The Greatest Electric Guitar I've Played. PRS McCarty 594 Hollowbody II

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Next up for the "Why I Bought This" video series. I firmly believe that this PRS 594 Hollowbody II is the greatest electric guitar I've laid my hands on. I'll run through the story of this beauty and let you hear some samples of the tones of this remarkable instrument.
#prs #electricguitar #mythospedals
00:00 Intro
01:05 The Story of Why I Bought The 594
03:33 What Have I Changed
05:47 Is It A Lifer?
07:12 Full Demo
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[@fivewattworld]

These are a lot of fun Zach. Keep ‘em coming.

[@user-jk5um1om8l]

Gorgeous!!!! Thank you for showcasing this beauty.

[@NickGranville]

Stunning looking guitar and sounds superb too! Nice

[@Gaslight.Guitar]

That guitar sounds wicked! Never played a "high-end" PRS, only SE stuff. Even the SE stuff is great. Enjoyed the vid, Zach. Peace.

[@joshwinger]

Happy for you man. That's an amazing instrument.

[@therealdavidleong]

I really enjoy this series Zach! So glad you're putting more videos on your channel. Love Pedal Pushers too!

[@jorgetenamusic]

Congrats, gorgeous guitar! It sounds amazing in your hands.

[@davey_tones]

I actually just got a 23 594 hollowbody ii a couple weeks ago and it is indeed fantastic! Great video, keep this series coming!

[@passionplayer7]

Once I played my friends' 594 I was hooked with PRS. I now own a Custom 24 and a 594 very similar to yours Zach and I would agree it is one of the best after trying/playing/owning many guitars over the last couple decades myself. Cheers and keep'em coming!

[@adambrunner9462]

Sick unit there fella... Love the McCarty burst! By far my favorite PRS color. Sounds raw and big! Very nice.

[@laoboy9]

Wow, sounds great and great playing too.

[@georgeshepherd3381]

I love these!

[@VisualGuy]

Its not often that a video has a guitar sound that I immediately gas over but I'm taking inventory of what I can list right now to buy one of these haha

[@lightfallband]

Great vid Zach!

[@martiboucat]

Yeah! Keep the videos coming, Zach!!

[@martiboucat]

I've always liked PRS guitar shapes, never liked the flames and the birds. The Gold DGT SE in gold looks phenomenal. I think my favourite PRS guitar though is the PRS Vela. I really wish it had a fatter neck

[@Earl00001]

Sounds so good.

[@IamMusicNerd]

Fantastic guitar. I love my semi-hollow PRS, so I might need to invest in one of their Hollowbody II models.

[@dylanadamsguitar]

I played one of those in Trampas Green a while back, sadly couldn’t afford it at the time but I agree with everything you said, absolutely amazing guitar!

[@gr637]

I have one in Trampas Green. Had to save for a while to get it but it’s worth every penny. Best wishes

[@roknfnrol]

Such a great sounding axe, great playing too.

[@gr637]

Good to hear that I own a great guitar 👍

[@jeannenooney]

So awesome! That guitar sounds great! #WeMakePRS

[@joshuaschecter]

I have been a Fender and Gibson guy for a long time. I got a 594 and loved it. So much that I got a Silver Sky and a Hollowbody II. I still have the Gibson and fenders but I am always playing one of my three PRS guitars. They just play great. The Humbuckers are good but I also find myself wanting to change them. As far as the build and playability they are by far the best playing guitars I’ve ever owned or played.

[@Foofang65]

Really liking your guitar. And your playing. 👍

[@pedalhead2641]

Sounds awesome. Changed the pickups and harness on a 335 once. I had to take a moment to relax and remember I was doing it for fun bc it was stressing me out. Sounded better but then was sold for an amazing PRS SE hollowbody std piezo.

[@aornic]

Beautiful guitar mate.

[@bluesrock4696]

Those pups in that guitar are magic. I would love to be able to pick up a set of those Throbaks one day.

[@jimijackson]

I played a few PRS guitars today for the first time...the hollow body had beautiful low end notes. Just a nice resonance

[@sexyrotekatze]

thanks for sharing

[@sawblade37217]

Fantastic guitar. I own a PRS Modern Eagle V, ESP Custom Shop Arrow, and a PRS SE Custom 24. All the guitars are outstanding precision instruments worth every dollar for their respective class. I find myself picking up the Modern Eagle V more often than the ESP Arrow. A testament to the sound quality and playability related to PRS Instruments. There is an inherent warmth in the instrument (even unplugged), especially noteworthy given it's a solid body electric instrument.

