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“I didn’t know John had a pink one coming out, so it looked like John had given me a pink guitar and I’d relic’d it. People were mad”: Zach Myers’ heavy relic’d PRS John Mayer Silver Sky has given him so much grief he might burn it

Myers got the jump on PRS when he started playing a relic'd pink Silver Sky – before the official Roxy Pink version came out

Guitar World

“The wood buyers didn’t think we would be able to use it. I went, ‘Oh no, that's going to turn into a ridiculous color’”: PRS turned unwanted wood into some of its best guitar finishes – including the one found on Paul Reed Smith’s go-to guitar

Emerald Green and Charcoal – two of the firm’s most eye-popping offerings – were stumbled upon by accident

Guitar World

“He talked to me about fly fishing for two hours and never mentioned a guitar”: Shinedown’s Zach Myers on the “genius” Paul Reed Smith, his forthcoming signature model – and THAT relic’d pink Silver Sky

Myers says he caught so much heat for his distressed hot pink John Mayer Silver Sky that he joked with his tech that he was going to torch it onstage

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“It’s official. The age of touchscreen guitar amps is here”: This is all the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and we might have a winner for the best new sub-$1k electric guitar of 2025

From next-gen desktop amps to a signature bass that celebrates a low-end legend, here are the essential gear launches you might have missed

Guitar World

“These guitars really come across as a very boutique, artisan pair of instruments… Above all, they’re not just another copycat design”: Eastman Fullertone SC ’52 and DC ’62 review

Last year’s D’Ambrosio series guitars signified numerous firsts for Eastman, not least that they were US-made with boutique prices to match. These new FullerTones capture the magic at a fraction of the price

Guitar World

“My gosh, that’s a big guitar”: 10-year-old guitarist nails Are You Gonna Go May Way during America’s Got Talent – on a PRS that’s almost as tall as he is

Bay Melnick Virgolino’s PRS might make him look tiny, but the sounds he gets out of it are huge

Guitar World

“A modern take on vintage tones”: PRS gives its celebrated NF 53 the SE treatment – tabling a bid for the best sub-$1k electric of 2025

The workhorse six-string is loaded with the firm’s innovative Narrowfield pickups and a bunch of premium specs – and it’s already received rave reviews

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“We have worked for two years to get the guitar just where we want it”: PRS remixes its vintage-inspired NF 53 for the SE line – and it's a serious workhorse electric for under a grand

A pair of Narrowfield Deep Dish humbuckers, bolt-on build, three finish options and some birds, too. What more could you want?

MusicRadar

“If you think PRS just makes guitars for well-heeled doctors and dentists, you might have to change your opinion”: PRS SE NF 53 review

A new month, a new PRS. This time the USA NF 53 gets the affordable SE treatment

Guitar World

Songwriters ‘missing millions in royalties from more than 100,000 UK gigs’

Artists losing out as PRS for Music has collected cut of ticket sales for shows but does not know setlist

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“I said, ‘Ted, you can see inside the horn, it's got a maple cap.’ He goes, ‘Shut up’”: Paul Reed Smith says early Les Pauls were all Goldtops to hide a tonal breakthrough from Leo Fender

The PRS Guitars founder answers the million dollar question: why were all the early Gibson Les Pauls Goldtops?

Guitar World

“People laughed at us, saying, ‘Why are you playing guitar solos? This is so lame.’ We thought, ‘Let's go even faster’”: Herman Li on how Guitar Hero helped make guitar solos cool again – and why grunge killing off the shred scene wasn’t a bad thing

Guitar cultures come and go, and though Li was instrumental in putting shred back on the menu, he says the grunge scene was “great” for this one reason

Guitar World

“PRS' most daring signature guitar to date? Without a shadow of a doubt”: Here is all the new gear that has caught my eye this week – including an affordable replica of a $1 million Les Paul

PRS ushers in a new era of shred with its Herman Li signature model and Epiphone honors a great

