This is a man that loves and appreciates a beautiful instrument.. 👍

some absolutely gorgeous guitars Mr Gere.

Was at a buddy guy concert in Pittsburgh Gere was at the show and Buddy invited him up onstage. My mouth hit the floor when I heard him play some blues....good stuff

Great actor, love his guitar collection. Favourite!

thank you Richard for playing all these guitars for us..it was a pleasure to hear you work your magic!!

I'm impressed with the aptitude and understanding ear for the voice of the instrument Mr. Gere has. Very rare in the sales force today. Folks seem to be in such a hurry nowadays, there's no time to let the guitar speak. I want the new Ibanez RC365H but will not buy one until I hear it. Very well filmed interview. ..very glad I found them...my compliments. ..WELL DONE!

Damn Albert Kings Flying V, that is fuckin majestic

At 9:38 such a deep insight into the human mind,or maybe the musician’s mind. This is a gem of a video.

such a nice collection thank you for uploading this

great collections.

That was AWESOME!! What an unexpected treaty...to pop up on my feed! P.S. Its the Flying V for me.

Great collection . I hope you keep them Richard

I could listen to GE all day long.

thanks for letting us see these guitars

Richard if ever in UK give me a call,lets talk guitars ,hear you went on a canal holiday not a million miles from me Great collection,nice to see you appreciate them for what they are,works of art ,both to look and play

@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261

4 жыл бұрын

Did Richard Gere call you in the end?

I agree, I love a small acoustic. The dreadnoughts are okay if you're strumming but I like the smaller acoustics.

G.E. Smith! The Man Himself! He is and will always be one of the greatest players ever. He can make anything sound like a million dollars! :)

@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261

4 жыл бұрын

lmao.

Is it just me or is the sound not in sync with the video by about 1/4 of a second? I'm seeing this a lot over the last 6 mos and I'm just wondering if anyone else is seeing it too. It totally sucks.

GREAT collection...Richard's got great taste! Hope that he is still at it... The L-4 looks suspiciously like the one that passed through my hands around 5 years before this video was made...The tone was smallish, and flatter than a pancake, UNTIL you started fingerpicking old blues on it- and it would come to life Lol!

New found respect for Gere. ;)

l didnt know he even played....just rose to top of my actor pole for I had a firebird just like that one when I was 25.....tears love this guy in fact all 3 as they sit and just coffee table this stuff....so cool

Very impressive !!!

If it wasn't for "rich collectors" we wouldn't today be able to see da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" or Botticelli's "Venus". When I saw "Venus", I was struck by the thought that for all the centuries since it was created, there had always been at some time, a person who valued it enough to look after it.

G.E. brings out the individual guitars strength. Not only an accomplished player, he is knowlegible as to what the instrument is capable of.

@gmlasam

8 жыл бұрын

+rd1550 GE Smith should be the rightful owner of all those guitars as he puts life into them when he plays them, unlike guitar collectors, Gere.

OMG. Vintage Martins, Firebirds, V's, SG's... Extrordinary!

Richard is much much cooler than I thought. Who knew?

Richard clearly knows how his guitars sit, how they sound, bend etc. He surely can play some guitar, even though he might not be a virtuoso like every other hater here. Cool to know he is such a guitar enthusiast.

@gmlasam

8 жыл бұрын

+dille dong if you hang around with many guitar players long enough, you pick up the guitar player's lingo. Richard Gere is just a collector and that's how Richard Gere can hang around with real musicians/guitar players.

@GaryLHamby

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Gere guitar playing

@tim8767

6 жыл бұрын

I agree. If Gere couldn't play a note, who cares, its HIS money.

@gingerbeer914

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's like family now... It justifies my own guitar addiction. It helps when your wife is complaining about you having too many guitars... I just say: "Just look at Richard Gere's collection... and what he sold it for..." Then she "knows" I'm doing the right thing, which I already knew of course ;) Another thing: my stocks gave me lots of stress, but my guitars don't. Besides, money is very boring too.... they're all the same pieces of paper with different serial numbers on them and they all sound the same unless you wet them... seriously... I find money so boring that I keep trading it for food and stuff...

Fascinating

Wow,,, just a non-exclamatory wow. Every guitar has its own song and story. I love listening to the story being told while that guitar is singing its song. Tks for letting us have a look and listen. There's nothing we can take away from you this way. 😉 Really would be nice to see another story telling session. Hope you can let some of the others have their moment. One last question. Are you bringing into your collection the recent guitar makers such as Mr. Paul Reed Smith, and the fine, individually handcrafted classical guitars by luthiers of today? Tks again. This was nice..

What a poseur that Richard is, G.E. looks at him like, WTF string heights great. GE Smith ROCKS!!!

That Martin 😎😎😎 that is sublime.

