Now Available at Northeast Music Center!
Includes PRS Padded Gig Bag
The PRS SE CE 24 takes the familiar Custom 24 recipe and changes one crucial ingredient: the neck joint.
Instead of a set neck, PRS pairs the maple-topped mahogany body with a bolt-on maple neck, giving the guitar a quicker attack, added snap and an immediate response that separates the CE from its Custom 24 sibling.
This particular guitar is finished in beautiful Slate Blue with a Natural Back, allowing the flame maple veneer to make the first impression while the natural mahogany back provides a great visual contrast.
For players who love the PRS 24-fret platform but want the distinctive response of a bolt-on guitar, this SE CE 24 is an excellent choice—and it's available now at Northeast Music Center.
The CE has always represented a different side of PRS.
Originally introduced in 1988, the CE concept combines familiar PRS design with the distinct feel and response of a bolt-on maple neck.
PRS brought that idea to the SE Series for the first time in 2024.
The difference isn't merely how the neck is attached.
The bolt-on maple neck contributes to a quicker attack and an immediate, lively response. Notes seem to jump from the guitar, and there's a crisp definition that works particularly well for clean playing, articulate rhythm work and lead tones that need to cut through a mix.
If you already know the feel of a Custom 24 but want something with a little more snap and immediacy, the SE CE 24 makes a lot of sense.
The Slate Blue finish gives this guitar a cool, sophisticated appearance that complements the flame maple veneer beautifully.
Turn it over and the Natural Back reveals the mahogany rather than covering it with the top color.
We particularly like that contrast.
From the front, you get the figuring and depth players expect from a maple-topped PRS.
From the back, the natural mahogany makes the guitar's construction immediately visible and provides a warmer visual counterpoint to the Slate Blue top.
Add the rosewood fretboard, PRS bird inlays and nickel hardware and this is a very sharp-looking CE.
PRS equips the SE CE 24 with a pair of uncovered 85/15 “S” humbuckers.
These pickups are designed with clarity and extended high- and low-frequency response in mind, making them an excellent match for the articulate character of the bolt-on maple neck.
The bridge pickup has the definition and authority needed for rock rhythm, overdrive and lead work.
The neck pickup provides warmth while retaining enough clarity to keep individual notes from becoming lost.
A 3-way toggle keeps the primary pickup selections simple:
But there's more available underneath the tone control.
Pull the tone control and the 85/15 “S” humbuckers switch into their coil-tapped mode, opening up brighter and leaner sounds.
That effectively gives the SE CE 24 two personalities.
Leave the control down when you want the fullness and output of the humbuckers.
Pull it up when you need more cut, clarity and single-coil-style character.
Combined with the 3-way toggle, you have six useful pickup/control combinations without turning the guitar into a complicated switching exercise.
Everything remains intuitive.
The Wide Thin neck profile is an excellent fit for the CE platform.
It's fast and comfortable without feeling insubstantial, making it equally suitable for chord work, rhythm playing, bends and more technical lead playing.
You also get the full 24-fret layout associated with the Custom 24 family.
PRS's 25" scale length sits comfortably between the traditional shorter and longer electric-guitar scale lengths, providing a balance of comfortable string tension and clear note definition.
The 10" radius rosewood fretboard completes a playing surface that should feel immediately familiar to many PRS players.
The PRS Patented Tremolo gives the CE 24 another layer of expression.
From subtle chord movement and gentle vibrato to more noticeable pitch effects, the tremolo complements the guitar's responsive bolt-on construction beautifully.
PRS-Designed tuners with Wing buttons complete the hardware package.
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There are plenty of PRS guitars with 24 frets, dual humbuckers and tremolos.
The reason to choose the SE CE 24 is the way those familiar PRS ingredients interact with its bolt-on maple neck.
There's a snap to the attack.
An immediacy to the response.
And a lively feel underneath your hands that gives the CE its own identity within the PRS lineup.
Combine that with the maple-over-mahogany body construction, Wide Thin neck, 85/15 “S” pickups, coil-tapping and PRS tremolo and you have an instrument capable of moving comfortably through rock, blues, pop, progressive music, clean rhythm work and much more.
And this individual Slate Blue / Natural Back guitar is a particularly attractive example of the concept.
As a longtime PRS dealer, Northeast Music Center understands the differences between the CE, Custom 24, Standard and other PRS platforms. We're happy to help you determine which construction and neck feel makes the most sense for your playing.
This individual PRS SE CE 24 in Slate Blue with Natural Back, serial number CTII002765, is available now from Northeast Music Center and includes its PRS padded gig bag.