Guitar World

“A new evolution for PRS”: Herman Li tears up the PRS template with the Chleo – a signature model 4 years in the making that’s unlike anything the firm has ever done before

A new body shape with radical contours, custom Fishman pickups, 13 tonal voices, and a floating trem stabilizer headline the Chleo, which ushers in a new era for PRS guitars

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“We had a room full of Nashville session players, and they said, ‘Paul, if we don't use your guitars on the tracks, we get fired’”: Why Paul Reed Smith isn't interested in chasing Fender or Gibson – but is focused on cementing PRS in history

Smith reflects on his decades-long involvement in the guitar making space

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“We spent more than four years in research and development, working closely with Herman to get everything exactly right”: PRS activates total shred mode for the launch of Herman Li’s feature-packed Chleo signature electric

Available in Orchid Dusk and Charcoal Purple Burst, limited to 200 units, we've got 13 unique tone combinations from its HSH Fishman pickups, a Gotoh floating vibrato and Eclipse Dragon inlays too

Guitar World

“I wanted it to be striking, bright, and a baritone so I can use it on tour for the song”: PRS celebrates Ed Sheeran’s collab with Dave Grohl and John Mayer on the F1 movie soundtrack with one-off, racing-themed guitar

Sheeran has been playing PRS electrics since 2018 – with one of the guitars in his arsenal gifted to him by Mayer

International Business Times

Empowering Hospitals & Clinics with Personal Care: Pamela Smith's Mission Behind PRS Credentialing Services

Pamela collaborates with hospitals and clinics across California and the US to provide interim medical staff support services, with a focus on credentialing, privileging, and medical office oversight.

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“1956 marks the year that Ted first had guitars made with his newly coined 'humbucker' pickups. It also happens to be the year I was born”: PRS pays tribute to a legend of guitar design with the limited edition McCarty SC56

Paul Reed Smith salutes his mentor, Ted McCarty, and celebrates 40 years of PRS with an immaculate weight-relieved single-cut

Guitar World

“Warm, woody tones and a beautiful vintage character”: PRS celebrates the launch of the first humbuckers with the 40th Anniversary McCarty SC56 – a limited-run, traditionally-styled troublemaker with bags of charm

The latest addition to its 40th-anniversary releases, the time-machine axe tips its hat to luthiery innovations from the year Paul Reed Smith was born

Guitar World

It was the era of the Superstrat, but along came an all-new high-end guitar that found fans in Al Di Meola and Ted Nugent – celebrating 40 years of Paul Reed Smith’s first production model, the PRS Custom 24

Birthed amid the Superstrat mania of the 1980s, the Custom 24 bucked the trend with a set-neck build –and hit a spot with players that wanted timeless looks and modern, high performing upgrades

Guitar World

“Horsemeat sounds a lot like a good amp": PRS redefines transparent overdrives with its Horsemeat pedal – packing three essential, performance-ready functions in one

Designed and assembled in the U.S.A., this overdrive pedal is part of Paul Reed Smith's debut pedal offerings – and promises to enhance your tone without coloring it

Guitar World

“The tone of a great-sounding single-coil and the positive characteristics of a humbucker”: PRS doubles down on its next-gen Narrowfield innovations and rolls out newly configured 3-pickup S2 and SE models

The versatile Maryland and Indonesia-built guitars continue PRS’ 40th anniversary celebrations

Guitar World

“I wasn't familiar with PRS. If anything, I was like, ‘The birds are too flashy!’ But the moment I played one I was like, ‘Whoa, I can play faster now!’”: Meet Mei Semones, the Berklee graduate reimagining New Orleans vibes with an intricate indie flair

With her debut album out now, she explains her move from piano to classical nylon to PRS electric, her pinch-harmonic pointers, and mastering the Stairway To Heaven solo at 12 years old

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“Classic PRS aesthetics and a voice that blends warmth with bolt-on articulation”: PRS Guitars keeps the limited edition releases coming with the return of the CE22

Low turn pickups, coil split, top-shelf hardware and sweet finishes make this rare bolt-on a serious high-end option for all occasions

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