I think Paul's met his match in interviews with Greg.

Paul looks like he's gonna make Greg an offer he can't refuse.

Paul Reed Smith always seems to need to dominate , get the last word . Greg was masterful in his refusal to take the bait or enter into conflict .

I could listen to this pair for hours. Sure Paul is a salesman but he makes great guitars and he has never settled for near enough. Got to respect that.

For those complaining about Paul, don’t take everything so seriously. It’s just the guy’s personality. Personally he cracks me up.

Paul is starting to remind me of Larry David for some reason 🤣

Paul finally uncovered the secrets of pickup internal capacitance and carefully selecting pots. It's surprising how many players auto-swap pickups but never change the pots when pots and caps have as much impact on the tone as the pickups. Paul is finally a believer.

Love to watch this every year!

I don’t see a conflict here. These are two guys who are really top shelf at what they do, and they respect one another. Plain to see. Greg does look like a giant next to Paul. That man can play a guitar! The other man can make a guitar. Good match.

Thanks to Greg this is the first time I've been able to sit through a Paul interview. Yes Greg!

After many PRS I've came across and own. I've always changed out the electronics. I'm so glad Paul is finally looking at the the heart of the electric guitar. His quest for making the perfect electric guitar is a guitarist's dream come true.

Great interview! Paul Reed Smith is the mad scientist we never knew we needed.

It is so great to see a demo by these two guys. Both know very intimately the subtleties of the tones of classic guitars. Paul is able to point them out and Greg is able to play something which demonstrates them. Much more informative than a lot of the videos out there! And we're able to hear all three pickups from the Silver Sky here, with Paul pointing out the subtle ways they capture the sound of guitars built in the 1960s. Same goes for the demo of the McCarty toward the end of the video.

Once again.. it's all in the hands and heart of the player. Go Greg!

Competence is more important than being humble.. Both of these guys are great... I love how straight-forward Paul is in his "Selling" it is honest-- he's not hiding it...

got nothing but love for both Paul and Greg. Great passionate people. Very cool. The guitars sounded great!!

The tones from this guitar are freakin HEAVENLY!

was chewing gum involved haha legend

PRS - “... maybe it’s time for you to convert!” ... well that went down like a lead balloon. And then the video ended :) nicely done Greg.

Anything Greg touches sounds awesome.

Best Paul Reed Smith interview to date !

Hahahaaaaa Lolol Gregory guckenheimer schmitt is so damn cool. This clip goes directly to my favorites. Legendary

Awesome guitar player, awesome guitar maker. What a treat. Ha, love it. IV been playing over 50 years. Just love the PRS guitars. Wow.

awesome ... thanks again!

two of my favourite guitar people in one room. loved it :D

Paul seems a bit...intoxicated here :) Great video guys, Greg always delivers.

Man, for everyone on here hating on Paul, think for a second what it might be like if Gibson had someone at the helm that had this much passion about getting guitars 'right' and not being so concerned with doing 37 limited runs of guitars with stupid gimmicks at about 10 grand a pop, which still commonly have bad QC issues. We also complain about Gibson, don't we? But then hate on the guy that does produce irrefutably very high quality instruments and clearly loves what he does and what his company produces. I'm not so sure that it is arrogance that you're seeing and not just sort of a guitar nerd who never really developed the best social skills. To me, he's just a bit awkward and doesn't know how to be a regular guy sometimes, but aren't we all a little weird sometimes? Give the guy a pass, I say, and if a PRS guitar speaks to you, then who cares if the guy 'puts you off'. It's about making good music in the end anyway.

holt shiz! Did Paul just try and teach Greg about playing harmonics? Paul must need a dump truck to carry those balls around.

PRS has such nice guitars, and the Silver Sky is a beautiful guitar... they play and sound great. That being said, I could listen to Greg chat all day. Why can I only take about 5 minutes of Paul?

Love Paul!!! great stuff guys,,,,btw Greg manages to always make ANYTHING SOUND LIKE A TELE!

