PRS 408 Flame Top with Nickel Hardware Electric Guitar Amber Black

Signature PRS style and feel with an increased variety of pickup control and tones.




The PRS 408 Flame Top with Nickel Hardware
Electric Guitar is one of the exciting new PRS 408 guitars. These
inspiring instruments, offered as both a maple top (MT) and all mahogany
(Standard) version, bring the versatility and voicing of the Private
Stock Signature and the Signature Limited Edition to PRS’s Core line.
Multiple variations are available at Musician's Friend, just type PRS
408 into our search engine to see what's in stock. This one is
distiguished by its flame maple top over a mahogany body, new pattern
neck shape, PRS tremolo bridge and nickel hardware.


PRS 408
pickups were designed to extend the guitar’s tonal spectrum by narrowing
the field of the bass pickup to increase its focus and widening the
field of the treble pickup to increase its sound field (hence their
asymmetric appearance). This pickup configuration (comprised of four
coils and offering eight sounds) stems back to Paul’s experimentation on
the Sorcerer’s Apprentice guitars in the early 1980’s. Thanks to the
simple but versatile switching system featuring mini-toggle switches
that provide numerous combinations of humbucking and singlecoil tones,
the 408 Maple Top and 408 Standard provide stunning articulation and
musical clarity.


V12 finish
Finish should
enhance the look, sound, and feel of a guitar by accentuating the wood’s
inherent beauty and feel without hindering its natural resonance. And
PRS Guitars’ new “V12” finish does just that. Introduced at Experience
PRS 2010, “V12” is a very thin, hard, and clear finish that will not
crack or react with thinners. After roughly 12 years in development, it
is halfway between acrylic and nitro, but with a classic feel all its
own. “PRS models with this new finish feel like old instruments,” said Paul Reed Smith.


Pattern Neck Shape
Neck
shapes have always been a high priority for PRS and a hallmark of their
quality. A guitar should feel comfortable, like “home,” as soon as you
pick it up, and the neck is paramount to that connection. Perfected
after years of prototyping, the new “Pattern” neck is an updated Wide
Fat PRS neck style based on Paul’s pre-factory design. These necks were
found on the instruments built for Carlos
Santana, Peter Frampton and
Howard Leese from the late 70’s to the mid 80’s.


Whether in
woodworking, machining, or cast and die work, pattern making is the art
of arriving at a perfect standard, which can be duplicated or used to
create new designs by “offsetting.” All PRS necks came to be as a result
of offsetting from this original, Wide Fat design.


Phase III Locking Tuners
PRS Guitars
Phase III tuners are new to the line up for 2011 and will come standard
on SC 58, McCarty 58, ME Quatro, and JA-15 models. These very smooth,
high-tolerance pegs feature an elegant design with larger buttons, an
open back, and closed housing.



Features

Beautiful flame maple top
4 individual pickups with 8 distinct sound settings
3-way toggle switch for pickup selection
Individual coil-tap for each pickup
Enhanced V12 finish
Pattern neck shape
Phase III locking tuners
PRS tremolo bridge




Experience the versatility and great feel of this remarkable guitar. Order today.




408 Flame Top with Nickel Hardware Electric Guitar Specifications:




Body
Top Wood: Flame Maple
Back Wood: Mahogany
Finish: V12

Neck
Number of Frets: 22
Scale Length: 25"
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Fretboard: Wood Rosewood
Neck Shape: Pattern
Fretboard Inlays: Birds

Hardware
Bridge: PRS Tremolo
Tuners: PRS Phase III
Truss Rod Cover: "408"
Hardware Type: Nickel

Electronics
Treble Pickup: 408 Treble
Bass Pickup: 408 Bass
Pickup Switching :Volume and Tone Control with 3-Way Blade Pickup Switch and Two Mini-Toggles











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