PRS McCarty Trem Wood Library with 408 Switching Charcoal Black (10 Top) Natural Binding Stained Neck (s/n: 0469)

Now Available at Northeast Music Center!

PRS McCarty Trem Wood Library with 408 Switching – Charcoal Black(10 Top) – Natural Binding – Stained Neck (s/n: 0430469)! Guitar comes with PRS D1 Molded Hardshell Case!

A sophisticated Wood Library build combining McCarty character, PRS tremolo expression, and the remarkable versatility of 408 switching.

There are PRS guitars built around tradition, others built around versatility, and still others created to showcase extraordinary woods and appointments. This PRS McCarty Trem Wood Library with 408 Switching in Charcoal Black brings all three ideas together in one exceptional instrument.

Selected through the prestigious PRS Wood Library program, this McCarty immediately distinguishes itself with its beautifully figured carved maple top dressed in deep Charcoal Black, elegant natural binding, and a matching stained neck. The overall presentation is sophisticated rather than overstated—the kind of PRS that reveals more character every time the light moves across its top.

But the visual presentation is only part of the story.

McCarty Soul with Tremolo Expression

The McCarty platform represents one of PRS's most important interpretations of vintage-inspired electric guitar design. Its fundamental character is rich, resonant, and authoritative, with the clarity and balance that have become hallmarks of Paul Reed Smith instruments.

This Wood Library build expands upon that foundation with the expressive freedom of a PRS tremolo.

Subtle vibrato, shimmering chords, expressive lead work, and more dramatic pitch movement become available without sacrificing the precision and refined feel expected from a high-level PRS instrument.

It creates a fascinating combination: the musical substance and vintage influence associated with the McCarty family paired with the fluid response of one of PRS's most celebrated hardware designs.

408 Switching — Where This Guitar Becomes Something Special

The inclusion of PRS 408 switching takes this McCarty into another category altogether.

Rather than approaching coil splitting as simply an additional feature, the 408 concept was designed around giving the player genuinely useful alternate pickup voices. Individual switching provides tremendous control over the character of the pickups, allowing the guitar to move between powerful humbucker sounds and clearer, more articulate textures with remarkable ease.

The full humbucker voices offer depth, authority, sustain, and harmonic richness—ideal for everything from muscular rhythm work to soaring lead tones.

Switch into the alternate voices and the personality changes. Cleaner passages gain definition, rhythm parts become more open and articulate, and lower-gain sounds take on a clarity that makes this guitar exceptionally useful in both live and studio environments.

This isn't versatility that exists merely on a specification sheet.

It's musical versatility you can actually use.

The Wood Library Difference

The PRS Wood Library program is where already exceptional PRS instruments become considerably more personal.

Select PRS dealers are given opportunities to create limited groups of instruments by bringing together carefully chosen woods, finishes, neck specifications, electronics, and appointments. The objective isn't simply to make a more expensive guitar—it is to create combinations with an identity that isn't found throughout standard production.

That philosophy is especially meaningful to Northeast Music Center.

With more than three decades of experience as a PRS dealer, we have developed extensive firsthand knowledge of the Wood Library program and understand how important the selection process can be. A successful Wood Library guitar isn't simply a collection of premium specifications. The woods, finish, neck, electronics, and overall personality of the instrument need to complement one another.

This McCarty Trem is an outstanding example of that philosophy.

Charcoal Black, Natural Binding & Stained Neck

The visual execution is classic PRS sophistication.

Charcoal Black emphasizes the natural structure of the figured maple rather than overwhelming it. Dark coloration settles into the grain while the figure remains visible beneath the finish, producing dramatic movement as the viewing angle changes.

The natural binding provides the perfect contrast, outlining the carved maple top with a clean organic edge. Follow that with the stained neck, and the instrument develops a cohesive, almost custom-tailored appearance from body to headstock.

It is dark, elegant, and unmistakably PRS.

10 Top

Adding to its Wood Library pedigree, this instrument is also designated a PRS 10 Top, reserved for maple tops selected for their exceptional figure, consistency, and visual impact.

Three Decades of PRS Experience Behind Every Guitar

For Northeast Music Center, Wood Library guitars are not simply another category of inventory.

Our relationship with PRS spans more than three decades, giving us experience across generations of Custom 24s, McCartys, limited editions, Artist instruments, Wood Library builds, and Private Stock guitars. That history has given our team an understanding not only of PRS specifications, but of how those specifications translate into instruments for real players and serious collectors.

When you're considering a PRS at this level, that experience matters.

At Northeast Music Center, our goal is not simply to sell you a beautiful guitar. We want to help you understand why a particular instrument is different and whether it is the right PRS for the way you play, collect, and experience guitars.

For the player searching for traditional McCarty character without traditional limitations, this Wood Library build makes a compelling argument.

McCarty foundation. PRS tremolo. 408 switching. Wood Library selection. Charcoal Black. Natural binding. Stained neck.

This is not an ordinary McCarty—and that is precisely the point.

Available from Northeast Music Center, where exceptional PRS guitars have been part of our story for more than three decades.

Specifications:

• Body
  • Construction - SolidBody
  • Top Wood - Flame Maple - 10 Top
  • Body Wood - Mahogany
  • Pickguard - None
  • Binding - Natural
  • Finish - High Gloss Nitro
• Neck
  • Frets - 22, PRS
  • Scale length - 24.594”
  • Neck Wood - Flame Maple Stained to Match Top
  • Neck Shape- Pattern  –Fretboard Wood - Bound - Ziricote
    • Radius - 10"
  • Inlays - Outline Old School Birds - Sparkle MOP Outlines / Pink Heart Centers
• Hardware
  • Tuners - PRS Open Gear
  • Nut Material - PRS
  • Bridge - Gen III Tremolo
  • Knobs - PRS Lampshade
  • Hardware Type - Hybrid
• Electronics
  • Neck Pickup - McCarty III
  • Bridge Pickup - McCarty III
  • Controls – Volume, Push-Pull Tone & 3-way toggle ( “408” Electronics)