Congrats on your new baby Paul! Happy to see mother and child are both doing great!

In 1961, I was one year old and my mom bought a new 1961 Gibson LG-2 parlor sized guitar as a 2nd anniversary gift for my dad. It was the first guitar I ever saw, touched, and heard played in person. I grew up with it in our house. I never took an interest in learning to play it. After I moved away from home in 1983, I began learning to play guitar. My dad really didn't play his Gibson very often at this point in his life, and he didn't take care of it very well. I told my parents that when the time came, that I wanted my dad's guitar. I really wanted it for sentimental reasons, since the action was really high, it was really dusty inside the sound hole, and just didn't look or play very good. My dad passed away in 2017, and I brought the guitar back to my house and put it in a closet for about 6 months. I mentioned it to a friend of mine who is a very good guitar player, and he wanted to see it. I let him take it home with him and he cleaned it up a little and adjusted the truss rod. Then he told me what he thought it was worth and I was shocked. It was worth 10x what I would have guessed. Knowing this, I decided to take it to a top-notch luthier to get it playing as good as could be expected. When I picked it up and played it, all the sudden it was no longer just a keepsake, it was also a treasured instrument. I have a few other guitars as well, but the Gibson gets played at least a few days every month. Anyway, I like that I have the guitar that I've known longer than any other guitar and I can still play it 62 years after my mom bought it for my dad.

I love it that a child "broke in" that guitar. Such a human story, playing with joy from generation to generation and the guitar can tell each story in its own way. A guitar is something that should inspire...the player. Glad you found what works for you.

Totally understand your joy of an instrument that really speaks to your soul. It’s a wonderful thing to find a guitar (after you’ve played SO many) that excels in every department. Congratulations, and may you live together happily ever after!

Congrats Paul. Truly deserving of it. The black and orange hues are beautiful, as is its sounds. What a great way of preserving and paying tribute to a clean and honest model.

I’ve never actually teared up while listening to music before but my god… Amber’s Embrace is just so beautiful I couldn’t help it. Congratulations on the guitar and the baby ❤

I've been playing 40 years, I've followed you about 10 years, and literally EVERY aspect of this guitar looks as sounds 10/10. I don't think you can get any better, literally.

Your love, your enthusiasm, and your crazy wild teaching is infectious! THANK YOU!

It looks sick man. The burst color looks beautiful. The fretboard inlays are so classy.

Congratulations. Sounds amazing. Now we need Paul David’s new instrumental album written with this guitar.

Paul! This is a joyous interplay between you and this little Collings work of art. I so appreciate the way you combine the joy and curiosity of exploring music with the rigor and technique that are hallmarks of a great player/teacher. Your sense of humor is what makes it so uniquely you. Cheers to you!

There is nothing wrong with feeling a deep appreciation for a beautiful hand made instrument that you connect with. It allows you to bring out through your hands what you feel in your mind and express to the world

The joy this brings you shines through. When a guitar makes you want to smile and gush about it endlessly, you’ve truly found something special. Congrats, and may you enjoy it for many years to come!

I'm so glad you made that OPEN D tuning tune into a full song. Now I have to learn Ambers Embrace, and of course congratulations on your baby, praying the best for your family!

Paul, this is why me and so many others fall in love with guitar. It's the beauty and experience of these magical gifts. Keep spreading the joy and enjoy this beautiful guitar!! Pearson Handlin (Ridgway, CO)

I love small bodied acoustics! What a gem you have in your hands! That 12 fret body makes a lot of difference. I built a size 5 with a luthier friend of mine. But I used a 23” scale on it, and it’s a little monster.

Dear Paul! I just want to say that I truly appreciate your guitar videos and they make me wish I could play the guitar so much (as a piano player who can't play guitar) also that is one beautiful melody and beautiful guitar. And I absolutely can hear the amazing tone of that guitar. It is not lost on me. It's warm and lush and clear all at once! 😍

Got the first ding on my Collings OM2HT while playing on the sofa while my beloved dog was peacefully sleeping next to me. She had a startle during a dream and gave the guitar a little kick. She's getting older now and in a way I cherish that little ding as it reminds me of her. Your new guitar is perfect.

I can't play guitar but I love Paul's videos. His passion is palpable. My hats off to all of you who had the determination and coordination to become a good guitar player!

Man once that guitar started playing I got goosebumps!!! It’s so heavy ❤️❤️❤️

I'm so happy for you man, you deserve it. Keep up with the great work!

