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Paul and Ted's Excellent Adventure


In the 1980s, Paul Reed Smith’s obsession with golden-era vintage guitars led him to the U.S. Patent Office, where he combed the records for clues about what made those old guitars so inspiring. One name kept popping up over and over on these old patents: Ted McCarty. Paul did a bit more digging and found that Ted McCarty was Gibson’s president from 1950 to 1966. During that time, he used his considerable engineering experience to help develop dozens of innovative designs that shaped the electric guitar into what it is today. Over the course of the McCarty era, Gibson went from selling 5,000 instruments a year to 100,000 a year.

Ted clearly knew a thing or two about building guitars and about running a guitar company. So, Paul decided to reach out to Read More...

Specifications:

Brand PRS Guitars
ModelMcCarty 594 - 10 Top
Finish ColorMcCarty Sunburst
Finish TypeHigh-Gloss Nitrocellulose
Weight8.18 lbs.
Top Wood10-Top Flamed Maple
Body WoodMahogany
Neck WoodMahogany
Neck ShapePattern Vintage
Neck Dimensions.870 1st - .970 12th
FingerboardEast Indian Rosewood with Faux Bone Binding
InlaysOld School Birds
Fingerboard Radius10"
Scale Length24.594"
Frets22
Nut Width1 11/16"
Nut MaterialBone
Pickups58/15 LT Treble and Bass with Tuned Capacitance and Inductance (TCI)
Controls2 Volume and 2 Tone (push/pull for coil-split) with 3-Way Switch
HardwareHybrid
BridgePRS 2-Piece Zinc Stoptail
TunersPRS Vintage-Style Non-Locking Tuners with Wing Buttons
CasePRS Black Hardshell

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