“With the middle pickup from the Modern Eagle V added to the mix, you can easily dial in the classic scooped tones”: PRS promises spanky Strat-esque tones and a lot more from its limited run PRS CE 24 Special

PRS CE 24 Special Limited Edition: this run of 1,500 gives the CE Bolt-on platform its first HSH pickup configuration, and is pictured here on the PRS shopfloor, in McCarty Burst and Black Amber respectively. .

PRS Guitars has been going release crazy to celebrate 40 years in business, and for its latest trick, the Stevensville, Maryland guitar brand has expanded its range of “play-anything” high-end electric guitars with the CE 24 Special Limited Edition.

Seasoned birdwatchers might dare a guess at what that designation means. Yes, we can all see it’s a limited run – only 1,500 of them – and that 24 denotes the number of frets on the ‘board, but the big significance here is that the CE Bolt-on platform gets its first HSH electric guitar pickup configuration, hence the “Special” in the designation. And these are special.