Paul Reed Smith's Meet & Greet at The Fellowship of Acoustics

A couple of weekends ago we had a fantastic meet & greet with Paul Reed Smith, our staff and around 100 customers. In this video we'll take you through the event and share some behind-the-scenes footage of Paul taking a tour through our store.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:15 Shoptour part 1 (Gibson J50)
02:42 How Paul started out, and why he started with imitating another guitar
10:48 Shoptour part 2 (Mandola)
11:10 How the first electric guitar was developed
12:05 Magical Mandola tones
13:27 Why a good acoustic instrument resonates longer than an electric guitar (Mandola)
15:33 Shoptour part 3 (Gibson J35)
16:38 Audience question (Private Stock guitars)
22:39 Shoptour part 4 (Storage room, buying three instruments)
23:40 Audience question (What do you think about the future of guitars?)
28:00 Shoptour part 5 (Galama LP59 & Martin D41)
29:40 Private stock acoustic (What makes a good acoustic?)
34:30 Audience question (Talking about modern society and how it affects buyers)
44:01 Outro

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[jochemjonker]

Thanks for this interview/workshop with Paul Reed Smith.
The most impressive moment was Paul with the 1922 Gibson mandoline. Like he couldn't believe what he had in hands.

[endezeichengrimm]

I normally hate long videos, but this was worth watching.

[dondonny]

I thoroughly enjoyed the video. Paul’s an amazing character, I could listen to his stories and insights for hours. It was great to get a tour of your premises and see all the wonderful guitars

[YMESYDT]

I've never heard Paul say fuck before, must've been a good guitar haha

[Davenl]

Wat een fantastisch filmpje!! Goed bezig!❤

[levimaynard]

Paul is awesome. He is the epitome of a great guitar maker/company owner.

[el-fingerstyle]

Uncle Paul is realy good story teller.. i'm glad to hear all good story in this video. One of my Accoustic dream guitar is Collings D2H Sunburst, i had a Yamaha F310p, & i like to play it everyday in my home. I wonder maybe there's someone there can recomendation me what Accoustic guitar by PRS that had a simillar model & tone to D2H Sunburst Collings? I Will check it out & try to save money to buy it in the future, thanks. 🙏

with seeing uncle Paul made me want to have one a PRS Accoustic Guitar, I believe his spirits of goodness to made a guitar to be played by everyone will forever live in his Guitar. Thanks uncle.. 🙏

[rabuzappa]

A very entertaining video! I myself am happy to visit the Guitar Villa from time to time as a customer, since I was there for the first time shortly after Rudi's crew moved in. And sometimes I regret that some guitars I bought are no longer with me. Traded in for new guitars. The passion never ends.😎

[malcolmwatson]

What tonewoods were used in that Tonare Grand acoustic? It sounded great.

[weinerdogcat]

Paul is the DON RICKLES
of the Rock and Roll generation.