Paul Reed Smith Limited Edition 1957/2008 Custom 24 Review

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Overall Rating 5

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Features 4.75

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Quality 3.63

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Reliability / Value 5

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  • PRS 1957/2008 bridge and neck pickups. Push/pull tone control.

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Comparing to other guitars in its range this is an absolute must have! Limited Edition 1957/2008 Custom 24 is a perfect choice for musicians seeking a guitar in this price range. If you give it a shot, you won't be sorry and surely you'll fall in love with this Paul Reed Smith's beauty in no time.

Paul Reed Smith has put a lot of time and effort into choosing the right features for Limited Edition 1957/2008 Custom 24 and tuning them right, and that just made a lot of musicians happy, causing them to award this instrument with the highest grades. Features of Limited Edition 1957/2008 Custom 24 are brilliant and Paul Reed Smith should be proud of themselves for producing such a beautiful instrument with which you will also be happy, whether you decide to go for it.

With Limited Edition 1957/2008 Custom 24 you will need some patience to get it to sound right. Paul Reed Smith has made a nice sounding instrument but if you want to have it sounding the way you really want, maybe a different set of pickups would do the trick. Most people find the current hardware good enough to suit their playing style and find their tone satisfying enough with what Paul Reed Smith has already built into Limited Edition 1957/2008 Custom 24.

Limited Edition 1957/2008 Custom 24 is a professionally built guitar that is extremely easy to set up. Action is great, and easy to tweak. The finish is traditionally great, a main characteristic of nearly every Paul Reed Smith guitar model. This is an instrument that has both beauty and endurance. Fit with the best hardware, this guitar will provide you with joyful years of playing experience.

Limited Edition 1957/2008 Custom 24 is a reliable guitar that will go to hell and back with you, and would want to do it again. It's a magnificent instrument that is reliable on stage as it is in studio. It will stand the beating and still would not lose its charm and ability to perform. Paul Reed Smith did make the instrument that should be considered the most reliable in its class!