PRS Leadership Looks Back at an Epic Year | Fireside Chat 2024 | PRS Guitars

[@PeteSlater]

My guitar hero, Kanami of Band-Maid, got her signature PRS this year. Thank you PRS for recognising such an amazing guitarist.

[@ttownsend3252]

You folks run a great company. Passion and innovation are core elements of companies that produce great products and you have all the above. I picked up a guitar for the first time in my life in April 2024 … I now have two PRS guitars and enjoy playing both of them every day.

[@JasonTMays]

Thank you to the Team and Uncle Paul for being so awesome and answering my question! This means A LOT to me. So, thanks again.

[@StavK]

For some reason, I never considered PRS in my 30 years of playing. Two things in the last couple of years made me buy one. The amazing work done with the mid tier instruments shines through all the demos and reviews. Lastly, seeing the PRS factory tour videos, and an interview with Paul, one line standing out: “All we ask, is that you give us a chance.” I finally did, and I’m so glad. Congratulations and wish you all the best in 2025.

[@richardgower5396]

Over the last couple of years. The fireside chat videos have become my favorite and every Christmas time I look so forward to watching, as a PRS owner it's really nice to hear about what's around the corner for the company and as a customer what we can look forward to! Merry Christmas to you three and the rest of the talented people who make wonderful instruments that many of us love and cherish.... Thank you PRS

[@AlaskaDavidW]

I've had the same MiM strat (my first guitar) the last 18 years of my life. As an adult I've struggled finding the courage to purchase things for myself. To celebrate a promotion and turning 30 I purchased a Venetian Blue Silver Sky Rosewood (something I've had my eye on since it was announced almost a year ago)... I've had this guitar for almost 3 weeks now and am so impressed with it- I'm learning a new instrument yet feeling so at home at the same time. Thank you PRS for the quality products you put out for us to purchase. Merry Christmas.

[@AudioAtmos]

Thanks guys for including us again in the fireside chat and the goings on at PRS. I have 3 Core models last one bought new in 2016. I’m getting close to taking the dive again. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.🎄🎸🎄🎸🎄

[@jaymax3201]

I had a great time meeting Mr. Paul in Tokyo last month. This year marks the anniversary of my Private Stock acquisition. I've been playing my S2 Custom24 for almost 10 years now. Cheers to the PRS family!

[@joejustjoe3926]

Paul, Jack, and Jamey are so blessed to have something this special. They would not have made it to this level without everything (and everyone) working together. Many thanks to all that have assisted them into pleasing our (insatiable) passions!!! You guys put these incredible instruments in more people's hands now like never before... Having ownership-of beautiful guitars, most that I have custom built from being hand picked from the pile-most of my guitars (excluding a few perfect-priceless ones) are sonically, and asthetically unique. The magic that I get from a stock PRS is that they are already unique right out of the box. They have their own "color" in their tone and appearance palette. My first Paul Reed Smith purchase was in 2016 with a private stock McCarty 594 SC guitar of the month. I did not make another purchase with PRS until this year, when I couldn't resist trying the CE line. The unbelievable, and unimaginable success was brought to life overseas. The swamp ash special, the McCarty 594 SC, and the custom 24 08 were all purchased in a matter of days. Did I need another guitar of any kind? Heck no! Which CE that I purchased do I love the most? They all have their own uniqueness that makes me love them all in the same way. Should I have waited until 2025 for the 40th anniversary reveal? Well, let's just say that one's too many and a thousand is not enough. Bravo to every single hand that steams the PRS locomotive. We are pleased to be aboard with you on this most-pleasurable journey. ~Happy Holidays~

[@kyosuke_mori]

Thanks to KANAMI of BAND-MAID, I learned the beauty of PRS. Her signature model was just a bit expensive, so I gave me a Custom SE 24-08 Quilt as a gift. Merry Christmas!

[@BCarpenter2314]

Received my Limited Edition PRS CE 24-08 Swamp Ash a few weeks ago and haven't played another guitar since! What a beautiful instrument by a great company. Happy 2025!

