PRS Paul's Guitar, Honduran Rosewood Fingerboard, Black Gold Wraparound Burst

Like all his guitars, the PRS Paul’s Guitar earned its namesake for a very specific reason. A culmination of his years of tonal expedition and technological innovation, Paul Reed Smith speaks directly to fans of PRS Guitars through this truly special model. Perhaps a sentiment too obvious to mention, the PRS experience would not be the same without Paul Reed Smith. The PRS mentality is a modern theory of guitarcraft all its own and with this indispensable element of innovation, the PRS Paul’s Guitar comes to form with the best of what the name has to offer.

The PRS Paul’s Guitar starts with a classic PRS tonewood combination of mahogany and maple. This guitar’s mahogany back is matched with a Violin-carved maple top and forms that iconic PRS double-cutaway profile, recognizable to so many avid players all around the world. Solidbody construction keeps the model stable and resonant without sacrificing the ergonomics and maneuverability associated with so many other PRS classics. Arriving on Paul’s Guitar is a Honduran rosewood fingerboard bearing twenty-two frets and distinct PRS “Brushstroke” bird inlays that capture the classic PRS aesthetic while differentiating itself from the pack. Wholly, this is a PRS model as you’ve always known with all the familiar feel in hand needed to solidify the experience.

As with all PRS creations, the magic truly starts when it's plugged in and fired up. This Paul’s Guitar comes loaded with two PRS TCI (Tuned Capacitance and Inductance) humbucker pickups – each outfitted with a mini-toggle switch with the ability to coil-tap. Incorporating the capability to tap either or both pickups from humbucker to single-coil tonality, this PRS guitar blooms with a unique spectrum of sounds and an interactive quality shared with few other guitars today. Paul’s Guitar is the result of many fruitful electronic experiments and, ultimately, a love letter to modern players. It’s a guitar for proverbially painting with the most expansive of musical palettes and achieving one’s own musical goals. In fewest words, a delight.

Paul’s Guitar is not only a showcase of fine musicality and construction, but of the smaller details of electric guitar design. A PRS stoptail bridge incorporates brass inserts and studs to take full advantage of the resonant capabilities this guitar has to offer. Alongside this bridge are PRS Phase III Non-Locking tuners with Wing buttons that match the aesthetic choice of the Brushstroke bird inlays, but also play a part in being lighter than their metal predecessors. This reduced weight leaves more energy to the vibrating strings, helping them ring out longer, remaining more musically stable and accurate.

In total, the PRS Paul’s Guitar brings together the finest of PRS design and appointments to result in a completely cutting-edge and quality instrument. Designed by Paul Reed Smith as a man with every option available to him, the resulting guitar is sure to impress. In his own words, “I don’t just like my guitar, I love it.”