Well done PRS, now you're building something that I actually want to buy. Something for the S style guy without hum and not compromising tone. And it looks fantastic!
Just got one in Metallic Orange/Rosewood. My first PRS and I'm still adjusting to the neck & scale but I absolutely love it! Sound is so sweet, like a slightly warmer version of the best of a Fender style single coil without that shrill ice-picky worst of a Fender style single coil. Like a great P90, but tighter and without hum. Like a really good Filter'Tron, but even more of what makes a Filter'Tron great. Love Paul, he and his staff are constantly thinking, testing and innovating like no one since Leo Fender.
I wasn't too much of a believer, but after playing one today, holy smokes 💨💨💨 This has such unique character, sitting right between single coils with the beef and noise cancelation of humbuckers. I took home pearl white with rosewood today 🤘
I love the fact that you keep pushing boundaries and not resting on your laurels like other shops have been doing. Always a treat when I get to play a PRS.
"Humbuckers that sound exactly like single-coils. It's not 'kind of like' a single-coil; it IS"....why say that when they clearly don't sound like single-coils in side-by-side videos? They sound great, but they're different, and that should be praised. Surprised the rest of the team agreed to let him make that assertion.
I want to disagree with this so bad, because I absolutely love PRS, but you are right, these sound like humbuckers. Mind you, they are fantastic sounding humbuckers, but still doesn't have the high end twang of a single coil. it also very much has the body and resonance of a humbucker, which you wouldn't have with a single coil. It is possible that the audio translation of this video has something to do with it, or maybe even has the tone rolled off a little.
@@Rygo-wk3jm rosewood, purely based on appearance cause my hearing is not that precise. I wish they would’ve used a single piece of wood for maple neck & maple fretboard combo, since mismatched grain on the same color wood looks off imo
@@randomcommenterurl I just ordered a maple one, but only because I have more rosewood guitars already. I like the feel of rosewood so much more, but I figured I could use some variety. You made a good point about matching wood types. I wish I thought about that more prior to purchasing!
@@Rygo-wk3jm I’m sure you’ll love it! Now that I’ve been playing it for a week I appreciate the sound & feel more than the looks. FYI I got mine at a local store & it was $50 cheaper than the listed price
@@randomcommenterurl $50 off is impressive considering it’s newly released! I’ve really enjoyed playing it and it sounds so full compared to my other guitars. I just adjusted the pickup heights a little, which helped them sound a tad less dark.
I don’t think they sound exactly like a single coil pickup but they sound amazing. I played one of these. PRS really gave us something different yet classic at the same time. It’s a great guitar. Original style. Affordable price. Top notch quality. Right now Gibson and Fender are struggling with serious quality control issues. Do yourself a favor like I did and buy a PRS.
Wow!!!!!!when i first started really playing was the first year PRS had a mailable brochure/catalog. It has been awesomw watxhing Paul reinvent and invent and cover new ground!!
"It will be mine, oh yes..."😂 Seriously, I've been waiting for another PRS that would fill that empty spot with a single coil 3 pickup configuration and the SE Silver Sky just didn't do it for me. This NF3 is just what I've been waiting for and dreaming of. Thanks Paul!👏🤝
I'm sure that it's an awesome guitar, but i would say that bass response is more on the humbucker thing. John Mayer has a video where he tries (and achieve) to show us how the silver sky SE feels and response playing the 6th string. This guitar sems to be a really different thing, much more darker and rounder!
I had one of the older model core nf3's some years ago. Great guitar I wound up trading it for another PRS because I didn't like the dilated eye inlays on it. Glad to see the model make a return!
I would add a switch to that pickguard, to get the neck-bridge combination. With those NF mini-humbuckers, it’ll be a perfect combination of a Telecaster and Les Paul middle positions.
Done and done! Was gonna get a DGT, but this is more my speed. Thanks for actually leaving the middle pickup in (looking at you Swamp Ash). It has evrything I need out of a guitar...like the neck, )smae as the SE SEmi Hollow that I have), lower output pickups, no hum and simple controls...oh, and no crazy flame tops...just plain old fashoined paint and solid colors.
