Why do PRS Guitars have a 25-inch scale length? Paul Reed Smith explains

A group of PRS SE electric guitars, including (L-R) a Santana, Custom 24 and a Tremonti, taken on October 4, 2016.

Paul Reed Smith is always on the lookout for innovation, and that was his ethos from the very beginning.

After building a custom guitar for Peter Frampton in 1976 and knocking on doors to get noticed, a handful notable players, including Ted Nugent, Al Di Meola, and Carlos Santana, started to embrace what was to become Smith’s legacy: PRS Guitars.