Take the PRS McCarty History Quiz! Posted Mar 03, 2023 Behind The Gear / Quizzes <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>Ted McCarty was President of what famous company?</h3> <ul> <li>Gibson Guitar Corporation</li> <li>PRS Guitars</li> <li>Gretsch Guitar</li> <li>Fender Musical Instrument Corporation </li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>True or False: Paul Reed Smith first saw Ted McCarty's name in the late 1970's when searching for the compensated nut patent in the US patent office.</h3> <ul> <li>True</li> <li>False</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>What artist helped to design the original PRS McCarty model in the early 1990’s?</h3> <ul> <li>Carlos Santana</li> <li>Alex Lifeson</li> <li>Howard Leese</li> <li>David Grissom</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>McCarty instruments were introduced to the SE Series for the first time in what year?</h3> <ul> <li>1997</li> <li>2001</li> <li>2018</li> <li>2023</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="MultipleChoice"> <h3>Select each of the PRS product series where a McCarty model is offered.</h3> <ul> <li>SE Series</li> <li>S2 Series</li> <li>Core</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>True or False: McCarty guitars include vintage specifications.</h3> <ul> <li>True</li> <li>False</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>Which of these patents does not bear Ted McCarty’s name?</h3> <ul> <li>Flying V</li> <li>Compensated Nut</li> <li>Tune-O-Matic bridge</li> <li>Les Paul</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>True or False: McCarty "594" models are named after the model's meticulously measured scale length.</h3> <ul> <li>True</li> <li>False</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>This picture, taken in the last year of McCarty’s life, hangs where?&nbsp;</h3> <ul> <li>The Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC</li> <li>The Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona</li> <li>PRS Guitars factory in Stevensville, MD</li> <li>NAMM Headquarters in Carlsbad, CA</li> </ul> </section>
