The PRS McCarty 594 is named for it's unique string scale, 24.594", making the scale length of this model just under a 10th of an inch longer than the McCarty's typical 24.5". It's still a short scale, 22-fret design, but that tiny bit of added scale length generates a bit more clarity and brightness in the guitar's tone and is just one of the many little details that makes this model special and a legitimate challenger to the venerable Les Paul Standard.

​The PRS 58/15 LT pickups in this model also help to make this model special. These pickups are a lower wound humbuckers with a vintage output that again makes for a cleaner tone. PRS then added coil splitting, along with separate volume and tone controls for each pickup in order to provide nearly unlimited tone adjustment capabilities. Further, they put the three-way toggle in the upper bout of the guitar for purposes of player comfort.

​The neck shape is called "Pattern Vintage." It's a chunky neck shape that is slightly asymmetrical with a little more mass on the bass side of the neck versus the treble side. This example has depth measurements of .875" at the first fret and .975" at the twelfth.

​Finally, PRS gave the 594 their own version of the familiar Tune-O-Matic two-piece bridge and tail piece setup. This design allows for maximum adjustment of string height and intonation.

​Play this guitar and you immediately feel comfortable with the design. It feels very LP-like, but with a precision and physical beauty of a high-end PRS guitar. Please check out the brief sound sample included below. The tone is lovely clean, but has lots of character and bite when gain is added. You can move between thick humbucker tones and single-coil clarity at will. All the cool details PRS put into this design result in a guitar that is so much more than just the sum of the components. This guitar seems to be able to do it all.

This particular 594 has been given PRS' "Wood Library" cosmetics and one of their best finish colors, McCarty Sunburst. It has a total weight of just 7 pounds, 13 ounces and is perfectly balanced. It also has a particularly "10" grade quilt top and a "for USA only" Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. This guitar is loaded!

This guitar appears new and unplayed and shows no flaws of any significance. The frets are spotless. I suspect it could pass for new. It comes in it's original upgraded PRS black paisley case, also in mint condition, along with the original hang tag, tools and all the other paperwork included when new.

New examples of this model with all the upgrades on this guitar have a street price approaching $7K. Get this near new example for far less. Make it yours!