New PRS Hollowbody 12

By the time you read this, we should have very limited stocks of the amazing new PRS Hollowbody 12. The electric 12-string model recently found favour with Alex Lifeson (Rush), who recently used a PRS solidbody 12-string in the studio for Rush’s 20th studio album and requested a replica of the instrument, subsequently receiving a prototype of the new Hollowbody version.

The PRS Hollowbody 12 is based around a body with mahogany back and sides with maple top. The 22 fret, 25” scale length neck has a Wide Fat carve, rosewood fingerboard and PRS’s classic ‘old school’ bird inlays. A pair of Archtop humbuckers harnessed to volume and tone controls and a three-way selector round out the top-notch specification of the gorgeous new addition to the PRS range.

The PRS Hollowbody 12 retails from £3995

PRS SE Orianthi arrives in UK

We're pleased to have just announced the availability of the new PRS SE Orianthi signature model in the UK. Orianthi – who was working with Michael Jackson at the time of his death in 2009 – has built an enviable reputation in the last couple of years, partly under the wing of Carlos Santana. The guitar god says of the Australian native, “If I was going to pass the baton to somebody, she would be my first choice”.

Orianthi’s fabulous signature SE model is based on the celebrated PRS Custom 24, with several unique features including a korina back, glamorous red sparkle finish and signature ‘O’ 12th fret inlay. Other spec details include a maple top, 25” scale length, ebony fingerboard topping a Wide Thin profile neck, PRS designed tremolo, SE HFS and SE Vintage Bass humbuckers and straightforward volume and tone controls mated to a three-way toggle switch.

The PRS SE Orianthi carries a recommended retail price of £699

Summer Special Two-Year Care Package

To celebrate the arrival of summer (finally!), Headline Music Ltd is running a Summer Special Two-Year Care Package promotion for customers of new US-made PRS guitars between 1 July and 31 August 2010.

Purchases made between these dates will qualify for a free Two-Year Care Package worth £250, which includes a full guitar ‘health check’, valid for 24 months from date of purchase. The return-to-Headline health check includes a factory spec set-up, electrics check, intonation adjustment, fret dress and more, allowing customers to benefit from having the guitar maintained by PRS-trained guitar techs.

In addition, the Care Package includes six sets of PRS strings, an 18-foot PRS Signature guitar cable, PRS guitar strap and classic PRS t-shirt.

So get yourself down to your local PRS stockist before the end of August and have a super summer on us!

(Offer valid for UK residents only)

PRS Unveil New SE Torero

PRS Guitars has unveiled an exciting addition to its popular SE range for 2010, sporting an array of features never before seen on a production PRS model.
The new SE Torero is a metal-oriented thoroughbred, built around a maple-topped mahogany body with stunning flame finish. Delivering the fire-breathing goods that metalheads require are a pair of active EMG 81 and 85 humbuckers, while an authentic Floyd Rose 1000 Series trem provides tuning stability and buttery smooth action.
Continuing the list of unusual-for-PRS features on the Torero is a three-piece maple thru-neck (25 ½” scale) shaped with PRS’s wide-thin carve and finished with ebony fingerboard and jumbo frets. The neck, headstock and body are all treated to edge binding, making the Torero one of the most arresting SEs ever.
The Torero carries a recommended retail price of £899, including SE gigbag.

Free Three Year Care Package

You may well have seen our current Three Year Care Package ad in the guitar press of late (that's Dave from the ad on our homepage at the moment)

We’re offering a free Three Year Care Package worth £600 with all new US Paul Reed Smith guitars purchased between 1st November and 31st December 2009.

Register your purchase and you can relax in the knowledge that for the next three years your pride and joy will receive its annual service from our specialist PRS techs….

The Three Year Care Package includes:

• Annual ‘Health Check’ For Three Years
- Factory spec set-up
- Electrics check
- Intonation adjustment
- Fret-dress

• Free Strings For Three Years

• A Selection Of PRS Goodies

**** THIS PROMOTION IS FOR GUITARS PURCHASED BETWEEN 1ST NOV & 31ST DECEMBER 2010 ONLY. GUITARS PURCHASED AFTER 31ST OF DECEMBER 2009 DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS PROMOTION. ****

Free Xmas Gift With SE Models!

PRS Guitars has just announced plans – exclusive to the UK and Ireland – to make Christmas 2009 a very merry affair indeed.

The company is including a Xmas Gift Pack worth £75 with every PRS SE model purchased from participating dealers before 31 December 2009. The Gift Pack comprises PRS t-shirt, PRS strap, PRS strings and PRS plectrums – the perfect partners to a guitar from PRS’s excellent SE series.

For more details, get yourself down to your local PRS stockist!

