Paul Reed Smith says the theory that pickups are all that matter to tone and wood choice is irrelevant is “just not true”
“If the pickup is the only thing that matters, then dead strings don’t matter,” says the PRS supremo
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View more newsPaul Reed Smith says the theory that pickups are all that matter to tone and wood choice is irrelevant is “just not true”
“If the pickup is the only thing that matters, then dead strings don’t matter,” says the PRS supremo
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