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>
