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Paul Reed Smith explains exactly what makes a great electric guitar – including the exact amount of time it should sustain
By Jackson Maxwell published
Tone, the master guitar builder says, "is a complicated equation"
Watch Paul Reed Smith join Alter Bridge onstage – and blow Myles Kennedy away with his guitar’s sustain
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The highly respected guitar builder for both Kennedy and Mark Tremonti lent some bluesy licks to Rise Today during a recent performance in Maryland
Paul Reed Smith has his say on the tonewood debate: “I've heard that tonewoods don't make any difference. It's just not true”
By Matt Owen published
The guitar-building mastermind shares an anecdote involving violin makers to hammer home his point that tonewoods do in fact play a pivotal role in a guitar's sound
Paul Reed Smith explains what possessed him to call one of PRS’s first guitar pedals Horsemeat
By Sam Roche published
“I can’t name a guitar Horsemeat, but in the pedal business, you can get away with murder!”
Join Paul Reed Smith in his tricked-out home studio for a video tour of his awesome pedal collection
By Sam Roche published
Tune in to find out which stompbox is the PRS Guitars supremo's all-time favorite
Watch Herman Li and Paul Reed Smith trade licks at a DragonForce show
By Matt Owen published
The pair shared the stage with Li's bandmate Sam Totman and Master Sword's Kojo Kamya for a bluegrass arrangement of Flatt & Scruggs' Randy Lynn Rag
PRS unveils mesmerizing Orianthi Private Stock and 24-08 switch-equipped S2 and SE electrics
By Matt Owen published
A breadth of updates have also been added for 2022 across the SE, S2 and signature ranges, including PRS-Fishman Sonitone acoustic pickups and fresh finishes
Why hardware is the key to great guitar tone
By Jamie Dickson published
Handwound pickups and exotic woods may be sexier, but your guitar’s metal hardware is the secret, says Paul Reed Smith
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