Vince Gill Struggles to Let Go of His Beloved Guitars

NasH2O Auction Launch Party. Hard Rock Cafe, Nashville. October 12, 2010.

[@DrBill-zv5dx]

Vince Gill is so modest and humble, you could live next door to him for 20 years, and if you weren’t into County music you’d never know he was either. He’d be the first to help you if you needed any. My neighbour Tony had stage 4 brain cancer and he was always the first and only to help me. Play it forward. Only love can save us all. ❤️

[@D6EH]

Vince has got to be the most humble, genuine nice guy in the music business.

[@darlastone4159]

Dr.Bill I Have Been A Fan of Vince Gill For Many years I Play Vince Gill Days And Nights And Wake up And Play Nothing But Vince Gill And He Has A Voice That Sent To Him From Heaven His Voice Is the Sweetest I have ever heard Ever.Take Care and Be safe Always 😷 💗 ❤ God Bless You Always And Forever 🙏🙏😇😷

[@mtobrien1]

Decent, incredibly talented man. He's a national treasure.

[@SuperMissDaisey]

Indeed Vince is truly one of a kind.

[@copflyer6569]

I still have my 1957 Fender Musicmaster that I bought new with my paper route money when I was 12 years old. I almost sold it one time when times were tough, but I just couldn’t part with it. It brings back so many great memories of growing up.

[@Petermusic1965]

a real genuine gentleman and a fantastic guitarist -singer

[@crlguitar1]

Vince Gill, a truly fine human being....And what a talent!

[@mragunathan1627]

i know it sounds terrible but i couldnt help but laugh when Vince choked up, but i know id cry too if god forbid anything happen to my Om-21

[@jimzander529]

6 String Fan I

[@richardgarcia2121]

6 String Fan ii

[@RoyHoward8]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYSziXd3jZl2n5o Hava Nagila THE BEST VERSION

[@tommettert1450]

Vince is a Master Guitarist and a terriffic vocalist ! What a huge talent he is .

[@michaelcooper3425]

Have a Rickenbacker 4001 that I bought in 1980 with a Peavy TNT 100 for $500. Played in a house band for 3 years in early 2000's. The other guys would leave theirs but I never risked it and took it home every night. In '81 I picked up a newer Telecaster for $400 that I later traded for a VCR after I got married....yeah, I was an idiot.

[@snakemansnakes1]

Always a pleasure to listen to Vince Gill. He tells it well! many thanks for sharing.

[@brendacoone9814]

Love Vince. He is a blessing from God to help us here on this Earth.

[@colinmc4058]

If l could meet any music star on earth it would be Vince Gill, the reason being he's genuine.

[@hgholson6495]

I was fortunate enough to meet him out by his bus before a show. We were 2 hrs early. He spoke with my Gf and I such a great guy !

[@Chrismayo1981]

I sold my 1964 Gibson es-330TDC to pay for school. I am still upset 8 years later... 1957 p90's loaded in it... road worn and sounded fantastic...

[@guitarlessons205]

Sorry u had 2 do that..

[@stonemichaels1774]

I think I would have just donated cash, honestly. lol.

[@dandiego7298]

The more I know about Vince, the more I really like him. What a genuine, nice human being.

[@tesssummerville9588]

Dan Diego he’s adorable 😍

[@tysonholt7466]

What a class act, and great guy. Would love to just sit and chat with this man.

[@DeadDogSanders]

+Tyson Holt and FINE ASSED AXE PLAYER TOO DEEP RESPECTS FOR the Vinsters!

[@iangraham6351]

Such an awesome story. You only need one guitar. And now he’s an Eagle!

[@onefatstratcat]

I didn't know he could play football?

[@GretschProf]

It's good to see him paying forward. A lot of people wouldn't. If I had a hat, it would be off to you now Vince Gill.

[@ericw751]

I wish I could meet Vince in person though I would be speechless. He is not only a star. He is the model of a good man. Thanks Vince.

[@tesssummerville9588]

Eric W I wish the true fans like us could do a meet. And greet . He is so talented, humble all around good man☺️

[@JamieHoltBanjo]

I met him briefly once and he was such a nice man. It was one of the greatest honors of my life to meet Vince Gill.

[@CrazyHenkie777]

I don't know this man, but I'm moved by his story. Seems like a real nice person to me... The world needs more people like this.

[@albertgunter640]

dead ass broke..DEAD ASS BROKE..man that describes me today...I'm not hanging here no more...screw this...

[@theunknown4570]

I've pawned a few very nice guitars. And one in particular i lost. Will haunt me everyday for the rest of my life. But i was desperate and had no options. Damn me for putting myself in those positions. However. I do take some measure of solace knowing that everything is fleeting and impermanent. Cant take it with you when you go. it is a great practice in the art of "letting go"

[@bobertramirez6456]

What an absolutely beautiful man and gifted musician.

[@BaktaBak3]

Vince Gill is a great person . Totally understand how he feels regarding his guitars. Even if you only have two guitars that mean so much to you .....which one do you save in an emergency situation if you can only save one ??.......... :-( May only be able to save you , family, pets and have to leave everything else behind. :-(

[@daveblevins3322]

Vince, you are one of the finest and most decent men I have had the pleasure of watching and listening to. Amy is a blessing to you as well. Thank you for your music and your heart for God. I am always inspired by your songs.

