PRS Guitars McCarty 594 – 10 Top
Overview Video
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 |
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Model | McCarty 594 - 10 Top |
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Finish Color | McCarty Sunburst |
Finish Type | High-Gloss Nitrocellulose |
Weight | 8.18 lbs. |
Top Wood | 10-Top Flamed Maple |
Body Wood | Mahogany |
Neck Wood | Mahogany |
Neck Shape | Pattern Vintage |
Neck Dimensions | .870 1st - .970 12th |
Fingerboard | East Indian Rosewood with Faux Bone Binding |
Inlays | Old School Birds |
Fingerboard Radius | 10" |
Scale Length | 24.594" |
Frets | 22 |
Nut Width | 1 11/16" |
Nut Material | Bone |
Pickups | 58/15 LT Treble and Bass with Tuned Capacitance and Inductance (TCI) |
Controls | 2 Volume and 2 Tone (push/pull for coil-split) with 3-Way Switch |
Hardware | Hybrid |
Bridge | PRS 2-Piece Zinc Stoptail |
Tuners | PRS Vintage-Style Non-Locking Tuners with Wing Buttons |
Case | PRS Black Hardshell |
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