The article wasn't available when I clicked on the link, but that's too bad. Back in '91-92 when I was guitar shopping I read an article (don't remember where) where Ed was singing the praises of Paul Reed Smith. Of course a lot of people were. He definitely had some influence on my purchase. He was also the biggest critic of PRS when they moved out of the Annapolis factory in '95. He wasn't afraid to tell it like he saw it. I don't know about the criticism of post '95 PRS guitars, I used to have a '00 Custom. I did end up selling it, but it was a VERY nice guitar; different from my pre-95 guitars, but still impressive in it's own way. I'd still like to get my hands on one Ed's guitars and see if they are "all that".