“‘I’ve never picked one up and it’s never moved me’ – that’s not fair”: Paul Reed Smith hits back at critics who say PRS guitars are “too perfect and have no soul”

PRS instruments are widely recognized as some of the finest examples of guitar engineering that money can buy – but for some, that meticulous and intricate design approach comes at a slight cost.

Namely, in some schools of thought, PRS electric guitars and acoustic guitars are simply ‘too good’, and what they make up for in sheer engineering ingenuity, they lose in the intangible ‘soul’ of the instrument.