The Modern Eagle V is an innovative instrument that offers highly musical tones for both recording and live performances. Using a hum/single/hum (five-coil) pickup layout and a unique electronics configuration, the Modern Eagle V gives players a wide range of tones in one guitar.

“Modern Eagle models have always been built to overcome history while celebrating tonewoods and the discovery of new tones. The Modern Eagle V is an advanced instrument, not only in terms of craftsmanship, but also electronically and mechanically,” says Paul Reed Smith. “We have refined the pickups and are now pleased to add them to the Core range.”

The 5-way switch selects the pickups into intuitive groupings: treble, treble and middle, middle, middle and bass, and bass. There's a single volume and a push/pull tone control that activates both humbuckers when engaged; This allows players to access all three pickups at the same time. Finally, the mini switches allow players to individually split the humbucker coils for additional single-coil sounds. This electronic design puts a whole range of classic and new tones at your fingertips, allowing you to choose from 17 different pickup options.

We ordered this particular Modern Eagle V through the 'Wood Library' program, which allows dealers to change a variety of tonewoods on their core models. In this case we went with a beautiful 10-Top Flamed Maple top and changed the fingerboard to African Blackwood. Other notable features include a mahogany body, a 22 fret, a 25-inch scale length, a Pattern mahogany neck, a bone nut and a PRS patented Gen III tremolo.

With its intriguing 'Yellow Tiger', two-tone gold and nickel hardware and luxurious craftsmanship, this instrument is as tonally diverse as it is beautiful. A great addition to anyone's guitar collection, although it could be the entire collection in one...!