PRS strikes gold with highly limited 24-fret McCarty Singlecut Trem guitar

PRS guitars are known for their sometimes lavish finishes, but this gold leaf-covered 24-fret McCarty Singlecut Trem might just take the biscuit.

Based on a one-off guitar built for Carlos Santana, September's Private Stock Guitar of the Month features a Gold Leaf finish with high-gloss nitro top coat.

Each instrument includes 25-30 pieces of 23k Gold Leaf per curly maple top, which are hand-applied by Private Stock director Paul Miles.

Like Santana's version, this McCarty offers a 24.5" scale length neck with 24 frets and a PRS vibrato, as well as a custom-wound, hotter 58/15 treble pickup.

Elsewhere, the guitar boasts an African ribbon mahogany back, Madagascar rosewood fingerboard, plus a gold mother-of-pearl Private Stock eagle with engraved 'September' banner across the headstock.

Just 20 of these guitars will be made, so you'd better act fast if you want to go for gold. Although we'd wager all that bling means the price tag will reach into the tens of thousands in any currency...

Michael Astley-Brown

Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.