Paul, this was very moving for me. I got my Collings D2SB in 2000 thanks to my wife who encouraged me to go for it. She's been gone 20 years now and that instrument is not "just a guitar" as I suspect yours won't be either. All these years later I look at the scar that my young son put on the top and remember how I told him it was OK, don't cry, it will always remind me of how much more you mean to me than this guitar. I hope your Collings brings you a lifetime of joy and memories.

I once read someone say in a Facebook Gear Group that the quality of your music gear sets the upper limit, but your talent still has to get it there. Your talent, Paul, is much closer to that guitar's upper limit than mine. Happy to hear you play it. And, congratulations on the new baby!

Congratulations on the new addition to your family! That is an absolutely lovely guitar looks and sound.

I can only imagine Little Paul, all grown up, grabbing this guitar knowing it came from the legend that its his father, to another legend. So many love and stories

An uplifting video: lovely to see your passion and appreciation for this beautiful instrument whilst also saying, "It's just a guitar"! Wishing you many happy hours of playing.

I have a Santa Cruz 00-12 that I absolutely love for all the same reasons. Incredible couch guitar and songwriting muse, and it records beautifully. Bravo!

Thank you for such a gorgeous video and story. Don't worry, you didn't go too far over the top with your love for that guitar. It makes music, it makes you and others happy when you play it. The gift of music is a very precious thing. I hope that guitar never leaves your parlor!!

I played every guitar at Gryphon in Palo Alto and kept coming back to my Collings OM 2 short scale. It's been 5 years and I'm still in love with it. Thanks Paul for your love story!

I absolutely love smaller acoustics, most notably Breedlove. There's something about the parlor size that just resonates so well with what I want an acoustic to sound like.

Beautiful tone, balance, and bling. A masterpiece from Collins.

This needs to be a Paul Davids signature guitar. I would buy this in a heartbeat!

Happy fatherhood! 👏👏👏

I cannot believe how amazingly great that guitar sounds. Unbelievable.

Congrats on becoming a dad. May your joy increase. Lovely guitar, beautiful playing and excellent conversational presentation as always.

The resonance is fantastic for a guitar of that size. The melody at 7:06 is very touching.

Beautiful guitar, congratulations! I'm thinking that you'll be in love with this for years to come. Thanks for sharing!

Paul is a real man built from a real boy with an unwavering dream. Great job man. Love watching you become so much over the years.

That is a GORGEOUS guitar! Beautiful workmanship, beautiful sound.

That was a beautiful ode to your guitar. It is truly beautiful as are many Collings guitars but you’re playing is inspired by your love and passion for the instrument and it shines through with every note. The resonance of the instrument is wonderful but regardless of the luthiers skill it is your love that shines through. On a lighter note the tune is beautiful. God blessed us with open tunings and beautiful woods to bring them alive. Keep on playing.

Watching artists appreciate art is basically my favorite thing. ❤

I love the warm and inviting tone of that guitar. It’s surprising how great it sounds for how small it is. I’ve never played a single 0 guitar, but I love my Martin 000 style. Thanks for sharing the story.

Het grootste compliment wat ik je kan geven is dat ik de videos die je maakt vaak niet altijd af kijk maar gewoon zo graag zelf wil spelen dat ik mijn laptop dichtklap en muziek ga maken. Dankjewel.

That is one rich sounding guitar - beautifully played. I love small bodied 12 fret guitas, they just ring and are never harsh. That one is a real beauty!!!

That's a gorgeous instrument, and you play it well. Congrats on getting such a personal music generator.

Hey Paul, thanks for sharing! I recently bought your Acoustic Adventure course, and I'm so happy with it; I've progressed more in the last 6 months than I did in the last 5 years. I am looking forward to purchase your other courses too once I am done navigating through this one! Anyway, your channel is so inspiring and interesting (I love learning your tunes), thanks for the effort you put in, both in the creative and in the executive process; you're appreciated. Ps have you considered posting on your Spotify account your loops and jams? I'm sure a lot of people would love it Cheers from Italy, have a marvelous day! ☀️

Congratulations to becoming a father. Just going by how you approach the videos you share with us, you are going to be great as a parent. I hope that momma and baby are well. The guitar is just gorgeous and sounds amazing. It’s literally perfect and perfectly suited for you.

