The Collection: Brian Ray

In this episode of “The Collection,” host Mark Agnesi travels to Palm Springs, CA to check out the epic guitar collection of Brian Ray. Brian spent 14 years as guitarist and musical director for Etta James, and over 17 years splitting both guitar and bass duties for Sir Paul McCartney.

Over the course of his 40 plus year career, Brian has amassed an incredible collection of some of the world’s rarest vintage guitars. Brian is such a fan of Gibson guitars, he even had a Les Paul shaped infinity swimming pool added to his desert home.

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[thomasconrad]

That Pool needs a Bigsby diving board!

[RodClark]

Bless you GibsonTV for not bleeping out the f-words. We're all grown ups here.

[DB-ufmd]

And just like that, out of nowhere,
Gibson decides to launch 1 of the best guitar related shows on youtube.
Agnesi magic.

[theruley]

I appreciate that you showed more than just his gibson collection. Lots of cool guitars here!

[IamtheActionman]

Much respect to Gibson for displaying Fender instruments on their channel.

[rcdubya]

If you’re a guitar geek, this is such a treat!

[willparker]

Anyone wearing a fedora, jeans and flip flops at the same time is definitely living their best or worst life. This guy is living

[tswc]

My anixity sky-rocketed when he was playing that Burst while sitting on a rock bench and right next to a rock wall.

[scrap_iron_]

Mark Agnessi knowledge blows me away every time he makes a video. Dude is like an encyclopedia. Well done brother.

[mikeymojo]

JESUS-H-CHRIST 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😳😳😳
that collection is insane.
Killer episode. That Pool is awesome
Keep these episodes coming Mr Agnesi

[Nicolas.]

Kudos to Gibson for showing us the Fender et al. guitars as well. Class act <3

[bobby]

Gibson is killin it with this series, Love this and can't wait for the next collection.Thank you Gibson.Mark and of course Brian, oh yea that house and pool ROCK!!!

[larryadams]

Gibson TV is the coolest channel ever! Brian is super cool and fellow guitar junkie. Mark did a killer job with this video! Really hope Gibson keeps this channel going for a long time.

[brunosilviomartins]

Love that there's no shame in showing other brands. That's cool as fuck from Gibson and it shows that Gibson is not intimidated by other brands. That's the mark of a truly confident and cool brand.
I'll be waiting for the next one!
Cheers!

[nickbruni]

Effing great episode ! Props to Gibson for allowing even competitor's axes to be shown ! Respect to Mark for his knowledge 🦉

[gwmendel]

i sat next to this gentleman on a quick flight from miami to nassau (he was playing with steven tyler for a hotel opening event) and he was the nicest, kindest, friendliest person you can imagine. i love recalling meeting brian ray and that short hop has stuck with me ever since.

[ErraticFaith]

Aw I love Mark's reaction to opening cases lol. Gets me smiling every time. This series is just pure greatness. Keep it coming!

[aaronparker]

Hats off to you Mark, for appreciating these guitars, preserving the history, and for giving us an inside look that we otherwise wouldn’t have had.. fine job

[McDagger]

I love how Brian Ray enjoys Mark playing some of the guitars. You can tell these guys genuinely love music

[wthird]

How bout that Les Pool, and the comment about the legal department.... at least they made a joke about it