Beneath the simple name, 305 offers a lot of style, big tone and great versatility. It`s most prominent feature are the three single-coil pickups installed on top of the body. These pickups are taken from the 513 model and the entire electronics concept is pretty much similar to the one seen on the 513 model. The difference is that here we have three singles, instead of five and five tonal options, instead of thirteen. Master volume, master tone and a five-position blade complete the controls unit. Bridge behind the pickups is a non-locking tremolo with string-through construction and nickel plating. Body of this solid double-cut is made of alder and it features a bolt-on maple neck with a 22-fret maple fingerboard on top.

305 Full Specs

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Body Shape VIP
Body Type Solid Body
Body Wood Alder
Bridge Tremolo
Bridge Pickup Type Single Coil
Carved Top Yes
Controls Tone
Controls Volume
Fingerboard Material Maple
Finish Gloss
Fret Size Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays Bird
Hardware Nickel
Middle Pickup Type Single Coil
Neck Joint Bolt-on
Neck Pickup Type Single Coil
Neck Shape Series Standard
Neck Wood Maple
Number of Frets 22
Number of Pickups 2
Number of Strings 6
Pickup Switch Type 5-Position Blade
Scale Length 25"
String Nut Corian
Tuners PRS
Custom Features: 513 bridge single-coil pickup 513 middle single-coil pickup 513 neck single-coil pickup
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VIP
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Body Type
Solid Body
Solid Body
Body Wood
Alder
Alder
Bridge
Tremolo
Tremolo
Bridge Pickup Type
Single Coil
Single Coil
Carved Top
Yes
No
Controls
Tone/Volume
Volume
Fingerboard Material
Maple
Maple
Finish
Gloss
Gloss
Fret Size
Jumbo
Classical
Fingerboard Inlays
Bird
Black Dot
Hardware
Nickel
Nickel
Middle Pickup Type
Single Coil
Single Coil
Neck Joint
Bolt-on
Bolt-on
Neck Pickup Type
Single Coil
Single Coil
Neck Shape
Series Standard
Wide thin
Neck Wood
Maple
Maple
Number of Frets
22
22
Number of Pickups
2
3
Number of Strings
6
6
Pickup Switch Type
5-Position Blade
5-Position Blade
Scale Length
25"
25"
String Nut
Corian
Syntetic Bone
Tuners
PRS
PRS
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