Originally Posted by: Lava_MonsterFirst of all it's not handmade anymore. They are mechinically made. So you are paying for a handmake guitar that isn't handmaded.

Everything is handmade except the rough cutting of the body's and necks. After the body's and necks are CNC'd a real person hand sands them to spec. (Even most of the small luthier's use some sort of cnc/machining to rough cut their body's.) They have a person hand wire the gutiars, a person finish the guitars, a person buff the guitars, a person to install all the hardware, and a person to set up each guitar. Then EACH guitar is thoroughly examined to make sure it meets a very high standard, before it is packed and shipped. If the guitar does not meet their standard, at any point during the process, it is immediately cut in half and scrapped.

Oh, and BTW, the private stock PRSi are completely hand made, even the top is hand carved.