[@Pastor_Grant]

Paul is a living legend, just got my first USA PRS and its pretty awesome so thank you and Merry Christmas!

[@monahantp3767]

2024 was a standout year for me-- I purchased a PRS NF53 then a Myles Kennedy model; these are the only two guitars I'll ever need. You guys are really building some great instruments! I'm looking forward to what you have in store for the new year, but like I said-- I'm good for guitars ;)

[@tia.bailey]

Happy holidays! Thank you so much for including Jason and. It means more than you could ever imagine! I hope your 2024 has been wonderful and I hope your 2025 is even better 🎉

[@packerjetmin4]

I just got my first PRS. Outstanding craftsmanship all around. Something very rare these days. Cheers to all at PRS and Merry Christmas 🎅

[@DeerCreekAudio]

THANKS guys. Seeing Joe W and Dany V on the same video was great! Best guitars out there nowadays.

[@WillMoon]

When I was 17, I worked all summer to save up enough money to buy a 25th anniv. Custom 24 in whale blue. I couldn't afford a ten top, but this thing was...is... still one of my dream guitars. I'm now 34, I've played it every single day since I bought it, and every time I do play it I'm always just... happy. The guitar makes me so glad that I stuck with learning how to play, it's just such a pleasure. Thanks to Paul and the team for putting their soul into these things. To some people it might be just a guitar, but to me, it's way more special than that. Merry Christmas guys!

[@Scott__C]

Depending on what you got on it, it was probably a 9-9.5 top anyway, lol. At worst an 8.

[@jamestonguet1737]

Thanks for all the amazing and inspirational instruments ! Happy Holidays!

[@joshoptical]

What makes PRS different is the leadership are all practitioners. This is why they are the only one of the big three leading and innovating.

[@TheGreenKingdom]

The NF3 is my favorite guitar I've purchased in quite some time, in any price range! So versatile, comfortable and the pickups are dead silent. Great for recording.

[@canyonproductions7683]

You guys created many fun things for us this year! I will be getting a new PRS in 25’ for sure

[@JTB--]

Props to PRS for getting Dany from The Warning into the PRS family. Well deserved. Great young Rock Band

[@KabukiKid]

I'm here to be another cheerleader for Dany and The Warning! :-D

[@eddiemoser3150]

Best up and coming band out there. Glad she is a PRS artist too.

[@synonyx]

Sending lots of love to all of you in Maryland. You guys make some of the greatest instruments I’ve ever played.

[@johnoakleymusic]

Absolutely adored this one!!! Just brilliant brilliant people making the best guitars on earth and enjoying what they do so much it reflects in their products. It’s my dream to one day come for a factory tour. It’s my Mecca! ❤

[@NPCONSULTING247-jy3pz]

With that many products its a mess getting the right one without coming to your shop. Merry christmas for Paul and all his emloyees and their friends and family !

[@GlacierSound]

this is a holiday classic for me! thanks for the time

[@frankiechan9651]

Momentum is an apt term to describe PRS as a company - always moving forwards and picking up steam. Jack - what you have done with the SE line is amazing. In a blind shootout they can more than hold their own. I still don't know how you can dye a veneer and make it appear to have depth and movement as if it were a solid, flamed maple cap. One day I'll make my way up the PRS tree, but until then - I will cherish my Zach Myers SE.

[@T.TEXAS.TILLER]

Happy Holidays!

[@richardnagamitsu1582]

Truly an amazing organization. No one does it better…

[@christopherprice3226]

Love you all. Thanks Paul met you 3 times. Love my 3 PRS core guitars and amp. They are always in tune when I pick them up, versus my USA fender and Gibson. Only exception is a USA G&L Doheney its always in tune. Make a surf/Beach Boys guitar in 2025. Also make your version of a Bassman Amp. Merry Christmas PRS Family!

