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This is a common question that pops up from time to time. I had it myself early in my PRS journey. As I understand it, TCI is a process applied to many/most but not all PRS pickups, where they electronically tune the pickup to a standard set of established specifications for what they have in...

Excellent discussion in the linked article, which pretty much confirms what I was thinking..."TCI" means many different but related things! While it was not listed, I assume the Core Modern Eagle V (which I just bought a Wood Library version of from Pitbull Audio) would have the TCI treatment...

I just put Wilde L90s in my SE Custom 22.Very happy.

Reverb has them for sale.

Best reply: “PRS sucks at naming.” Glad they make great guitars.

Thanks. That makes more sense to me. 408 NF pickups vs just the label “TCI”.

Thanks for sharing. I saw that video before. Yet I’m still confused. If TCI is a tuning process applied to all the US made pickups, then why are the pickups in the Paul’s Guitar and the Modern Eagle V called “TCI” vs called something else with “TCI” applied, like the 58/15 is, or the 85/15 is...

Exactly. Or is it both? One possibility: PRS develops a new pickup using the TCI process, and puts it in a couple of guitars. That pickup is unique to those guitars (Pauls, MEV), but the TCI process is a small breakthrough that can be applied to the other pickups. So they do that. But they weave...

I am unclear about the differences between the pickups in the Core guitars. The information posted for the Custom 24 and Custom 24-08 state it is equipped with the 85/15 pickups, but these are now modified with “TCI”. The information for the Paul’s Guitar and the Modern Eagle V state they use...

The guitar is great. I’m amazed at the broad spectrum of tones I can get out of it. Granted, I have a couple of good amps too, but this is now my go-to electric. I no longer feel a need to own a Les Paul…this is so much better.

Yes, say hello to electromagnetic energy. Been around since the Big Bang ( or when God decided “Let there be light”, depending on your belief system).

My Sweetwater rep just called me five minutes ago. The guitar is in! You should have yours soon I expect.

Update, just in case anyone else is still waiting. I must be near the end of the manufacturing run for this limited edition (number 999 out of a thousand?!) because I still haven't gotten it yet. My Sweetwater associate now says October at the earliest, but not to worry...I'll get it...

Yeah, I’m in the mode of “buy a guitar, sell a guitar” in order to avoid being classified as a hoarder!

Either would be nice. One of my PRS’ is a SE HBII with Piezo, and I’m amazed at the build quality and sound from a made in China guitar. I also bought a SE P20e because I got it for a very low price and wanted to check out the quality of a PRS made in China acoustic. Total POS (I play some nice...