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

Sep 19, 2013

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. From its humble beginnings in 2007 with an attendance of around 800 people, the event is expected to attract close to 3,000 attendees this year from all over the globe. The 2013 event notably marks the first time PRS will open its doors to highlight the new S2 manufacturing line. Considered one of the most significant launches in the company’s history, the S2 Series offers Maryland-made PRS guitars in the $1,000 - $1,500 price range.

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

Sep 16, 2013

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.

PRS Guitars Introduces New S2 Series

Fresh Lineup of Mid-Priced Solidbody Electric Guitars Made in Stevensville, Maryland

Jul 09, 2013

PRS Guitars’ new S2 Series instruments – the S2 Mira, S2 Starla, and S2 Custom 24 – offer the fit, feel, and attention to detail of PRS craftsmanship in a fresh, straightforward design. Meaning “Stevensville 2,” the S2 Series is named for a second manufacturing line created inside the PRS Stevensville, MD shop that blends new manufacturing techniques with practiced quality control and workmanship to create instruments at a new price point for players. The S2 Series will be in stores in early August and will be made up of the S2 Mira ($1,179), the S2 Starla ($1,249), and the S2 Custom 24 ($1,399).

Learn more about the new S2 Series

Paul Reed Smith Guitars Receives Platinum Award of Excellence in Manufacturing

Jun 27, 2013

On Friday, June 21, 2013 the Chesapeake Region Safety Council (CRSC) held its 90th Annual Meeting at Baltimore’s Sports Legends Museum at Camden Yards. Each year CRSC accepts nominations from member organizations who have achieved exceptional levels of performance in Safety and Health. The competition requires companies to not only talk the talk about safety but to show results through supporting documentation.

New PRS \m/ Metal Pickups!

Jun 26, 2013

PRS is pleased to introduce \m/ (metal) pickups! \m/ pickups are great for heavier styles of music and were designed with the metal community in mind.

The Doobie Brothers To Play One Night, One Show, One Cause Benefit Concert

October 12, 2013 - Lyric Opera House - Baltimore, MD

Jun 05, 2013

On October 12, 2013, Paul Reed Smith Guitars will again host the acclaimed One Night, One Show, One Cause Benefit featuring The Doobie Brothers for the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at the Modell Center for the Performing Arts at the Lyric Opera House in Downtown Baltimore, Maryland.

Read full details on the concert

PRS Guitars, GRAND-AM, In Tune and DW Partnership

PRS Gear Heaven Party Events, Concerts and Store Events Planned

May 07, 2013

Paul Reed Smith Guitars has teamed up with In Tune Monthly magazine, DW (Drum Workshop) and Guitar Center to help celebrate their 2013 official partnership with GRAND-AM Road Racing. For four consecutive years, PRS has partnered with GRAND-AM Road Racing’s Rolex Sports Car Series by providing race-winning teams with unique fully-functional trophy guitars.

PRS Guitars, GRAND-AM, In Tune Monthly and DW Partner for Exciting Guitar Center Fan Day and “PRS Ge

May 07, 2013

PRS Guitars Introduces the P22 Trem

Apr 09, 2013

The best of both worlds just got more versatile with the introduction of PRS Guitars’ P22 Trem model. The solidbody piezo-equipped P22 Trem is essentially two guitars in one, providing the same classic humbucker tones and authentic acoustic sounds as the original P22 now with the added versatility of PRS’ prized tremolo bridge.

Read the full story on the new P22 Trem

Foundations Part II - A Conversation on Tone

Featuring Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, Ricky Skaggs, Cody Kilby, and Paul Reed Smith

Feb 11, 2013

Last fall, Paul Reed Smith sat down with Carlos Santana, Derek Trucks, and Warren Haynes to have a candid conversation about tone, finding your voice, and being a musician. Recently, Smith invited Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, Ricky Skaggs, and Cody Kilby to his home studio to continue the conversation with PRS’s leading acoustic endorsers. This group of folk musicians brings compelling stories and a new perspective to the conversation. Join them as they discuss their musical roots and how their individuality and tone developed.

Fresh Lineup of Mid-Priced Solidbody Electric Guitars Made in Stevensville, Maryland

October 12, 2013 - Lyric Opera House - Baltimore, MD

PRS Gear Heaven Party Events, Concerts and Store Events Planned

Featuring Martin Simpson, Tony McManus, Ricky Skaggs, Cody Kilby, and Paul Reed Smith

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