I bought my PRS Custom 24 10 top guitar (serial number 0358321) new in May 2023 from Cosmo Music in Toronto, Canada which has over time developed a crackling sound whenever i touch the front area below the pick-ups (as you can see and hear in the above 2025-5-23 downloadable video clip) and the back of the neck 'n heel. This has become an unplayable guitar as i touch these areas when playing guitar - both at my band rehearsals and at my band's live shows.
The crackling sound will temporarily go away when i clean/polish the guitar's face and back of the neck 'n heel with guitar polish . . .
. . . but it will soon reappear. None of my other guitars (or my previously owned three PRS McCarty guitars / two PRS SC245 guitars / one PRS CE24 guitar) have or had this issue.