Richard is an awesom guitar player

@jonw3462

7 жыл бұрын

said no one ever

I own one of these guitars. It's an OMI Dobro square neck with a bell brass body. I can no longer play it due to injury. I wish I could. It doesn't seem right to just hang such a nice instrument on a wall. It wasn't shown in the video, but it was part of the auction.

I didn't even know Richard Gere of all people was into guitars. I now have more respect for him.

@susanphillipsbrown552

7 жыл бұрын

He loves to sing,play piano lives guitars! Richard is a wonderful man!

@vhollund

7 жыл бұрын

and you are a pretty woman !

@will.a.benjamin

7 жыл бұрын

vhollund lol that's not me, it's Audrey Hepburn

@CaptainScarlet1961

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah', me too.....

@kinkle_Z

6 жыл бұрын

Why? because he had the money to steal guitars from talented musicians? Yeah that deserves respect. Right...

Dwight Yoakam is a talented actor and player. I always wished they had scenes in Panic Room or the Crank movies where it showcased his musical abilities. His new album produced by Beck is good too.

I'm *envious*

"See, still got thee...old tagger on it, never even played it..."

I think the ol Gibson acoustic sounds great. 1 out of 10, WHAT?!

Gotta say, the tone coming out of the little Martin was pretty special, G.E. tapped right into it and made it sing. The PAF 335 would be my dream amongst them. But no Jazzmaster??

enjoyed watching it, defo knows what his talking about.

thanks for your response...i watched a video about a comparison between Gibson and fender just to spice up things a bit..they used some squire and nobody could pick the fenders or the Gibson's...now about Gere...the guy has to be so generous to give away such an amazing collection, as i read in "fretboard" magazine he gave away all the money to a Tibetan cause that he has..as i see it the collection should've gone straight to a museum..not to private collectors, do i sound jealous?

very Good

The Martins, that's my pick.

He does seem to love to talk about himself buying guitars

I play well enough to entertain myself!

richard gere looks like roger waters !

Honestly, one of the best playing modern 'Stratocasters' I've ever played was a Squire that a luthier friend of mine Jon Holland reworked just to prove a point to potential customers. Here was a $75.00 reject that played better than a $1000.00 guitar. If he were to install his hand wound pickups the sound would have been equally up there as well. (allowing for the lesser quality wood and hardware) Still, you get my point. GE Smith playing the guitars, yeah, I get YOUR point. Richard was in awe.

Is Richard addicted to coffee? I saw him taking 4 times in about 15 minutes. ☕️

He obviously knows his stuff. I would guess he's a pretty good player but there doesn't seem to be a lot out there of him playing. Kind of surprised.

wow listen to that martin at 7:56 so amazing.

''I think we've seen enough of that one''!!! ;-)

Diosss que bellezas

I've played for 44 years. I have to agree with Gere, there's no perfect guitar. Guitars have personalities like people. They're flawed, but like people there's "something" to love in every one. Sometimes you have to look hard to see what that "something" is. Often the problem is mine, not the guitar's. I'll be forcing it to do what it wasn't meant to do. Like I'll be fed up with a guitar, then one day it dawns on me, set it up for slide. Only then will it share its sweet, soulful inner voice.

Fantastic collection! but no Vintage Mosrite? come on Rich!?

@Orieus

8 жыл бұрын

+elevenAD i was hoping to see one too, i played a vintage a few years back, its still sustaining somewhere. gorgeous guitars, even the eastwood copies are outstanding

I like the coffee table...

I wonder if any of those Martins ended up in Vince Gill’s collection.

I love it Richard says of the L O Gibson you definitely want to play it with a pick and play it hard GE picks it up and makes it sing finger picking style. LOL!

Hope I never become like him! I’m 65 and started taking lessons several years ago, I can read some music too. I got a Yamaha then a Tele but now I play a 12 string Martin which I play the most. It’s crazy to have that many guitars unless your a professional musician. Make some noise Mr Gere!

Great unique guitars !!! (but the strat one was with the pickup too high at the high E string) asHUasHUasHUa...

Wow

Owning a vintage guitar collection and not being able to actually play them is like a blind man with an art collection.

''Listen... just listen for a minute... the sustain listen to it''!

the reason everybody is so into the old guitars is because the wood has had time to settle and realize it's a guitar. guitars always sound better the older they get.

The guy playing the guitar is G.E. Smith... he played with Hall and Oates at their peak. He has a big endorsement deal with Fender; he's a big tele guy.

Flying V...Dave Davies.

the blonde haired guy is g.e smith a top guitarist used to play on the road with dylan

the licks around 8:15?

