A New Brace Of Baritones!

And now for something a little different..

We’re very happy to announce that the 2016 PRS SE line-up will feature a pair of baritone models – the SE277 and SE277 Semi Hollow Soapbar.

Tuned B to B (two and a half steps below standard), the two new guitars are designed to give a taut, muscular low end with powerful aggressive tones – and offer the flexibility of going from chimey clean sounds, to warm depth, to articulate tonal hostility.

Named for its baritone 27.7” scale length neck, the SE 277 Semi Hollow Soapbar takes the traditional mahogany back/maple top platform to new territories with its chambered back, f-hole, and dual soapbar pickup configuration. The semi-hollow body provides increased acoustic resonance and clarity while the soapbars deliver a balance of transparent, uncompressed clean tones and thick growl.

If you’re more comfortable with more traditional styling, PRS has introduced the SE 277, which features the same 27.7” baritone scale length as its semi-hollow brother but with a solid body and PRS SE dual humbucking pickups. The SE 277 covers the spectrum of sound from sparkling highs, to surf-rock jangle, to heavy down-tuned aggression.

Both the SE 277 Semi Hollow Soapbar and SE277 include a beveled maple top with flame maple veneer, mahogany back, 22-fret maple neck with rosewood fingerboard with bird inlays, PRS-designed plate-style bridge, PRS-designed tuners, volume and tone with a 3-way toggle pickup switch.

The beautiful new additions are available in Gray Black and Vintage Sunburst (SE277 Semi Hollow Soapbar) and Black Cherry and Tobacco Sunburst (SE277). The PRS SE277 Semi-Hollow Soapbar is available in Europe now, with the SE277 expected February 2016

Both the SE277 and the SE277 Semi Hollow Soapbar carry a recommended retail price of £795 / €1149

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New S2 Standard Satins Revealed

It might only be November, but already PRS have lifted the lid on the first of the 2016 range – three fabulous new S2 Standard Satin models in 24, 22 and Singlecut flavours.

Each of the new models is available in Charcoal, McCarty Tobacco, Vintage Cherry and Vintage Mahogany satin nitro finish – a super thin finish designed to enhance the vintage vibe of the S2 Standards and promote the warm, balanced resonance of the all-mahogany bodies.

PRS use no grain filler on the S2 Standards and allow the nitro clear coat to sink right into the wood, which looks great now and will age beautifully. And the satin finish on the neck gives it an immediately worn-in natural feel, like it’s already done a thousand gigs.

The S2 Standard 24, 22 and Singlecut Satins otherwise stick to the same specs as the original S2 Standards – set mahogany necks complement the mahogany bodies, locking tuners, PRS-designed pickups and push/pull tone controls.

Each of the new S2 Standard Satin models retails for £999 / €1395 and you can find out more and watch the guitars in action here!

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Final Run 30th Anniversary Custom 24s!

So here we are, it’s October and we’re coming to the end of PRS’s 30th anniversary celebrations…

And to mark the occasion, we’re releasing a very special ‘Final Run’ edition of the stunning 30th Anniversary Custom 24 model – the classic PRS with tasty anniversary appointments including 85/15 humbuckers, rosewood veneer headstock inlay and fingerboard purfling.

The Final Run model (of which just 100 will be built) sticks closely to the original 30th Anniversary Custom 24 blueprint, but is available (exclusively in Europe and Australia) in five amazing colours previously unavailable on the 30th Ann CU24 – Burnt Maple Leaf, Charcoal, Fire Red Natural Back, Faded Blue Jean and Yellow Tiger. Each of the Final Run guitars will also be numbered and signed by Paul Reed Smith.

These little pieces of history are truly beautiful, incredible sounding guitars – RRP is £3125/€4000

Here’s the Final Run 30th Anniversary Custom 24 in glorious Burnt Maple Leaf..

