TCI Pickups with Paul Reed Smith | PRS Guitars

Paul sat down to explain the TCI pickup tweaking process prior to Winter NAMM 2020.

[@bryanspencer4856]

I love Paul’s willingness to make something that isn’t a “‘59 clone”

[@jasong546]

And you should release your entire range of pickups on the prs accessories store! Wishful thinking I know.

[@mc5228]

Jason Guion I agree. I build guitars for fun and I would love to build around that sound.

[@CocoKoi321]

That would take sales away for the most part on the guitars

[@stevejones7231]

No it wouldn’t. What a crock. I want a set to replace the S series pickups made over seas in an S2 series guitar that is made in the same American plant but I have to settle for the cheaper not as good sounding 58/15 LT pick ups. Thats why I haven’t purchased a PRS guitar as I don’t like the lack of choice to get the pickups I want for the guitar I want.

[@J.C...]

He'll never do that. He doesn't want PRS pickups in every guitar on the market. Same reason he hasn't done it to this day.

[@brddork]

@@J.C... the 58/15 and 58/15 LT are both available for sale for a limited run currently.

[@quijadriss7650]

To start, they sound great. I am a proud prs owner and respect a lot of what he has to say. I also have a background in physics and thought I was really going to enjoy his explanation. I was totally lost with his layman description of what they tried to do. I'm going to stick with the idea that they sprinkle ground unicorn horn on the guitars before finishing them with that patent V12 finish.

[@jvin248]

Yes, less layman magic and more engineering. How is the resistance, capacitance, and inductance being adjusted? Scatter winding? And what about the pots and caps that layman ignore when upgrading pickups but are as much of the tone output as the pickups themselves... which I heard the Mayer S-type puts more factory attention to those parts because their adjustment is what finally got Mayer's approval of the platform.

[@ericwong1972]

Agree. Layman explanation was beyond layman. Sounds like he targets a specific resonance frequency he wants for each pickup by adjusting the inductance and capacitance accordingly. So just better quality control/consistency..

[@quijadriss7650]

Masters in solid state physics.

[@preferablystephen480]

Hi there! I believe his intent is to put into words what a layman would like understand about the different qualities/aspects of a pickup and how PRS can consistently produce pickups that sound "good" and just the way that they (or you) want them to sound. His intent is NOT to tell you how to reproduce what they have spent time and resources figuring out.

[@pieterjansenvanrensburg7322]

This guy took electric guitar design to a whole new place. 👏👏👏

[@mauricerrr]

What I absolutely love about PRS Guitars, is that they never stop developing and innovating to make their guitars the best they can be. And they do it with such passion. They definitely raise the bar of what the electric guitar can be.

[@Malabarii]

God I love this guy....love him or hate him you cannot deny that he has upped everyones game when it comes to building guitars. He has built guitars the sound like or better the holy grail Fenders and Gibsons from 60 years ago....oh and they stay IN TUNE!

[@bobbylee7320]

I’ve owned and played a ton of really nice guitars throughout my 32 years of playing, and I can say without a doubt that PRS guitars have been the most well made, consistent and sonically pleasing guitars I have owned. I hope to add a Silver Sky to my collection soon as well.

[@jrblanston]

That was a layman's explanation of hum buckers vs single coils. They are both great.

[@GeronimoBiggles]

not to mention different scale lengths too lol

[@FoodaFIISH]

Love Paul's passion in continuing to push the envelope. My PRS custom 22 from 2009 is still my all time favorite guitar to go to.

[@FoodaFIISH]

@G. V. Q Awesome! Mine has a push and pull coil tap too and I love it. The original tone is just as gnarly. So easy to play. I could go on forever lol

[@FoodaFIISH]

@G. V. Q I really want to try a newer prs and see the changes they've made!

