Electric guitar with maple top and flamed maple veneer, TCI "S" pickups and wraparound bridge
PRS SE Series Electric Guitar
Based on Paul Reed Smith's personal Signature guitar
Sunburst high gloss finish
Set-neck construction with 25" scale length (635 mm)
Mahogany body
Maple top with figured maple veneer
Glued mahogany neck
22-fret rosewood fingerboard with bird inlays
"Wide Fat" neck profile
One PRS TCI "S" Bass humbucker in neck position
One PRS TCI "S" Treble humbucker in bridge position
Two mini switches to split the humbuckers
3-way switch and controls for Volume and Tone
PRS stoptail bridge with brass inserts on the string rest
PRS Vintage-Style tuners
PRS SE gig bag included
Flexible Paul Reed SmithSignature Guitar
With PRS SE Paul's Guitar BlackGold Burst, Paul Reed Smith presents the SE version of his personal Signature guitar, concentrating more than three decades of accumulated experience in guitar building and sound design. Starting from the established doublecut design, PRS relies on a mahogany construction with set "Wide Fat" neck and a "Violin Carve" maple top with chic figured maple veneer. Two split PRS TCI "S" humbuckers are used as pickups, promising a huge variety of sounds for almost any style between jazz, Blues and rock. Last but not least, the SE Paul's Guitar Black Gold Burst by PRS features a wraparound bridge with brass inserts and PRS Vintage-Style tuners.
PRS SE Paul's Guitar Black Gold Burst combines Paul Reed Smith's more than 30 years of guitar building experience into a flexible electric guitar with premium sound.
The comfortable "wide fat" mahogany neck is glued to the body of SE Paul's Guitar.
Proven construction with comfortable "Wide Fat" neck.
The construction of SE Paul's Guitar follows the typical PRS Style and combines an elegant look with first-class playing and sound characteristics. Accordingly, the mahogany body carries a curved maple top with stylish "violin carve" and chic curly maple veneer for that dignified PRS look. The pleasantly strong "Wide Fat" profile also promises a comfortable playability of all layers of the glued mahogany neck.
Via two mini-switches individually split TCI "S" humbuckers promise first-class vintage sounds for almost any style of music.
TCI "S" humbucker for flexible sounds
PRS relies on two TCI "S" humbuckers for the electrical tone conversion of the SE Paul's Guitar, which are optimally tuned to the guitar in terms of capacitance and inductance. The guitar amplifier thus provides finely resolved vintage tones, whose métier is clean and distorted sounds between jazz, Blues and rock. The humbuckers can be split via two mini switches, so that glassy single coil sounds expand the sound repertoire of the electric guitar. The pickup of the SE Paul's Guitar are also managed classically by means of a 3-way switch and general volume and tone controls.
Classic vintage-style tuners keep PRS SE Paul's Guitar securely and stably in the correct tuning.
Typical PRS hardware
Of course, PRS Guitars completes SE Paul's Guitar BlackGoldBurst with reliable hardware, which is optimally matched to the character of the electric guitar. A PRS Wraparound bridge is used as the bridge, whose compensated string support promises clean intonation. Brass inserts under the strings also support the lively sound character. In addition, six vintage-style tuners on the headstock in typical PRS style promise an exact and robust tuning of the guitar.
After 45 years+ playing Fender, i thought i would give the PRS SE a try. I liked the look of the SE Paul's guitar, and after buying one and using it for around a month, i cannot believe how good the build quality is on what is supposed to be a " budget PRS " ! The neck is flatter than what i am used to and is extremely comfortable to play. I have owned Gibsons over the years but never really liked the thick sound they produce, this PRS on the other hand has the out of phase tone switches for both pickups and can have a truly great clean sound without trimming using the volume pot. Cannot recommend this guitar enough, Blue Peter Badge and a Crackerjack pencil to DV247 for making it so easy to purchase online, as i am a long way from the nearest store.
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