Maybe I'm late to the party, but I've been reading the coffee table book, The PRS Guitar Book: A Complete History of the Paul Reed Smith Guitars - 3rd Edition
It's got a lot of pictures, and history of the PRS story. It's billed by Amazon as a paperback, and it is but large format and historic pictures.
So far, my favorite part was reading about the humble beginnings of PRS, and how Paul struggled to fulfill his pashion. I respected that.
Here's a young kid, building guitars alone, and his marketing was to sneak into concerts and try to sell to the stars. I guess it worked.
At one point, he built a guitar for Peter Frampton, and showed it to Santana, and Santana wouldn't give it back!
During the time in his first shop, with one employee, they hoped a customer would walk in with a request for a repair, so they could have money to eat lunch.
He never gave up. He never compromised.
Worth the read. My only complaint is that it ends in 2007………….great, I just bought a 2008. Just my luck.
But if you want, it's got a lot of history. And American "can do" attitude.
It's got a lot of pictures, and history of the PRS story. It's billed by Amazon as a paperback, and it is but large format and historic pictures.
So far, my favorite part was reading about the humble beginnings of PRS, and how Paul struggled to fulfill his pashion. I respected that.
Here's a young kid, building guitars alone, and his marketing was to sneak into concerts and try to sell to the stars. I guess it worked.
At one point, he built a guitar for Peter Frampton, and showed it to Santana, and Santana wouldn't give it back!
During the time in his first shop, with one employee, they hoped a customer would walk in with a request for a repair, so they could have money to eat lunch.
He never gave up. He never compromised.
Worth the read. My only complaint is that it ends in 2007………….great, I just bought a 2008. Just my luck.
But if you want, it's got a lot of history. And American "can do" attitude.
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