And possibly completely unreliable ive started compiling a bit of info on the various body and cap thicknesses of prs guitars. Prs started getting a lot of bad feedback from dealers saying the guitars were too heavy and were putting a lot of people off.
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Prs guitar body measurement. Maple is a common neck wood but most high or medium end types of guitars rarely use it in the body. The prs se santana is a solid body guitar made of maple with a double cutaway and a textured yellow finish. Its a very hard and heavy tonewood which helps make the guitar have. Ibanez guitars are solid body guitars. A fair bit of this is second hand info with a lot of it coming from a vr thread which states that all maples caps on us models are 0804 and standard eg. Prs himself didnt want to do it but as a strong supply of lightweight mahogany is no longer available its the only option without changing tonewoods completely.
Cu24 body thickness is 1125. Heavy guitars weight 9 12 pounds 41 kg 54kg. Width of the fretboard at the nut. In recent years that focus has fallen on the more gibson les paul inspired 594 with its shorter scale length a classic four control layout and two piece bridge. Not sure but these data is custom 24 i believe. Lightweight guitars weight of around 6 8 pounds 27kg 36 kg.
Wide fat 1 1116 wide thin 1 1116 width at the body wide fat 2 14 wide thin 2 14 neck depth at the nut wide fat 2732 wide thin 2532 fingerboard radius 10 on all guitars except when otherwise stated. Maryland based manufacturer of electric guitars acoustic guitars basses and accessories. Been taking measurements of my cu 24 with a trem and thought i would share just to and just to see if anyone thought i was off on anything. Sg is one of the most comfortable guitars for playing and if you wanted gibson sound but didnt really like the weight of the les paul this guitar might be perfect for you. Prs has relatively few body shapes but the classic double cut outline comes in many flavours and is constantly tweaked and upgraded in the ongoing pursuit of creating a better instrument. Because of the super thin body compared to les paul the gibson sg solid body guitars weight is around 6 pounds 27 kg.
The thickness of the mahogany body is 11 and the maple cap is 08 giving you a full body thickness of 19 or 4826mm at the thickest point where the tremolo sits. The average electric guitar weight is from 6 pounds to 12 pounds 3 to 5kgs. It looks just like santanas own instrument and its design helps craft the guitars powerful tone. End of headstock to nut 6 18 from nut to bridge saddle 25 12 width of body at largest point 13 depth of neck joint 1 516 length of body at longe.