My Paul’s Guitars (& NGD)

[Rockmark]

Thanks all! Hope you liked the silly attempt at poetry. I’m a stickler for perfect finishes on my guitars but I’ll be leaving the pick scratches on this one unsullied by my OCD hands!

Now there's a real relic'd PRS done by Mr. Smith Himself. How much better could it get than that!!!!

 

[dmatthews]

That my good man is simply outstanding!

 

[bodia]

Two cool! (see what I did there ). Great story! Congrats!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Two cool! (see what I did there ). Great story! Congrats!

Ba dum dum tish!!

 

[Tosca]

A pair of beauties. The tone twins!
Congrats.

 

[Tonart]

Curious how chaltecoco compares to pernie

Oh yeah, those are awesome

Now that I’ve had more time with it, this one appears to have more bass compared to pernie, and the response appears more ‘even’ compared to many of my pernie axes. Gosh I sure hope I know what the heck I’m talking about. Paul’s probably laughing if he read this.

BTW I analyse these things purely unplugged, because the way strings vibrate sitting on a particular guitar is to me the basic unbreakable fundamental. I see pickups as expendable translators to that fundamental. For me a good pickup is simply one that translates accurately, capturing every accent and tic, not leaving out any nuance but at the same time not adding its ‘own interpretation’.

“Just tell me plainly what the dude with the strange hairdo is saying, man! Peace in the nuclear age depends on it!”

The woody tone is quite pronounced - kinda like slightly pinching your nose and saying “wah wah wah”. Super resonant and alive, and I mean it above the usual cliche. A very solid stiff feel to the whole guitar, feels like its weapons grade or something.

Based on this sample size of one I would recklessly give the thumbs up to Chaltecoco! But Paul chose the woods so I suppose that 30-40 years of experience would have factored regardless what woods species he picked. I personally believe tone tapping is real and works, or is at least the closest and most efficient tool mankind has at predicting stringed instrument tone. I’m very impressed, for that matter.

 

[WA Paul]

Now that I’ve had more time with it, this one appears to have more bass compared to pernie, and the response appears more ‘even’ compared to many of my pernie axes. Gosh I sure hope I know what the heck I’m talking about. Paul’s probably laughing if he read this.

BTW I analyse these things purely unplugged, because the way strings vibrate sitting on a particular guitar is to me the basic unbreakable fundamental. I see pickups as expendable translators to that fundamental. For me a good pickup is simply one that translates accurately, capturing every accent and tic, not leaving out any nuance but at the same time not adding its ‘own interpretation’.

“Just tell me plainly what the dude with the strange hairdo is saying, man! Peace in the nuclear age depends on it!”

The woody tone is quite pronounced - kinda like slightly pinching your nose and saying “wah wah wah”. Super resonant and alive, and I mean it above the usual cliche. A very solid stiff feel to the whole guitar, feels like its weapons grade or something.

Based on this sample size of one I would recklessly give the thumbs up to Chaltecoco! But Paul chose the woods so I suppose that 30-40 years of experience would have factored regardless what woods species he picked. I personally believe tone tapping is real and works, or is at least the closest and most efficient tool mankind has at predicting stringed instrument tone. I’m very impressed, for that matter.

Thanks for the write up! Funny, ‘woody’ is how I often describe solid Brazilian necks.

I saw a Chaltecoco on a SC594 but it weighed like 10lbs so I had to draw a line on my empirical research on different neck woods

 

[Tonart]

Thanks for the write up! Funny, ‘woody’ is how I often describe solid Brazilian necks.

I saw a Chaltecoco on a SC594 but it weighed like 10lbs so I had to draw a line on my empirical research on different neck woods

Yup, always glad when I hear someone else hearing the same woody characteristic!

I think most woods are more of less the same in terms of imparted tone. I guess it’s perhaps more matter of which wood species gives a consistently high chance of a magic guitar. That’s when a pleasant wood tone (full and nasally) and constructive resonance is imparted by the guitar onto the metal string, as opposed to a pure metal string sound (thin and screechy I would assume).

I have a Brazilian SC that is just mind blowing in terms of woody tone. Braz somehow always consistently delivers great tone. Pernie seems to do that too, as well as whatever mahogany species and drying methods Gibson is using on their CS historic Les Pauls.

I also have a solid African Blackwood neck PRS that was described by Paul Reed Smith as a magic guitar and I fully agree. But do all African Blackwood necks consistently deliver, is the question. Who knows?

I always say on great guitars, every time you fret and pluck a string acoustically, you can hear a metal string and a wood tone tap combined into one. On others you only hear the metal.

 

[Glide-bpm]

I actually seem to get a pretty woody sounding tone out of my 594 with Korina back and neck and Cocobolo fretboard... I don't know what it is, but it's got it...

 

[Tonart]

I actually seem to get a pretty woody sounding tone out of my 594 with Korina back and neck and Cocobolo fretboard... I don't know what it is, but it's got it...

That’s a good guitar, don’t never let it go! The wood sound is just so musical and so versatile, from jazz blues classic rock up to heavier rock AC/DC etc sounds. Perhaps metal is where it’s not so fitting. I have a Korina PRS and I find it great too! Gotta add Korina to the list!

 

[Glide-bpm]

That’s a good guitar, don’t never let it go! The wood sound is just so musical and so versatile, from jazz blues classic rock up to heavier rock AC/DC etc sounds. Perhaps metal is where it’s not so fitting. I have a Korina PRS and I find it great too! Gotta add Korina to the list!

I love rolling some AC/DC, Nugent, Free, ZZ Top, etc. on that guitar... It begs for blues/classic rock.

 

[shallbe]

Yup, always glad when I hear someone else hearing the same woody characteristic!

I think most woods are more of less the same in terms of imparted tone. I guess it’s perhaps more matter of which wood species gives a consistently high chance of a magic guitar. That’s when a pleasant wood tone (full and nasally) and constructive resonance is imparted by the guitar onto the metal string, as opposed to a pure metal string sound (thin and screechy I would assume).

I have a Brazilian SC that is just mind blowing in terms of woody tone. Braz somehow always consistently delivers great tone. Pernie seems to do that too, as well as whatever mahogany species and drying methods Gibson is using on their CS historic Les Pauls.

I also have a solid African Blackwood neck PRS that was described by Paul Reed Smith as a magic guitar and I fully agree. But do all African Blackwood necks consistently deliver, is the question. Who knows?

I always say on great guitars, every time you fret and pluck a string acoustically, you can hear a metal string and a wood tone tap combined into one. On others you only hear the metal.

Can we see a pic of the all African Blackwood neck guitar?

 

[Tonart]

Can we see a pic of the all African Blackwood neck guitar?

Sure! It’s pitch black true to it’s name, poreless smooth and can be polished to a high shine. The rest are photos from it’s time in PRS.

 

[shallbe]

Good grief. That is so top shelf in every way.

 

[Tonart]

So excited to see the “offspring” finally up and sprouting! They sound so good in person and got me so passionate, I was wondering when’s the official core release!