[@AniJudaism]

Got my first PRS this week. And I never in my life thought I would hear a guitar having what I would consider a perfect voicing in the pickups. I have more expensive guitars and I have to say my PRS is my #1 go-to guitar right now and I am sure it will continue to be. The craftsmanship far far exceeded my expectations. And it is what I have expected out of a guitar the past 25 years but never got until now. Thank you Paul for the attention to detail you have put in creating this brand of guitars. I have learned about the process your factories go through with each guitar and I am just amazed. Many blessings to you and to your people for making the perfect guitar for me and for many others.

[@rexgoliath4032]

Thanks for taking the time to explain the difference in how pickups are manipulated to achieve the different sounds.

[@jordandedomusic]

Good comparison between the two guitars but unfortunately what most people will take away from this is that different guitars and types of pickups sound different. It would be neat if they could actually demonstrate the note that the pickups are resonating at and then show how that is consistent in all the new McCarty guitars and the same for each model. Then, grab a couple older guitars and show that the pre-TCI vary from guitar to guitar. That’s the only to really show this IMO. Excellent sounding guitars either way! Love PRS

[@robmurtha9582]

Thanks Paul, can’t wait to get my hands on one, I love my Studio and DGT. These instruments are so musical, they truly help the player not just with the sound and resonance but physically from the neck feel to the bridge I could go on and on!

[@j-nifty6664]

PRS guitars are the only consistent guitar brand I have ever played when it comes to quality pickups. Not a single model SE, CE, or Core has a bad pickup in them. Every other manufacture I end up ripping out the original pickups and replacing them.

[@riheg]

J- Nifty how about custom shop Gibson just out of curiosity? Personally I don’t love any Gibbo pup except from the Custom shop

[@marc8828]

@@riheg Yeah but he was talking about prs being consistence. If only Gibson's custom shop is good = not consistent lol

[@HooksBill]

@DanGraves1983 Need to try the 85/15 pickups found in the CE. It's why I bought the guitar. I've owned them all over 34 years and never played on pickups like them. They're really good. Very rounded and can get so many distinctive tones it's like you're playing 4 guitars in one. The clarity is amazing. I'm not partial to brand names as much as proven quality and performance.

[@PanicKJ]

J- Nifty I love PRS for this reason, so much time spent looking at pups for my Tele, and swapping them. With my PRS that time is spent practicing

[@tylerangle1990]

riheg I had a custom shop Les Paul. Sold it. Still have my PRS 594 though - it’s just better. Better quality, better upper fret access with the double cut. More clarity and definition without being harsh or losing that vintage LP style bite. Pickups aren’t as much of the equation as the pickup building industry would have you believe. I’ve swapped pickups in several guitars but at the end of the day the guitar still sounds like the same instrument. It may have a slightly different eq or output but still sounds like the same guitar. Humbuckers in a strat don’t make it a Les Paul. Pickups can make a difference but comparing the non TCI and TCI ones I don’t think you’d hear a difference that was solely from the pickups. I played 8 or 9 different 594s the day I bought mine and they were almost exactly the same tone across the board. Biggest difference for me was single and double cut models and even that was pretty small differences.

[@jacobsmith1877]

That McCarty is something else. Beautiful instrument

[@firegoat73]

That thing sounded so good in this video.

[@tonechaser7174]

Amazing, simply amazing. This is why prs are number 1. They think about the music and dissect it until perfection.

[@Riverdeepnwide]

This is beautiful, love ya Paul & PRS thanks for everything you've discovered and done for music, for all.

[@daveg4236]

My Paul's guitar has TCI. Took me a bit to dial in my rig to get the most out of these pickups. These sound so good. Love the ability to split the pickups and not lose anything but gain a lot

[@ltuomela]

Thank you for making a guitar that I absolutely fell in love with 15 years ago, it feels like home, plays like butter, and never goes outta tune..great explanation on pick ups!

