Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the guitar luthier Paul Reed Smith. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show. Use code Tyler10 for a great deal: https://bit.ly/ShopAMERICANMUSICALdotCOM Sign up for the PRS Music School Part of ticket proceeds go to Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Guitars given away to random students 8/9, international included. 0:00 - Introduction 4:15 - Paul’s supervillain alter-ego 11:20 - Burning Questions 14:30 - The YouTube effect 16:25 - “Guitars are the violins of our day” 18:06 - Paul’s thoughts on THE FORBIDDEN RIFF 24:17 - The Paul Reed Smith Music School 32:07 - Unfiltered Q&A 33:50 - Single cut or Double cut? 38:35 - How to build a truly beautiful guitar 41:01 - Paul’s opinion on other popular guitar brands 46:21 - The PRS Artist roster 51:20 - Paul screamed at Eric Johnson 52:23 - Paul’s supervillain advice Join Guitar Super System today: http://guitarsupersystem.com