[@BostonWhoFan515]

The funniest part was the very beginning when they panned in on the Ted McCarty picture. Then, when you thought the shot was changing, they doubled down and did and even closer up, zoom in on the pic of Ted. Paul will never live that down. The Gibson design genius' last big guitar venture, and probably most lucrative, was with Paul. To be honest, Paul has a right to stick it to them. It's no secret that Gibson gave them such a hard time in the past, and from an all-around quality perspective, PRS has been blowing Gibson out of the water for years. Including Gibson Custom Shop, and the SE line crushes Epiphone. Aside from all that, there's just something so cool about seeing the actual guy behind the name on the headstock having a Christmas special.

[@billyfields7722]

Finally I can get a great PRS guitar for under $500.00 that I can play at show without breaking the bank. I got scared off because of the price. Now I can finally get one.

[@joshoptical]

Yes! People saying they’re orthodontist guitars must not have internet access 😂

[@thenaturalalpha]

loved this. First one ive seen.

[@hernindio99]

Fetch it! Unwrap it! Happy holiday guys!

[@BGsea]

I have a Paul and a Silver Sky and both have a unique and strong tone. I saw Dead and Co. in Dallas and John's playing was sublime.

[@blackdogrover]

That Dragon will stop a war. And the Blue on the flame top of the one Jamie is holding is drop dead gorgeous. Man I love what PRS offers. I have one request to all brands that issue “F” hole tops - Please stop. Never use the traditional f-hole again. I can’t take it anymore. In my opinion it just doesn’t work anymore. Many guitar styles not just from the modern era but older classics are this close to being spoiled by that old style F-Hole. Augh. Why are we still using it?! Anyway, Rock On, Y’all!!! Much Love 🤍🩵🕊️🎶🎶🎶

[@craigmead3484]

Merry Christmas Paul.

[@StormcrowOV]

Paul Reed Smith is a LEGEND!!!!

[@johnoakleymusic]

He’s more important than Leo or Ted in my opinion. He’s transformed this industry and forced it to try harder in every way. Superb genius

[@rmmst49]

i don’t have a prs as i’m a one electric kind of guy(347) but i appreciate all you do and am proud to support an american business that makes us all proud. maybe do a collab with strandberg for ‘26?

[@brians5791]

I wasn’t aware of the fireside chats until this one was released. I have now watched all four and enjoyed them all. What happened to the beautiful dog from 2023? Please tell us she’s healthy and happy.

[@kloudtunes]

That Mary Cries in the intro is epic in this context

[@kilofireb8584]

Thank you for doing these chats, look forward to them each year. For your consideration, the china team doesn't get much recognition, could we see a tour there? Would love to meat the people that bring us the hollowbody se and acoustics. Cheers and happy holidays!!

[@Mpcoluv]

The DGT 15 made me sell my HDRX 20. Great amp.

[@bueller8278]

omg last year's feels like yesterday

[@chriselt777]

My SE Standard 24 needs a friend for sure. That’s the only guitar I have at all. Eyeing on the SE NF3 in 2025

[@Realmen4Christ]

Congratulations on the 40th anniversary and I had my first se when i first started playing but I’m reaching here I’m struggling to get another one so if have any prs se to give I would love it I just had my son and I also a veteran who is still serving. Happy holidays

[@RUSS312]

I was absolutely impressed by an NF53 this year. When will we get Tremonti’s “Explorer-esque” guitar?! That thing is sick.

[@flop2river471]

My question would have to be about the fire used during this "Fireside Chat" If Paul were using East Indian Rosewood, Brazilian Rosewood,Sugar Maple, African Ebony, Cocobollo, or Ziricote, would the crackling of the burning wood sound different? I will hang up now and listen to the answer. Thank you for this opportunity.

[@JordanBrillMedia]

I'm not denying that the SE CE line is a great line of guitars, especially for the money, but this is telling me that Paul doesn't know his own guitar line, what they make, what they produce, etc.

[@right2armbears685]

What is the name of the Christmas song playing in the intro?

[@PungkiAhimsa]

Please make SE Vela with type D neck pickup :D

[@scottakam]

I would love to hear what Paul really thinks about nitrocellulose lacquer as a guitar finish. After a couple of those beers and without the cameras!

