At 32.5 cm. (usual) string length, the violin tunes its strings an octave higher than the guitar. Antonio de Torres eventually settled on 32.5 X 2 = 65 cm for the guitar’s string length. Modern guitars range from 64 to a 66.6 or even 67 cm string length, but the 65 cm established by Torres is a often used as the standard scale length.
Review of the PRS SE Santana which was debuted at the Experience PRS event.
Review of the PRS McCarty model that was launched at Experience PRS 2010.
Review of the PRS JA15 guitar which was launched at Experience PRS 2010
Review of the PRS SC 58 which was launched at Experience PRS 2010
Review of the PRS ME Quatro which was launched at Experience PRS 2010.
Review of the PRS NF3 guitar which was launched at Experience PRS 2010
This morning, hundreds of Paul Reed Smith Guitars enthusiasts checked in to the Experience PRS 2010 trade show before lining up to grab a hot breakfast, some OJ and a cup of Joe, before finding seats in the Main Event tent housing the stage with it’s PRS backdrop, and master of ceremonies Paul Reed Smith who welcomed the PRS distributors, dealers, guitar enthusiasts and music media folks.
Today, Matt Warnock, Editor, Guitar International and I focused most of our time on the operations and production side of the PRS guitar equation.
Almost by pure coincidence I found myself in Belo Horizonte, Brazil during the first week of August, 2010, just as the city’s annual Savassi Jazz Festival was fully under way.
