When many people think of Paul Reed Smith, they think of a meticulous, creative luthier who built our company up to a reputation of master craftsmanship and innovation. As a company, we spend countless hours on each and every model making sure that every PRS instrument is ready to do its job on a stage, in a studio, or kicking back at home. There is however another side to Paul that is not widely known: Paul is passionate about teaching and mentoring.

Interested in learning a few more chord shapes? Download or print this handy chord chart so you can keep your skills sharp!

We asked PRS artists around the world to contribute to our “Play at Home Challenge.” In this blog we have 8 awesome artist-built backing tracks (or songs) for you to jam along to, get the full scoop and download the tracks here!

A few weeks ago we kicked-off the “Play at Home Challenge.” Initially, we developed the idea in order to stay connected to our employees at home - now it’s growing! Read this blog to get the latest info and download our newest backing tracks.

For much of 2019 and 2020, our team was preparing and planning for our huge factory open house on May 8th and 9th, “Experience PRS 2020.” We anticipated that over 3500 of you would join us at our headquarters in Maryland and help us celebrate our 35th Anniversary in-person. As we all know, those plans were swiftly halted. So we brainstormed, we rallied, and we turned Experience PRS 2020 into an awesome virtual event. Get the scoop here.

“From The Archives” takes an in-depth look at historically significant instruments, documents, and other goodies stored in the archives of our Maryland factory. This episode is a different approach to our normal filming process as Paul and Marc flip through one of the early PRS scrapbooks from the comfort of their own homes. Paul and Marc discover old photographs, advertisements, and cherished memories from the good old days, all recorded over a zoom call. See all this and more on our newest episode of From The Archives!

In 2017, Lindsay was looking for a change from her job as a home health aide. Her husband Jacob, a PRS employee of 13 years, suggested she apply to work at the PRS factory. Now almost three years later, she credits that decision as one of the best she’s ever made. She spent a few months as a neck sander before moving over to our inlay team - where she is an inlayer, or “inlay perfectionist” as she puts it.

Throughout our company’s history, the Dragon models may be the most visually striking instruments we’ve ever created. From ornate inlays featuring abalone, gold, and pearl, to our most highly figured woods, every limited edition Dragon is a union of art and musical instrument. In this blog we look back at every PRS Dragon ever created and share some special new video footage commemorating our latest 35th Anniversary Dragon.