PRS Collection Series Acoustic Event
This Saturday the 14th at 2:00pm

1546 7th Street
Riverside, Ca. 92507
There is no charge for this event

Tony & Paul will cover all aspects of
PRS Acoustic Guitars.
From build, tone, and playability.

Catch them live at Wild West Guitars
Saturday July 14th at 2:00pm

There is no charge for this event

PRS Acoustic Guitar Clinic
Saturday July 14th 2:00pm

Wild West Guitars Welcomes
Tony McManus and Paul Reed Smith.

Tony and Paul will cover all aspects of
PRS Acoustic Guitars.
From build, tone, and playability.

Catch them live at Wild West Guitars
Saturday July 14th at 2:00pm

There is no charge for this event

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Tony McManus

Tony McManus has come to be recognised throughout the world as the leading guitarist in Celtic Music. From early childhood his twin obsessions of traditional music and acoustic guitar have worked together to produce a startlingly original approach to this ancient art. In Tony’s hands the complex ornamentation normally associated with fiddles and pipes are accurately transferred to guitar in a way that preserves the integrity and emotional impact of the music.
His recent release “The Makers Mark” on Nashville based Compass Records involves solo pieces on 14 of the finest guitars currently being built and is a testament not only to the state of the luthiers art but also the breadth of his musical vision.
Now based in Canada, Tony’s music has taken him from Niagara to Nagoya and from Sydney to San Francisco- everywhere opening more ears to the music of his heritage interpreted on the world’s most popular instrument.
“The best Celtic guitarist in the world”- John Renbourn
“The Jeff Beck of the acoustic guitar”- Paul Reed Smith

Though acoustic guitars are a newer product for PRS, the concepts that go into making them are not. If you saw our series on our electric guitar line, you know that wood and component selections are important to PRS. You know that acoustic resonance and quality are important to PRS. These philosophies translate wholeheartedly to our acoustic guitar line. Our wood buyers are selecting amazing and beautiful tone woods, and we are applying the same amount of detail in the acoustic production line as we always have in the electric guitar line. Additionally, we are employing a proprietary bracing pattern that is designed to create a loud, balanced guitar. This bracing pattern locks down the sides and the back but lets the top vibrate to push all the sound out of the guitar. PRS Acoustics have an extremely thin finish and a thinner than normal top, which also aid in these instruments’ stunning resonance. Because these guitars have such a beautiful, natural tone, the proprietary pickup system was carefully designed to essentially be a microphone attached to the bridge plate. This pickup allows the guitar to be plugged directly into a powered monitor (with no board necessary) and amplifies the guitar’s natural tone. A final important design element is that these guitars have a graphite strength rod instead of an adjustable truss rod. This rod, along with the strength of the neck woods used, will keep the neck from bending.

When we started prototyping acoustic guitars, Paul looked to Antonio Torres, who many consider the Stradivari of the acoustic guitar. It is our hope that the careful consideration of these historic instruments is apparent in the quality of PRS acoustics. more