2021 Paul Reed Smith CE24

In 1988, PRS introduced the "Classic Electric" series—quickly shortened to just "CE"—as a way to combine PRS innovation with a simple and effective bolt-on neck. Since the '50s, the snap and response that comes from a bolt-on neck guitar has been an essential part of the rock n' roll sound. When PRS hit the scene in the mid-'80s, their cutting-edge designs permanently changed the electric guitar industry, but they were expensive because of the labor-intensive carved top and set neck. The PRS CE combines those next-level features with a streamlined body and a bolt-on neck in a package that is more accessible.  The Paul Reed Smith CE24 features a Mahogany body with a Maple top and a 24-fret bolt-on Maple neck. With PRS's distinctive double cutaway body shape, the CE24 certainly looks the part, and the long 24-fret neck allows for unfettered access all the way up to the second octave. True to the original PRS production guitars of the mid-'80s, the CE24 has a 25" scale and PRS's patented