This is Why Paul is bad ASS! He knows all the things that make a great guitar or affect tone. Always innovating ! Lots of reviewers never mention any of this stuff, cuz they never built guitars like Paul! I don't even own a PRS, but love to hear Paul talk about guitars! One day though!

Love your stuff Greg, great interview. And the wind cries La Plaaaata. Get back here everyone has forgotten about the Fishmans!! Still got’em in my LP custom, and they are,,,, dead solid great! So I can say once in your life you were right, go figure? Or what they may say in Michigan? So, all kidding aside , thanks for demoing the Fishman products as I would have never picked them up. Now I’m starring at my PRS, hmmmm? Don’t mention it to Paul.

A perfect example of how to sell your product in a genius way.

These two have some hilarious chemistry lol. We need a buddy boomer movie with Greg and PRS!

Damn, those humbuckers! That is a wow.

Paul is telling us it's a pain but I bet it's a scratch that he loves to itch. The way he falls into his self with the pickup details tells me he does a lot of thinking and planning on his own, in organized chaos. Definitely a difficult and interesting character.

"Maybe it's time for you to covert..." that's subtle. IMO... Gregg is the best in the world at his craft.

PRS= pride, craftsmanship, quality control is leaps and bounds better the competition, top notch tone, tuning stability, top quality tops, perfect fret work, better dried woods. PRS is the relentless pursuit of perfection

Very good sound .. its a success what they did with the silver sky

Paul really reminds me of Larry David a lot

Funny banter...Lol. Pauls dry humor mixed with Gregs quirky musings are entertaining! 😂

I always come back and watch this because watching Greg try not to tell Paul to stfu is entertaining to me. Greg's trying to feel out the guitar and Paul keeps talking over him 🤣

Never understand the hate for Paul. He's still passionate after all these years, and adds something to the industry. Yes he's slightly nuts, comes out with his guns blazing, and talks a lot of crazy BS, but I think a lot of the time he believes it. To get to where he is he has done a heck of a lot of things right. He's always entertaining even when he's annoying.

Way to take on the big PRS Greg! Fire!!

The Silver Sky is a magnificent guitar!!! Well done Paul and John!!! Greg you are a monster!!!

Great interview!

Not gonna lie that sounds unbelievable!

01:54 "so why does it sound so damned good?" "Truthful answer!"......... because you're playing it Greg, seriously has anyone ever seen Greg demonstrate something and it sounded bad?

A great player can make a $100 guitar sound great. True Story! I was at Tech School after Basic Training. A tall slanky kid (Pete) went over to a beat up knock off strat and 70s fender silver face twin at a rec center. He fused with the tuning then slayed some awesome chicken picking. I was blown away!! I didn't know you played Pete ? He replied, I'm from Tennessee where most everyone plays something. I replied, I play too!! Pete said, I know, you're not very good at it!! We all laughed at the table. 40 years later and I still remember what he said!! Cheers!

GREAT VIDEO... SO ENTERTAINING

Wow great interview.

Glad to see you finally figured out how to make decent sounding pickups!

This is a great interview. Paul is unique and could stand showing a little humility, despite that I think he's a good man and a good heart. I could see his emotion and passion when he was talking about those pickups.

1:13 for the uninitiated; you can't do most harmonics using a single coil neck pickup on a 22 fret guitar because the pickup sits underneath the node where the 24th fret or octave would be; the string literally doesn't move at that point and thus there is no movement for the pickup to react to. This is also explains a lot of why many guitarists prefer a 22 fret instrument; even with humbuckers, as one the coils is under that node reducing upper harmonic content and producing a warmer tone.

Come on Paul you know it’s a strat just your magical musical twist to it

When is the Telecaster coming.

I love that the "bleep" is a reverb slap

Two masters.

Paul is certainly a very proud man 😂 as well he should be.

I wish they would make a HSS Silver Sky. I would buy one if they did.

Pure alchemy! I wanted hard to not like this guitar. Now it's the only Strat I play.

If Greg does a "T" style guitar with PRS in getting it!!!!!!

Does Paul just party his way through NAMM every year?

Greg and a Silver Sky are a great match.

