一世自从一位年轻的保罗里德史密斯队以来，这是一个吉他到纳姆表演，并宣布了一个新品牌的到来，这将迫使大型美国吉他公司上来游戏。一世nformed by a decade of repairing vintage instruments and building guitars for the likes of Carlos Santana and Howard Leese, the `NAMM 20′ guitars set the bar high, but that didn’t stop Smith spending the next three decades in constant pursuit of innovation and refinement.
回到2015年，我们面对保罗的吉他：制造版的制作版本由老板自己扮演的。PRS.’s stateside national sales manager, Jim Cullen, explains how the model came to make its way into the company’s Core Line: “The Paul’s Guitar was inspired by the Private Stock signature model, which was a 100-piece run released at Winter NAMM 2011. Based on the popularity of the signature run, we released a 200-piece signature model limited run in the Core Line at Winter NAMM 2012. It was then followed up with the 408 Standard and 408 Maple Top, introduced at the PRS Experience in September 2012.”
“保罗在408中的狭窄低音拾取器上开始试验风力，结合签名模型电子配置（体积，音调，三通拨动和两个迷你切换线圈抽头开关），因为他正在寻找一种削减方式在他现在的较大乐队中可以多一点。他发现408N低音拾取器的较窄磁场，伤口更热，放置在高音位置，给了他他正在寻找的额外清晰度。“
“所以，在冬天的纽马姆2013年，保罗的吉他在两个版本中发射：私人股票有限公司，一个美学上的核心线上的美学（剥离了'版本，Spec'd）与”脏“艺术家等级上面。”
目前核心线保罗的吉他共享2013-14模型的许多功能，但有一些差异。第三阶段锁定调谐器更换了以前的低质量单位，而不是“脏”艺术家等级顶部，现在是标准的火焰枫木顶部，额外的10顶或被子枫木额外额外的499英镑。此外，您还可以选择振动或硬质模型，无需额外费用，而艺术家套餐以4,059英镑开始。
The Honduran rosewood headstock fascia, enlarged logo and `brushstroke’ bird inlays elevate Paul’s Guitar above the norm, while the two-piece flamed maple top is finished flawlessly in Faded Vintage Yellow – harking back to one of the most striking original colour offerings from the class of ’85. Like the Vela we reviewed recently, the only visual flaw we can detect on very close inspection is the presence of what appears to be white buffing compound residue – likely used in he fret polishing process – on some areas of the rosewood fretboard. It’s no deal breaker, though, and as befits an instrument of twice the price of the S2 model, the ‘board itself is of Honduran rosewood that’s more attractive and exotic in appearance than the rosewood of unspecified origin on its stablemate.
正如Cullen所说，狭窄的408N低音颈部拾取器是几年前在408上首次亮相的同一单元;与408上的较大桥接拾取不同，408N高音桥拾取器具有与颈部拾取相同的占地面积，并且简单地卷起几圈。两个拾取器可以通过卷和音调控制之间的一对迷你切换开关单独分开。巧妙的接线可最大限度地减少单线圈模式中的体积损耗：每个开关断开螺杆线圈，并增加1,500转向块线圈。
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从其豪华的佩斯利Hardcase中删除，尽管或许是因为 - 它的PRS颤抖颤抖桥，保罗的吉他环，并像封锁一样谐振。The bridge arrives set from the factory with four springs attached and a tone’s upward travel on the E, A, D and G strings, and a semitone on the B and E ± it’s such a stable and smooth set-up that we’d be loath to change it.
At 8lbs on the nose, this guitar is no featherweight – the previous incarnation was listed as having a lightweight mahogany back, but this time the specifications state simply `mahogany’ – but it balances so well on a strap that it feels like a significantly lighter instrument. The `Pattern’ neck shape is an update of the old Wide Fat profile, with a little less shoulder, based on Smith’s pre-factory design. It’s a subjective area, but we’ve always been of the opinion that, all other factors being equal, guitars with big necks sound better. We’re right at home with the feel: it’s a palm-filler alright, but it’s unlikely to scare anybody off.
插入，与我们的参考Gibson相比，Paul的吉他配有50s PAF复制品，听起来很厚。408N的拾音器可能看起来像迷你悍马，但他们的角色更接近一个全尺寸的“责任;全拔嘴模式的桥梁拾取器具有略高的输出，较厚的中间和少于高端咬的阴影，没有任何一个是否定的 - 它只是声音不同：更加精致和现代化，较大。这是颈部位置的类似场景，其中PRS是胖的，铅笔的胖胖，但吉布森的较低输出和更多的鼻音使得在播放过动的十字节奏部分时更容易保持清晰度和分离。
与复古风格的吉布森相比，保罗的吉他在日落中竞去日落时，当然是在多功能性赌注中。一世n practice, the grainier split-coil voices – with only a very slight, barely perceptible volume drop-off from full ‘bucker mode – are probably closer to the vintage-spec PAF-alikes when both are played with gain, though there’s still more bass in this mode than from our Gibson’s tighter-voiced humbuckers. The ability to switch to single-coil sounds without disappearing in a mix is a real boon – especially in combination with a pedal such as a Fuzz Face, that works far better with single coils than it does humbuckers – and mid-song switching quickly becomes intuitive.
清洁色调也许是保罗的吉他最令人印象深刻 - 有一个像贝尔样纯度和声乐品质，在所有皮卡中都有触摸敏感性职位。进入弹簧混响和触摸贴片，它是郁郁葱葱的;通过这种表现良好的颤音系统，您将发现自己少借出更少的音符并更好地发出更好。
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PRS Paul's Guitar
•价格£3,125（包括Hardcase）
•描述纯度，双切割电动。美国制造
•建造桃花心木尸体与雕刻的火焰枫枫顶。图案桃花心木脖子与洪都拉斯玫瑰木头架子罩坐便院和洪都拉·罗斯伍德，254毫米（10英寸）半径的指板，带笔触鸟镶嵌和22个中等巨型巨型烦恼。
•硬件III阶段锁定调谐器，PRS颤音颤动桥（PRS Stoptail与黄铜插入件可用额外的成本）
•电气408N高音和408N BASS Humbuckers，体积，音调，三通切换拾取选择器，2x迷你切换线圈分割开关
•规模长度635mm / 25“
•颈部宽度螺母43mm，第12次52mm
•颈部深度在第一个烦恼中21毫米，第12次褶皱23毫米
•字符串间距螺母36mm，桥53mm
•重量3.6kgs / 8.0lbs.
•左撇子不
•饰面古董白，阿苏尔，黑色，黑樱桃，黑金爆裂，血橙，木炭爆裂，褪色复古黄色（如审查），褪色鲸鱼蓝色，金色的顶部，灰色黑色，蜂蜜，玉，皇家蓝色，猩红色红色，龟壳，复古森伯斯特，紫罗兰
•接触PRS Europe 01223 874301
www.prsguitars.com.