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The PRS Charcoal Phoenix Limited Edition was crafted with attention to detail to celebrate their 40th Anniversary. Featuring Chaltecco neck, Ziricote fretboard, & PRS TCI humbuckers. With case.
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Only 150 of these exist in the world. Not 150,000. Not 1,500. One hundred and fifty. If you're the kind of player who appreciates instruments that are rarer than a guitarist who shows up on time, the PRS Charcoal Phoenix Limited Edition was built for you — literally.
Designed as Paul Reed Smith's personal instrument of choice and released to celebrate PRS Guitars' 40th Anniversary, this is the guitar Paul spent over a year road-testing live and in the studio before deciding it was worthy of bearing the Charcoal Phoenix name.
Most guitars are pretty. The Charcoal Phoenix is the kind of pretty that makes other guitars feel a little self-conscious. A deep crimson back rises into a Private Stock-grade figured maple top finished in a charcoal microburst — visually evoking a phoenix rising from fire and ash, because subtlety was apparently not on the design brief. The ripple abalone "Old School" bird inlays on the ziricote fingerboard add vintage elegance that feels earned, not decorative. This guitar looks like it already has a Grammy on its shelf.
The Charcoal Phoenix isn't just built to look exceptional — it's built to sound like it. Paul spent more than a year playing this guitar live and in the studio before finalizing the spec, which means every material and component choice was road-tested under real conditions, not just laboratory ones. The result is an instrument with sustain that blooms naturally, clarity that cuts through a full band mix, and a tonal character that rewards both delicate fingerpicking and full-throttle playing with equal confidence.
The PRS Charcoal Phoenix isn't a guitar you buy to hang on a wall — though it would look absolutely incredible. It's an instrument designed by one of the most respected guitar makers alive, refined through real-world performance, and limited to 150 units worldwide. That's not a sales tactic. That's just the reality of owning something genuinely rare. Whether it ends up as your primary touring instrument or a centerpiece of a serious collection, it will hold its value for decades.
The PRS Charcoal Phoenix Limited Edition is a guitar that sits at the rare intersection of collector-grade rarity and genuine professional performance. With a Private Stock-grade figured maple top, newly updated 2025 TCI pickups, a chaltecoco neck, ziricote fingerboard, and Paul Reed Smith's personal endorsement backed by over a year of real-world use, this is an instrument that doesn't ask you to choose between beauty and tone. If you've been waiting for a guitar that justifies every penny of its price tag and then some, the Charcoal Phoenix just raised its hand.
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