New Paul’s guitar vs old ???

[Andrew Paul]

Few months back I bought a Paul’s Brushstroke 24. Awesome guitar with really focused pickups, I love the split coil sounds.

So now there’s a new Paul’s guitar with PRS’s TCI (Tuned Capacitance and Inductance) pickups. Anyone have one of these?

Anyone have both the new Paul’s guitar and the older version?

Is there a significant difference in tone?

The new pickups sound really good in video but so do the old, I think I hear a better single coil sound regarding the TCI pickups but I’m just going by the video.

 

[bodia]

think I hear a better single coil sound regarding the TCI pickups but I’m just going by the video.

I think you're right with this.

 

[Andrew Paul]

I think you're right with this.

If I get some positive comparison replies regarding the TCI pickups I’ll contact PTC, maybe they’ll wire up a pair in my Brushstroke 24.

 

[garrettb]

If I get some positive comparison replies regarding the TCI pickups I’ll contact PTC, maybe they’ll wire up a pair in my Brushstroke 24.

Yeah, that's not happening.

I agree the TCI singles sound better in the demos than the originals. Looking forward to trying out the new Paul's eventually.

 

[Andrew Paul]

Yeah, that's not happening.

I agree the TCI singles sound better in the demos than the originals. Looking forward to trying out the new Paul's eventually.

Really? PTC won’t do that? That’s a bummer

 

[László]

Really? PTC won’t do that? That’s a bummer

They might. Contact them and see.

 

[Andrew Paul]

They might. Contact them and see.

Filled out the request, see what I hear after Christmas.

 

[Rusty Chops]

Mine's a mint used 2013. The new ones are Private Stock.

I can't imagine the new ones somehow could sound better. Nuance perhaps.

 

[Andrew Paul]

Mine's a mint used 2013. The new ones are Private Stock.

I can't imagine the new ones somehow could sound better. Nuance perhaps.

Nice one! Here check this out and watch the videos. https://www.prsguitars.com/electrics/core/pauls_guitar_2019

 

[Rusty Chops]

Nice one! Here check this out and watch the videos. https://www.prsguitars.com/electrics/core/pauls_guitar_2019

Yeah. It sounds different, especially in single coil.

But I still like mine (those grapes are probably sour anyway).

 

[Andrew Paul]

Yeah. It sounds different, especially in single coil.

But I still like mine (those grapes are probably sour anyway).

Don’t get me wrong, I love the sound of my Brushstroke 24 but I also really dig what I hear with those new pickups. I mean lets face it the original pickups are awesome, the new are just another type of awesome

 

[Tonart]

The one on the left has the new TCI, the one on the right the original 408 system. The new single coil sound is quite different from the old, and has a full, multi-dimensional quality about it. Humbucker wise they’re the same.

You know, I flunk badly everytime I try to describe pickup sounds . How a coil of wire senses and interprets the movement of a metal string through a changing magnetic field, is such an alien thing, probably only a talking coil of wire can truly describe.

 

[Rusty Chops]

Paul’s Guitar certainly is airier and Fenderier than my other non-fender guitars.

Except maybe the 5-way switch on one Artist, that gets into that “goinky” Strat tone area a little.

 

[Andrew Paul]

The one on the left has the new TCI, the one on the right the original 408 system. The new single coil sound is quite different from the old, and has a full, multi-dimensional quality about it. Humbucker wise they’re the same.

You know, I flunk badly everytime I try to describe pickup sounds . How a coil of wire senses and interprets the movement of a metal string through a changing magnetic field, is such an alien thing, probably only a talking coil of wire can truly describe.

Thanks for the reply! Sounds like those TCI pups sound pretty good in single coil. Now the tough question, if you had to choose between the two single coil tones what would you choose, 408 pups or the TCIs ??

 

[Tonart]

Thanks for the reply! Sounds like those TCI pups sound pretty good in single coil. Now the tough question, if you had to choose between the two single coil tones what would you choose, 408 pups or the TCIs ??

The TCI’s without question! They really really do sound good.

I was very impressed by the PRS demo video. Then I got this new guitar and I happily found that it sounded exactly like the demo. It is it’s own sound, that I can say. Which makes it unique.

That said my interest is much more in ‘inherent tone’ than pickups. That these sound so good is a happy coincidence.

I acquired this particular guitar because it was Paul’s personal guitar - it was his prototype for the TCI Paul’s Guitar.