The Scrapbooks: Vol. 1 | From The Archives | PRS Guitars

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• ED

  @edwardsparks7493 · 6 years ago

  I will never forget the day I met Paul for the first time. &nbsp;He was our local go to repair guy and I went to the shop with my 1976 Martin D28 for a set up. &nbsp;I knocked and he said come in. &nbsp;I entered and he was alone in the shop, sitting with his back to me at the opposite wall at his bench. I stopped and without turning around, he said &quot;See that guitar sitting on the dresser next to you&quot;...it was an electric 12 string with no strings on it. &nbsp;I said &quot;Yes, an electric 12 string, that&apos;s beautiful.&quot; &nbsp;He said, &quot;Well, it WAS!&quot; He was very agitated and as he continued he got louder and louder and angrier. &nbsp;He went on to explain that he had built the guitar for Nancy Wilson of Heart. &nbsp;He said that he told her guitar tech a specific gauge string set to use to preserve the neck. &nbsp;He then said &quot;And what did he do? &nbsp;He put heavier gauge strings on it and warped the neck!!!&quot; &nbsp;At this point he was really yelling! &nbsp;He also had yet to turn around...I was still looking at his back! He went on to yell about how he was going to fix it but it was going to cost them...a lot. Those were not the words he used, but that was the gist of it! &nbsp;LOL &nbsp;I totally felt for him, mostly because I loved the guitar so much and I could understand why he would be mad, mo matter who it was for. &nbsp;Anyway, he suddenly stopped, turned to me, I guess realized what was going on, and said, &quot;Hey man, What do you need?&quot; We became friends after that. &nbsp;Anyway, I will never forget everything about that moment. I think the next time I went tot he shop I met John, who we called Orkie. He was sitting cross legged on top of a stool that looked kind of shaky on those old wood floors working on &quot;BIG&quot;, the doubleneck! &nbsp; <br>Another time I got there and Paul had accidentally left his wallet in a bar venue his band had played the night before and he asked Orkie if he&apos;d go and get it and then asked if i&apos;d go with him...and we did. &nbsp;He once asked if I&apos;d like to do some inlay work for him, I was flattered but I couldn&apos;t have done it then. I remember a guy came in once while I was there and he had taken a pig piece of driftwood and was trying to make a guitar out of it. He was having trouble and brought it to Paul to help him out! &nbsp; &nbsp;Another time I spotted a 12th fret bird inlay he had sitting on the bench with a hole in the birds head. He told me his friend Jude Van Dyke used to make jewelry from bird inlays that, for whatever reason he didn&apos;t like for a guitar. He said this one was too dark in color and said I could have it, and I still have it to this day. My wife made Christmas cookies shaped like guitars and i always took them a batch, they liked that. This was really the old days...pre factory years! <br>I saw him regularly and brought him guitars of mine to work on and sent him friends to him. When he moved to Virginia Ave. we lost touch. I still see him now and then. &nbsp;I think Paul was amazing, still is amazing, and worked hard for what he got. Cheers Paul, and thanks for the memories!

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• YO

  @yosef_shreds · 6 years ago

  It’s been a real pleasure owning a PRS. It’s perfect!!

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• ME

  @MetallicA29 · 6 years ago

  Didn&apos;t want this video to end...

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• BA

  @BAMozzy69 · 6 years ago

  Love seeing and hearing about the history and models of Paul Reed Smith Guitars - the history of guitar making etc. <br><br><br>I love my PRS guitars too and they are the finest, high quality instruments you can buy!

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• JA

  @jamesshaw476 · 6 years ago

  Thanks Paul and Company! &nbsp;I got my first PRS guitar 3 weeks ago for my 53rd birthday! &nbsp;I got a SE Custom 24 with a nice whale blue burl top. &nbsp;Absolutely love it! &nbsp;For the price I paid, I stole it!

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• RO

  @ronfalkoff · 6 years ago

  It is amazing that more guitar builders do not have the same level of pride that Paul and PRS does... Love watching these videos!!!

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• KA

  @karliebellatrixyoung6359 · 5 years ago

  The more I learn about the way that Paul has run his business, the more I&apos;m endeared to him. The story about Ted McCarty is a tearjerker.

• AD

  @AdamBakar84 · 6 years ago

  we want more this type of video.. Mr PRS are the history book of PRS.. i fall in love again with this family.. bring it...

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• CH

  @ChrisDorrmusic · 6 years ago

  This channel needs more Marc Quigley. Just sayin&apos;.

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• GI

  @GiordanDrago · 6 years ago

  It&apos;s so amazing, after 40 years in the business, to see Paul speak with an &quot;aura&quot; around Him that is impossible to describe. PRS has always been the best choice for me, nothing feels like them. It&apos;s always the right sound for the job.

• DA

  @DannyBeardsley · 6 years ago

  I love these videos. Thanks for sharing, Marc 👍

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• GM

  @GMHG777 · 6 years ago

  Got my first PRS in 2004 without question easily my fave electric guitar I&apos;ve ever owned !!

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