Will they ever sell the pickups separately I want to put some in a real pre cbs.

Damn, these two are hilarious. Xcuse me bein ignorant here, but is Wildwood the same company that produces guitars in S.Korea?

I like the tone of some of the PRS but could never bond with the necks on his guitars. I haven’t tried a Mayer PRS yet though. Maybe I should. I did love a modern eagle 🦅 I once played though, it was probably better than a custom shop 1959 Les Paul that I played side by side. Great playing Greg!

If it is related to the wire, I would check wire diameter, material, plating, stranding and direction, insulation material, dielectric constant, permitivity, added substances for protection and flame retardents, insulation thickness, foaming the insulation, tension the wire is applied. Could be interesting to look into that.

Very enjoyable

I'd love to hear Barbara Streisand sing "Good Lovin' Gone Bad".

I'm buying a new McCarty Just off the tone of this Video. Nice job Paul.

That dude is obviously a mad genius.

Paul is a why guy. Loud, but rightly earned.

Great. GP from '82 and some bushy haired guy offering a new brand of guitars. Photos showing him carving a top. This was Paul Reed Smith. Santana, Al then on. '12 or so, its a Friday and a slow day at work. Said I was sick (was) but stopped by Gelbs in RWC on the way home. Walk in and ask "Why does that cat look like Paul Reed Smith?" Worker, "Because it is." This is like one in the afternoon. I was looking at some Fenders and he strolled by. being sick is why I didn't say Hi.

Paul needs to upgrade that iPhone 6 plus ASAP. Love his guitars! Love fender but my silver sky is amazing.

I gotta axe you a question. Ok Paul. I loved this one. Hahaha

Newfies say come here da once, meaning “come here when you get a chance to”. I bet there’s some Newfies in Wisconsin. Lol 😂 🇨🇦

Wonder if there is any tonal difference between a 3and 3 opposed to 6 in line.?

I do have the SE version.. I Havent had the chance to play the USA version at home yet. I dont care what guitars sound like in a store, I need to play them at home with my gear to know what they really sound like... I really wonder how much different the US version sounds.

More of Paul and Gregg!

LOL @Paul always tryin’ to reel Greg in, and Greg ain’t havin’ it. Haha.

Interestingly, this is the only strat I want and the only prs I want

Suhr uses the same material in their V63 pickups as Fender used in their 63 pickup..apparently.

The diminutive Paul Reed Smith.

“Come ‘ere da once! “That’s how we say it in newfoundland :)

Sounds good... first I like from PRS

Paul sounds good and toasted lol :)

COMEDY GOLD!!!

Marketing apart... those pups stand pretty “high”. Most SRV type of players i know push them pups downwards, almost aligning them with the pickguard. Aged pups also tend to “downsize “ some of the high-end. Kinda like an old whiskey, you loose that initial roughness, leaving only a delayed burn at the end. And all 5 positions work well, all of them sound great... there might be a lot of marketing here, but... he did find something. That’s just my opinion.

What amp did he say they were using? Cool video by the way..

Exactly how big is Greg Koch? I'm thinkin' Godzilla has met his match.

A PRS Greg Kock Tele would be Epic!!

PRS: "No matter what mic you put on Barbara Streisand she's not gonna sound like Paul Rodgers"!

Is this before Greg signed on with Reverend guitars? 💚🎸

Greg’s response followed by the pause at 2:34 is fucking hilarious

Love Paul.... he has a ´beyond´intelligence.... which makes him special.... he is not from this world.... and that´s why he was able to bring alive the Jhon Meyer´s idea..... Silver Sky.... the ´beyond´intelligence enought to take the Febnder´s tradition, even further..... It implies, taking into account the tradition, validating what comes from ther past, but at the same time, adding NEW ELEMENTS.... for me.... it is the way to define EVOLUTION..... and that´s why not everybody can understand it....

"Play guitar" hahaha, loved that

Please elaborate on how you fedexed John Mayer’s strat! I work for ups and would love to see how you boxed it!

its a strat！

I think Paul had a few drinks before this interview.