PRS’s ultra-versatile Private Stock Modern Eagle V takes flight
Paul Reed Smith aims to “push the boundaries of guitar design” once more
PRS has unveiled the latest luxurious electric guitar to grace its Private Stock collection: the Modern Eagle V Limited Edition.
This marks the fifth incarnation of the Modern Eagle and promises to “push the boundaries of guitar design” with a huge variety of tones.
An HSH pickup configuration is altered via two paired mini-toggles, which transform the humbuckers into true single coils.
Meanwhile, a push/pull tone control can activate both humbuckers, allowing all three pickups to operate at once.
Finally, a third mini-toggle changes the volume pot value from 500k to 250k for fine-tuning pickup output.
Elsewhere, the guitar’s mahogany body is complemented by a curly maple top in a high-gloss nitro finish, while the curly maple neck wood features a 25” Brazilian rosewood fretboard.
Just 120 Private Stock Modern Eagle V Limited Edition guitars will be made worldwide - head over to PRS Guitars for more info.
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