PRS's Classic Rocker!
The PRS SC 245 is a classy instrument inspired by electric guitar pioneer and Paul Reed Smith's mentor Ted McCarty. This beautiful axe gives you the wonderful tonal balance of a maple top and a lightweight mahogany body, plus the relaxed feel of a shorter-scale mahogany neck adorned with a rosewood fretboard and distinctive bird inlays. A pair of PRS 57/08 pickups provide the SC 245 with ample output and with great articulation, giving you the kind of clarity you'd expect from a single-coil but with classic humbucker punch and performance. For classic tone and classy looks, check out the Paul Reed Smith SC 245.
PRS SC 245 Solidbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:
- PRS 57/08 pickups deliver classic tone and modern performance
- Pattern profile neck feels great and plays smoothly
- Solid mahogany topped with maple looks and sounds amazing
Combining the best characteristics of a humbucker, a P90, a single-coil, and a mini-humbucker, PRS's 57/08 pickups give their SC 245 a universe of tone. These uncovered Narrowfield pickups also give you more room for picking, courtesy of their space-saving dual-coil design. Another thing you'll notice is how neat they look with their bobbin tops extending all the way out to the pickup ring with no unsightly innards showing. If impressive clarity and aggressive pick attack is on your tonal must-have list, the 57/08 pickups in the PRS SC 245 will be very much to your liking.
Pattern profile neck feels great and plays smoothlyThe SC 245 is fitted with PRS's Pattern neck. A hallmark of PRS quality, neck shapes are (of course) critical to your playing experience. Perfected after years of prototyping, the Pattern neck is an updated Wide Fat PRS neck style based on designs Paul Reed Smith did in the '70s and '80s for Carlos Santana, Peter Frampton, and Howard Leese of Heart. The SC 245's bound rosewood fingerboard is butter under your fingertips. And with exquisite Mother of Pearl and Paua Heart bird inlays, no one will mistake your axe for anything other than a PRS.
Solid mahogany topped with maple looks and sounds amazingTo give the SC 245 a rich yet balanced sound, PRS began by choosing the tried-and-true combination of mahogany topped with a select maple top. The SC 245's mahogany body gives you natural tonal warmth, which is offset perfectly by the brighter tone of maple. Together, these tonewoods give you an incredibly balanced sound.
PRS SC 245 Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:
- A quintessential maple-topped mahogany rock guitar with irreproachable PRS quality and style
- Maple-topped mahogany delivers deep bass resonance with top-end sparkle
- 57/08 pickups provide the clarity of a single-coil with the low-noise operation and punch of a humbucker
- Pattern neck profile balances speed and comfort beautifully
- Hardshell case included