PRS’s roasted maple neck SE Custom 24 is now available in the US

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The previously Europe-only model receives a limited stateside run

(Image credit: courtesy of PRS)

After unveiling the model earlier this year in Europe, PRS has now made its SE Custom 24 Roasted Maple Limited electric guitar available for shipping in the US.

The new model retains all the foundational SE Custom 24 specs – a maple top, mahogany back, PRS patented molded tremolo, dual 85/15 “S” pickups with coil tapping – and adds in a roasted maple neck and fretboard for eye popping aesthetics as well as increased stability and sustain.

If this sounds like your type of axe, head over to PRS. 

But do it soon – fewer than 2,000 SE Custom 24 Roasted Maple Limited Editions are being made for the US market.

(Image credit: courtesy of PRS)
Richard Bienstock
Richard Bienstock

Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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