PRS guitars in the 2000s

Through the 2000s, Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS) controlled the PRS name, and 2 plants built it: PRS Stevensville (Kent Island) and World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}

4 eras touch the 2000s across 3 lines. The version changed in 2000 and 2009. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different PRS.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
2000	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}	yes
2001	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}
2002	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}
2003	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}
2004	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}
2005	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}
2006	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}
2007	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}
2008	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}
2009	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}	yes

Eras in the 2000s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
PRS CE	1996–2009	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}
PRS CE	2009–2016	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	No plant on record	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}
PRS Core and Private Stock	1996–now	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}
PRS SE	2000–2019	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9]}

Other brands in the 2000s

PRS, year by year

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Sources

Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.

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fandom: wiki/PRS Guitarsgraded community
- "Paul Reed Smith set up a partnership to create a factory in Annapolis"PRS in the 2000s: owners and plants
2
Guitar Heaven: Paul Reed Smith Makes Guitarsgraded secondary
- With the help of an investor he formed a limited partnership, raising $500,000 in capitalPRS in the 2000s: owners and plants
3
Gibson Guitar Corp. v. Paul Reed Smith Guitars, LP, 423 F.3d 539 (6th Cir. 2005)graded primary
- PRS founder Paul Reed Smith ("Smith") began manufacturing custom guitars in the mid-1970s and opened a guitar factory in 1985.PRS in the 2000s: owners and plants
4
PRS media roomgraded primary
- Paul Reed Smith, Managing General Partner of PRS GuitarsPRS in the 2000s: owners and plants
5
A Closer Look at the 1985 PRS Serial Number 5graded primary
- In April of 1985, PRS Guitars formally began operations in our first ever factory in Annapolis, Maryland.PRS in the 2000s: owners and plants
6
Inside Annapolis: Paul Reed Smith feature (2007)graded secondary
- we developed a strong team and launched PRS Guitars, Limited Partnership.PRS in the 2000s: owners and plants
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PRS staff post: moved into the Stevensville factory in January 1996graded community
- "PRS moved into the Stevensville factory in January 1996"PRS in the 2000s: owners and plants
8
Wikipedia: wiki/PRS Guitarsgraded community
- "In 1996, the company moved to its present facility in Stevensville on Kent Island"PRS in the 2000s: owners and plants
9
musicradar: news/the story of prss se guitar linegraded secondary
- "the entire line was made by World Musical Instrument Co in Incheon, Korea"PRS in the 2000s: owners and plants

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