We make guitars with both glued-in (not neck through) and bolt-on

necks. The models with glued-in necks include the Customs,

Standard Satins, Santana MD , all McCarty models including the
Hollowbodies and all Dragons and Private Stock models. Bolt-on
models include CE Alder, CE 22 and CE 24 and the Swamp Ash
Special.

It is important to know that there is no difference in the amount of

sustain from either design, as the neck joint is exactly the same,
but each has its own characteristic tone and feel.

Our glued-in necks are typically mahogany glued to a mahogany

body or mahogany glued to a maple top/mahogany back body.

Our bolt-on necks are made from rock maple with a rosewood or
maple fretboard. The dense and more rigid maple neck gives the
guitar more of a "live" sound accentuating the highs and midrange
alike.

Please keep in mind that all PRS Guitars are the exact same build
quality and our bolt-on neck guitars are no exception. They are
designed to give a very specific tone. Unlike most bolt-on neck
guitars, a PRS gives access to all frets without an intrusive heel
joint.

We also make a number of instruments with solid East Indian

Rosewood necks or Brazilian Rosewood necks. Guitars fitted with
these necks tend to have a loud piano-like tone with rich even
harmonics over the entire range.

Current Neck Profiles

The Regular neck is a comfortable neck that is 1/32 narrower and

not quite as thick front to back as our Wide Fat neck. It is currently
only available on the Custom and Standard 24 Satin.

The Wide Thin neck has a thinner profile front to back than the Wide
Fat. This neck is available on many of our 22 and 24 fret models.

The Wide Fat neck only available on 22 fret models, has the same
nut width as the Wide Thin neck but has a big comfortable profile,
similar to our Regular neck. Because of its strength and longer
“heel”, the Wide Fat neck produces warm tones with lots of sustain.
The 513 neck carve is very close to that of the wide fat profile, but
the nut width is in between our wide fat and regular at about 1
43/64". A very comfortable neck carve and only available on our
513 models.

The Johnny Hiland neck carve is a variation of a PRS Wide Thin

neck, incorporating aspects of a “C” style neck from the 1st fret to
the 12th fret”.

PRS Guitars Neck Dimensions

Width of the fingerboard at the nut:

* Regular – 1 21/32” 4,206875 cm

* Wide Fat and Wide Thin – 1 11/16” 4,28625 cm
* Santana – 1 21/32”
* Custom 22/12 - 1 47/64"
* 513 – 1 43/64" 4,2465625
* Hiland – 1 21/32"
* Grissom and Al D - 1 21/32"

Width at the body:

* Regular – 2 1/4”
* Wide Fat and Wide Thin – 2 1/4" 5,715 cm
* Santana – 2 1/4”
* Custom 22/12 – 2 19/64"
* 513 – 2 3/16" 5,55625 cm
* Hiland – 2 7/32"
* Grissom and Al D - 2 1/4"

Depth of neck at the nut:

* Regular and Wide Fat – 27/32” 2,143125 cm

* Wide Thin – 25/32” 1,984375 cm
* 513 – 55/64" 2,1828125 cm
* Hiland – 25/32"
* Grissom And Al D 27/32"

Fingerboard radius:

10” on all guitars and basses except 11 1/2” on the Santana II and
Custom 22/12
Scale length:

* 25” on all guitars except 63,5 cm

* 24 1/2” on the Santana II and III 62,23 cm
* 25 1/4" on 513 64,135 cm