Congratulations on the birth of your son and on this beautiful guitar. I love small guitars and am in search of one with a beautiful tone!

what a beautiful guitar, wow. The way those single notes sound as loud as the chords is baffling, it's almost like there's some heavy yet musical compression being done to the sound, but getting that straight out of the guitar is nuts, it's like you're walking around with an instrument that has mixed and mastered itself... incredible. great pointers for stuff i could potentially look out for when i buy my next guitar. THANKS

This was so much fun....I've only been playing since May of '21, starting lessons at the ripe old age of 57. After a lifetime of wishing I could play, I decided that I could give it a try. I started watching lessons on YT, and you were one of the first instructors (mentors? gurus?) to whom I gravitated. While I started learning in face-to-face lessons, too, I signed up for your LPP course around that same time, figuring that I wanted to learn everything I could as QUICKLY as I could. I spent too much money on too many guitars, but I finally think I have the ones I want. Except for the topic of this video: a custom-built guitar. I might never do it, but I fantasize about it. What tonewoods I would want, 12-fret versus 14, Grand Concert or Grand Auditorium or Parlor, Collings or Santa Cruz? So many questions....But I thank you, because you answered a few of them. (I enjoy the visual aspects like you do, and the inlay on that headstock is sublime.) Congrats on your new addition, too! And thank you!

I have always loved listening to you play. Your finger style skills are sensational and calming. I think, that having a guitar that is visibly attractive to you is so important, especially when you just start playing guitar. It will keep you wanting to play it and keep picking it up, which is so important in those first couple months of learning. Thanks for the video.

I love the small body guitars, and the fact that you zeroed in on the string spacing makes it the perfect instrument for you. It shows us, the less experienced guitar players, that it's good to play as many guitars as we can so that we can find the right instrument for our own hands, styles, and likes.

Paul you never fail to amaze me, super talented, and congrats on the new baby! 👍🏾

I just love parlor guitars and this one is perhaps the best I've ever seen. Congrats on this and the other baby. As always, beautiful playing. : )

Oh, congratulations on your baby! I love watching your videos, and some of your sounds are so fresh and cleanly played.

Congrats on the baby, Paul! Blessings to you and your family. I'm sure I wouldn't sound much better on that guitar than my own, but you sound fantastic with it.

I love my small guitar too. It’s just so intimate and responsive to being played lightly. It does have a lower ceiling for playing loud, but you know, just like healthy singing has a threshold for producing sound that’s good before you reach for a microphone, so too does every instrument. If it’s a smaller and quieter instrument, I think it’s fun to play that instrument the way that it sounds best, and not to look at that as a con unless you NEED a louder instrument.

Thanks Paul for your hard work and your passion. This is my preferred guitar channel. 3.25millions subscribers... That's an audience. You deserve it. Ad I hope you make a good living out of it. Thanks for your service. You are a dude.

What a gorgeous sounding and looking guitar! I love small body guitars. Yours might be my favorite I’ve ever seen. Thank you for sharing!

The intonation!

The more artistically beautiful a guitar is, the more you want to play. Beautiful.

That’s a lovely guitar. Congratulations on the addition to your family.

Congrats on your new baby...and your new guitar. 🙃 LOVE Collings, especially their 12 fret Waterloo...but this one just wows...Nerd on, Paul, while the rest of us will live vicariously through this video. 🧡

I found a little 1953 Regal Parlor some years back and immediately fell in love with it. Light and comfortable... Lamination cracked - the resonance is beautiful... By far my favorite and most played guitar.

cool... always amazed by the depth you get from small bodied or "parlour" guitars.. I love my little Yairi as it constantly surprises me, and others, with its complexity. The guitar you have there is exquisite in tone and appearance... I feel you're allowed to be picky when you're getting something built to your specs! Bravo!! I guess there should be a shout out to Collings also for the quality of workmanship which shines out..

Dude I’m so happy ambers embrace is on Spotify now I was in love with this song!!!

Congrats Paul on birth of baby but OMG that dent on day 1. Ay Carumba. Still, it is done, and that is one hell of a beautiful guitar and you so deserve it. I've been trying to practice that tune since you first played it on one of your earlier Drop D videos and it's so great to see it blossom into amber's embrace. Rock on, man.

You are perfectly you Paul.💛 Love you custom made guitar, the sound is amazing!! Its a jewel💎keep on with all your amzingness, humour, love and beautiful sounds❤

Amber’s Embrace is going to be one of the most iconic fingerstyle songs in history. I have never heard a song that spoke to me the way this one does, it has such a calming feeling to it.

Congrats on the new addition to your family. As for the piece of wood, I wish I had a piece of wood like that. Sounds fantastic.

I have always loved a small acoustic. you are 100% right about the balance of highs and lows

Absolutely gorgeous guitar, both in looks and sound. Congratulations on getting such an incredible instrument!

In a way, it’s a good thing to get that first ding out the way, and kinda nice that it was done by your kid. Adds character/history, and now you don’t need to be so worried about it.

