PRS 408 Guitar

In contrast with the nickel-plated tremolo and its impressively smooth saddles, the PRS prsguitarmall.com Phase III tuners are technically and aesthetically my least favorite aspect of the 408’s design—I expected more rock-solid tuning machines from a guitar of this quality and price. Elsewhere, however, the 408’s materials and hardware are first-class, and construction is PRS 408 Guitar immaculate.

The 305’s frets are polished PRS 305 For Sale to a gleam and their ends are smoothed and rounded for a snag-free ride. Another detail that I haven’t seen before on a PRS is the scalloped nut, which is made out of the same slippery synthetic material that the company has been using, but is rounded off on the corners to keep it from nicking your hand. The strings load though the inertia block and they terminate at the excellent Phase II locking tuners, which provide a rock solid grip on the strings, yet unlock easily with a coin to make string changing a super quick process.