PRS launches McCarty 594 model

PRS Guitars has added to its range of high-end guitars with the launch of the vintage-inspired PRS McCarty 594.

Designed to deliver authentic, vintage humbucking tones and more nuanced single-coil sounds, the McCarty 594 has 58/15 LT pickups and push/pull coil taps on the tone controls. 

Features:

A 24.594” scale length, just slightly longer than 24.5” and where the model gets its name

58/15 LT (low turn) pickups, which give the guitar a warm, clear tone.

Two volume and two tone controls, positioned so players can roll off both volume knobs at the same time

The added versatility of push/pull coil taps for each pickup for more tonal options

A new Pattern Vintage neck carve, which shares the same width measurements as PRS’s Pattern neck but is slightly thicker front to back and features an asymmetrical carve with a little less meat on the treble side and a little more meat on the bass side of the neck

Tweaked Phase III tuners that have an added set screw that pulls the tuner’s shaft, gear, and worm together (but take the tuner button out of play) to promote tone transfer from the string directly into the guitar itself with as little energy loss as possible

Other specifications include a figured maple top, mahogany back, 22-fret Pattern Vintage mahogany neck, rosewood with binding fingerboard, Bird fingerboard inlays, PRS 2-piece stoptail bridge with tweaked Phase III locking tuners, 58/15 LT treble and bass pickups, two volume, two push/pull tone controls with a 3-way toggle pickup switch on the upper bout.

It retails around £4260 / €6659 and is available in Blood Orange, Black Gold Burst, Charcoal Burst, Fire Red Burst, Faded Whale Blue, Gray Black, Honey, Jade, McCarty Sunburst

The McCarty family of instruments from PRS is named after Ted McCarty, who was president of Gibson during the “golden era” of guitar making. McCarty left an enduring legacy that serves as an inspiration to guitar makers and musicians worldwide. The McCarty 594 pays homage to this legendary man and traditional vintage tones.