[@goprepaid]

sound so neat and buttery with salt

[@GuitarsOK]

👏 Zach! Make mine Mythos! Come on! Good video

[@JS-nf1sn]

PRS makes the best guitars on the planet. I love Strats and Telecasters but a PRS Custom 24 is on another level. They sound amazing, practically play themselves, tune up easier, hold tune, and have flawless construction. Great video.

[@SingleCoilVoodoo]

Ohhhhhhhh that sound at 8:20 🔥🔥🔥

[@communitykyle]

Fantastic content. Long time PRS owner and own a single piece top lawsuit singlecut. Replaced pickups with WRC/Jim Wagner pickups. Don’t love the 594 pickup selector on the upper horn, but know they only continue to get better.

[@JB19504]

I own one of these. Ten Top in Tobacco Burst. I think I bought it in 2021 from SW. Very, very nice guitar. Got a $1500 discount because of an ordering screwup from SW regarding the color (I wanted Trampas Green, but the guitar came in as Tobacco Burst.) They allowed me to pick out a Tobacco Burst Tem Top (they had 4 in stock), so I got a great deal. Tobacco Burst was my second choice anyway, and the wife like it more than the Trampas, so no problems.

[@CosmicNed]

Couldn’t agree more- been a tried & true Strat player for over 40 years - tried a PRS semi-hollow Studio (i need a trem!) and have not looked back for my main squeeze… now have five other PRS including a couple of SE’s… their all works of genius imho..,

[@yammak2004]

I bought my first prs its a charcoal satin s2 standard 24 and i love it.

[@YMESYDT]

I bought a McCarty because it was a good deal and I wanted to flip it, instead sold 9 other guitars and going on stage with the PRS tonight

[@jeremeydonovan8286]

I have the same model guitar and he is not exaggerating I hear why you changed the bridge pick up but I fell in love with the pick ups before I ever went to pick out the guitar. I’ll just click on a pedal for some heat rather than fish all the wiring out. Thanks again!

[@MythosPedals]

Yeah totally an option.

[@staringdowninfinity]

love all the content! PRS has to be one of my personal favorite brands, so cool to see that others share my love!

[@MrJbangoy]

I got the SE piezo hollowbody and it is better than any guitar I've ever touched. I can only imagine how good the Maryland made one is.

[@PudgyPrince]

Agreed 100%.

[@justinkarbel7914]

Dude. I recently bought a Hollowbody II. Same color, mine's a 10 top. 25" scale with the piezo. Unreal instrument. My 2nd PRS. I've also got an MEV and you can tell RS that it does the Strat thing good enough for a gig that I don't need to drag a strat. PRS makes wonderful guitars. Surely better than F or G these days shy of their custom shop stuff.

[@kitoyobeni1]

Wish I could afford the core version, but the SE Piezo model is scratching that itch for me so far. Jumped on one as soon as it I found one fir under 900 on Reverb.

[@georgeshepherd3381]

Tensed up while you described wiring while changing pickups!

[@Shiznitt_]

The fine folks in Maryland sure know how to build a guitar! Got an S2 last year and can’t put it down.

[@rowegardner9673]

Have one of these in trampas green fade. It’s absolutely the best guitar I’ve ever played. Just FEELS so damn good to play. The only way I can describe this model is it’s almost like nothing gets in the way of you and the notes you’re trying to make happen.

[@kennygee83]

had a Hollowbody II Singlecut in trampas green, prettiest and best guitar I ever played. Biggest regret having to sell it.

[@hibernative]

Oh man I almost had a stroke when you said you changed the pickups and electronics! Buuut it does sound *good*

[@michaelostermann4198]

I wish they would make the sides natural finish. This has always reminded me of ketchup and mustard with the red yellow finishing.

[@druwk]

I have always drooled over this exact model! Throbak’s sound really sweet in that instrument. Neck feel, and short scale length are always a stumbling block? I play in C# Standard and wonder what the string gauge/setup would feel and sound like on this guitar? Sound, Looks, Weight are all about perfect? Feel and playability (price?) are the only questions

[@BiffFPV]

normally I find its hard to grasp exactly how good something sounds over a youtube video but dude...that thing has "the sound"

[@jeanherr3477]

The video was great I only wish you had recorded some thing with the guitar as purchased before Changes were made

[@MythosPedals]

Once Doc Brown brings me my time machine I can do those sort of things.

