If you are a guitar player who has played for a while, you have certainly heard of Paul Reed Smith guitars. They are not as commonly known as Gibson, Fender, Ibanez and some others, but they are known among great guitar players, one notably being Carlos Santana who has used them for decades. So what makes PRS guitars so great that you see people like Santana, Al Di Meoloa, Dweezil Zappa, and Dave Navarro playing them? When PRS guitars first came into the market, they were cream of the crop hand-made guitars that were financially out of reach of most musicians. The price tag was several thousand dollars. This is probably the main reason as to why they are not as popular as other popular brands in the mainstream marketplace. However, now that they have become affordable for the average musician, more pickers are learning what makes a Paul Reed Smith guitar so great. And they really are great. Sustain The biggest thing that makes a PRS guitar such a fantastic and distinctinve instrumnet is the same thing that has kept Santana playing them for so many years: SUSTAIN! Carlos Santana is the king of sustain. He is known for read more