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Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the guitar luthier Paul Reed Smith. Thanks to American Musical Supply for sponsoring the show: https://bit.ly/ShopAMERICANMUSICALdotCOM Use code Tyler10 for a great deal. Join Guitar Super System today: http://guitarsupersystem.com Registration for the Paul Reed Smith Music School is closed. Follow on Instagram:   / musiciswin   Follow on Twitter:   / musiciswin   Follow on Facebook:   / musiciswin   Mailing List (no spam, just awesome): http://musiciswin.com/fretboardfriday 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 of other popular guitar brands 46:21 - The PRS Artist roster 51:20 - Paul screamed at Eric Johnson 52:23 - Paul’s supervillain advice Subscribe to Guitar Villains on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3n08vL3​​ Subscribe to Guitar Villains on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3i8q2xg​​ Join Guitar Super System today: http://musiciswin.com Follow on Instagram:   / musiciswin   Follow on Twitter:   / musiciswin   Follow on Facebook:   / musiciswin   Mailing List (no spam, just awesome): http://musiciswin.com/fretboardfriday

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