PRS News Archives

New Custom Amp Designs from PRS Guitars and Doug Sewell

Mar 13, 2011

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.

Read more about the new Custom Amps from PRS and Doug Sewell

New Videos And A New PRS YouTube Channel

Feb 24, 2011

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.

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Private Stock Coffee Table Book On Sale

Feb 24, 2011

"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)

Click here to order the "Art of PRS" Coffee Table Book

Dweezil Zappa Clinic at Musician's Institute

Feb 24, 2011

More than 400 students from Musicians Institute attended an exclusive clinic with Dweezil Zappa and Paul Smith in Hollywood on February 10. Zappa demonstrated complex riffing techniques using his mandolin style signature model alongside co-guitarist and Musicians Institute instructor Jamie Kime. Students eagerly asked questions and watched intensely as Dweezil and Jamie broke down some of Frank Zappa’s most complicated and prolific arrangements.

Read more about the Dweezil Zappa Clinic and watch a video clip from the event

PRS Guitars Presents Trophy to 2011 GRAND-AM Road Racing Winner At Daytona

Feb 04, 2011

PRS kicked off its 2011 partnership with GRAND-AM Road Racing at the Rolex 24 Hours At Daytona last weekend. At the end of the historic endurance event, the overall win went to the Ganassi team of Pruett, Rojas, Rahal and Hand. Pruett and Rojas took the 2010 championship and are no strangers to PRS guitars as they have scored a total of nine trophy guitars for the Chip Ganassi team.

Read more about the 2011 GRAND-AM Road Race Trophy

PRS’s New 2 Channel 50-Watt Amps

2 Channel “C” and 2 Channel “H”

Jan 13, 2011

Handmade in Stevensville, Maryland, PRS’s new 2 Channel “C” and 2 Channel “H” 50 watt amps feature two channels with independent master volume, treble, mid, bass, and gain controls with global reverb. The unique lead channel offers powerful, smooth distortion with liquid sustain, while the clean channel has shimmering, clean highs and extensive headroom but can be overdriven at maximum settings. Both amps feature effects loops with adjustable send and return and are fixed bias.

Read more about the new 2-Channel PRS Amps

PRS Guitars Launches Cable Line with Van Damme Cabling

Jan 13, 2011

PRS Guitars is proud to announce a new partnership with Van Damme Cabling, one of the world’s premier cable suppliers. This partnership adds a quality cable that will carry the signal produced by PRS guitars and amplifiers without compromise to PRS’s product offerings. Founded by Niall Holden (now Managing Director), Van Damme offers a comprehensive range of cables widely found on A-list tours and in studios around the world, broadcast and post production arenas, in commercial and corporate installations and even super yachts and hi-end sports cars.

Read the full story about the new line of PRS/Van Damme Cables

PRS Guitars Expands Private Stock Acoustic Line

Jan 13, 2011

While acoustic guitars are a newer venture for PRS, the concepts they are based upon are as old as the company itself. PRS is proud to continue growing their acoustic line at Winter NAMM 2011 by adding to the already acclaimed Tonare Grand and Angelus Cutaway. The Collection Grand as well as signature model acoustics from Tony McManus and Martin Simpson will add to the list of instruments offered within the PRS Private Stock acoustics line.

Read more about the expanded line of PRS Acoustics

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