Ive had all the guitars a man could want , but a man can only play one at a time , i currently own five but none of mine are in its flight case and all are played at one stage in any given day and not stacked as high as the ceiling , millions of Dollars can buy any instrument , and still only one can be played by one man at once . Whether he knows how to play or not , we all play differently , and as he says here there is no wrong or right way to play , but a guitar in its case wont play itself .

Didn't know Gere was a guitar fioend..I have more respect for 'im now. Love GE's music and advise too. Old guys and old guitars.

good guy. must be a gibson fan

No burst???

FYI Mr Gere Firebirds were designed by same guy that designed Avanti cars

Thanks for sharing. dmitriyezh

GE Smith looks very Gentle

Nice videos. Gere should have played a guitar.

I’d of kept the old firebird and the black Gibson w the white pickguard behind gere

He bought these as an investor. More fun than mutual funds or stocks bonds I guess.

G.E.Smith is the man here, excellent guitarist

@larrygeetar9309

8 жыл бұрын

+Dennis Johnson (dwj) It's really Willem Dafoe.

I’ll show you my guitars but don’t ask me to play one

Damn, I could have bought that Martin for $62,500!

''Well dont look at it''!

Is that David Carradine?

at 6:00 he actually 'almost' played one .... geeeesh 'the frets are in the right place' wtf does that mean where else should they be ..... geeeesh I hope he gave one of the guitars to G.E. at 9:26 he almost played it again but just held it ...... geeesh

Richard Gere could play Roger Waters in a movie....He would just have to go a couple weeks without sleeping..

7:47-7:49 "The frets are on the right place... the intonation is right" IF there is an intonation problem, it's either a matter of filing the nut slots OR a matter of wrong bridge placement. I never heard of A-brand guitars with fretboards withwrongly placed frets. They simply followed the template, so they were always right. Gluing the bridge a the wrong spot is something that sometimes occurred, but before you start working on that, you should take a good look at the nut slots. Too high slots cause intonation problems too.

@snoo50

4 жыл бұрын

Not true... Even nowadays, now and again, I stumble across guitars with tuning issues, not because of setup, fret height or anything, but because of the POSITION of the fret slots. And yes, this includes Fenders, Gibsons and top brands. Never seen it on a PRS or EBMM, though.

@gingerbeer914

4 жыл бұрын

@@snoo50 That must be guitars from before the CNC era. kzread.info/dash/bejne/moapr5aTaNO3lqg.html I cannot imagine that Fender or Gibson would not use these (or better ones) today. If you program it right, you can't go wrong. Unless you start with a cracked fretboard like the one in the demo of course.

actually its not Dafoe..it is definitely that actor that played the joker...yeah thats def him

Kinda weird that RG doesn’t play at all.....I assume he can

gotta think about Johnny Winter when you see that Firebird.

@shawnrichardson4687

6 жыл бұрын

Tony M actually I was thinking about them sknynard boys

Didn't know Mr. Gere was a coolector

That's G.E. Smith , NOT William Dafoe. although i do see a slight resemblance.

9:27 Nice guitar

SCARED OF GIBSON[ FIRE BIRD]GIBSONS STARTED IT ALL.I STILL PLAY MY 68 SG

Love Albert King, but Lonnie Mack is "Mr. V" in my book.

Why was he selling this collection, does anyone know?

@duffbaker9554

5 жыл бұрын

Don't think he was selling them- wasn't it just an exhibition, to get them out of their cases?

GE Smith plays now with Roger Waters. Wonder if he was thinking "damn, they look the same!".

Richard gere and William defoe

Play something Richard!!

@lapwiz

8 жыл бұрын

+jimmiemclovin Mr. Richard Gere is not a rodeo clown your head necking, silly ass get to yaha get to rule around! So get your sorry ass out of this discussion, you fucking idiot! Sir. Richard is not a circus clown you get to toss a coin to request a tune to entertain your indentured slave clan. Get some class, will you?

@Orieus

8 жыл бұрын

+jimmiemclovin hostile much lol.........he does play i think lol

@jimmiemclovin

8 жыл бұрын

Orieus idk, wouldn't you like to hear if he does, i would. btw, i didn't start it. mr. fuckface did. hehee.

@jimmiemclovin

7 жыл бұрын

yeah, i was a little bit over the top. i'm sorry.

@jimmiemclovin

7 жыл бұрын

where the fuck are you renato? you little bitch???

AWESOME !!! 😅🎈😅🎈😅🎈😅🎈😅🎈😅🎈😅🎈😅🎈😅

Looks like he's the guy who buys all the guitars. From guitar of the day (norms rare guitars). Every day mark says something like. That 0-18 from Friday. It's gone. Mark should be saying. That 0-18. Richard gere bought it.

Richard Gere is like a friend of mine. He spends millions on these guitars for others to play. In case he does the same with women, which I believe he does... Wassup Richie, wanna be my friend?