I grew up in Maryland, in early 1985 my dad took me to this very same small room in this video where my dad was checking on a double cut away Carlos Santana model Paul was making him...it was the shape my dad said Paul copied from a Yamaha and a Gibson SG. Paul said to my dad ,"How did you know that???" Anyway, Paul told my dad he was having money problems, and my dad buying a guitar from him saved him at that time....I was 15 years old when I met Paul, the next time Paul saw me I was 23 years old at the Hollywood Guitar Center. After meeting me 1 time at 15 in Annapolis, Maryland, Paul remembered me (which to this day I can't believe) and came up to me on a very busy night playing with his band at the Hollywood Guitar Center and promoting his guitars...he said, "aren't you Ben's kid?" (Ben is my dad)...I said yeah and shook his hand....he was poor in 1985, when I saw him in 1993 he wasn't poor anymore! Lol...and now he is mega, filthy rich.....wow...he should make drums for me out of those Curly Maple tops, at least give me a piece of curly maple wood to make a snare drum for having my dad invest in a guitar in his poor time....plus about 30 or more PRS guitars my dad has bought since his 1st one....come on Paul, share the love....
Great interview! Paul is not only a MASTER craftsman and artist, but his business savvy has taken his talents to the highest levels, and has satisfied many demanding customers, some of which are great artists also. His guitars ARE works of art.
This is Great! I have never seen this before, thanks for posting! I am a huge PRS fan(been playing PRS guitars for over 20 years). Happy Holiday's, Peace.
Thanks Frank, don't know how this vid flew under my radar. The explanation at the 08:00 mark is exactly what I noticed when I first saw one being played in the early '90s and I knew I'd eventually get one. And, since then, well, you know :D
'...you should have no major problems finding your financial support." Understatement of the year 1985. They had no idea. I can see when he talks about the factory and the market that he knew exactly where this was going. Very cool. Love my CE24.
Great to see this piece of history - funnily enough I built two of my own solid body guitars, back around '74 - except I didin't get any help from the guys in the wood workshop... ! I used to go up to Denmark Street, and make sketches of the guitars I was interested in - Les Pauls of course and the Firebird too - I also wrote to the company, in the States and they were good enought to write back with loads of useful, more than once! However as is obvious, Paul continued and I gave up !!
Robert Brumley not really because all they're trying to do is help out and make affordable instruments. The USA models are still the best guitars money can buy. Gibson and Fender have had some crappy USA models but PRS has only gotten better and perfected their guitars
you're missing the point. this is how it starts. there was once a time where Fender and Gibson also made the best. then expansion happens, more and more are produced per year, quality goes down on average, etc.
Robert Brumley You know they have been making the SE line in Korea for years right? You know costs are much less in those other countries right? You know not everyone can afford a $1,000 plus for a guitar right? So what exactly is sad? That people in other countries work for so little?
@John Newton This is what's sad, jackass: because a lot of good paying jobs have been shipped overseas, and not only by PRS. Someone like you who presumably has a good paying job that can't be shipped overseas enjoys saving a few bucks on your new PRS guitar; but someone who now works at Taco Bell because his job was shipped to China can't afford to pay his rent, let alone pay for a PRS guitar.
Lady luck is a funny thing. things could have went south very easily if the guys at the nugent concert would have would have instead grabbed his scrawny frame & tossed him out and broke his guitars! Some people just have a knack of always landing on their feet & this guys one of them*
I grew up in Maryland, in early 1985 my dad took me to this very same small room in this video where my dad was checking on a double cut away Carlos Santana model Paul was making him...it was the shape my dad said Paul copied from a Yamaha and a Gibson SG. Paul said to my dad ,"How did you know that???" Anyway, Paul told my dad he was having money problems, and my dad buying a guitar from him saved him at that time....I was 15 years old when I met Paul, the next time Paul saw me I was 23 years old at the Hollywood Guitar Center. After meeting me 1 time at 15 in Annapolis, Maryland, Paul remembered me (which to this day I can't believe) and came up to me on a very busy night playing with his band at the Hollywood Guitar Center and promoting his guitars...he said, "aren't you Ben's kid?" (Ben is my dad)...I said yeah and shook his hand....he was poor in 1985, when I saw him in 1993 he wasn't poor anymore! Lol...and now he is mega, filthy rich.....wow...he should make drums for me out of those Curly Maple tops, at least give me a piece of curly maple wood to make a snare drum for having my dad invest in a guitar in his poor time....plus about 30 or more PRS guitars my dad has bought since his 1st one....come on Paul, share the love....
He was a more confident guitar player back then.
I just ordered my first PRS and I’m waiting for to to be delivered. This video made the wait even harder.
How is it?
@@brendanlucero8585 it’s sold lol
man....paul looks like a freshman in high school here
he was 30..
Dr. Egon Spengler
Consistency and integrity produce amazing quality!
