PRS has shared a video to Instagram that means one thing associated to the late and nice Ted McCarty will land this month.

Though no particulars have but been confirmed, it positive seems like both a brand new product or probably a documentary exploring the life and legacy of McCarty will likely be touchdown on 22 January – simply in time for this 12 months’s NAMM occasion.

The video recaps how the unique McCarty mannequin first launched in 1994 was unveiled on the NAMM present, and options footage of McCarty discussing how the guitar got here to be: “Someday, Paul met me on the commerce present in New York. We talked about guitars and he mentioned, ‘how about if we make a Ted McCarty guitar?’

“I mentioned, ‘effectively, maybe it could be superb. And I might be very thrilled and honoured to have one among your guitars with my identify on it, however who’s gonna purchase it? As a result of I’m not a musician, I don’t go round and play guitars.’ Paul mentioned that he didn’t assume I knew fairly the status that I had,” McCarty concludes within the footage.

Ted McCarty was a pioneer of the electrical guitar and the musical instrument trade. He was president of Gibson throughout its “golden age”, and have become a longtime buddy and mentor to Paul Reed Smith of PRS.

Within the late Eighties, Paul Reed Smith requested McCarty to seek the advice of with him on guitar design and manufacturing strategies, and in 1994, PRS launched the primary McCarty guitar. Through the years since, the model has launched numerous McCarty fashions throughout its model.

Extra lately, PRS launched a fortieth Anniversary McCarty SC56 Restricted Version mannequin in summer time 2025 – a single-cutaway mannequin that was each “a tribute to custom and a contemporary performer’s dream” – restricted to simply 400 items worldwide. It additionally launched McCarty III pickups final 12 months: vintage-inspired humbuckers that convey a vocal readability to their full, heat tone.

No matter it is likely to be, PRS says the Ted McCarty information will land on 22 January. You possibly can view its full product line up over at PRS Guitars within the meantime.

Rachel started writing for Guitar.com in 2021 whereas ending up her diploma. A proud DIY guitarist, she has been enjoying for over 10 years and has written for the likes of Kerrang!, The Forty-5, and MusicTech. An enjoyer of all issues heavy, you’ll discover her at a pageant or downtuning her guitars when away from her desk.