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PRS Guitars 408 Maple Top Electric Guitar - Black Gold Burst

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408 Maple Top Electric Guitar - Black Gold Burst

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408 Maple Top Electric Guitar - Black Gold Burst
408 Maple Top Electric Guitar - Black Gold Burst
408 Maple Top Electric Guitar - Black Gold Burst
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PRS is proud to offer a new voice with the 408 Maple Top and 408 Standard. These inspiring new instruments bring the versatility and voicing of the Private Stock Signature and the Signature Limited Edition to PRSs Core line.

PRS 408 pickups were designed to extend the guitars 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 Pauls experimentation on the Sorcerers Apprentice guitars in the early 1980s. 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 provides stunning articulation and musical clarity.

BODY
Top Wood: Maple
Back Wood: Mahogany

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

HARDWARE/ELECTRONICS
Bridge: PRS Tremolo
Tuners: PRS Phase III Locking Tuners
Truss Rod Cover: "408"
Hardware Type: Nickel
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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PRS 594 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Edmonton Highlands, Alberta
I own seven different PRS is and I found that the 594 fits all my needs with the tones the split coil's is a beautiful sounding guitar is my only wish that long and McQuade offered more colours and more options of PRS guitars on their website
Posted by AK Kootenay on Nov 23, 2018
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Sound is unique but versatile 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Edmonton North, Alberta
Former Les Paul player here. 30+ years playing many different LPs, mostly prog metal. Getting a bit older and developing a taste for prog blues and in this genre nothing compares to the tonal control of PRS. So, I tried the 408, 509, and later the 594. Settled on the 408 as it has a beautiful modern tone where lead notes come through eq settings just like how I want. (Many different settings). Overall, I prefer the feel of the 594 (double cut), but I got the 408 before the 594 McCarty came out and I don't see myself getting both and will never get rid of my 408.
Posted by DualPickSlanter on Jun 6, 2018
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408 is so versatile. It excels in all music settings. 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Kamloops, British Columbia
PRS 408 is an amazing guitar not unlike everything the PRS makes. This guitar has so many sound options and when you go to split coil there is no volume loss. Definitely my main go to guitar for both live and studio.
Posted by Braytunes on Nov 10, 2016
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Awesome 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
What a great guitar..right out of the box it was in tune, action is beautiful,sounds awesome..you can work magic with the volume knob..love it !!
Posted by anonymous on Jun 25, 2015
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408 Awesome 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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I've owned lots of great guitars..Tom Anderson, Les Paul standards, strats, and nothing even comes close to the sound and feel of this guitar..AWESOME !!!!
Posted by anonymous on Apr 30, 2015
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Awesome 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
I've owned a lot of guitars..gibsons, fenders, Tom Anderson..and this guitar is sweet..not a flaw on it, sounds great with many different sounds, looks great what else could you want ?
Posted by anonymous on Mar 22, 2015
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May be the last guitar you ever need 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Moncton, New Brunswick
This is a recent purchase for me. My reason for choosing this guitar is that I wanted the versatility of single to humbucker. It does this well, and yes there is no volume drop or so little that it is hard to notice. It is also cleans up nicely using the volume knob. The single coils sound more like a p90 to me, but others would probably disagree. It does produce 8 different and all useable tones. It is not gonna sound like a les Paul or a tele, but it will be close. What it does sound like is a high end PRS...which in my opinion is a good thing.
Posted by Glenn on Oct 18, 2013
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