[@MotoJammer_Music]

PAUL - I know this is an older video. But it popped up and I had to leave a comment regarding the 58/15 LT pickups. First of all, I love them. Second of all, I am glad you released them for sale separately recently. BUT, I find it hard to believe that any pickups, especially a $500 pair, would not include a wiring diagram in the box. To make matters worse, there is no accurate info on the PRS site or anywhere else on the web. Worse yet, apparently these pickups have different wiring than other PRS pickups. The neck and bridge pickups do not even have the same color wires! The folks at Sweetwater (where I bought the pickups) did not know what the deal is. Finally I got some info from a luthier that I hope is accurate. Crazy wiring that makes no sense. I love PRS products but am not at all happy with the inconsideration of PRS on the 58/15 LT pickups.

[@henrycastelan1755]

Thank you for taking the time to share this concept it really helps lot Mr Smith .

[@jbognap]

The concept would have been a lot more convincing had he compared two humbuckers "tuned" differently.

[@dougleydorite]

😂

[@MezzMcGillicuddy1]

Oh, so now all humbuckers are the same? Wood makes no difference, and neither do pickups. Sound itself doesn’t even exist, it’s all a conspiracy by “Big Audio”. Gotta love the internet.

[@junglestrut]

Paul is the Steve Jobs of Guitar Making!!! Such an underrated American luthier!!

[@scottb630]

Thank you for putting into words, something I have found difficult to describe. I have used words like woody, Spanky (to describe a humbucker vs strat pickup. But even with in that, there is a further level of sound. I like pickups that can sustain forever and by just turning the angle of the guitar, the harmonic note takes over. That kind of control with clarity and harmonics (the frequency of the pickup), can really define an instrument. Thank you Paul for taking every step of the guitar building process to the next level!!

[@chadn.1619]

Love how PRS keeps pushing the envelope of guitar manufacturing. Nice outro, Bryan.

[@jasong546]

Thanks Paul. I got the 35th Anniversary SE Custom, and I love these pickups. There’s a punch and clarity, but with great overtones and the switching between single and humbucker tones is great. One of the best guitars I have played.

[@justinorr2536]

Did you get the black gold burst 35th?

[@jasong546]

Justin Orr yes I did. I love it.

[@justinorr2536]

Awesome!! I ordered one, but won't be here for a few weeks yet.

[@rogercardenas111]

Hi Paul, it's great to see that your company is always finding ways to improve it's guitars.👍👍🎸🎛️😎😏🎸🎸🎤🎛️

[@yourmomma6909]

you should have played one with the TCI and one without to show the difference

[@Steinstra-vj7wl]

Nobody would hear the "difference".

[@djt6546]

I suspect the TCI process is being used to give a little more musicality/sweetness to the delivery of tone in each of the core USA guitar models. It might be one of those subtle but pleasing to hear differences that we’ll only really understand when given the opportunity to compare a 2019 model with a 2020 model as they arrive at the dealers throughout 2020.

[@riheg]

Steinstra 1961 when I compare on KZbin I can easily pick up the differences in my hi end head phones.

[@brlnrd]

One without the label TCI will still have “a voice”. My understanding is that TCI is PRS’s effort to manufacture a pickup with a controlled, and specific voice.

[@antoniomonteiro1203]

Every pickup has its inductance (L) and a distributed group of small capacitances (Ci). And also a series resistance (R). This is regardless of someone try to adjust them (tune). So, as per my interpretation of this video, this means at PRS they work, amongst other things, in trying to get the response curve of the pickup (as it is a transducer) adapted to each position in each guitar. I guess they mean: "we don't just try from a box of pickups which one sounds better". To me, TCI is just a marketing acronym once I believe every brand does the same, putting in this aspect more or less effort.

[@johnk3195]

I believe the term Paul should have used was "timbre", not note....each pickup has it's own "timbre"...a musical character separate from pitch or dynamics.

[@nicholasmullins3693]

Yes and no. Timbre is still, to an extent, ruled by the audible spectrum of frequencies. All of these frequencies can technically be "notes". If this guitar has a resonant frequency at say, 200hz and prominent harmonics at say, 800hz and 1000hz, those are all technically... *notes*. Just not necessarily a named note on a 12 tet scale like we're used to.

