PRS Modern Eagle Quatro

Change tuners original in case. The PRS MEQ is one grade lower than the private stock.

Currently, there are only two MEQs on sale at Reverb. (including the MEQ we're selling)

There are few reviews or information about Modern Eagle 4 on the Internet.
It is a model of the highest quality line produced in small quantities.

I introduce you as a person who has held and played MEQ for a long time.

1. 4th Generation Modern Eagle since the first model in 2004: The purpose of the guitar is classical PRS guitar

2. 53/10 Pick-up: Inspired by CLASSIC Gibson PAF, used the same COIL WIRE that was produced/supplied to fenders and Gibson in the 50s.
The whole Quatro specification has a sound that the PRS was trying to make.

It was to recreate the beautiful guitar sound that was born during the golden age of the 50s. At that time, the guitar sound is characterized by a warm and thick sound.

This guitar is a replication and is considered different from vintage Gibson or Fender.

But it's said that there's something that's even more attractive.

3. It's not a typical Indian rosewood neck.

This neck was selected from dozens of Indian Rosewoods and found and applied the best wood.

The PRS applied Rosewood of all species to the guitar and performed a performance test. After numerous tests, the PRS directly noted that finally the selected wood was applied to the Quatro.

The neck shape is wide, but the depth is slimmer to make it V-shaped.

As you can see, it's a Quartersawn neck.

4. Top wood is 11 Top. Artist grade. Hand selected.
 

5. SOUND

- Fat low, clear high, no crushing sound even in the best high gain amplifier. 

- The thick neck gives out a thick tone and the thin neck gives out a thin tone.
Quartro is made of a thick neck for the purpose of sound. 

- When switching to single pick-up, the sound is better than the sound from a single pick-up Stratocaster priced between $ 2K and $ 3K. You will surely be surprised when you play David Gilmour's or Jimmy's Little Wing. 

I'm sure the Quartro was created by PRS in an effort to find a better sound.
Personally, the previous Modern Eagle models 1 to 3 were guitars that didn't fit me, but I'm very satisfied with the Quatro.

It's going to be a sound that you've never felt in other guitars of the same type.
It is considered the best pick-up in PRS history.
The pickup has a wide dynamic range, making break-up sound a strength of picking even in clean tones.
It is also a guitar with a variety of tone range mixes.

6. Tone knob

It's a guitar that has Gibson's stickiness, Old Strat clarity and bell sound, and PRS DNA at the same time, and I'd say it's the best general purpose guitar.

The core of the Quatro is the tone knob, or, more specifically, the special inclination of 53/10 pickups, or, more broadly, the purpose of making the modern eagle Quatro.

Quattro's tone knob blends, and there's a secret of its versatility.
What is certain is that this guitar has the most pop-friendly tone knob adjustment in the range of 2.5 to 5.
I actually enjoy using tones between 2.5 and 3.

Normal guitars turn dark in 2.5 range, right?
This guitar has a tone of 0 range, and it doesn't have a dark tone.
I don't know if it's because of the resolution, but it sounds clear even at 0 range. 

If you go over the Tone Knob 5 range, the guitar will now turn into a vintage tendency.
Even in the Tone Knob 10 range, the addition of tone sharpness is not significant.
You can think of it as a tone that penetrates through the sensitivity of the tone and sensitivity to the edge of the picking.

The higher the tone, the more personality comes out, the rougher and more vintage.
I've never heard of other regular guitars changing their personality with tone knobs.

Tone knob between 2 and 5 ranges is chewy, thick, and vivid.
It creates a sound that feels like it's being filled up.
There's a sound that will make the band feel stable.
The quality of the sound is really different.
It's the texture that I've never felt before.

I put it in 3 range for a pop session.

If you put a soft and warm solo tone at 0, it's round and soft, and there's a sound that seems to be standing in between, but there's really no way to express it.
The tone that you imagine comes out.

From 0 to 10 of the tone, there's no tone to throw away.
I've used a lot of guitars in my own way, but I've never used a guitar like this before.

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[Body]
- Body Style: Double Cut
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Top Material: Maple

[Neck]
- Nut Width: 43 mm (1-11/16 inch)
- 12th fret width: 52 mm
- Final fret width: 57.7 mm (2-1/4 inch)

- Nut material: Graphite
- Locking nut: No locking nut
- Thickness at nut: 21.50mm

- Thickness at 12th fret: 23.60mm
- Neck Material: Dalbergia Rosewood
- Neck pieces: 1 Piece

- Fretboard: Dalbergia Rosewood
- Fretboard radius: 254 mm (10 inch)
- Scale Length: 25 inch (635 mm)

- Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Medium
- Inlays: Abalone Birds

* Frets remain 90% / Truss rod working 100% (never touched before)

[Head stock]
- Tuning Key Arrangement: 3+3 arrangement
- Locking tuners: Locking Tuners
- Headstock angle: angled

- Tuning Machines: Paul Reed Smith
- Tuning Ratio: 14:1 Ratio

[Electronics]
- Neck Pickup: PRS 53/10 Bass
- Bridge Pickup: PRS 53/10 Treble
- Pickup Configuration: HH

- Tone knob: 1
- Volume knob: 1
- 3 way switch: 1
- Coil split: Yes

- Weight : 7.8 lb
- Include PRS Special hard case