Back in the 1950s, when electric guitars were emerging on the market, single-coil pickups were the only option available to the manufacturers. That thing changed later in the decade, when Seth Lover, Ted McCarty and Gibson`s engineers came up with a humbucking pickup, which had two coils. However, throughout the 1950s, and to this very date, there are two main types of single-coil pickups, the regular, thin ones and fat, soapbar pickups. Gibson`s P-90 is a soapbar pickup. They were an attempt to strenghten the tone and output of regular single-coils. Ted McCarty DC 245 Soapbar is one of rare PRS models with fat single-coil pickups. Two of them are installed on top of the solid double-cut body. Body is made of mahogany back and two-piece flamed maple cap. Simple wrap around bridge is installed behind the pickups. Neck is made of mahogany and it`s topped with a 22-fret fingerboard made of bound rosewood.

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Binding Creme
Body Construction Double cutaway
Body Shape VIP
Body Top Wood Maple
Body Type Solid Body
Body Wood Mahogany
Bridge Stoptail
Bridge Pickup Type Single Coil
Carved Top Yes
Controls Tone
Controls Volume
Fingerboard Radius 10.00"
Fingerboard Material Rosewood
Finish Gloss
Fret Size Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays Mother-Of-Pearl Bird
Hardware Nickel
Neck Joint Set neck
Neck Pickup Type Single Coil
Neck Shape Wide fat
Neck Wood Mahogany
Number of Frets 22
Number of Pickups 2
Number of Strings 6
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length 24-1/2"
String Nut Syntetic Bone
Tuners Kluson
Custom Features: PRS Soapbar Pickups

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Creme
Body Construction
Double cutaway
Double cutaway
Body Shape
VIP
Les Paul Double Cut
Body Top Wood
Maple
Maple
Body Type
Solid Body
Solid Body
Body Wood
Mahogany
Mahogany
Bridge
Stoptail
Stoptail
Bridge Pickup Type
Single Coil
Humbucker
Carved Top
Yes
No
Controls
Tone/Volume
Volume
Fingerboard Radius
10.00"
No
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Rosewood
Finish
Gloss
Gloss
Fret Size
Medium Jumbo
Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays
Mother-Of-Pearl Bird
Bird
Hardware
Nickel
Nickel
Neck Joint
Set neck
Set neck
Neck Pickup Type
Single Coil
Humbucker
Neck Shape
Wide fat
Wide fat
Neck Wood
Mahogany
Mahogany
Number of Frets
22
22
Number of Pickups
2
2
Number of Strings
6
6
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length
24-1/2"
24-1/2"
String Nut
Syntetic Bone
Syntetic Bone
Tuners
Kluson
PRS
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