Paul Reed Smith Introduces 'Paul's Guitar' feat. Davy Knowles | CME Gear Demo

With exclusive "brushstroke" bird inlays and two narrow 408 pickups, this guitar is not only unique...it's the guitar that Paul Reed Smith has been playing in his studio and on the stage. Carrying on the Modern Eagle tradition, Paul's Guitar is essentially a production version of his Private Stock guitar. Paul specified every appointment of this instrument from the wood selection, inlay design, pickups, neck shape, a new proprietary finish, and newly designed stoptail bridge. "We're experimenting with a new stoptail bridge with brass inserts that will first be seen on this model. The bridge is still our aluminum bridge but at the point at which the string starts vibrating it's brass to promote the musical high range of the guitar," said Paul.
Designed and played by Paul Reed Smith for players and guitar aficionados the world over.

[SpiritofEasternAirLines]

I will add this, I think when purchasing one of these guitars you must go into it with the right attitude. If you are a hardcore Strat guy or Gibson guy and you love the extremes delivered by either one, then this is probably not the guitar for you. If you want one guitar that will deliver 80-90% of both styles then this is the guitar for you. Some might even argue it 95% of the tone of both. For me, this design looks perfect in delivering what I want in my next guitar. IMHO.

[grubbymanz]

wow paul reed smith is a bonafide aficionado, I see why he started such a quality driven business. Seems like a cool dude.

[chicagomusicexchange]

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[chingasofarkaso]

Davy deserves to be recognized a lot more than he is. Remember thinking when I first saw him play when he opened for Chickenfoot that this kid is going to be considered by some to be our generation's Clapton.

[abhinavaggarwal]

i have the PRS SE paul's guitar and it is one of the sweetest sounding guitars in my arsenal.You don't usually expect that kind of playability, tone and overall feel from an 'economical' model but its got the whole package. I can only imagine how wonderful and surreal it would be to own and play a core line Paul's guitar. Hopefully someday I'll be able to own and play this beautiful guitar.

[pjdepaepe]

PRS Guitars are BY FAR the greatest guitars in the world

[prsbaba]

I love PRS guitars, I love the way they are made, and I love that Paul loves what he's making...

[EdgarBeja]

I'm a proud owner of a PRS, one of the best guitars out there

[raffdoc]

This is a beautiful guitar and sounds fantastic!

[CosmicNed]

Been a total Strat man for like 35 years - but found myself getting really tired of the 'quacky' sounds that every man & his uncle gets & sounding like a bad SRV clone, let's face it - that tone's been done to death. Got myself a fabulous Custom 22 never looked back - has the best of both Gibson & Fender tones, great trem, plays like butter & I have no probs cutting through a dense Blues/Funk band, all without killing the audience with volume... max kudos Paul...

[kevinspake]

I know it's been years since people posted on this, but I think Youtube compression really kills a lot of subtlety. The sounds may be much more different in person.

[ColinPRS]

Funny enough Tony I recently bought a CS Strat, it's a 1995 model, a copy of the 1954 strat with maple neck, I've sounds ok through my Mesa Nomad, but I tried it through my friends divided by 13 amp, and it was the best clean start tone I've ever heard, I'm sure better than A PRS single coil, although I've have to A & B if I get a chance.

[michaelvirok]

60-Cycle hum from the single-coils with gain on the amp. Sounds like when they play the sound clips it is an isolated signal that has been edited with a gate (not a room mic). It's normal.

[erickleefeld]

Mini-humbuckers are great. I don’t know why they aren’t more of a standard tone for guitars, but are somehow seen as a lesser compromise.

[delatronics]

No volume change but unfortunately no Tone change either if you're honest! Do love PRS guitars though, I have a lovely LTD edition SE custom.

[SpiritofEasternAirLines]

While I do not own a PRS yet, I have owned Taylor, Fender, and Gibson so far. I am watching Demo videos because adding a PRS is next. From playing PRS guitars of friends and watching demos, my ears telling me PRS is the guitar that has the potential to be the answer to the great question/problem of how can I find the right tone. I have not played this model based upon demos this looks to be the one for me. Of course, I have to play one before I make the final decision.

[ColinPRS]

I agree, also being a PRS owner, I find the single coil sound on my Prism just too thin and others do it better, although the full humbucker sound is great.

[mikebri]

If this guitar was available with a third (i.e. middle) pickup and 7-way wiring, it would probably be my ultimate guitar.

[daniel]

I bought Ibanez electric guitar as my first. I didnt know the PRS brand was this good.

[FreemanVDO]

Agreed. I do understand this fact and never expect any spilttable humbuckers to be 'exactly' sound like a real single coil. In this video I can see how seriously Paul devotes himself getting single coil sound out of his own narrowed-designed humbuckers. OK, it's an impressive attempt and also a further step of innovation, but if I want a real single coil sound, I would go for a Suhr or Fender instead.