PRS Body Thickness - The Definitive Guide

[justmund]

and possibly completely unreliable

I've started compiling a bit of info on the various body and cap thicknesses of PRS 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 0.804", and standard (e.g. CU24) "body" thickness is 1.125".

Obviously there's a lot of models missing from this list, e.g. there's no SE info, so if anyone can get busy with a set of calipers and post up the info, I'll do my best to keep an updated list.

I'm assuming the thickest part of a carved top guitar would be at the bridge, so getting an accurate measurement might be difficult with standard calipers.

Also keen to get confirmation of any of the measurements. I do know the SC list isn't complete, looking for the original Singlecut thickness (apparently thicker than SCT but thinner than SC-58)

Anyway thought it might make for an interesting forum project

 

[Spikedog007]

Interesting stuff.

I'm not 100% sure but I think the Paul's Guitar and the Al Di models are the same thickness as the McCarty. I don't have micrometer to measure them though.

 

[alantig]

I've got a couple of those - and I'm way thicker than all of them.

 

[Mikegarveyblues]

Ok, your first SE...

I don't have callipers so measurements may be out a mill or two. SE's don't have much carve so I can get a pretty accurate reading where the neck meets the body on the strap button side.

Bernie Marsden

Overall body thickness:

53 - 54mm

Maple cap thickness:

11.5 - 12mm (no idea how thick the veneer is but may as well include it in cap thickness).

 

[justmund]

Thanks Mike, I'll add it to the chart and upload when I get a few more

 

[alantig]

Interesting - I compared my Tremonti and DGT by sight the other day, and they were a lot closer than I expected. Looking at the chart, I'm not crazy - about a quarter-inch. Probably helps explain some of the warmer tone w/the DGT vs. some of the other double-cuts.

 

[bigcohoona]

That's not really fair. Why is the only guitar not listed my S2 Singlecut!

 

[justmund]

That's not really fair. Why is the only guitar not listed my S2 Singlecut!

That's all the info I could find, and it hasn't been confirmed. Feel free to take some measurements and post them up

 

[intothevoid]

Any idea about the McCarty Singlecut? I'm pretty sure it is thicker than the 'Lp Style/SC245/Stripped 58/Tremonti/SC58' group.

 

[justmund]

There's a few guys with them on here, hopefully one of them can take a measurement for us...

 

[bigcohoona]

That's all the info I could find, and it hasn't been confirmed. Feel free to take some measurements and post them up

Will do! I'll have to get a square to measure from btm to top of the bevel slant.

 

[Freebird]

Is the S2 Custom 22 body thicker than the s2 Standard 22?

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Ok, your first SE...

I don't have callipers so measurements may be out a mill or two. SE's don't have much carve so I can get a pretty accurate reading where the neck meets the body on the strap button side.

Bernie Marsden

Overall body thickness:

53 - 54mm

Maple cap thickness:

11.5 - 12mm (no idea how thick the veneer is but may as well include it in cap thickness).

The veneer is probably about 0.6 mm, if you have a look at @davegixer Tremonti project!

 

[davegixer]

The veneer is probably about 0.6 mm, if you have a look at @davegixer Tremonti project!

Yeh, i'd say half a mil or so on the one I butchered, I mean removed.

 

[László]

Any idea about the McCarty Singlecut? I'm pretty sure it is thicker than the 'Lp Style/SC245/Stripped 58/Tremonti/SC58' group.

I have one; it’s a bit thicker. And the PS 20th Ltd. I have is thick, too, with a different ratio of maple to mahogany than most PRSes.

http://www.prsguitars.com/index.php...0th_anniversary_private_stock_limited_edition

 

[drdoom8793]

Is the S2 Custom 22 body thicker than the s2 Standard 22?

I don't believe so.

 

[Fullmoon 1971]

Here's the measurements of my collection

SE Santana (2013)
32.5mm Mahogany Body
13.5mm Veneered Maple Cap

SE Tremonti (2010)
SE Soapbar (2004)
46mm Mahogany Body

SE Bernie Marsden (2011)
SE Marty Friedman (2014)
SE Tremonti Custom (2014)
42.5mm Thick Mahogany Body
13.5mm Flamed Veneered Maple Cap

SE Nick Catanese (2010)
56.mm Mahogany Body

My Son's
SE Singlecut Trem (2012)
32.5mm Mahogany Body
13.5mm Veneered Maple Cap

SE 245 Standard (2015)
56mm Mahogany Body

 

[Siddiq]

Hey sorry to resurrect this post, but at what part of the body are these measurements taken?

 

[Black Plaid]

Hey sorry to resurrect this post, but at what part of the body are these measurements taken?

The mahogany is the only part measured, the cap is assumed a thickness. the body is a consistent thickness across the guitar, so it doesn't really matter where it's measured!

 

[László]

The 20th PS Anniversary model I have - I guess there were 40 made - has a 1/16" thinner maple top and a 1/8" thicker back than the Custom design, the idea being that it would be like Howard Leese's Golden Eagle.

Anyway, it's unusual, and I thought I'd add it to your list.