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bendo

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So a few weeks ago I made a big deal about a Whale Blue Custom 22 I picked up (had been waiting for all my life etc...). I didn't take me long to find something else to trade it for. I just couldn't pass this one up, and I was finding I much preferred a 24 fret neck.

This was picked up used. It is a 2009 GC Limited Run Custom 24. Artist figured top in Red Tiger Smokeburst. EIRW neck and fretboard, appears to be Ebony tuner buttons, but they could be rosewood as well. 59/09s and hybrid gold hardware. Love how fat and thick it sounds. Even more so with my switching/tone control changes. The neck is super slick and fast. In fact, I sold the rest of my finished neck PRSi and now only have my new Cu24 and my CE24. There is a small ding on the back of the neck by the heel. The original owner did not have the Artist case that came with it ( or kept it for himself) however GC has managed to take care of me there as well.

I traded the Custom 22 I just bought, and my 2007 Matteo Blue SincleCut Trem.

The switching was changed to a 3 way with 2 volume controls, and one Push-Pull for tapping. I do this to all of my 2 knob guitars. This was a little different as it had a 5-way Schaller switch in it. So I grabbed an old Tele 3 way, and a push-pull 500K from my local shop. Knobs were changed to black PRS knobs. Love this guitar. Just love it. The rosewood neck really is "all that, and a bag of chips".

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Thanks for the comments fellas.


RR said:
Wow, I would prefer the blade switch over PRS traditional rotary.

I hate to rotary. You can buy a 3 way,vol, tone push-pull pre-wired from PRS. Not cheap though, they charge 75.00 for barely 20.00 worth of parts. Or you can do it yourself with a CTS 500K Audio, Alpha 500K Audio Push-Pull, and a CTS vintage 3 way toggle. I used the wiring diagrams from D'Marzio, but PRS has schematics for the 3 way with push pull.

The new PRS Cu24s (since 2009) don't have a rotary, just a 5 way blade (Bridge, Bridge neck single, bridge neck humbucker, Neck bridge single, neck humbucker) and Vol/Tone. I changed mine to a 3 way blade (from a Tele), neck vol, bridge vol push-pull. Much more usable for me this way. Neck hum, Neck Bridge Hum, Bridge Hum, Push-Pull taps coils. No tone control so I can mute the neck PUP and use the switch as a kill switch.
 
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I am inclined to say , "Nice guitar Bendo. Very nice guitar". Ha ha. I love mine.
 
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