Phil Hilborne Charity eBay Auction for Great Ormond Street

One of the most respected rock guitar players in the UK – and ardent PRS fan – Phil Hilborne is currently taking part in an on-line auction for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital.
StarCards are auctioning a collection of signed GOSH playing cards by legendary guitar players until 15th November 2009, including Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Steve Vai, Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Phil Hilborne and Neil Murray.
Cut and paste the following link to see ful details of what's on offer:

http://shop.ebay.co.uk:80/starcards4gosh/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340#item3ef9ea17e5

You’ll bidding on a hand-signed Great Ormond Street Hospital playing card. The 2 of Diamonds is displayed with a colour photo of Phil holding his StarCards, and a smaller photo of Phil in action and also a hand signed plectrum that has been used by Phil.
Remember, the auction ends at 8pm Sunday 15th December 2009, so get bidding pronto!

Come and see us at Music Live!

We're going to be at Music Live at the NEC in Birmingham between 6-8 November. Make sure you drop by and see us - we'll have a spectacular display of PRS guitars for you to try.
Also keeping us company on the stand will be the new Hughes&Kettner Coreblade all-valve programmable head, which has to be seen to be believed. The latest stunning Lakland basses and all the new stuff from Visual Sound will also be very much in evidence too…
For more info on Music Live and to book tickets, visit www.musiclive.co.uk and we'll see you there!

Headline Heads Southwest…

Headline Music will be at two fantastic shows for guitar fans in the south-west of England in October. We’ll have a gorgeous selection of PRS guitars and the latest Hughes&Kettner, Lakland and Visual Sound gear for you to get your hands on, so put the following dates in your diary and we’ll see you there…

Sunday 18th October
Southwest Guitar Show
• The Cheese And Grain, Frome, Somerset.
• Tickets: £6 in advance, £10 on the day
• Box Office: 01373 455420
• www.southwestguitarshow.co.uk

Saturday 24th/Sunday 25th October
Mansons Guitar Show
• Riverside Leisure Centre, Exeter
• Tickets: £8 in advance, £10 on the day (8-16 yr old £4 advance, £5 on door)
• Weekend tickets: £12 advance, £14 on door (8-16 yr old £8 advance, £10 on door)
• www.mansons.co.uk/news/news-item/41.html

PRS/H&K Evenings With Simon McBride At Digital Village

We’ve got a busy October ahead of us. If the above guitar shows weren't enough, we’re also heading out to three Digital Village stores with our ace PRS/Hughes&Kettner demonstrator Simon McBride between 13-15 of the month. Hosted at DV’s West London, Bristol and East London Guitar Centres, the evening demos will allow visitors the chance to hear one of the PRS Paul’s 28 models – handcrafted by Paul Reed Smith himself – amongst other guitars picked by Digital Village from PRS’s Maryland facility specifically for these events.

Visitors will also experience the scorching Hughes&Kettner amp range, there will be special deals available on both H&K and PRS amps and guitars on the nights, and one lucky attendee will walk away from each event with a £250 gift voucher (valid for six months) to use against any PRS guitar purchase.

Date and venue details for the PRS/Hughes&Kettner evenings, which all start at 7.30pm, are as follows:

• Tuesday 13th October: Digital Village, Acton
• Wednesday 14th October: Digital Village, Cambridge
• Thursday 15th October: Digital Village, Romford

Places are strictly limited, so to register your interest in attending, you’ll need to email calebhill@digitalvillage.co.uk without delay!

Full address details are available from www.dv247.com

Tony McManus To Demo PRS Acoustics At LiMS

We're very excited that the upcoming London International Music Show at Excel in June will see the UK debut of PRS acoustic guitars.

Launched at Winter NAMM 2009, PRS’s Tonare Grand and Angelus acoustic models were amongst the highlights of the show, and have been warmly received by critics and players.

Demonstrating the new PRS acoustics at LiMS will be special guest guitarist Tony McManus, hailed (by none other than John Renbourn) as “the greatest Celtic guitarist in the world”. McManus’s spell-binding technique and incredible musicality have won him admiration from fans the world over, and LiMS represents a unique opportunity to witness his talent up close. Tony will be appearing on the Headline Music stand (H18) on both Saturday 13 June and Sunday 14 June.

New 'Limited Run' Guitar Models Added To PRS Line-up

Tonehounds might already be aware that PRS Guitars recently acquired exclusive rights to the original pickup wire used in the most revered pickups of the 1950s. The wire is currently being used in PRS’s 1957/2008 humbuckers (1957 being the first year of commercial availability of the pickup type) – and the US brand has unveiled a limited run of solidbody electrics featuring the new pickups.

