It all started back in 2000, when RKS founder Ravi Sawhney was taking guitar lessons. He couldn't find a guitar stand he liked. He approached one of his designers, Paul Janowski, and said, "Let's design a guitar stand." Paul half-jokingly replied, "Let's design a guitar!" Fifteen pounds of illustrations later, a design emerged inspired by, as legend has it, the body of a popular singer/actress.
Rock legend Dave Mason joined the team, bringing a professional-guitar-player's perspective. This input was key in making the RKS guitar an instrument that the most demanding player could appreciate.
After over 15,000 hours of design time and obsession, the world's first open-architecture guitar was ready for prime time.
By the way, Ravi and the RKS design team did eventually design that guitar
stand; it's
amazing! They just got a little sidetracked along the way.
