PRS guitars in the 2010s

Through the 2010s, Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS) controlled the PRS name, and 5 plants built it: PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon, PRS building at PT Cort, Ngoro, PT Wildwood, Banten and Cor-Tek China (PRS; city unverified).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]}

8 eras touch the 2010s across 4 lines. The version changed in 2013, 2016, 2018 and 2019. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different PRS.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
2010	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10]}
2011	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10]}
2012	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10]}
2013	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10, 9]}	yes
2014	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10, 9]}
2015	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10, 9]}
2016	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10, 9]}	yes
2017	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10, 9]}
2018	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon, PRS building at PT Cort, Ngoro, PT Wildwood, Banten^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10, 9, 11]}	yes
2019	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island), PRS building at PT Cort, Ngoro, Cor-Tek China (PRS; city unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 9, 10, 11]}	yes

Eras in the 2010s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
PRS CE	2009–2016	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	No plant on record	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}
PRS CE	2016–now	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}
PRS Core and Private Stock	1996–now	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7]}
PRS S2	2013–now	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS Stevensville (Kent Island)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9]}
PRS SE	2000–2019	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	World Musical Instrument Co., Incheon	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10]}
PRS SE	2018–now	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PRS building at PT Cort, Ngoro	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11]}
PRS SE	2018–2019	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	PT Wildwood, Banten	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10]}
PRS SE	2019–now	Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS)	Cor-Tek China (PRS; city unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

Other brands in the 2010s

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 2010s: owners and plants
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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 2010s: 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 2010s: owners and plants
4
PRS media roomgraded primary
- Paul Reed Smith, Managing General Partner of PRS GuitarsPRS in the 2010s: 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 2010s: 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 2010s: owners and plants
7
Wikipedia: wiki/PRS Guitarsgraded community
- "In 1996, the company moved to its present facility in Stevensville on Kent Island"PRS in the 2010s: owners and plants
- "since 2019 production has been moved to Cor-Tek factories in Indonesia and China"PRS in the 2010s: owners and plants
8
PRS staff post: moved into the Stevensville factory in January 1996graded community
- "PRS moved into the Stevensville factory in January 1996"PRS in the 2010s: owners and plants
9
PRS S2 Series launch release (July 9, 2013)graded secondary
- "Stevensville, MD (July 9, 2013) -- PRS Guitars' new S2 Series instruments – the S2 Mira, S2 Starla, and S2 Custom 24"PRS in the 2010s: owners and plants
10
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 2010s: owners and plants
- "a facility, in Indonesia, that is PRS Guitars… just PRS"PRS in the 2010s: owners and plants
- "initially PT Wildwood, and now… Cor-Tek (Cort)"PRS in the 2010s: owners and plants
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crutchfield: learn/prs guitars usa factory tour.htmlgraded secondary

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