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Vintage Heart with Modern Playability: PRS Guitars Announces the McCarty 594

May 24, 2016

The PRS McCarty 594 is a vintage-inspired instrument that is at once incredibly familiar and effortlessly playable. Whether you are looking for rich, authentic, vintage humbucking tones or nuanced, sweet singlecoil sounds, the McCarty 594 can seamlessly master both sonic territories thanks to the 58/15 LT pickups and push/pull coil taps on the tone controls.

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Limited to Only Ten Pieces PRS Debuts the May Guitar of the Month

Private Stock May Guitar of the Month: The 509

May 13, 2016

In the spirit of Private Stock’s ever forward-thinking designs, PRS introduces the May 2016’s Guitar of the Month: the 509. The 509 starts with a 5 single coil platform – with the outside two coils grouped as humbuckers. With its longer scale length (25.25”), middle single coil pickup, and two mini-toggle coil-tap switches, the 509 is perfect for single coil players who want the added tonal versatility of humbucking and humbucking and single coil sounds in one guitar.

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PRS Guitars and Chevrolet Motorsports Partner on Race to Win Corvette Sweepstakes

Apr 14, 2016

As part of PRS Guitars’ seventh season as the exclusive guitar and amplifier of International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), PRS is teaming up with Chevrolet Motorsports on a season-long sweepstakes that will give one Corvette Racing fan the experience of a lifetime. Effective March 3, 2016 fans can enter for their chance to win an official 2016 PRS SE IMSA Trophy Guitar specially made for WeatherTech Championship races and awarded in Victory Lane, a 2016 Corvette Stingray Coupe, and a trip for two to the 2017 Rolex 24 At Daytona race.

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PRS Private Stock April Guitar of the Month Model Takes Flight

Apr 06, 2016

For April, PRS is releasing the DGT “Birds of a Feather” Semi Hollow model; a vintage-appointed guitar that is all about the details. Based on the original McCarty model, the DGT (David Grissom Trem) adds a signature neck shape, taller frets that sport larger gauge strings, custom-spec’d pickups, and a unique control configuration. Only twenty of these instruments will be made for April 2016.

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PRS Guitars Debuts Two New Metallic Finishes

Apr 01, 2016

Paul Reed Smith Guitars is adding two new metallic colors to its US-made guitar lineup: Champagne Gold Metallic and Frost Green Metallic. The new metallic finishes utilize various sizes of metallic flake resulting in a shimmering opaque finish that shows off the contours of the guitar while reflecting light in a show-stopping fashion.

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PRS Private Stock March Guitar of the Month: Maple Top Singlecut Archtop

Mar 09, 2016

The March Guitar of the Month is the Maple Top Singlecut Archtop. Based on Private Stock’s Singlecut Archtop model, which was released with the 2016 model year line up, the Maple Top Singlecut Archtop delivers tone, playability, and elegance with a new aesthetic and tone while keeping the exceptional resonance and articulation of the spruce top model.

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PRS Looking Positive after Winter Storm Causes Roof Damage

Jan 26, 2016

After more than 24 hours and a foot of snowfall compounded by high winds and snow drifts, the PRS Guitars factory in Stevensville, Maryland sustained roof damage over the weekend. The damage was near the company’s staining/finish area, where some water pooled inside the building and a small portion of the roof did eventually collapse. Thankfully, no manufacturing operations were under the compromised portion of the roof.

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