[@MrVinB]

Please do more with your bass line, I'd love to see this kind of innovation there.

[@JohnGalt539]

In my 30 years of playing guitar I too came to a conclusion that set neck guitar with humbuckers and bolt on with single coils sound quite different, I'm glad Paul has confirmed that my observations were true.

[@MrSteviek52]

Just got my first PRS ! A Mira SE....which in my opinion is the best value, pound for pound ...point by point....of ANY guitar in the WORLD ....today ! It simply cannot be topped ...in its range ! And yes, the pickups are astonishing 👏🏻🤗 ....I have over 40 guitars....and my Mira became an immediate favorite!

[@theHAL9000]

TCI strikes me as not much more than a gimmicky name for matching pickups to a guitar ... much like Leo Fender and every other maker does when designing a guitar. With that said I I love my Custom 22 and have a Paul's Guitar on the way which no doubt will be a stellar and a sonic dream machine as well. TCI or not ... PRS makes out of this world guitars.

[@the80386]

'TCI' is a fancy name for what every other pickup manufacturer calls 'voicing'. PRS didn't 'figure out' any new secret. Pickup design is not rocket science, it's a pretty well understood field, and has been for decades.

[@JimPanse2703]

I ordered the SE Paul's Guitar. I'll pay 2 years 4 it but I must have this guitar because it's a Paul's Guitar and I think these TCI pickups are crazy. I am really looking forward to test it by myself with the mini switches and on the H&K Tubemeister. I think this could be working very well because amp and guitar both want the same. They want to show all the frequencies of your playing but not meshing it together. It tries to "harmonize" it showing the low parts of high tones and the higher parts of the bass. The parts you often don't even realize are shown now like with an EQ together with a Sound Retriever. I think it could make the guitar more singing than screaming. Just doing the right thing on the right moment. I am still a beginner and learning to play the guitar but this combination feels the right one for me. Let's wait and see^^ Greetings from Germany🤘

[@tomsnow2872]

That silver sky reminds me of a macmull strat, (which are very high quality boutique guitars) it has a sort of squishy compression through that amp that is pretty distinct I think.

[@HooksBill]

I love my 85/15 pickups. Just here to say that and hey Paul!

[@tanukiman3855]

The side-by-side (as it were) comparison is really helpful to understanding the the TCI differences. I’m glad Paul did this vid. I like both the snappy sound of the Silver Sky and the smoother tone of the McCarty. But then PRS just makes damn good guitars.

[@kunfajarudinwibowo]

Vision + passion + guitar building and playing skill = mad scientist ✌👍👍👍👍

[@DJ-pp9yg]

Great comparison. To add your coil split comparison would make it even better!

[@arthur.monticelli]

"Hi everybody it's Paul" - when you're so badass that your first name is enough.

[@jeffdell9472]

Just tried the 85/15 TCI...they have a defined "O" sound, especially in the bridge. Harder to hear it in KZbin audio. You really have to try it in person to judge it.

[@a_magnificent90]

Okay I get it now. Different guitar you tune or equalized the frequency of the pickup. Its genius.

[@awkipintee]

I have a silver sky & it’s great. Slowly coming around to the McCarty (2020) because of how warm & balanced it sounds and secondly because the coil split is head & shoulders better than anything I’ve heard. True single coil tones and a warm bridge. Now if I could just find one in tobacco burst…

[@Movebetweenthesounds]

They sound amazing but am I crazy or does one sound like a gorgeous humbucker and one like a gorgeous single coil? Maybe comparing 2 different guitars with the same style of p/u would have been more illuminating?

[@onemegatonelbow]

@G. V. Q no need to be a dick

[@robgreene1776]

i've been a Strat aficionado since Buddy Holly, but i actually preferred the McCarty's tone in this instance. Phenomenal achievement.