Love it. Love humbucker narrow band. I have 5 PRS And used my Se Pauls on the Blush Hollow Band album Natural High on all streaming, plus se soap Bar ll, se 245, se Zach, s2 mcCarty 594 dbl cut..I'm a PRS major fan
Kinda single coil like but with more midrange. So it’s a variation on any other none single coil that’s supposed to sound like a single coil. Ergo it does not sound like a good single coil. It’s muted by comparison. For starters these are hum cancelling. Hey I like the variations, but single coil sounds these are not. Just play along side a Strat or Tele and the difference is quite stark. 🤷♂️
I couldn't agree more. The difference is day and night. I bought a 2015 Fender American Delux HSS . It's a beautiful guitar , which came with the Shawbucker and N-3 noiseless pickups. Those pickups sound pretty spot on to this PRS demonstration. And that's why it stays in the case. Muted, almost no fidelity. I remember thinking something was wrong with this tone pot .
I watched a demo of this guitar, and the in between settings, it definitely has that single coil “quack.” I’d like to install those pickups in one of my guitars.
Since the guitar has a pickguard, i would guess some people will get custom pickguards and replace the humbuckers with real single coils so some of these pickups might find their way into the 2nd hand market, it is unlikely that PRS would sell aftermarket SE Pickups.
I hate strats for the one reason tuning keys on one side ! This changes things I gotta try this guitar ! It has some big shoes to fill im a Gibson guy but im going to check this out maybe ill like it
Got one of the first coming in here (orange/maple) to complement my Fiore (my favorite guitar of all times). It is fantastic. Of course do these pickups sound like single-coils, just not like every single coil ever made, which differ greatly. They are not as bright as 50s or late 60s / early 70s single coils. but they are not darker than some early 60s ones, and definitely not darker than Texas Specials. I do have a Fender CS strat with Texas Specials and it is definitely darker and barkier than the NF3. The clarity and attack of the NF3 pickups is definitely single coil territory. Neither P90s nor humbuckers sound like that.
I remember playing PRS guitars for the 1st time at Chuck Levins in Wheaton MD! I was like “holy &hit this sounds better than my strat and my Les Paul! I’m almost afraid to play this new model
Love PRS guitars. Honest question, though. If the goal is to sound like a single coil, what's the purpose or benefit of having a humbucker? Better sustain?
I shattered my shoulder and broke my arm and a wide thin neck with my big hands prefers a U shape at 1.68 width. Your guitars are nice but the 25 inch scale with 22 frets is kind of tight. Great idea though for the pickups, are they Almico V magnet and bobbins? I have heard some new pickups in a custom guitar that are really great.
I shattered my shoulder and broke my arm and a wide thin neck with my big hands prefers a U shape at 1.68 width. Your guitars are nice but the 25 inch scale with 22 frets is kind of tight. Great idea though for the pickups, are they Almico V magnet and bobbins? I have heard some new pickups in a custom guitar that are really great.
OK so now I'm finding an issue with my NF3 that I got today. I noticed that as soon as I turned the volume down to around 7 or 8, the volume dropped off dramatically and the treble dropped off as well. It stays about the same volume all the way down to 1.
All this fascination with turning a watermelon into a pear is mind-blowing. What I'm hearing is a mini humbucker with a few more wines of wire around longer magnetic pole pieces. I'm guessing the ohms is around 6.8 -7.5 Then again, i watched this on a cell phone, so i might be way off lol..
What scale length and neck radius is available. Something about Strats that I don’t like is the control placement being right there and able to bump accidentally. I prefer a Tele control set with push pull pots for a regular humbucker to be split. And a string through body with out a trem.,
I have one of the original NF3's from a dozen or so years ago and it is one of the few guitars I will never sell. Its all the STratty goodness with no hum and with some dirt you can push it into its own thing that nothing else sounds like.
I love it, but... is that not what a coil splitter is for? I love my humbuckers in general, but my daily driver has the splitter. If I played this guitar, I have humbuckers that "sound like single coils" ... idk, I'm missing something I'm sure it's a wonderful guitar.