[@tomcaron9113]

I’ve owned my 20th Anniversary HB II piezo for many years. It has the McCarty jazz pups that are a bit dark. Piezo is good but requires a good acoustic amp and is tough to service. Love the guitar but it serves specific needs, not all.

[@jimsmith4611]

Ha just watched another video where the guy sang the praise of this guitar having handed back a Gibson 335 that he had bought he loved his 594 too..

[@kennygee83]

I used to have a Hollowbody II Singlecut, best guitar I ever owned, biggest regret that I got rid of it.

[@Scott__C]

The difference in the PRS nitro is that they've added ingredients so it won't crack all over the place like Gibson's.

[@dash4786]

Hey there, I had a question. I saw you on a video with Rhett when you try to convince him about PRS guitars. Had a PRS vela and cherry that you made him play. You said you did some modifications to it and I was just wondering what those modifications were

[@MythosPedals]

Only just changed the bridge pickup and ditched the treble bleed. Love the Vela! What a great guitar.

[@LLVG83]

Awesome guitar! Did you have those pickups in the DGT first? Why did you let that one go, btw?

[@MythosPedals]

No it had the 101+ set, I sold it because I really prefer a hard tail for these sort of guitars and this guitar just was more comfortable to me. I loved my gold DGT but this is more my personality.

[@LLVG83]

Ah ok, thanks for sharing, just bought a DGT after owning a DGT Standard before, really love it (except that neck pickup) but the itch for a Les Paul or 335style hasn't been scratched I think (being a sc/p90 guitar person). Does it ever end ;-) Enjoy your beautiful collection of instruments and keep these videos coming. Tony the Tiger up next?

[@Jeb_binch]

We talk about pedals and pickups on the tone quest, but clearly f-holes are the answer.

[@johncox2552]

Sounds awesome! How are you liking the Neural DSP Petrucci plug-in?

[@MythosPedals]

Definitely fun to play, I feel like the gain is a bit too much for me but I love the clean amp in it.

[@1997Ghost]

are you selling the og pickups by any chance?

[@scottbrower9052]

My SE Hollowbody II is the best *I've* ever played. Can't imagine what this McCarty must be like.

[@adrianguggisberg3656]

Basically... the same. If you throw in those pickups.

[@jxw129]

I never understood the comparison to es-335. To me the prs special semi-hollow is a closer comparison. This is fully hollow, much more similar to a es-330.

[@cometsuch]

Thanks for sharing. Do you think the PRS 594 has a chance of changing Rhetts mind?

[@MythosPedals]

He played it and liked it, but these are just not his thing. Hopefully he'll nab a NF53 soon and get the PRS bug.

[@Prettynoise]

Zach, how does the guitar act feedback wise next to a loud physical amp?

[@MythosPedals]

Definitely feeds back but not its uncontrollable. Pretty normal for this style instrument

[@zenrun2913]

I wanted the same model but after hearing what a pain the arse it is to mod electronics, I’ll get a model with a back plate.

[@josephstark4944]

Can I make the SE hollow body sound like this??

[@MythosPedals]

Sure! I think the SE stuff is awesome. I have the SE 594 singlecut and I put the Mythos pickups in it. It sounds flipping great.

[@ArtDonna84]

Wish I had your wallet as I'm afraid PRS Core or Custom's are too far out of my personal reach. That said, it's a beauty!!!

[@MythosPedals]

One day my friend!

[@ZofoZofo]

I think you should call the 594 HBII- Chewy ( Chewbaca ). It really has a chewy tone to me 😂

[@Danielrunion]

Zach where is the Goldtop Novo? Don't tell me you left the club! :)

[@MythosPedals]

Sold all the Novos

[@2121toso]

Just drool worthy.

[@tbaret15]

I mean, I wouldn’t call changing the pickups “tinkering” or “modding it a little”, but good on you for making it your own.

[@jms_productions]

It appears I’m not the only one with Ghostbusters stuff in my gear space 😂 👻🚫

[@MythosPedals]

Everyone says I need to mount one of my proton packs to the wall lol

[@jms_productions]

@@MythosPedals I have plans for this lol it should be a thing !

