put the same pickups in two different guitars and they will not sound identical. Even with the same type wood, because the density may be different. I have three Gibson Les Pauls. Same pickups in each. They DO NOT sound identical to one another.