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Yesterday's issue of Premier Guitar Magazine has as the cover article an interview with the man:
Paul Reed Smith could be gloating. At a time when other majors have made layoffs or are coming down from the lockdown-era sales buzz, the company the luthier founded literally with his own hands in 1985 has become a $100-million business. PRS Guitars’ $849 SE Silver Sky—a 6-stringed Clydesdale—was this year’s top seller on Reverb. Recently, the Stevensville, Maryland-based operation introduced its debut pedals, plus a limited-run Robben Ford signature axe that’s a Rolls-Royce with strings. And a raft of new instruments are already in the wings for 2023.
Instead, at an early November party Smith threw at Nashville’s Soundcheck rehearsal complex during CMA week, he reflected humility. Smith addressed the roomful of players, emotionally recalling the 2015 CMA Awards, where the count of PRS instruments onstage was literally neck-and-neck with the population of Fenders and Gibsons for the first time. That ceremony was an ignition point for greater success as well as an affirmation for the guitars that bear his name.
“We don’t want to be a brand,” he told the crowd. “We want to be guitar makers. Country guitarists really helped take us to another level. I am truly grateful.” "
WTF did he mean by "Clydesdale"? I get he meant that the Silver Sky is a workhorse. But does the author, Mr. Drozdowski, mean a workhorse for Paul (or the company)? Or it is a workhorse guitar for its owner? Clearly, I miss the symbolism.
And would you people quit using "literally" if you don't fucking know how to use it! People were not there on stage rubbing necks they were figuratively "neck-and-neck" </end rant>
ANYWAY Great article
Paul Reed Smith: The Luthier Behind the Initials
A very positive article. From the article (first couple paragraphs):"PRS himself talks about learning from Ted McCarty, building guitars for the stars, elbowing the competition, his distinctive headstock design, and more.
Paul Reed Smith could be gloating. At a time when other majors have made layoffs or are coming down from the lockdown-era sales buzz, the company the luthier founded literally with his own hands in 1985 has become a $100-million business. PRS Guitars’ $849 SE Silver Sky—a 6-stringed Clydesdale—was this year’s top seller on Reverb. Recently, the Stevensville, Maryland-based operation introduced its debut pedals, plus a limited-run Robben Ford signature axe that’s a Rolls-Royce with strings. And a raft of new instruments are already in the wings for 2023.
Instead, at an early November party Smith threw at Nashville’s Soundcheck rehearsal complex during CMA week, he reflected humility. Smith addressed the roomful of players, emotionally recalling the 2015 CMA Awards, where the count of PRS instruments onstage was literally neck-and-neck with the population of Fenders and Gibsons for the first time. That ceremony was an ignition point for greater success as well as an affirmation for the guitars that bear his name.
“We don’t want to be a brand,” he told the crowd. “We want to be guitar makers. Country guitarists really helped take us to another level. I am truly grateful.” "
WTF did he mean by "Clydesdale"? I get he meant that the Silver Sky is a workhorse. But does the author, Mr. Drozdowski, mean a workhorse for Paul (or the company)? Or it is a workhorse guitar for its owner? Clearly, I miss the symbolism.
And would you people quit using "literally" if you don't fucking know how to use it! People were not there on stage rubbing necks they were figuratively "neck-and-neck" </end rant>
ANYWAY Great article
