PAUL REED SMITH 01 | TED McCARTY - Mentor & How they built guitars in the 50's

CustomGuitarVideo.com | Ted McCarty was a true pioneer of the development of the electric guitar. He served as president of the Gibson Guitar Company from 1950 to 1966. In the late 1980's Paul Reed Smith hired him as a consultant for PRS Guitars. He became a mentor and a true friend. In May 2004 Gourmet Guitars was invited to Paul's river house for a casual interview. Paul shared some of the old stories he heard from Ted with us. This is how they really built guitars in the 1950's. Cameo appearance of Les Paul. Enjoy.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Paul Reed Smith
• Guitar
• Luthier
• Ted McCarty
• Mentor
• Story
• How to
• Les Paul

[AndySan]

"I don't think that OSHA would let you do that anymore."

Lol!

[breathingincolor]

" u know! " haha

[theflavasava2]

@reedyroo1

hes a teenager, relax.

[MrBurst62]

@reedyroo1 That's a shitty thing to say about someones kid.

[reedyroo1]

Paul's son is the biggest fag. Like, buddy shut up ... Men r talking

[subjulio]

GLORY!!!

[dwg116]

Paul is a great story teller. Great interview.

[Satchmoeddie]

With the right equipment or an on site safety engineer OSHA would allow heated lacquer, but probably not wood resin dripped on an oven floor. I used to work where they blew apart jet engines on purpose, among other things. I don't think I ever saw OSHA there once either, but we seldom had any injuries, and I do not know of any deaths or uncontrolled fires either. I heat thick lacquer and spray it. The key is no temp above flash point sparks and a pressure relief valve. I toured Gibson in 1976.

[MrMagicrobbie]

jesus christ paul has an annoying voice

[pleximanic]

@theruley

And they had access to old growth lightweight Honduras Mahogany! 

[theruley]

I think that is a very key statement to why the 50's era gibsons were so great-"they knew what they were doing"