EEGMan
New Member
First off , let me say that I’m not a monster player or a close personal friend of Paul’s. I’m a couch player whose day job is as a cognitive neuroscientist who teaches at a College near the factory and I own a PRS. I have invited Paul and his band several times to play at my College and also conduct a master class, and he and his band are all remarkable musicians and are very skilled at conveying their love of music to an audience. But that is not why I’m writing this. I want to relate an experience that shows the kind of person Paul is and impacts their their products.
We recently sponsored the First Annual Eastern Shore Guitar Festival here (http://www.washcoll.edu/departments/music/eastern-shore-guitar-festival/) and although the focus was on acoustics, I asked Paul if he’d like to do a clinic on a Saturday morning to about 100 young players (mostly classical) and he graciously agreed. As always, Paul delivered the goods and had the audience in the palm of his hand, but again that’s not the point of my post.
Paul asked the audience if anyone had ever built a guitar and a young lady of about 16 answered yes. At the end of his clinic, Paul approached her and they began to talk guitar construction. In a few minutes, it was obvious that she was serious about playing and being a luthier and she knew her stuff. Paul invited her to visit the factory, have a tour and spend the day alongside his best luthiers, learning first hand from the masters .
Can you imagine the effect this had on this young kid? Her smile was so wide I was afraid her mouth would break.
Paul's obvious delight that a young person would want to build a guitar and his immediate desire to help this kid speaks volumes about him as a person. My point is that this is a company that has never lost its enthusiasm for its mission and that attitude comes directly from the top.
We recently sponsored the First Annual Eastern Shore Guitar Festival here (http://www.washcoll.edu/departments/music/eastern-shore-guitar-festival/) and although the focus was on acoustics, I asked Paul if he’d like to do a clinic on a Saturday morning to about 100 young players (mostly classical) and he graciously agreed. As always, Paul delivered the goods and had the audience in the palm of his hand, but again that’s not the point of my post.
Paul asked the audience if anyone had ever built a guitar and a young lady of about 16 answered yes. At the end of his clinic, Paul approached her and they began to talk guitar construction. In a few minutes, it was obvious that she was serious about playing and being a luthier and she knew her stuff. Paul invited her to visit the factory, have a tour and spend the day alongside his best luthiers, learning first hand from the masters .
Can you imagine the effect this had on this young kid? Her smile was so wide I was afraid her mouth would break.
Paul's obvious delight that a young person would want to build a guitar and his immediate desire to help this kid speaks volumes about him as a person. My point is that this is a company that has never lost its enthusiasm for its mission and that attitude comes directly from the top.
