PRS Paul Reed Smith Paul's Guitar 10-Top, Rosewood Fingerboard, Yellow Tiger

Player's Perspective

What can we say? Paul Reed Smith makes some of the best guitars available on the market today and he has, once again, completely outdone himself. This one is finished in a gorgeous Yellow Tiger and features the upgraded 10-Top and hybrid hardware package.

This is the newest iteration of the guitar that he built for himself in an effort to "try some new stuff out". The result was so good that it became a mainstay and a staple in the PRS lineup. The Paul's Guitar offers such smooth and fine playability that words will surely fall short of describing it... But we'll give it a try: The neck is an absolute joy to play, even compared to some of the nicest guitars we have come across from PRS. The unique features this guitar offers make it a stunning piece no matter how you look at it. The nitro finish will only get better with age and will allow the maple and mahogany to breath freely as the guitar breaks in.

Also new for 2024, the Phase III tuners have been refreshed with newly-designed "Wing" buttons for nicer cohesion with the bird motif, as well as less weight on the headstock for increased sustain and resonance. We love the classy vibe they add!

When the Paul's Guitar made it into the core line of PRS models, we were ecstatic. With totally unique and useful pickups, cool looks and effortless playability, it quickly became one of our favorite guitars. The TCI humbuckers maintain a punchy and focused tone in the neck and bridge positions. Paul himself described them as having all the best qualities of a good P90-style pickup, but without the hum. You can still achieve rich, creamy lead lines and get plenty of bass response, but you'll never have to worry about muddying up the mix. Perfect for the PRS fan in need of some versatility, the Paul's Guitar gets you that classic PRS sound we all know and love while also providing the option to split each of the humbuckers, independently of one another, into silent single coils. Through some sort of guitar-building wizardry, Paul Reed Smith found a way to make the guitar virtually the same volume and entirely quiet whether you're running it in single coil or humbucker mode and whether you're using one or two pickups at a time.

At home, in the studio, or on stage, the PRS Paul's Guitar needs to be a serious consideration for any serious guitar player's arsenal.

Details

Historically, the Paul’s Guitar (like the Modern Eagle before it) has been a realization of Paul Reed Smith’s latest discoveries surrounding tone. Paul specified every appointment of this instrument from the wood selection and inlay design to the pickups. This revamped model represents Paul’s vision not only as a guitar maker but as a guitar player who needs versatile stage - and studio-ready gear that can achieve all the right tones. As a man who has every option available to him, Paul’s personal design choices include mahogany bodies with maple tops, Honduran rosewood fretboards, Nitrocellulose finishes, “Brushstroke” bird inlays, and narrow pickup bobbins. The Paul’s Guitar model also includes PRS’s TCI (Tuned Capacitance and Inductance) treble and bass pickups with two mini-toggle switches that allow players to put either or both pickups in either humbucking or single coil mode.

For 2024, PRS Guitars is updating the tuning machines on many of our Core guitars. While, aesthetically, our new Wing buttons are designed to echo the 12th fret bird wingspan design, they were first and foremost designed for tonal reasons all the way back in 1982. Because these buttons are lighter weight than their metal predecessors, they are subtracting less energy from the vibrating strings, thus helping the guitar ring longer and at a more musical note. The removal of the tuner’s locking feature on non-tremolo-equipped guitars further decreases their weight.

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 Phase III Non-Locking Tuners with Wing Buttons

With vintage elegance, these lightweight tuners promote tone transfer for a louder, more resonant instrument.

PRS TCI Pickups

Musical pickups that offer versatile tones from spanky singlecoils to full soapbars.