Paul Reed Smith and many talented PRS artists performed during the Dallas International Guitar Show April 15 – 17. PRS’s groundbreaking Quest for Tone series returned for a second year, giving an up close and personal experience to guests intrigued by PRS’s versatile and innovative new instruments, including the new 2-Channel “H” amp and Tonare Grand acoustic, while offering “ear opening” comparisons between PRS and what many consider to be the Holy Grail instruments of our time. Cody Kilby, a guitarist hailed by Ricky Skaggs for playing some of the best guitar solos in bluegrass music, soulful up-and-coming bluesman Davy Knowles, local favorite Bugs Henderson, Nicky Moroch, Kirby Kelley, Jr. Clark, Doug Sewell, and Michael Ault were among the multi-talented PRS musicians and clinicians on hand to raise the roof down south.

Paul Reed Smith Guitars is proud to welcome Fredrik Åkesson – guitarist and backing vocalist for the landmark prog metal band Opeth – to the PRS family of SE signature artists. His new signature model, the SE Fredrik Åkesson, is being unveiled in Frankfurt, Germany during the Musikmesse 2011, April 6 – 9. Model features include a single cutaway maple top with quilted maple veneer and thick mahogany back, a 24.5” scale length, 22 fret wide fat mahogany neck with ebony fretboard and PRS bird inlays, and a Tone Pros adjustable stoptail bridge. Forntida Brun, Swedish for “Ancient Brown,” is the exclusive finish option for Åkesson’s signature model electric guitar.

PRS Guitars is proud to announce that the new NF3 model has received the Musikmesse International Press Award (mipa) in the “Best Electric Guitar” category for 2010/2011. Press from all over the world voted for this year’s most revered musical gear, and winners were announced at the Musikmesse/Prolight + Sound trade show in Frankfurt, Germany on April 7, 2011.

What do you get when you invite 15 great bands showcasing at SXSW to record acoustic numbers in a wine cellar decked with recording equipment, a former XM radio DJ, and two PRS acoustic guitars? You get internet radio’s newbie, New Normal Music, and their upcoming series “The ABC’s of SXSW on NNM.” Airing March 28 through April 1 on www.newnormalmusic.com, this uniquely indie acoustic program will feature wine-cellar recordings of fresh-faced artists performing exclusively with Paul Reed Smith acoustic guitars direct from SXSW 2011. “The ABC's of SXSW on NNM” will play back these acoustic sessions in alphabetical order and will be hosted by NNM DJ’s Art and Tobi.

PRS Guitars and WMC present a very special meet and greet event with legendary guitarist Al Di Meola on Monday March 14th at 7pm.

PRS Guitars is happy to announce the launch of its custom amp program at this years Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Lead by former Texas-based architect turned amplifier builder Doug Sewell, the program allows customers to work intimately with their dealer and the PRS amp team to create the most personalized amps ever offered by PRS. Amplifiers can be built with specialized colors, speakers and components and can even bring discontinued models back to life.

PRS recently visited Anaheim, California to attend the 2011 NAMM show (National Association of Music Merchants), the largest tradeshow of its kind in the world. Many of our artists came out to support us at the show, and we were able to sit down with some of them to talk about new developments in PRS’s acoustic, amplifier, and, of course, electric guitar lines. Check out some of our new videos from the links below or visit our new YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/prsguitars.

"The Art of PRS" coffee table book is a stunning collection of selected PRS Private Stock guitar, bass, and acoustic models as seen through the lens of Japanese photographer Tomuji Ohtani. Special dual-varnish pages frame each image with eye-popping color in exquisite detail. "The quality of the flats and guitar photos that I have viewed from this book are at the limit of human ability to capture ‘Art’." – Paul Reed Smith. Hardback, 81 pages, 16.5"x 23.5" double-sided poster included inside. Sale Price: $60.00 (was $100)