Back in the early 2000s I saw him walking in SoHo, dressed in sharp-looking shoes, and a short sleeve button collar shirt you see in high-end men's shops. The dude not only played well on SNL, but wore awesome pinstripe suits. He was puffing on a cigar and I waved and said, "Hey G.E.!" He smiled and said, "Hi" back. Just from the "Hi" he sounded like a friendly person, but I didn't want to interrupt his day.

G.E Smith is 1 of the most underrated guitar players of all time. When he was playing on SNL in it's hay day he was phenomenal to me.

There's something wrong with a rich guy having a collection but, doesn't play...

what a jerk for beating her out of 35 dollars !

G.E. Smith is a legend who has such a great touch and tone. I would love to meet him someday and jam a little with him. He is such a nice guy.

Thanks for describing the love of the instrument. I don't get the negative comments here. These people just don't appreciate guitars as the art form that they are. The woods, the craftsmanship, the different sounds, personalities heritage, history. Thanks for the great video.

I have a Chinese Squire.

Man, Willem Dafoe can shred.

These cats are having the same chat most of us guitar needs have, but....they have the REAL DEAL to pick from right in front of them. GE is such a soulful cat. Richard knows what it's about, you can tell a lifer within 5 minutes. He's got the disease, just like the rest of us. Glad to to meet a kindred spirit Mr Gere.

Outstanding. Bringing GE Smith to any guitar collector video is a genius move.

Thanks for that interview, that was great.

I really really enjoyed this. Thank you kindly all three for inviting me in for a visit. Guitars are what canvases and colors and brushes are for the painter… DIFFERENT GUITARS, MATERIALS, SIZES AND SUCH PAINT DIFFERENT SOUNDS. Like the surfer searching the perfect wave… the guitar lover searches the perfect vibe 😊

Very cool interview and journey through guitar collection. Thank you for bringing it to us.

Absolutely love GE...the quote about we need to play with our fingers...it sounds better and if we want to use a pick to play faster and we listen to ourselves we find out we're fast enough and are playing too much anyway.

I got to play a really old Martin that a friend had once. That thing sound so ethereal, like a dainty, delicate song on a breeze escaping from you like a smokey incense dissipating as the notes faded. It was just beautiful.

G. E. is so talented love that guy... and Richard is so knowledgeable... never even knew he played

First time hearing Richard Gere talk guitars and love his passion and philosophy. I’m a hack and still I’m fascinated by every guitar I pick up and I always take note of how different they all are. Their “voices”. And GE is like a living guitar. Wow.

who knew Richard Gere played guitar? What I really enjoyed about this, other than the obvious treasure trove of incredible guitars, is that all 3 of these fellas seem intelligent & sincere

Richard Gere knows his stuff. He’s one of us.

Pleasant surprise to find RG with such an interest in guitars and an amazing collection. Insightful interview…