Paul Reed Smith salutes his mentor, Ted McCarty, and celebrates 40 years of PRS with an immaculate weight-relieved single-cut ...

Theodore M. “Ted” McCarty, who as president of the Gibson Guitar Co. played a pivotal role in the development of the electric guitar, has died. McCarty died April 1 in Twin Falls, Idaho ...

For some context, Gibson’s former president Theodore ‘Ted’ McCarty was pivotal to the firm's successes in the ’50s and ’60s, helping develop the Les Paul, Flying V and Explorer models.

After working for Wurlitzer for 12 years, Ted McCarty met Maurice Berlin – of Gibson's parent company Chicago Musical Instruments – and was asked to troubleshoot the (then struggling ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho -- Theodore M. "Ted" McCarty, 91, a key figure in the development of the electric guitar and former president of Gibson Guitar Co., died here April 1. The cause of death was not ...

PRS has paid tribute to the late, great Ted McCarty with the McCarty SC56, a limited edition singlecut that promises Golden Era electric guitar tone with modern reliability and playability – and, ...

The first release from the Gibson Archive Collection sees a 1957 design put into production, and its lightweight, has dual P-90s, and is named after the legendary Ted McCarty When you purchase through ...

In 1956, Gibson president Ted McCarty commissioned some new designs, and the Flying V was the only one that survived the process intact. A patent was issued on Jan. 7, 1958, and it quickly became ...

What you might not know, however, is that the Flying V is only one of a trio of futuristic guitars designed in the late 1950s by Gibson president Ted McCarty. Click through for the story of the ...