[@Ben-ll3iy]

7:20

[@BenBalser86]

Is this Chapman?

[@MythosPedals]

What? This is Zach from Mythos :)

[@mrnorbotron3308]

why are you shaking the guitar neck?

[@MythosPedals]

Add a little vibrato. Old school trick.

[@GuitarJawn]

For the price it better

[@realgoodmind]

The poly age was what turned so many off. Nitro or nothing.

[@Cottonrocket]

And now you’ve sold it?

[@MythosPedals]

Still got it

[@Cottonrocket]

It happens to all of us I guess. I’ve owned guitars I intended to keep forever, but opinions change over time. Anyway, I really enjoy your channel, especially the tutorial videos and fun podcast. Thanks!

[@StevenAnthonyGuitar]

My vote would go to your Les Paul, the one refinished by Tom Murphy. That guitar simply sounds and looks great.

[@karldelta]

he changed the pickup hahahaha

[@MythosPedals]

I did! How dare I modify something that belongs to me lol

[@karldelta]

@@MythosPedals if prs guitar are so good why change the pickup ? 🤣🤣

[@MythosPedals]

​@@karldelta The neck pickup was great but I had a set of throbaks laying around my shop and decided to swap them and I'm much happier with it. The bridge just didn't have quite enough output factory for my tastes in this guitar. I've played Special Semi Hollow and they suited that guitar bit better. I love changing pickups and making a guitar more my own. It shouldn't matter if it's a $300 squier or a $5000+ PRS, it's just one of my guitars in my eyes.

[@nathanbouton6700]

I'm absolutely appalled you would change the 58/15LT's. They are hands down the best pickups I've ever heard. They have a learning curve. You've put the ice picky sound back into a guitar Paul worked so hard to avoid.

[@MythosPedals]

Man I’ve played a ton of PAF loaded vintage guitars and this was the sound in MY head. I liked the stock pickups but the Throbak are exactly what I wanted from this guitar and I couldn’t be happier.

[@nathanbouton6700]

@@MythosPedals....and it's yours! I'm happy for you. Shocked, but happy for you. I also have one I love equally. Tramps green smoke burst. Non 10 top.

[@rudals1281]

Why plastic tuner knobs?!

[@yammak2004]

So that's the silly thing you get hung up on. The excuses of broke people

[@Hakeemandthelock-pickers2342]

uh yeah more dad rock guitars. where's all our esprit and courage gone

[@lindyloulie80]

I guess I don’t get it. You say “The Greatest Electric Guitar I’ve Played. PRS McCarty 594 Hollowbody.” And then you immediately change the pickups. 🤔 If it is “The Greatest.” why the need to change the pickups?? I guess it isn’t REALLY “The Greatest.” 😉

[@fiverx2159]

Changing the pickups changes the sound not how it plays. It might play amazing but not sound amazing. It’s actually pretty easy to get

[@lindyloulie80]

@@fiverx2159 Okay, I get that about the playability, but when someone says an instrument is "The Greatest Electric Guitar I've Played," that sounds like a summary judgement to include everything about that instrument - playability, sound of the pickups, workmanship, intonation, etc. Of course the judgement is always in the mind of the player. 😉

[@fiverx2159]

@@lindyloulie80 even the greatest can be improved

[@fiverx2159]

I love John Scofields tone. Sounds perfect to me. But if I played his setup his tone might sound off with my style vs his

[@lindyloulie80]

@@fiverx2159 I get it. Every player has his/her way of playing the guitar. This can greatly affect the tone that comes out of the instrument. I, for example, like to "dig in" to get a full resonant sound while also producing varying dynamics. Another player might have a light touch which would result in a very different tone than mine. Enjoy your fabulous PRS! 😉 I'm jealous! At some point I too will have a Core PRS Hollowbody II. 😁

[@manew578]

You buy a more then 5k Euro guitar and firt thing is you change a pu to get more fire??? 😂😂 really?

[@MythosPedals]

Why not?

[@rockeye]

😂 “The greatest electric guitar I’ve played.” Then proceeds to sell it. 😂😂

[@MythosPedals]

I bought a guitar that was very expensive. I don't want to, but life forces your hand sometimes

[@antoonhermans8953]

an prs ? , nah , thanks , but no way !

[@MythosPedals]

Ok?

[@antoonhermans8953]

@@MythosPedals sorry , just not a fan off the man and the brand .