Leaning On The Everlasting Arms

A classic hymn played on my Collings Builder’s Choice 001 guitar.

[@752brickie]

Thank you Bob and GOD BLESS YOU and keep on playing ! You have no idea how much of a blessing your music is !

[@richlundy2372]

Thanks for showing us once again that great guitar picking does not necessarily consist of playing many notes as fast as possible

[@Btfly43]

Amen!

[@rodneyyarbrough6524]

Absolutely beautiful. Cleanest player in Nashville

[@allanmandell]

What a fine sound, unhurried, flowing and full of human touch … thanks for giving us something to aspire to

[@woodbutcherjc]

Very nicely done. I love flatpicking the old gospel songs.

[@williamreed6360]

Beautiful clean playing. Mind and hands all in snyc. If your ever looking for a neighbor that will be dead quiet while your playing out on the porch let me know

[@davismusicalinstruments]

This beats any of the hot guitar players out there today. Not that Bob can't do that too, but he takes a simple melody and makes it amazing. Sitting here again on a Friday night listening to it.

[@beranbr]

The fret hand is incredibly efficient, and the picking hand is truly impeccable. But what sets you apart is the sould the oozes out of every single note you play. So amazing.

[@GoodGuysCarry]

Thank you for taking the time to record and post this! God Bless!

[@injeralover]

Love this. Looking forward to even more hymns in this style.

[@chrischarles1468]

Beautiful. One of my favorite hymns.

[@OhiaMagnolia]

I love guitar and I've been playing since I was a 14. While I have improved, whenever I see/hear something like this, I just have to wonder what it's like to be that good. Simply stunning, thank you for posting.

[@rbfour5]

Love this old hymn- beautifully played! 🙏❤️

[@davismusicalinstruments]

Bob, that was absolutely beautiful as usual.

[@niceguy4928]

Great to see you have your own sound. Beautiful Awesome 👏

[@jacobfleener8501]

Thats some beautiful pickin!

[@69telecasterplayer]

Beautiful! Well done! I love the porch ambiance too.

[@markbyrum4743]

Beautiful job! I enjoyed meeting you at Nashville Flatpicking Camp last Friday (I have the 1971 D-35 you tried). Wonderful picking. Very sweet!

[@abelseppala3734]

Thanks for the arrangement’s. Enjoy listening to them

[@mikereilly5]

Beauteous and glorious, Bob.

[@deanebruner2396]

Beautiful song and playing. Your BC looks and sounds stunning. Wow.

[@ALRIGHTdieBand]

Bravo, like and Greetings my friend 😊💕🎶

[@StevenMooney-f4y]

Thank you Bob I love your music and I still using that pick you gave me at the St Louis Flatpik camp.

[@timmattingly6613]

Beautiful rendition, Bob .... Thanks for sharing .

[@zzcanasta]

Wonderful, inspirational playing, as ever, on a beautiful guitar (as ever). I've started to use short clips of your YT videos in my guitar teaching to try to demonstrate to students what a flatpick is really for, and to get students to try to copy some of your techniques and incorporate them into their own playing. All of them so far - whatever their musical tastes - have admitted to being mind-blown by the music that you create. And all of them have improved, some beyond recognition. Love and best wishes from the UK, Bob.

[@missouriboy66]

@@zzcanasta thanks for the kind and encouraging words.

[@zzcanasta]

@@missouriboy66 You're more than welcome. I hope you've at least picked up some more subscribers as a result of what I've been showing my students. Have you ever considered making an instructional video of some of your techniques?

[@missouriboy66]

@@zzcanasta I wouldn’t even know where to start ;-).

[@zzcanasta]

@@missouriboy66 I love your modesty...☺

[@Jgraytn]

Simply Beautiful!

[@mmypainting]

Excellent playing, clean, soulful, compelling.

[@JAKO_OFFICIALYT]

you play that song well!

[@lukes_guitars_]

Everything's so sweet! Amazing tone and playing. Congrats! 🎸

[@jasonyancey7099]

Great job Bob! Love it!

[@bilnjan]

Super sweet .

[@archiedees2866]

God Bless you sir.

[@fatjohnnydepp]

Amazing!!!!!!

[@Lumby612]

Fantastic!

[@FrankCoPenn]

Beautiful

[@johnbruno6868]

Them left hand fingers sure do work good!

[@Ashton-mx2bg]

unreal, thanks for posting

[@davismusicalinstruments]

Bob, keep coming back to listen to this, it's fantastic.

[@1952banjo]

Very nice

[@ALRIGHTdieBand]

💕

[@Christ-is-King-]

Amazing

[@MarkMcCluney]

Thanks mate. I needed that.

[@johnmarkgates1602]

Love it, rockin a hill country?

[@missouriboy66]

@@johnmarkgates1602 sorta ;-). It’s the first 001 short scale with the bare peghead face and poured guard, but not the rest of the HC appointments. It’s one of my favorite guitars…

[@bilnjan]

John 3:16. Well done.

[@davidbostic4821]

making that guitar talk wow

[@TuneThis51]

❤

[@jeffmcdonald7882]

Seriously…if I could play like anyone on the planet it would be Bob.

[@marknormaldayclay5388]

I could listen to that all day. My Uncle John played just like that. Beautiful. What tuning are you using in this song? Thanks, and Blessings!!!😊 Oh I think i saw a standard "g" shape ... standard tuning?

[@noahvernick4351]

Great playing as always. What pick are you using?

[@kellyreed8714]

After you record and upload the song do you still remember them are do you forget them? I’m finding it harder to remember solo acoustic songs than it was for learning rock songs.

[@missouriboy66]

@@kellyreed8714 oh I can’t remember what I did ;-)…

[@garyleek]

perfectly sublime guitar, pickin'...and cabin! Really clean recording - I don't see a mic though.

[@missouriboy66]

@@garyleek it’s there ;-). I use an Apogee Hype Mic just out of sight into an iPhone.

[@garyleek]

@@missouriboy66 That's an incredibly cool guitar, so well balanced, and your clean playing is a great combination.

[@markskywalker71]

@@missouriboy66 Hi Bob, how far is the Hype Mic from the guitar? And which setting do you use? I really like how your recording are so crystal clear.

[@missouriboy66]

@@markskywalker71 the mic is maybe 12” away, and I just use the normal setting, no compression. I just set the level.

[@markskywalker71]

@@missouriboy66 Thank ypu

[@bobstolkin342]

Lovely playing, as always Bob. Curious, is it an adi top on the 001? I've been wanting a Collings 00, and that one sounds incredible.

[@missouriboy66]

@@bobstolkin342 this one is the reclaimed Sitka. I’ve always been an Adi guy, but this one swayed me ;-).

[@bobstolkin342]

@@missouriboy66 Thanks. Is that the same as what they call Old Growth Sitka? Also, is it a Traditional? I seriously want one exactly like it!

[@missouriboy66]

@@bobstolkin342 yes Old Growth.

[@jeffmcdonald7882]

In………credible. Does Bob ever play a solo gig?

[@missouriboy66]

@@jeffmcdonald7882 I’ve considered house concerts.

[@jeffmcdonald7882]

@@missouriboy66 wow. Awesome. Great to hear from you. I’m mesmerized by your incredible playing. Thanks for sharing those videos!!