The PRS Guitar Book: A Complete History of the Paul Reed Smith Guitars - 3rd Edition
"Smith is the only manufacturer so far to successfully blend  the design characteristics of the Les Paul and Stratocaster guitars  into a wholly new and different model that borrows from both, but  copies neither.... This book is a fitting tribute to a company which  has, in a short time, come to symbolize a quality alternative to the  'big two' American electric guitar manufacturers." --Vintage Guitar Magazine, February 2000