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SE 30th Anniversary “Floyd” Custom 24 Limited

PRS’s 30th birthday year rolls on with the introduction of a limited run of a truly stunning Floyd Rose-equipped SE model.

The SE 30th Anniversary “Floyd” Custom 24 is a beautiful new addition, with a fantastic quilt maple veneer over bevelled maple top, mahogany body with Wide Thin, 25” scale length maple neck, rosewood fingerboard with commemorative bird inlay package, powerful SE HFS and SE Vintage Bass pickups and push-pull coil-tap tone control with 3-way blade selector.

And, of course, the 1000 Series Floyd Rose tremolo system, which is made to the same design and with the same quality materials of the original units. They’re built for a lifetime of divebombing and ‘return-to-tune’ abuse!

Just 400 of the new model will be available outside of the US, so this is a really limited edition version of a much-loved SE and it comes in a choice of five incredible colours – Grey Black Quilt, Whale Blue Quilt, Trampas Green Quilt, Black Cherry Quilt and Vintage Yellow Quilt.

The recommended retail price of the SE 30th Anniversary “Floyd” Custom 24 Limited Run is £949 / €1359.

New Ace (Skunk Anansie) SE Signature – exclusive to Europe!

A long-standing PRS player (he’s been playing them for 15 years), Skunk Anansie’s Ace has worked with PRS Guitars recently to come up with this fantastic rock beast – his limited edition SE signature model. Just 180 of these guitars will be available, in Europe alone..

Modelled on Ace’s favourite, customised US Singlecut guitars, his SE guitar gets a full-depth solid mahogany body and bevelled maple cap, teamed with his choice of SE 245 pickups to give the guitar a classic blend of modern and vintage tone.

Other key features include Ace’s favourite Wide Thin neck carve, 25” scale length, 22-fret mahogany neck with rosewood fretboard, old school birds inlays and smooth, stable PRS tremolo system. The guitar even comes with a swallow-in-flight sticker (as seen on Ace’s own Singlecut) in the included gigbag!

Ace will be using this guitar on-stage – it’s that good – and you can get an idea of what it’s really like in our exclusive video with him here.

The SE Ace Signature is available in Europe now, priced at £749 / €1079

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SE 30th Anniversary Custom 24 Limited Edition

We’re very pleased to announce that a limited edition run of the very excellent 30th Anniversary SE Custom 24 is now available exclusively in Europe!

Just 100 of each of the ‘short-run’ colour options will be on sale and when they’re gone, they’re gone!

So don’t hang around..

Colours aside, the models are the same as the original 30th Anniversary versions of the SE CU24, with wide-thin, 25” scale-length maple neck, mahogany body, rosewood fretboard, PRS tremolo and the well-reviewed SE HFS treble and SE Vintage bass pickups (harnessed to volume, push/pull tone control with three-way blade selector).

As in the pictures here, the limited edition colours are Whale Blue, Orange, Black Cherry, Gray Black, Cherry Sunburst and Trampas Green

And the Ltd Ed guitars are priced at just £789 / €1095.

 

PRS Guitars: Celebrating 30 Years

In 1985 a long, curly-haired Paul Reed Smith took a selection of PRS Custom and PRS Guitars (later known as the Custom 24 and Standard 24) to a tradeshow and PRS Guitars was born. Unbeknownst to everyone at the time, Paul was becoming “arguably the first ‘little guy’ to give guitar making giants…a run for their money. By upping the ante on quality, PRS compelled big American companies to improve their game, resulting in a full-blown American guitar renaissance,” (Guitar World). From two electric guitar models, to a full line up of electric guitars and basses, acoustic guitars, and amplifiers, PRS has kept that quality standard and has grown into a major industry presence.

In celebration of the last three decades, PRS will be creating a series of blog stories recounting moments from the last 30 years as well as inviting and presenting testimonials from artists and players on their experiences with Paul and PRS guitars.

Please join us in celebrating the history, and future, of PRS. http://www.prsguitars.com/30/