[@SluggerStark]

Well, I don't know about the TCI, but I do know that the modern PRS pickups are some of the absolute best on the market right now. 57/08, 59/09, "Metal", 85/15, etc all sound killer. A sleeper pickup I bet many have never tried is the Narrowfield; if you get a chance to try a guitar out with them, try it!!

[@ElDuderino502]

Improves quality control.

[@Darkwell0071]

Such a great insight into the world of pickups and sound. I believe what sounds good to players over time changes as well. I can’t forget listening to EC talking about Chuck Berry and how chuck uses double stops because single strings would be too thin sounding yet EC plays strats now which to me sound thin compared to the les Paul, 335 he used earlier in his career. At least in my humble opinion the humbucker sounds fuller which is why I enjoy std 24.

[@classicraceruk1337]

Great explanation Paul wish I could play well enough to make the guitar sound that good

[@nickwilson9210]

I really want to get a silver sky but my issues is I have no were to test then. Even our big long and Macqude store here in Canada don’t have any

[@myboysanji]

if you"re in vancouver you can try mine. lol

[@riheg]

If i had a PRS collection I would want to change all the pickups. I really like these new ones based on what I’ve heard and people who played them say nice things as well.

[@EdPernod]

Is there the advanced version of the explanation I would love to hear them :)

[@briansbrain426]

I had stainless steel frets installed in my PRS. If you guys at PRS want to borrow it, let me know (just promise to return it!!!)

[@ssj4markthesk8r53]

Im pro Tci. I have two Prs in eriza verde my favorite color. Prs s2 and Ce love them both.

[@GearGasms]

Paul likes a certain kind of shirt- always different yet still a certain kind. The pickups? Who gives a crap? I’m here to talk about fashion!!!

[@GrumpyMJK]

Haha! Gotta say I’ve noticed the same as well. Casual comfy style. I can dig it!

[@gbhrecordz]

GearGasms don’t forget the black undershirt. Always.

[@scottjames2355]

@@gbhrecordz I only wear black V neck undershirts, unless I run out, then I wear black crew necks. I do have some white Mock necks that I like under a flannel. Who care's about tone.

[@raybrown1725]

@@gbhrecordz Egyptian cotton reduces neck wear

[@grandudetonesnob7107]

I you could tune a pickup to cancel out all the wrong notes I play, I would be forever in your debt Mr. Smith! I do fancy those 58/15's though...

[@MaxPower-js1sk]

Paul, I have two very special PRS guitars and I love them. But I don’t like the way in which the 85/15 pickups speak. To my ancient ears, they’re a bit HIFi and bland. But I love my PRS guitars and what you’ve done.

[@tonynoon8693]

If I had a volume pot go bad on my SE Paul's guitar, If I swapped it out myself would I have to worry about messing up the TCI of the pickups?

[@KenjiKitahara]

I'm a huge fan of PRS and I currently own 4. Although I do like the sound of the pickups, I'm guilty as hell for changing them out on all of them except one... My favourites were the McCarty Archtop set and the Dragon (original no cover version) set.

[@Indiegaze]

I wish more companies would experiment like Fishman does. Their pickups have 2-3 different voices, amazing coil splitting and no noise. It makes normal pickups like these seem really outdated. The Silver Sky sounds great, but in every demo they are noisy as hell. It’s 2020 and I don’t wanna deal with large amounts of noise and hum anymore if I don’t have to.

[@roamershaker]

Hear is an IDEA YOU guys used to make a bass in the usa back in the late 80s early 90s it was fretless and had 3 pickups , the center pickup was for hum cancel and not showing ;.. it was the best gr8test fretless ever and now you should make them again??????????? thanks please send me the first one for thinking that up . afterall where would we all be without the bass , we would be in a hell of alot of trebble !!! WE NEED PRS PASSION IN NTHE BASSS PLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE!!!

[@sassycat]

Not sure if I like the TCI 58/15LT or not, I'd need to hear an A/B comparison to a set of non-TCI's. So far, it seems like there's something missing in the new set.

