PRS is getting its 40th Anniversary celebrations underway with the launch of new limited-edition Custom 24 Private Stock and McCarty Dragon electric guitars. Founded by Paul Reed Smith in 1985 ...

the new McCarty IIIs are throaty but in a very clear way” The Private Stock 40th Anniversary McCarty Dragon is available now, priced $17,500/£18,995. See PRS Guitars for more details.

All McCarty, Hollowbody ... heavy tuners can “rob the mid-range of a guitar”, and so they also benefit from both a lightweight construction and PRS’s proprietary wing button design.

Debuting PRS’s “throaty” new McCarty III humbuckers, the Private Stock 40th Anniversary McCarty Dragon is a work of art and a triumph of engineering – and, says Smith, it’s built to play ...