A guitar's scale length is calculated by measuring the distance from the front edge of the nut to the center of the 12th fret, then doubling that measurement. For good intonation, the guitar's saddle will be placed so a little extra string length is added. This extra length is called compensation, and it means the actual string length is longer than its scale measurement. Compensation varies for different strings, and that's why your saddle is placed at an angle. Example a 24 3/4" scale length will be closer to 24 7/8" at the center of the guitar saddle.

The following file will help you date your PRS Guitar, PRS Bass, PRS Amp or PRS Cabinets. PRS serial numbers are pretty easy to decode. One confusing thing is a 1985 guitar starts with the same number as a 1995 guitar, 1986 guitars starts with the same number as a 1996 guitar, 1987 guitars start with the same number as a 1997 guitar etc. All you have to remember is, guitars built in 1985 would have a very low number, while guitars built in 1995 would have really high numbers.

The Tremol-No™ is an internationally patent-pending device that is added to an electric guitar equipped with a tremolo/vibrato unit.

For the majority of Fender's U.S. instrument production history, production dates have been applied to various components. Most notably, production dates have been penciled or stamped on the butt end of the heel of the neck of most guitars and basses. There were periods of time when this was not consistently done, (between 1973 and 1981), and there are certainly other examples of short periods of time, and individual pieces, where the dating was simply omitted.