{"product_id":"prs-se-custom-24-08-eriza-verde-polly","title":"Polly! - PRS SE Custom 24-08 in Eriza Verde","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet Polly!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are subtle guitars, there are tasteful guitars, and then there is Polly, who appears to have been dipped in radioactive apple juice, tastefully.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRS SE Custom 24-08 • Eriza Verde • TCI “S” Pickups\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe should probably address the colour first, because ignoring it would be like introducing Kermit the Frog and starting with his personality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis magnificent shade is called Eriza Verde, and when PRS launched the SE Custom 24-08 for 2021, this was its new colour. Not green, not lime, not quite “visible from the International Space Station.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEriza Verde, and underneath it is a beautifully figured flame maple veneer that changes enormously as Polly moves through the light. PRS paired that with a maple top and mahogany back, leaving the natural mahogany visible around the sides and rear. The result is absolutely ridiculous, and we adore her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Polly isn’t just a pretty face.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Custom 24 is the guitar at the heart of PRS, but the 24-08 takes that familiar recipe and does something considerably cleverer with the electronics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolly has two TCI “S” humbuckers, a three-way pickup selector and two little mini-toggle switches. Those switches independently split each humbucker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween the selector and independent coil switching, PRS gives the 24-08 eight different pickup combinations, hence that slightly cryptic name. That means Polly can go from big, warm humbucker sounds to much brighter single-coil territory without requiring a pedalboard the size of Belgium.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe’s extremely versatile, she’s just not remotely subtle about it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnderneath all that green…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRS gave the SE Custom 24-08 a mahogany body, maple top with flame maple veneer, set maple Wide Thin neck, rosewood fingerboard, 24 frets and a 25-inch scale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen, because apparently the top wasn’t decorative enough already, they filled the fretboard with those unmistakable PRS bird inlays.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Wide Thin neck is exactly what its name suggests. Slim and quick without feeling insubstantial, with the 24-fret layout and generous double cutaways giving you excellent access right up the board.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the other end sits PRS’s patented molded tremolo and PRS-designed tuners, and yes… we have the tremolo arm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn fact, Polly arrived with a lovely little bag of her original bits and pieces, including her trem arm and adjustment tools. We have resisted the urge to call it her handbag, until now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Stray Chord treatment:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolly didn’t arrive needing major surgery. What she needed was the sort of careful attention that takes a very good used guitar and makes it feel properly lovely again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe was stripped down, thoroughly cleaned and inspected, her hardware and electronics checked, fingerboard attended to, frets cleaned and polished and everything carefully put back together.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe has then been restrung and given a complete professional setup, with her action, relief, intonation and pickup heights dialled in so she’s ready for her next person, and that Eriza Verde top? It has been carefully cleaned and polished until the flame started doing THAT again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e*gestures vaguely at photographs *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause LOOK AT HER.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolly is a used guitar, so there are naturally signs that she has had a life before us rather than spending several years sealed inside a vault. Any marks worth knowing about are shown honestly in her photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOverall, though, she presents beautifully.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe failed foster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe should probably confess something. Polly has been hanging around The Stray Chord for rather longer than was strictly necessary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot because she needed months of rehabilitation, and not because we couldn’t identify her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot because anything was wrong with her, either, Sarah just really likes her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere was a brief period where Polly’s prospects of ever appearing on Stray Of The Day were becoming increasingly questionable. Apparently there’s a technical term for this - a failed foster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnfortunately for Sarah, The Stray Chord cannot function as a guitar rescue if every particularly pretty green guitar mysteriously becomes a permanent resident, we checked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo after an entirely unreasonable amount of procrastination… Polly is officially up for adoption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlease take her before ‘somebody’ changes their mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo what are you adopting?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA PRS SE Custom 24-08 in frankly outrageous Eriza Verde.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA flame maple veneered maple top over a mahogany body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA set Wide Thin maple neck with rosewood fingerboard and 24 frets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThose beautiful PRS bird inlays.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo TCI “S” humbuckers with independent coil splitting and eight available pickup combinations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRS patented tremolo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer tremolo arm and accompanying original accessories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA complete Stray Chord workshop inspection, clean, fret treatment and professional setup.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe SE Custom 24-08 is one of those guitars that makes an awful lot of sense once you actually play one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s comfortable, it’s beautifully made, it’s enormously versatile, and in Eriza Verde, it has precisely zero interest in quietly blending into the background.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhich, frankly, we respect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolly has been cleaned, polished, set up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdmired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotographed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdmired again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlmost accidentally adopted by the person who was supposed to be rehoming her, and finally wrestled onto the adoption list.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolly is ready for her next home… Probably.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSarah would like it formally recorded that this decision was made under protest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE STRAY CHORD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRESCUE • RESTORE • REHOME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Stray Chord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58512955343112,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1059\/2829\/4664\/files\/image0_5f9e797d-37a7-4755-9a68-d403d1cb253d.jpg?v=1787511076","url":"https:\/\/thestraychord.com\/products\/prs-se-custom-24-08-eriza-verde-polly","provider":"The Stray Chord","version":"1.0","type":"link"}