PRS Core Mark Holcomb, Fire Smokeburst

Mark Holcomb, renowned for his groundbreaking work with progressive metal band Periphery, brings his signature style and precision to the PRS lineup with a guitar built for versatility and power. Holcomb’s innovative riffing, a cornerstone of Periphery’s dense triple-guitar sound, comes to life on stages worldwide with his PRS signature models.

A standout in the PRS family, the Mark Holcomb model features a mango top, a 25.5” scale length maple neck, and an ebony fretboard with a 20” radius—crafted for speed and precision. Equipped with Holcomb’s signature Seymour Duncan Scarlet and Scourge pickups, this guitar delivers focused low-end punch and crystal-clear articulation, ensuring complex chord voicings, coil-splitting, and drop tunings remain defined and dynamic. The 5-way blade switch unlocks a range of tones, from dual humbuckers in position three to coil-split options in positions two and four.

With satin black hardware and seven eye-catching finishes, the Mark Holcomb model doesn’t just sound exceptional—it looks the part too. Whether you’re shredding metal, chicken-pickin’, or exploring jazzy improvisations, this guitar delivers uncompromising performance and boundless fun, ready to meet the demands of any genre.

Specifications

Body

• Body Construction: Solidbody

• Top Wood: Mango

• Back Wood: Mahogany

• Top Carve: Violin

Neck

• Number of Frets: 24

• Scale Length: 25.5”

• Neck Wood: Maple

• Neck Construction: One Piece

• Truss Rod: PRS Double-Acting

• Neck Shape: Mark Holcomb

• Neck Depth at 1/2 Fret: 53/64”

• Neck Depth at 12 1/2 Fret: 57/64”

• Neck Width at Nut: 1 11/16”

• Neck Width at Body: 2 1/4”

• Fretboard Wood: Ebony

• Fretboard Radius: 20”

• Fretboard Inlay: Birds

• Headstock Veneer: Ebony

• Headstock Logo: Signature, Inlaid

Neck/Body Assembly

• Neck Joint Type (NBA): Set Neck

Finish

• Finish Type: Satin Nitro

Hardware

• Bridge: PRS Plate-Style, String-Through

• Tuners: PRS Phase III Locking Tuners with Wing Buttons

• Hardware Type: Satin Black

• Nut: PRS

• Truss Rod Cover: “Mark Holcomb”

Electronics

• Treble Pickup: Mark Holcomb Signature Seymour Duncan Scourge Treble

• Bass Pickup: Mark Holcomb Signature Seymour Duncan Scarlet Bass

• Controls: Volume and Tone Control

• Switching: 5-Way Blade Pickup Switch

Additional Information

• Strings: PRS Signature, 10-52

• Factory Tuning: Drop C (C, G, C, F, A, D)

• Accessories: PRS Hardshell Case