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Ryan Phillips

Story of the Year

"I bought my first PRS guitar in 2003. Seven years and over one thousand shows later I am still proudly banging away on my trusty PRS guitars. They have been soaked in sweat and beer night after night tour after tour, thrown like footballs by baggage handlers in airports, shipped across the world, and still continue to sound, play, and hold up astoundingly well. They have become extensions of my arms, part of my sound and soul. A guitar should speak to you. It should bring out the best in you technically and creatively. For what I need out of a guitar in Story of the Year, I knew right away I found the axe for me the minute I plugged one in and it melted in my hands. That's why for almost 10 years I have never played a single Story of the Year show with any other guitar but a PRS. Not one. And i never will."