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PRS Guitarist Orianthi Offers Musicians the Chance to Join Her on Stage

PRS Guitarist Orianthi Offers Musicians the Chance to Join Her on Stage

Posted January 22, 2014 at 10:00 am | No comments

Orianthi is inviting all musicians to submit a video of their best live performance for the chance to join her onstage in Los Angeles.

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PRS Guitars Adds P24 Trem Model for 2014

PRS Guitars Adds P24 Trem Model for 2014

Posted December 19, 2013 at 10:55 am | No comments

PRS Guitars is proud to announce the addition of the P24 Trem, a 24-fret piezo-equipped solidbody electric guitar that effortlessly achieves classic humbucker tones and authentic acoustic sounds in one instrument.

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TEDx Releases Paul Reed Smith’s TEDxMidAtlantic Talk to YouTube

TEDx Releases Paul Reed Smith’s TEDxMidAtlantic Talk to YouTube

Posted December 2, 2013 at 10:26 am | One comment

Paul Reed Smith’s TEDxMidAtlantic Talk is now available for public viewing on YouTube. Paul, PRS Guitars working founder and Managing General Partner, presented his TEDx Talk entitled “Changing Your View of Musical Instruments” to a sold out Washington DC crowd on October 25, 2013.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Acquires a Custom Electric Paul Reed Smith Guitar for Its Distinguished Permanent Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art Acquires a Custom Electric Paul Reed Smith Guitar for Its Distinguished Permanent Collection

Posted October 10, 2013 at 5:37 pm | No comments

On October 7th, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York accepted a Paul Reed Smith electric guitar into its permanent collection. The presentation, a gift from Warren and Kateryna Esanu, included a public performance and demonstration of the guitar by PRS Artist and world-renowned guitarist John McLaughlin.

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PRS Guitars Celebrates the Re-Opening of the Hard Rock Cafe Baltimore with Guitars for Local High School

PRS Guitars Celebrates the Re-Opening of the Hard Rock Cafe Baltimore with Guitars for Local High School

Posted October 8, 2013 at 9:59 am | No comments

On Tuesday, October 1, 2013, Hard Rock officially celebrated the Grand Reopening of its newly renovated Baltimore location by partnering with Paul Reed Smith Guitars [PRS Guitars], a Maryland-based guitar manufacturer, to donate 16 new PRS SE Angelus acoustic guitars to Baltimore’s Frederick Douglass High School’s music department.

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PRS SE Angelus Acoustic on the Road with Dave Weiner of the Steve Vai Band

PRS SE Angelus Acoustic on the Road with Dave Weiner of the Steve Vai Band

Posted September 30, 2013 at 10:35 am | No comments

PRS Guitars tell us, Dave Weiner has been a member of Steve Vai’s band for more than a decade and has toured the world with him seven times over. On their latest tour, Dave was given the opportunity to not only play with Vai’s band, but also to open with a solo acoustic set, supporting his instrumental album A Collection of Short Stories.

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Experience PRS Event Marks its Seventh Year with Record Attendance and a New Product Line

Experience PRS Event Marks its Seventh Year with Record Attendance and a New Product Line

Posted September 23, 2013 at 4:19 pm | No comments

Experience PRS, now in its seventh year, has become a significant part of MI calendars and PRS history. This event, held each September at PRS Guitars’ manufacturing facility in Stevensville, Maryland, brings together a unique combination of authorized PRS dealers and distributors, worldwide press, celebrated PRS artists, and PRS customers and enthusiasts for two days of fun, education, and appreciation.

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PRS Guitars Introduces David Grissom Signature Amplifiers and Cabinet “DG Custom 30,” “DG Custom 50,” and “DG 2×12 Cabinet”

PRS Guitars Introduces David Grissom Signature Amplifiers and Cabinet “DG Custom 30,” “DG Custom 50,” and “DG 2×12 Cabinet”

Posted September 23, 2013 at 3:59 pm | No comments

Developed and refined over many years, the PRS David Grissom signature amplifiers “DG Custom 30” and “DG Custom 50” and signature “DG Custom 2×12 cabinet” bring David’s discriminating tone to players looking for a highly-responsive, musical amp rig.

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PRS Guitars Announces the Top Ten Most Popular Guitar Finishes of the Year

PRS Guitars Announces the Top Ten Most Popular Guitar Finishes of the Year

Posted August 30, 2013 at 2:33 pm | No comments

PRS Guitars, an award winning Maryland based manufacturer of electric guitars, has just released this year’s new “TOP TEN” most popular Electric Guitar finishes.

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PRS Guitars Announces the Artist Lineup for the 2013 Experience PRS Open House Event

PRS Guitars Announces the Artist Lineup for the 2013 Experience PRS Open House Event

Posted August 15, 2013 at 3:56 pm | No comments

PRS Guitars Announces the Artist Lineup for the 2013 EXPERIENCE PRS Open House Event, Stevensville, Maryland, August 15, 2013 – For the seventh year in a row, Maryland manufacturer PRS Guitars will be hosting a three-day open house event called Experience PRS. This year’s event focuses on product launches in the company’s amplifier line as well as additions to the company’s Core and Private Stock/Collection guitar lines.

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