[@jackleyton5504]

I didnt quite get that. I heard Single coil VS Double but not overal note.

[@waynegram8907]

PAUL< you didn't mention how you're tuning the impulse response time of the guitar pickup?

[@BuddaGuedes]

Thanks for another great explanation

[@haus05]

That Mckarty sounds amazing .. I love the silver sky especially since you released maple board

[@grantgre]

Yes, I think it’s about time to acknowledge that PRS guitars look fantastic and are made fantastically but they had a neutral guitar sound. The sounds from Fender and Gibson were much more distinguished and interesting. I think this TCI pick ups sound much better but I think I would have to listen to them in person to give a final evaluation.

[@guitarsruinlives4497]

Probably just the laymen’s confusion, but I cannot understand how having a consistent “note” could be good- what if it conflicts with the key? This makes me think he’s using the term “note” in a very loose way for lack of a better term. Surely it can’t mean a specific pitch. Sounds more or less like he’s saying they’re selecting the pickup’s resonant frequency, but again I can’t see how that’s a set positive thing. Would like to hear him really explain it.

[@joebrennan52]

Well, if you're manipulating an EQ, you're tuning a "note" without actually messing around with specific pitches so to speak. By "note" I think he means more along the lines of "woody notes" in wine or something like that. I think what he's trying to say is that they've found a way to more specifically and accurately EQ a pickup.

[@guitarsruinlives4497]

joe brennan makes sense. Don’t see how that’s a benefit except that it’s the difference between choosing that resonant peak and having it happen more randomly.

[@tmuka]

i though the same thing. my translation of his word "note" would be "timbre". as in the balance across the frequency spectrum of harmonics and fundamental resonance at any pitch on the guitar string. eg the "voice" of the instrument. just like a clarinet sounds distinct from an oboe playing the same pitches, etc.

[@guitarsruinlives4497]

tmuka I think that’s probably right. Tuning the “voice” to make it sound even more distinctively PRS. The Silver Sky def does not sound like a Strat.

[@Natesmitguitar]

tmuka You’re right. The word that Paul describes is ‘timbre’ (said ‘tamber’). They basically found the ‘magic sauce’ to computing the exact wind for the time they want. It is probably a little bit gimmicky and not all that special, but it goes without saying that they make the best guitars (in my opinion).

[@eddiecancelmusic]

Love Paul!

[@thijs199]

Yeah. I'm sticking with Fender, so sorry. ;) The sound is too thick for my thing I guess. Like a spread sound somehow. It's unique, but it's not me I guess.

[@alfalders3020]

Superb.

[@karantaktawala86]

I much preferred the Silver Sky (sound wise) as it was without the TCI. I think, the guitar should be allowed to do what it wants rather than add only 1 vowel to everything it says. On the Humbuckers, Paul I think you should make the DGT humbucking & single coil sounds available on more of your guitars. Those things sound beautiful as do your 85/15s 594 with pickups voiced like the DGT ones maybe?

[@jumbomacfly62]

Sounds great... maybe a touch too sterile at times.... I love my Mojotones in the DW CE24 FLOYD..... but... I look at these pickups on my next „baby“. THX PAUL for all your great work and efforts. ENJOY🎸🎸🎸👍🏻

[@SpeedisH94]

Seems like people are kind of debating on the effectiveness of TCIs, but TCI thing is simply about trying to use different pickups by each lineup even when they looks alike. It's not about making better pickups, but about making ones which Paul thinks that best matches the purpose of the guitar lineups. So If you don't like the sound of TCIs, then simply swap it out. You can have different tastes from those of Paul's. I think that's it. But think about it. No many manufacturers are trying to design pickups in details for the guitars. Pickup makers are making good pickups, but it's quite unpredictable whether they would still sound good in your guitar untill you actually install them. And Many guitar makers are 'seemingly' just dropping random pickups in random guitars, and when they put SD or Dimarzio they raise the price even more than what the pickups are worth. Honestly, unless the guitar is signature model, guitar brand's default pickups are mounted. Well it's good to hear that PRS had to make pickups specific to each Models. It sounds like they are trying to make products worth buyiung than just making good guitars with whatever hardwares.

