![]() It’s from the original catalogue - I have it in my ’shop at home and it’s almost like this is take two - the next generation.”Ĭutting back the finish on an SE (Image credit: PRS / Jack Higginbotham) New HorizonĪside from the changes to the guitar itself, the location of the SE’s manufacture is changing, too. it just speaks to the whole package.”Įven in the colour options, the SE Paul’s Guitar harks back in time to the 1985 full- colour catalogue, which featured a trio of yellow, red and blue Customs. You have the headstock, the birds and now the body. It was something I wanted to do to make the guitar visually speak to Paul’s original design without getting too close to home. “It sort of blends between the shaping of an SE and the current CE 24. ![]() “I took an SE Standard home to my ’shop and, using a sander, resculptured the top while keeping the same overall body thickness,” says Jack. ![]() Slowly, a thicker maple top with a camber around the edges became the favoured style, but the SE Paul’s Guitar takes it closer to the core. It took until 2005 before an SE with a flat maple top, faced with a figured maple veneer, was allowed. Historically, Paul has been very protective of many hallmarks of the PRS design.
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