[@mznxx319]

Love these, it'd be great to do them more often. Speaking of throwing steak over the wall or whatever... can't the logo on your amps be made to look a bit nicer? The black bits inside the PRS signature always bugged me. The small things matter :)

[@martinclayton7260]

Dear Mr PRS, please can I have one of the orange NF3's with a maple fingerboard? I'd love one, and it needs to live with me, and be used!

[@YouTubeHandlesAreMoronic]

Funny, I've had three SEs, and I put PRS Lampshade knobs on all of 'em. Not because I wanted to make them look like Core models, but because the Lampshade is a cool design, and the SE knobs look generic and cheap.

[@mikemercer5808]

It was a banner year. I bought 3 PRS guitars this year, a NF3, Holcomb 6, and CE SE 24 sandblasted. All are amazing guitars, and I thank you all for the amazing instruments. Happy Holidays, and the Happy New Year!

[@firewalker6712]

When is a PRS considered done? You constantly tweak things and improve things. But I would venture to guess eventually, each PRS model should be considered perfected. What is the vision for each guitar model? Will they always evolve? Or at some point you consider them perfected?

[@SlightlyDiminished]

"I always wanted to be Vanna White." 😂 Paul I just don't think you got what it takes for a skirt and heels. Merry Christmas.

[@df8161]

Guitars near those chair arms are giving me tremendous anxiety😅

[@trfmusic902]

Make more lefties in 2025!

[@mikey-dubs]

Now get me an S2 that isn’t made with Indonesian hardware please. What a bummer

[@teknomanning]

I’m 74,Love my ce semi hollowAnd no I don’t play Dad Rock.👍🏿🕺🏿🌚✌🏿

[@sonicsega1699]

all we need is a prs V.....at a price normal people can afford (under $1000). cmon paul if anyone can perfect a flying v, its prs

[@realdocloco]

No mention of the first signature PRS for a japanese artist ? What a missed opportunity. You probably didn't realised Kanami's signature model video is amongst the most viewed PRS videos this year ... (and all guitars sold out in a few days). Disapointed.

[@Davey-Boyd]

They might have recorded this before then. I thought they would of mentioned Mincho too!

[@realdocloco]

@@Davey-Boyd could be indeed - very early Xmas show then

[@Faded0811]

That’s something you’re disappointed by? Man, find a way to relax…

[@BenAndHisGuitars]

@@Davey-Boyd Paul mentions the Japan event at 14:13 so this was recorded after.

[@realdocloco]

@@Faded0811 I bought one. PRS doesn't have tons of signature models like some other brands, so when they release one, I think it's normal to expect them to speak about it in such circumstances don't you think?

[@YouTubeHandlesAreMoronic]

Is Joe Walsh OK? It looks like he's wearing the chair inside his gym shorts...

[@monkeysmasher7628]

Sorry to say, but the SE CE 24 Satin is the worst PRS I ever bought - and I own many!

[@lakay3563]

I WISH I HAVE ONE ON THIS CHRISTMAS..BUT I EONT HAVE M😅NEY TO BUY...I AM FROM PHILLLIPPINES..HOPING SOMEONE TO GIVE ME A GIFT😢😢😢

[@jdl2180]

These people will do anything to sell a guitar. It's like they're obsessed or something

[@Kaiju007]

I like how he pretended the cheapest guitar was a US guitar. When it was clear based on the non figured top and the covers on the back!

[@johne.1011]

Snooz fest...seems to be geared towards employees...love their guitars though

[@jdl2180]

How do you do it for that little amount of money? You make a China man work for almost nothing!😂😅

[@thomasdempsey4870]

Wow, "not exactly the same knob". Then it's not a USA core knob on the SE!!! Kind of deceptive.....video says same knobs as core usa!....and jack just admitted on camera "not exactly the same knob"......hmmm

[@phishphan5732]

Easy there Francis 🙄

[@GlacierSound]

you have to understand, it is a great guitar and i actually applaud the leaders of the company calling this all as it is. to me it spoke volumes. if anything it actually makes me want to save a few bucks more to buy the high end models. i appreciate the discourse!

[@gph2193]

Two days into a silver sky se and I have to say it's Love baby. How you can put out such a great axe for that money. All I can say is Thank you very much