What an amazing and full sound! Has an amazing balance between single notes, chords and strumming--and holds the volume and fullness like no other I have ever heard! When does the signature model go into limited production?

loved your video. i don't really know why, i'm not even a musician. but that beautiful guitar both visually and audio quality is a thing of beauty. your love and happiness with this beautiful instrument is infectious and made me happy just watching your joy and appreciation of this instument. thank you for sharing your experience.

Thank you for sharing your love of this guitar. I can definitely relate as I have a custom built OO 12 fret slotted head guitar given to me as a surprise birthday present by my good friend at Sumner Guitars. And congrats on fatherhood!

That’s a beautiful guitar, dude. Congrats! ❤

Hey Paul, yet again a lovely video ! Don’t worry about choosing topics for your videos. I would say most of your audience loves your channel because of the way you are able to express your passion for the guitar. It is warm and welcoming and I personally really enjoy all of the videos!

Congratulations on both of your new additions to your family Love the single 0 look and sound

Beautiful guitar! I get why you love it.. because it suits your style so well, and you are one of my guitar journey inspirations. I have now added this piece of art to my wish list! ❤🎸🎼🎶🎵

I’m a SUCKER for the smaller body/parlor style guitars. Ever since George Gruhn showed me his collection of Martins, I’ve been absolutely ate up with them. It truly is a special thing to find one that can project so much sound and complexity out of such a small body. Very happy for BOTH your new additions 😉

Congrats on being a dad! Such a beautiful instrument.

My oh my - what a beautiful sounding guitar. Your guitar is more than just functional art.

Congrats on your new baby! That is an amazing guitar love the slotted head stock.

Congratulations on the new human! Fatherhood changed my life so much for the better. Bon voyage! Oh, and sick new guitar. BTW, if you don’t already know, Rockabye Baby is awesome for nap time (I was fond of the Radiohead one).

I never took any notice in the smaller guitars. I didn't think badly of them, I simply didn't think about them. Then one day I was handed a Baby Taylor to repair and service for a friend. As I finished, installing the strings and bringing it back into tune, I was struck instantly with the even tones and the volume resonating from the smallest guitar that I had ever held. The sound was so amazing that a song spontaneously emerged, seemingly emanating from the instrument itself in thanks for the care. It has been many years since then and I still occasionally strum that song, but the feeling usually pales when I remember the sounds given by that surprisingly impressive little guitar.

There is something absolutely magical in the bright resonance of certain guitars of this size - a certain brilliance to the tone from high to low that I *think* this guitar of yours seems to have. It's something you can only be certain of when holding the guitar in your hands and playing it yourself; but I have experienced it and... wow. This Collings is beautiful. There's nothing "superficial" about how pleasing the craftsmanship is, both in the sound and the guitar's appearance with the beautiful inlay work on this one.

I played a Santa Cruz firefly and it was exceptional. I loved how like you said the notes and chords were so balanced, it just sounded like a recorded guitar... so easy to play and inspiring

Visually beautiful, sonically just to die for. Love that guitar

Paul, great congrats on your custom Collings!! Adi bracing? I had 3 back in the day. In the 90's I thought Collings made the most exquisite instruments available despite all the other gifted builders. Bill and team totally ROCK! It's a piece of visual and musical art. So glad you're so happy about it. Enjoy.

Now that was beautiful Paul! There could be nothing better than to see someone like yourself absolutely overjoyed with any guitar. As a guitar maker, this is the dream of overflowing satisfaction with something that so much effort and time was put into. I, personally, have never cared for small body guitars, with one exception. The single O, done correctly has intrigued me from time to time. I tip my hat to Collings on this one and congratulate you on your success in this investment. And your child is just pricelessly precious!!! God Bless You and your family!

Love this video! Your Collings looks as stunning as it sounds, quite a remarkable instrument. It is surely in the right hands too!!

Congratulations on both of your new babies Paul! I don't usually leave comments, but I've been following your videos for a few years now, and wanted to say that you really are one of the gems of KZfaq. I wish you well in the next chapter of your life. P.S. Family first ; )

You're not supposed to popularize these '0' models until I'm done collecting 😅 That is one SPECIAL guitar you have there! I hope it brings you a lifetime of joy to you!

Appreciating a beautiful piece of art that hold deep meaning for you is absolutely not superficial. Totally perfect guitar.

Congrats on the baby! A child doesn't just change how you love, it changes your whole capacity to love. Keep up the good work brother.

In the end we all come back to the acoustic guitar Great guitar man!

Beautiful instrument, congratulations on being a father!

That's a beautiful guitar and a grreat sound. I, especially liked the sound quality of the individual strings contrasted with the chords. It's a winner..... congratulations!

Congrats my good friend Paul, it is a blessing to be a father and your family seems have inspired you to this stunning guitar, best regards from ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