The 1957/2008 Limited Run comprises a total of 750 instruments, split between three models – the Custom 24, McCarty and SC245 – with just a handful making their way to the UK (specifically 60 Custom 24, 20 McCarty and 20 SC245). The Limited Run is also the only place outside of PRS premium-priced Private Stock series that brand new ‘old style’ McCarty models can be purchased.

The individually numbered guitars are priced at £4295 RRP and represent the latest in a line of truly collectable future classics from Paul Reed Smith.

1957/2008 Humbuckers Appear on New PRS Models

Two stunning new high-end guitar models – the Modern Eagle II and Al Di Meola Prism – are now available from Paul Reed Smith. Both feature the brand’s highly desirable new 1957/2008 humbucking pickups.

The Modern Eagle II builds on the illustrious reputation of its predecessor and features a premium grade curly maple top with mahogany back, 25” scale black rosewood neck (wide fat carve) and 22-fret fingerboard with beautiful green abalone and iridescent paua heart bird inlays.

With a high gloss nitro finish (in a choice of Faded Blue Jean, Charcoal, Yellow Tiger or Red Tiger colours), the Modern Eagle II is available with either a PRS tremolo or stop tailpiece and is fitted with hybrid gold/nickel hardware.

Al Di Meola's new signature Prism guitar makes an immediate impression thanks to its unique ‘tie dye’ curly maple custom ‘9’ top. The stunning top is mated to a mahogany body and the guitar is completed by a 25” scale, 22 fret Mexican rosewood fingerboard, abalone bird inlays and tremolo bridge.

The Prism is the culmination of a more than 20 year relationship between Paul Reed Smith and Di Meola, who was one of the first artists to appear on a magazine cover with a PRS guitar.

Both instruments wear the classic/modern-sounding 1957/2008 humbuckers (the pickups are the result of PRS Guitars gaining the rights to the original pickup wire used in the most revered pickups of the 1950s) and harness these with simple volume, tone and three-way selector switch electronics.

Recommended retail prices for the new models are as follows:
PRS Modern Eagle II: £5,595
PRS Al Di Meola Prism: £3,995

PRS GUITARS UNVEILS MIKE MUSHOK SIGNATURE SE MODEL

As guitarist with the multi platinum-selling Staind, Mike Mushok needs a guitar that rocks hard – and deep. Mike's collaboration with PRS Guitars to deliver just such an instrument has resulted in the newly-arrived SE Mike Mushok Model, the first production- model baritone guitar from the PRS stable. Resplendent in Silverburst finish, the guitar features a 27.7” scale length and solid mahogany body and neck; the body finish is offset with white binding while the fingerboard is blank ebony for a super-clean look. This stripped-down aesthetic extends to electrics and hardware, with a string-through-body stoptail bridge, twin humbuckers, simple three-way toggle selector and volume and tone controls ensuring that nothing gets in the way of the playing experience.
The PRS SE Mike Mushok Model is available now priced at £699 RRP.

PRS MAGAZINE NOW AVILABLE FROM UK DEALERS

The new issue of Signature – the official PRS Guitars magazine – has just landed on these shores.

Available exclusively from main PRS dealers, the magazine features news and overviews of recently released PRS models, a catalogue of the company’s entire output and interviews with PRS artists. Among the big names included in the current issue are Dave Navarro, Mark Tremonti, Al DiMeola, Carlos Santana, Linkin Park and Dave Grissom.

The magazine also ships with a PRS DVD full of content that will keep the most dedicated PRS-ophiles happy for hours.

Copies of Signature can be picked up for free from PRS main UK dealers – for details of local stockists contact Headline Music on 01223 874301

PRS GUITARS ADDS MAPLE TOP TO MIRA MODEL

Paul Reed Smith guitars has unveiled a figured maple-topped version of its well-received Mira guitar, available in the UK through Headline Music Ltd and its dealer network.

The new Mira Maple Top also adds new finishes and optional gold hardware to the mix, with the new 'wraparound' colours being Tri-Color Sunburst, Dark Cherry Sunburst, Whale Blue/Black Burst, Violin Amber Burst and Vintage Natural.

The stunning maple top completes a guitar crafted with a mahogany body and neck and East Indian rosewood fingerboard (adorned with either moon or optional birds inlays). A choice of regular or wide-thin carve is available on the 24 fret, 10" radius, 25" scale-length neck and the package is completed with locking tuning pegs and twin Mira humbuckers coupled with a simple volume and tone pots, three-way selector and mini toggle coil-tap control section.

Headline Music's Gavin Mortimer commented, "The Mira has been a huge critical and commercial success for PRS and the new Maple Top adds a great new look and distinctive tonal options to the range."

Prices for the new PRS Mira Maple Top start at £1599 RRP