[@clgmafnas]

Love PRS guitars! Still working on obtaining that 509...

[@MuseGuitarist]

I have a 2017 509 and it is better and more inspiring than any of my other 5 PRS Guitars, by the way my least expensive PRS is the new SE Paul’s Guitar with TCI like my Silver “Golden” Sky and just as nice for $1500 less

[@clgmafnas]

@@MuseGuitarist suh-weet man! It seems to be all im looking for in a guitar. Hopefully soon...🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@chrissnyder5818]

I could watch paul talk about guitars all day..

[@Azunaii]

Sooo... its a single pickup that you can tune to fit each individual guitar's desired sound?

[@ehambright]

Thank you

[@rampman8940]

Bring back the standard treble and bass pickups. The same as in 85.

[@AndreaPirlo2023]

i own 594. and the pickup is just pure magic. the bridge pickup is sweat and the neck pickup has mojo to it. love it more than my fiance.

[@peterpigna9505]

Very very good

[@AlexisGitarre]

So BASICALLY it's what every other Pickup Company does too, but with a fancy description. Paul really knows how to market his stuff.

[@johnwebb2562]

Hi Paul. What specific resonant frequencies are they tuned to that gives you you're drone frequency notes. . Best Regards. John.

[@kilofireb8584]

Thanks for the explanation paul. I just love the whole 2020 line up. Now that your able to tune these just the way you want to, do you think you might toss a set in the vela? I love the way it sounds now but I think it could be a little more twangy and jangly. Maybe a little more country rock.

[@jdl2180]

I was thinking earlier today that fender makes the best sounding pickups.

[@sugarlife485]

always have always will

[@kylenewberry2598]

Haha. If you want single coils better you have Lollar, Grosh, Anderson just a few.

[@jdl2180]

@@kylenewberry2598 I like fralin pickups also

[@jeffdell9472]

I'd like to hear that McCarty vs the prior version of it. The McCarty has a boatload of character.

[@tom0ocadoo]

I love the work that PRS dose. But yes i said But next time just say we created a better. TCI is just a complex way of saying we made a pickup that we at PRS believe to be worthy of the PRS branding and in truth we are not doing something new we are just branding old concepts with new names. TCI Seriously!!!

[@revsharp777]

Love them in my SE Santana singlecut trem model.

[@trentvonhof5178]

thank you Paul

[@JB19504]

It would be nice if some were available. Everywhere I check, they keep saying "coming".

[@RonaldLeggettJr]

Best guitar company in the world I need to save up and buy a prs

[@bryantherocker]

TCI IS CHOOSING THE RIGHT SPEC OF PICKUPS FOR THE GUITAR, NOT SOME SPECIAL ADDITIONAL ELECTRONICS.

[@ResoBridge]

I think the fact that PRS have said they have a new technique for making pickups and have titled it TCI - tuned capacitance inductance indicates it is rather more than just choosing the right specification. I believe they have a method of fine tuning every pickup they make. It may even involve a few extra components added to the pickup.

[@ju2705s]

Sound design in best form. 👍

[@paulruiz4778]

PRs pickups on their guitars are the ones you don’t want to change for another brand alway sound good.

[@SomekidthatplaysVR]

Zexcoil has been doing this for a while now

[@andrewf5390]

Great sounding guitars.

[@ickimadrasi8965]

I still want to see the 594 in lefty

[@samohtben]

As a layman I don’t understand how this is different than a pickup maker trying many different combinations of wire gauge, wire coating, winding pattern, bobbin height, windings per bobbin, mismatched windings on humbuckers, and on and on...and analyzing the frequency/tonal/character difference of all those combinations in the same guitar.

[@UmairDarVoid]

Love you Paul!

[@steveanthony5907]

could the head of fender gibson etc explain there products as well if at all.