Organised by online magazine All Out Guitar, and Lick Library, Guitar Idol 2009 saw the public and professional judges select the best guitarists from around the world.

The 12 Finalists came from all over the globe including, Brazil, Ecuador, Bosnia, Italy, Chile and were be invited to play live in front of thousands in London and take home fabulous prizes from sponsors including Marshall, PRS, Ernie Ball/MusicMan, Blackstar Amplification, Mayones Guitars, The Guitar Institute and Rock School.

Live judges included Phil Hilborne, Jamie Humphries and Jamiroquai’s Rob Harris, and the overall winner was chosen by public vote on a live webcast sent out all over the world, on a unique online voting system broadcast here.

The winner, Jack Thammerat won a high end PRS guitar, Marshall JVM amplifier and double stack cabinets plus additional sponsors prizes.

Headline Music Ltd, UK distributors of Paul Reed Smith guitars, has announced that the upcoming London International Music Show will see the UK debut of PRS acoustic guitars.

Launched at Winter NAMM 2009, PRS’s Tonare Grand and Angelus acoustic models were amongst the highlights of the show, and have been warmly received by critics and players.

Demonstrating the new PRS acoustics at LIMS will be special guest guitarist Tony McManus, hailed (by none other than John Renbourn) as “the greatest Celtic guitarist in the world”. McManus’s spell-binding technique and innate musicality have won him admiration from fans the world over, and LiMS represents a unique opportunity to witness his talent up close. Tony will be appearing on the Headline Music stand (H18) on both Saturday 13 June and Sunday 14 June.