I have a 2022 Paul Reed Smith CE-24 here with its factory soft case.

This guitar has a few upgrades to it that I'll go over with you. It has Jim Dunlop USA strap buttons correctly installed with felt washers under them. It has a Tremol-No currently installed, which locks the bridge into a hardtail function with perfect tuning stability.

And the pickups are EMG Jim Root Daemons, which are a high output set with active electronics installed with a 9V battery. I have found that a lot of high gain players actually use CE-24s, and I have a couple of them that have sort of a high gain metal makeover. Those pickups in this guitar are power paired with clarity. It has a huge meaty tone that handles massive amounts of gain, and the bolt-on nature of the CE-24 counterbalances this with clarity and snappiness.

Conditionally, this guitar has some light to medium playwear on it that I will describe for you.

The body top has about a handful of small scratches, about a half an inch long each, near the lower body top towards the strap button. Beyond that I see about a handful of micro marks, little tiny surface indentations about a millimeter or so. There's a soft sheen of guitar pick strumming below the neck pickup, and a lesser amount of scattered superficial swirling on the body top.

The body sides and edges show one line-shaped indentation near the output jack that is about an inch long. It's a typical indentation mark, but line-shaped rather than round. Beyond that singular mark I see some light surface playwear, but nothing major. I see a couple tiny little line-shaped indentations that are sort of barely there, shallow ones, but no other notable marks. There are no neck pocket cracks.

The body back shows about a handful of micro surface indentations, tiny little dot-size marks that don't break the finish. I saw one smaller surface indentation that is line-shaped, again shallow, that doesn't break up the finish. There is scattered superficial swirling, but not a concentration of buckle rash or worming, nor a heavy accumulation of any soft swirling or scuffing, more so just scattered signs of it here and there.

The neck shaft contour looks and feels excellent, with nothing to report there. The headstock looks nice and clean. I found one small little indentation on the top horn of the headstock, about a millimeter or so in size, but no chips or noteworthy marks. The frets are tall and meaty, showing no pitting or divots. The setup is pretty well dialed in nicely. The saddle radius feels like a perfect factory setup. The action and playability feel very nice. If desired, this could be reverted to a free flowing tremolo easily, so currently it is set up as a hardtail with the Tremol-No. The electronics are working as they should. Note that it does not have coil tap, just pure humbuckers here.

So this one rates an 8.1/10 and grades as very good, not on the higher side of very good as we do have some typical player's wear on this guitar. Visually the guitar is attractive. It's not an older guitar, so it still has a crisp, lustrous look to the finish. The playwear that it has is fairly indiscreet, so it's not really uglified from playwear. The neck I would say is more like excellent. So it's a really cool souped up version of a CE-24 and a nice price point for how good of a guitar it is.

As you know the CE is a bolt on model. It sounds like less of a departure from a well made set neck guitar than most bolt on's that i have heard. If you look at the neck joint it is actually set fairly deep into the guitar body, so it's more of a bolt in then a bolt on guitar. I find that it has the snap and clarity and "fast" tone that you get from a bolt on. But it has that same uninterrupted continuous sustain that characterizes a set neck guitar. A really good bolt on will have that. I have heard this in a Suhr Standard and a Kiesel Aries as well. Great bolt on builds don't lack in sustain.

The other thing going for this guitar is a solid maple neck shaft. Head to head this is going to have a brighter more aggressive tone then a mahogany neck. Maple necks are less common on PRS's, mostly just seen on the CE's. I think it's actually the best neck wood choice. It has excellent attack, sustain, and dynamics, and it is less prone to the minor warping that occurs to guitars from the weather changes from season to season. Maple is solid and durable.

So this is a popular model and is perhaps the best value point in a PRS to get to the high end PRS experience. That was the original concept of the CE-24 was to offer a bridge between the entry level guitars and the high end core line. The look, tone and performance is comparable to the core line in my opinion.

Note that this listing may come down at anytime. I am a multi-platform seller and do sell locally as well in an effort to keep sales fluid. State sales tax will be charged on Reverb sales when applicable, so factor that in to your purchase.

I will immaculately pack it as well. I use quality shipping boxes, ample tape on all sides. And sufficient bubble wrap filler and bracing inside the box. And always Marked/denoted as fragile. I generally detune guitars 1/2 half step prior to shipment as well if needed.

Thank you for reading and considering!