The Latest Breaking News from PRS

“Classic PRS aesthetics and a voice that blends warmth with bolt-on articulation”: PRS Guitars keeps the limited edition releases coming with the return of the CE22

Low turn pickups, coil split, top-shelf hardware and sweet finishes make this rare bolt-on a serious high-end option for all occasions

MusicRadar · Apr 30, 2025

“Such a rare piece”: Dave Navarro has chosen the guitar he’s using to record his first post-Jane’s Addiction material – and it’s a historic build

Navarro will be taking a milestone six-string from PRS into the studio with Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins

Guitar World · Apr 24, 2025

“What blew me away was that everyone wanted the curly maple top. People were calling, saying, ‘I’ve got to have the bird inlays’”: Paul Reed Smith on raising the Standard 24, finally cracking the noise-free guitar and why John Sykes is a tone hero

We take Paul Reed Smith back to the start of his 40-year-old company to discuss the new Standard 24 and quite a bit more

Guitar World · Apr 22, 2025

“I played the national anthem at a football game on a Les Paul with a Floyd Rose. I turned my back for five minutes and it got stolen”: Orianthi names her favorite guitars – and tells us why her PRS sounds better than a holy grail Les Paul

The Australian virtuoso is a guitar nut with an extensive collection, but if it came down to a choice of three, these would be the guitars she could not bear to let go

Guitar World · Apr 4, 2025

“They’re basically Les Paul copies, let’s be frank. It’s a Les Paul-style guitar and I already have amazing Les Pauls”: Kirk Hammett owns over 100 guitars but none of them are PRS. He explains why

The Metallica guitarist has an enviously extensive guitar collection, but it doesn’t feature any of Paul Reed Smith’s builds

Guitar World · Mar 31, 2025

Belfast named UK’s biggest pub music scene outside London

South-east London was found to have more venues than the entire cities of Newcastle, Glasgow and Leicester.

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2025

“I knew we could build some really special guitars. These are going to turn some heads”: PRS gives four of its most beloved SE electrics an exotic wood makeover with latest limited-edition drop

A quartet of SE stalwarts have been given a luxurious cosmetic update, while the beloved SE Swamp Ash Special receives a small but mighty upgrade

Guitar World · Mar 19, 2025

“These guitars are going to turn some heads. The natural designs in the wood create ‘aesthetic arrest’ from the first look”: PRS launches limited edition SE Exotic Veneer range of electric guitars – and updates SE Swamp Ash with 5-way switching

Four classic PRS SE models are given the exotic wood treatment with Poplar Burl, Laurel Burl, and Burled Ash veneers and thoroughly classy finish options

MusicRadar · Mar 18, 2025

“The Custom 24 has been our flagship design. Updating the 24-08 version for our 40th anniversary allows it to ‘sing’ in a beautiful voice of its own”: PRS's new semi-hollow stunner brings enticing updates to one of the company's very first models

Keeping its 40th birthday party going, PRS has added both visual and sonic upgrades to one of its foundational designs

Guitar World · Mar 4, 2025

“I took everything out of the freezer and sat the guitar in overnight”: When John Mayer was unhappy with his famed Black One Strat, he had a bizarre method for trying to fix it

Mayer worked closely with the Fender Custom Shop to design and build his “main guitar”, but it took a bit of tweaking before it reached its playing potential

Guitar World · Feb 24, 2025