PAUL REED SMITH 03 | The QUEST of TONE - PRS Guitars

CustomGuitarVideo.com | When we met Paul and his son William on a Saturday morning in his river house close to Annapolis, we had obviously done our homework well. On our never ending quest on the secrets of tone, we asked him a bunch of questions which undoubtedly went into the right direction. Glue, stress, wood, truss-rod, drying process and much more. Paul told us more than he probably originally intended to, but he - understandably - also kept a couple of secrets. His son William had a great analogy: If you give somebody your credit card, you should not give him the pin-code... We are grateful for every little piece and will continue our never ending quest. Listen to Paul Reed Smith in this intimate and casual interview talk about why PRS Guitars became one of the greatest success stories in the history of electric guitars. Visit www.prsguitars.com for more information.

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[smctunes]

Anyone else think ol' PRS is kinda batshit crazy, but in a good, genius kind of way?

[Theseventhknight]

I love PRS, but I think he talks up the 'differences' far too much. He makes it sound like he could hear the difference between someone playing with a .75mm pick and a .74mm pick.

[luit13]

He walked against a tree one too many times!

[munkdo4]

0:55 crazy eyes

way intense

[MrDudeface23]

now i want dr pepper

[BayouBluesMan]

wow this idiot makes guitars no wonder i never liked them

[rlholo]

6:44 Oh man... that is so true. I get so many questions that make me feel that sort of awkward angst. People walk up and ask things like: "Gee I'd just love to know how/why you do this..." and all you can think is... Hmm... it took me years to answer that question... thousands of dollars of my own money... thousands of dollars of lost sales building prototypes... thousands of hours of my time... and if I tell you you'll go post it on your friggin twitter feed along with what you ate for lunch.

[Theseventhknight]

@HendrixClaptonSRV Yeah. That's not what I'm talking about. I can hear Hendrix play given a quarter second, and the difference between a Les Paul and a Strat with no trouble at all. However, even though you could maybe see the difference in tone or sustain with a really sensitive spectrograph, you can't hear the difference between Grover and Schaller tuners, and the way he talks, he seems to think he can.

I've played a variety of PRS's with different finishes and the like--they sound like PRS's

[HendrixClaptonSRV]

@Theseventhknight youd be surprised.. musicians with a very trained ear can hear subtle differences in tonality and the purity of the sound. its kinna like hearing a trumpet or saxaphone player. you know its miles davis just off 1 note.

[kenjikitahara]

@smctunes

yeah, quite unassumingly so :)

[idwtsasoj]

I sound like a stoner, don't I?