2019 PRS Paul Reed Smith McCarty 594 Guitar, Grey Black, Flame Maple, Rosewood
- PRS McCarty 594
- Grey Black Finish
- Flame Maple Top
- Mahogany Body and Neck - Stained Black Gloss Finish
- Pattern Vintage Neck Profile
- Rosewood Fretboard - White Binding
- Bird Inlays
- 22 Frets
- 24.594" Scale Length
- PRS 58/15LT Pickups
- 3 Way Pickup Selector Toggle Switch
- Push/Pull Tone Knobs for Coil Splitting
- PRS Phase III Low Mass Locking Tuners
- Nickel Hardware
- PRS Stoptail Bridge
- PRS Black Tolex Hardshell Case
- Serial #: 0271131
- Instrument Weight: 7.7 lbs
Player's Perspective
Music Store Live is proud to offer up this beautiful PRS McCarty 594.
After Paul Reed Smith befriended and picked the brain of guitar pioneer Ted McCarty, the first PRS McCarty models came out in 1994. They incorporated many of the subtle but essential build techniques that Ted used to create some of the best electric guitars the world has played. After a brief hiatus from the core PRS lineup, the McCarty is back. Along with a double-cutaway version, PRS is now also offering a singlecut version of the new 594 guitar. It's a straightforward but effective design that embodies that classic mahogany body/dual humbucker sweetness with slinkiness from the shorter scale length. All in available body shapes that will be familiar for Les Paul enthusiasts or, as with this one, something with a more aggressive double-cutaway look. The back is also a little thicker for increased tone and sustain, and two of Paul Reed Smith's best new vintage low turn pickups pump out radiant sound in every register.
This is a player's axe that's built to be played day after day, but it's also an important part of the electric guitar's history as Paul Reed Smith took his relationship with Ted McCarty and put his stamp on a traditional design.
Special Features
A few key specifications that contribute to the McCarty 594’s tone and feel are:
- A 24.594” scale length, just slightly longer than 24.5” and where the model gets its name.
- 58/15 LT pickups. LT, meaning low turns, which give the guitar a warm, clear tone.
- 2 volume and 2 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 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 have an added set screw that pulls the tuner’s gear and worm together (while “locking” over the worm to prevent slipping) to promote tone transfer from the string directly into the guitar with as little energy as possible being detracted. (The tuner functions identically to standard Phase III tuners for re-stringing. Set screws must NOT be adjusted outside of the PRS factory. Making any adjustments to this feature may cause the tuner to stop functioning properly.)
"I think a lot of people know PRS as a company that is looking to history, innovating, and improving all at the same time. The McCarty 594 is a great example of that culture. I believe it to be a great musical instrument… quality, playability and tone. It is also, as the ad says, subtly very different. When we were developing the 594, we examined everything: the scale length, the tuners, the bridge materials, the nut material, the pickups, the neck shape...... every piece of this instrument was designed to be exactly what we thought it needed to be to add up to the best instrument we could make. The final guitar, in my experience, is more than the sum of its parts. My hope is it is a source of joy and real musicality for everyone who picks one up. So far, it seems to be doing its job in that regard" – Paul Reed Smith
Overall Condition
Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.