Great interview! Paul is not only a MASTER craftsman and artist, but his business savvy has taken his talents to the highest levels, and has satisfied many demanding customers, some of which are great artists also. His guitars ARE works of art.
The vision! Consistency is what he was aiming for. And today PRS guitars are among the best ever made because of exactly that; consistency!
where the hell is the info on vending machines?!?!
I was thinking the same thing.
This is Great! I have never seen this before, thanks for posting! I am a huge PRS fan(been playing PRS guitars for over 20 years).
Happy Holiday's,
Peace.
hes such a creative man a good business man
The 80s RULE!
I would've been F_K_N PIIISSSED that everyone got to play my "new" guitar before ME!!!!
Thanks Frank, don't know how this vid flew under my radar. The explanation at the 08:00 mark is exactly what I noticed when I first saw one being played in the early '90s and I knew I'd eventually get one. And, since then, well, you know :D
Holy shit that guitar sounds great.
'...you should have no major problems finding your financial support."
Understatement of the year 1985. They had no idea. I can see when he talks about the factory and the market that he knew exactly where this was going. Very cool. Love my CE24.
Great to see this piece of history - funnily enough I built two of my own solid body guitars, back around '74 - except I didin't get any help from the guys in the wood workshop... ! I used to go up to Denmark Street, and make sketches of the guitars I was interested in - Les Pauls of course and the Firebird too - I also wrote to the company, in the States and they were good enought to write back with loads of useful, more than once! However as is obvious, Paul continued and I gave up !!
This was very motivational.
Geek genius, gorgeous guitars
What a legend
Digging it. Tks.
Beautiful
cool upload. I have 3 prs guitars and plan to own more.
Great man
Love his story!
Genius...
Interesting reference to Brian May’s sounds. I do not hear it in my Custom 24 but I can certainly get close to “there” with my CE22
Persistence. Not taking NO for an answer. This is how Paul became a success
Awesome...Paul busted it wide open .Necessity.....the Father of all invention ..The American Dream He dit it ...with a Wonderful instrument .....
love paul
How cool that all of this came from a lie "Where's the stage I'm late !"
So cool
I have the CE24, the shape is similair but no rotary(thank God).
2000 for a guitar in 1985 is about 6000 today, very expensive from the get go....
How old was Paul at this time?
can one say the 2017 pick ups are sound wise way better than the 1985 ones? Any old dudes around? lol
Never seen a Custom 26 before. Cool.
Right, that guitar is awesome.
straightedgeecw guitars probably worth half a million now
Some makers have 28-30 fret guitars, pretty pointless especially when you can't fit your pinky on the frets, but cool
Unpopular opinion: The five way rotary was actually genius.
It's kinda sad the PRS is outsourcing to Indonesia, and not making all of them in the US. Kind of the same story with Fender and Gibson.
Robert Brumley not really because all they're trying to do is help out and make affordable instruments. The USA models are still the best guitars money can buy. Gibson and Fender have had some crappy USA models but PRS has only gotten better and perfected their guitars
you're missing the point. this is how it starts. there was once a time where Fender and Gibson also made the best. then expansion happens, more and more are produced per year, quality goes down on average, etc.
Robert Brumley You know they have been making the SE line in Korea for years right? You know costs are much less in those other countries right? You know not everyone can afford a $1,000 plus for a guitar right? So what exactly is sad? That people in other countries work for so little?
@John Newton
This is what's sad, jackass: because a lot of good paying jobs have been shipped overseas, and not only by PRS. Someone like you who presumably has a good paying job that can't be shipped overseas enjoys saving a few bucks on your new PRS guitar; but someone who now works at Taco Bell because his job was shipped to China can't afford to pay his rent, let alone pay for a PRS guitar.
are you dumb, no jobs are lost, and if they where all made here only people with the money could buy them you numb nuts..
8:53 candidate for dumbest question ever??
Why do stop lights change from red to green?
@@Baghuul What are stoplights?
Lol! 😂
No kidding wtf?
9:48 Prices used to be reasonable like $1350. Haha.
Current S2 line guitars are probably better than the guitar he is holding in the video, for less money, in 1985 dollars.
He couldn’t of been making “the finest handmade guitars in America for the past 10 years” if this was 1985...the math doesn’t add up lol
1985 .... Gibsons not doing too well ... deja vu 12:11 Paul you are about to be dirty rotten stinken rich
Lady luck is a funny thing. things could have went south very easily if the guys at the nugent concert would have would have instead grabbed his scrawny frame & tossed him out and broke his guitars! Some people just have a knack of always landing on their feet & this guys one of them*
Nice, he wasn't bullshtin back then ....
I'm Fiending for a new JIMI HENDRIX or JOHN MAYER lesson!!!!! Please!!! You could always re-do the old SRV Lenny Lesson?
Is he wearing red lipstick? How did he get access to all the rock stars? Seems he was groomed to be what he is. Another reason to avoid his guitars.
And the winner for worst troll job of 2019 goes to....