There are instruments that represent the best of what a builder can do. And then there are instruments that exist beyond that category entirely — pieces where every decision, every material, every finish detail reflects an absolute refusal to accept anything less than perfection. The 2020 PRS Private Stock Hollowbody II McCarty 594 in Aqua Violet Smoked Burst is one of those instruments. The Interstellar Tone Traveler does not use the word extraordinary lightly, but there is simply no other word for what we are looking at here. The Aqua Violet Smoked Burst finish — aqua and teal bleeding into deep violet through a smoky, atmospheric transition — is rendered in high gloss nitrocellulose over curly maple top and back, and it glows with a depth and iridescence that photographs cannot fully capture. Natural body binding with Blue Paua purfling traces every edge with the deep blue-green shimmer of New Zealand's rarest abalone variant, echoing the colors of the finish itself in a material conversation that feels genuinely intentional. At 5 lbs 10 oz — astonishingly light for a fully hollow instrument of this specification — this guitar practically floats in your arms.

The appointments are without peer. Agoya shell bird inlays with Blue Paua outlines and Blue Paua purfling running the length of the African Blackwood fingerboard create a visual statement of layered luxury that Private Stock is uniquely capable of delivering. The headstock carries a Private Stock Eagle in Agoya with Blue Paua outlines, framed by an African Blackwood veneer with Curly Maple binding — the same figured mahogany-to-blackwood-to-curly maple material conversation flowing from body to neck to headstock without interruption. African Blackwood tuner buttons, truss rod cover, and a bone nut complete the material palette with quiet, consistent elegance. 58/15 LT TCI pickups in both positions — PRS's True Capacity Inductor voiced humbuckers, among the finest the company has ever produced — deliver a warm, harmonically complex, singing tone perfectly suited to the Hollowbody II's acoustic resonance and the McCarty 594's vintage-correct 24.594" scale. Two push/pull tone controls expand the tonal palette with coil-splitting capability. This guitar arrived in mint condition. It departs in the same. Private Stock Black Western Tolex case included.

Model: Hollowbody II McCarty 594
Year: 2020
Middle Body Wood: Mahogany
Body Top/Back: Curly Maple
Body Finish: High Gloss Nitrocellulose 
Body Binding: Natural w/Blue Paua Purfling 
Neck: Figured Mahogany
Fingerboard: African Blackwood w/Curly Maple Binding 
Headstock Veneer Wood: African Blackwood w/Curly Maple Binding 
Neck Carve: Pattern Vintage
Side Dots: Black
Color/Stain: Aqua Violet Smoked Burst 
Fingerboard Inlay: Agoya Birds with Blue Paua Outlines and Blue Paua Purfling
Headstock Veneer Inlay: Agoya Private Stock Eagle with Blue Paua Outlines and Blue Paua Purfling
Pickups:  Treble: 58/15 LT TCI     Bass: 58/15 LT TCI 
Electronics: Two Volume, Two push/pull Tone Controls with 3-Way Toggle 
Scale Length: 24.594"
Hardware: Gold/Nickel PRS 2pc stoptail, PRS Phase III set Screw Locking Tuners with African Blackwood Buttons, African Blackwood Truss Rod Cover with Bone Nut
Set-up: .010s
Case Type: Private Stock Black Western Tolex 
Specials: High Gloss Nitro Finish, Curly Maple Top and Back, African Blackwood Fingerboard, Veneer, Buttons and Truss Rod Cover, Agoya Bird Inlays with Blue Paua outlines and Purfling. 
Weight: 5lbs 10oz.