There's no lack of percussive bounce from the feel either. The guitar cleans up very nicely (the volume control has PRS's typical treble bleed capacitor) and the tone control is, as ever, super smooth if you need to tame the highs. It has much of a good Strat's explosive twang on clean, reverbed amp tones, but whereas a Strat isn't always what you want for higher gained sounds, the 305 is more than happy. Then add in superb sustain, immaculate intonation and playability and an excellent in-tune vibrato system and you have a real 'supercar' version of Fender's finest.Ĭompared to the girth of a Singlecut, the 305 cuts, but is rarely ear-wearing. Imagine a good Strat with increased low-end colour, smoother but still biting highs and a little added mid-range fatness. The 25th 305 comes with other celebratory features: the 25th Eagle on the rosewood-faced headstock, black/white Corian shadow bird inlays, 513/ DGT fretwire and a bone-coloured case: watch the dirt. Similarly here, its front edge is angled slightly closer to the first fret on the bass side to tweak the tuning further.

PRS has always used a compensated nut - the nut is moved slightly closer to the first-fret position to improve lower position intonation - but the 513 was the first to advertise the fact. Like the neck joint, the 305 uses another of the 513's subtle features: a compensated nut. Other changes to narrow the gap between PRS's usual recipe and that of Fender include the use of 250k volume and tone controls and a 0.05 microfarad capacitor. This is a feature Smith conceived to increase the guitar's low end. Under the neck heel, the body sticks out to 'grab' more of the neck.

The body is alder, slightly thicker than standard, joined to a maple neck in a different manner from standard PRS guitars.

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