SE Paul's Guitar
Paul’s Favorite Features In Your Hands
“The SE Paul’s Guitar is a great example of design, engineering, and teamwork. It’s as close to home as we could get inside of the SE Series, and I am very proud of it,” - Paul Reed Smith
The SE Paul’s Guitar delivers a lot of “PRS,” starting with tone and versatility. The TCI “S” treble and bass pickups deliver a pure, vintage sound. The SE Paul’s Guitar also features two mini-toggle switches between the volume and tone knobs. This setup allows players to put either or both pickups in true single coil mode, which delivers the clarity and uniqueness of vintage single-coil tones in both single coil and humbucking positions. The PRS stoptail bridge is the same machined stoptail with brass inserts as spec'd on the Core Paul's Guitar.
“The Paul’s Guitar, like the Modern Eagle before it, has always been about Paul’s latest discoveries in guitar making. To bring this guitar into the SE Series, we knew the tone, functionality, and playability had to be right and had to be consistent,” said Jack Higginbotham, COO, PRS Guitars. “We feel this guitar offers a lot of value to players.”
Featured Specifications
PRS Stoptail with Brass Inserts
Engineered with curved string slots with brass inserts and brass studs to take full advantage of the resonant properties of the guitar.
PRS TCI “S”
Musical pickups that offer versatile tones from spanky single coils to full soapbars. Designed to PRS’s specification.
Vintage-Style Tuners
Traditional closed-back tuners engineered to promote resonance.
Specifications
| Body | |
| Body Construction | Solidbody |
| Top Wood | Maple |
| Veneer | Flame Maple |
| Back Wood | Mahogany |
| Top Carve | Shallow Violin |
| Neck | |
| Number of Frets | 22 |
| Scale Length | 25" |
| Neck Wood | Mahogany |
| Neck Construction | Multi-Ply |
| Truss Rod | PRS Double-Acting |
| Neck Shape | Wide Fat |
| Neck Depth at the 1/2 Fret | 7/8" |
| Neck Depth at the 12 1/2 Fret | 61/64" |
| Neck Width at the Nut | 1 11/16" |
| Neck Width at the Body | 2 1/4" |
| Fretboard Wood | Rosewood |
| Fretboard Radius | 10" |
| Fretboard Inlay | Birds |
| Headstock Logo | Signature "SE" |
| Neck/Body Assembly | |
| Neck/Body Assembly Type | Set |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | PRS Stoptail w/ Brass Inserts |
| Tuners | Vintage-Style |
| Hardware Type | Nickel |
| Nut | PRS |
| Electronics | |
| Treble Pickup | TCI “S” |
| Bass Pickup | TCI "S" |
| Controls | Volume and Tone Controls with 3-Way Toggle Pickup Switch & Two Mini-Toggle Coil-Split Switches |
| Additional Info | |
| Strings | PRS Classic 10-46 |
| Tuning | Standard (6 String): E, A, D, G, B, E |
| Case | Gig Bag |
Controls
SE Paul's Guitar - Controls Description
3-way toggle pickup switch
Position 1 (down) - treble pickup
Position 2 - treble and bass pickups
Position 3 (up) - bass pickup
Mini-toggle switches
Down - humbucker mode
Up - single coil mode
Colors
Black Gold Burst
Faded Blue Burst
Accolades
“The import version of Paul’s Guitar delivers a big dollop of the sort of looks you get from a high-end PRS, and the sound and playability make it feel much more expensive than it is.”
“Aside from the effortless playability, intonation, tuning stability and old-world resonance (all foundations of the PRS empire), the single-coil voices from these new TCI pickups raise the bar, while the humbucking side seems to pack musical heat, clarity and considerable versatility in equal measure.”