[@bernadettebarry3099]

He has a beautiful family his mum dad were very supportive and encouraging in early childhood we should all try to take a leaf out vinces book thank you

[@snaggletooth7031]

Aww poor guy,,only a 150 guitars ,all worth big cash

[@tahoma6889]

Good guys are becoming more rare. Vince shines in the role.

[@balerjohnson3099]

I have bought and sol dozens of guitars and brass instruments .. The brass came to me from my business including a 1926 Conn Alto Sax and everything from a flutes to tubas. The guitars were for me because I try to play from time to time and I understand letting go of a guitar that you love is indeed painful . They hold music and memories ...I sure love Vince , fellow Okie .

[@Emily-kn7iw]

Guy is simply magic!

[@544w71]

Look closely and you will see his t shirt, it says, “Love one woman, many vintage guitars.” I have the same t shirt, never have seen anybody else wear one. And I love this man, his temperament, his talent, his vocal ablilty, and his taste in women . . .er, I mean woman 😀

[@richardwheeler3768]

I had one of those shirts as well. I miss that shirt.

[@garypaquin9571]

So why is his first wife still so pissed off at him? She raised their two daughters while he hooked up with the righteous Amy Grant. I believe she has a first husband who got dumped after she got famous. Hipocracy.

[@Kyuzio]

@@garypaquin9571 Don't even go there. Unless you know all the facts, you only know what the tabloids printed and they were wrong. And Vince and Janis Oliver had only one daughter that he definitely helped raise. He didn't "hook up" with Amy until he had been divorced for 2 or 3 years. And Amy didn't "dump" Gary Chapman after she got famous, she already had platinum albums and a Grammy or two (as well as multiple Dove Awards) 10 years before they split. They had a 17 year marriage that had its ups and downs. They divorced over irreconcilable differences.

[@kentbeery8653]

He's everything you'd think he is......Great Man

[@murrayw72]

He didn't have to tell the story of only needing one guitar hahaha my girl friend just watched the video... how can I ever convince her to love yet another guitar in our house... 10 guitars would be a magic number lol almost there now, but Vince had to go say that lol

[@murrayw72]

haha... trust me she knows... Ive gone through many trades and purchases with her... I've got my gigging guitars but always have room for more!! She cringes when I say Im going to the store to buy strings.. cause sometimes they come attached to a guitar.

[@barbarawengert4198]

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[@kevincolliss2877]

Same. I was going to show my wife this vidio ...not now😁 I'm at about 10 guitars myself and still always looking for the next better one. Each guitar has there own songs in them

[@richardwheeler3768]

Ask her if she noticed his shirt: "Love one woman...many vintage guitars". I used to have the same shirt...it wore out.

[@ScrewballMcAdams]

Man, I know that feeling of how attached to our instruments we musicians can be.

[@kenrdz3992]

Hell if I had all the guitars I've ever owned i couldn't be able to walk in my house

[@JohnMartin-th9zh]

Never thought about guitars this way, but it’s true they are like “photo books”. I bought a Gibson acoustic my first semester of college with some money I had saved up, and I played every little bar in 3 states surrounding mine with a band. I made so many memories doing what I loved and keeping the lights on doing it. That guitar is like a piece of me now and I’m going to pass it down to my kids one day to have something to remember me by.

[@lhk1951]

vince gill-- a pro's pro. an awesome player and a better human being. what a class act.

[@bigstick5278]

I remember when Dan Fogelberg's cancer came back, Gruhn Guitars in Nashville was selling off all his life long road gear to pay for his treatment. That was sad.

[@guitarDad100]

Wow. That is sad to hear. RIP Dan Fogelberg.

[@cappystrano1]

That’s cool to help out but the only reason is they are all damaged from the flood.😩

[@denisjl100]

you don't like it don't listen to it. you got nothing good to say, say nothing. that is my right to freedom and expression.

[@carolbiggs722]

I think hes lovely wish he would come to UK

[@gtuni55]

Vince. . You were given to this,world to touch so many hearts .. to touch our souls with your beautiful talents. It's so nice to see how much a box of wood and strings touches YOUR soul talking about YOUR guitars. ..

[@tesssummerville9588]

Love love love Vince Gill. I listen to his stories about his old man over and over. 😂

[@songsfromspringcreekave821]

How I love Vince Gill!

[@hectorsalinasisback]

These spoiled rockstar crybabies should take a lesson from Doug Sahm, the leader of the Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornados, The Texas Mavericks and The Formerly Brothers. When Doug's tour bus crashed into a lake, he retreived his vintage 1960s double bound Fender Telecaster and had it repaired and refinished. Doug continued to play it and use it on tours for years, before giving it to his son Shawn, who currently leads the new version of the Texas Tornados with Augie Meyers and Flaco Jimenez.

[@jasonatkins6926]

I met him in 2003 and he is one humbled man.

[@secretagent86]

what a nice guy

[@paulagomez6775]

I love his warm, mellow voice but I know he thinks of himself as a musician first. And when he talks about his guitars, he's not talking about them as just music instruments. When he holds a guitar, he's looking at the music in the hollow and in the wood and every part that it takes to build those special Martin guitars. We see a guitar. He sees the music and grieves over the lost music in those damaged guitars.

[@eddieprice6145]

Vince Gill is a true man who seems very sincere in his singing and very honest in the songs that he has written. He gives me the impression that he would be an easy person to talk with. I would love to see Vince,Ricky Skaggs and Patty Lovelace all together in one concert. Then be able to talk with all three together one day.

[@hectorsalinasisback]

The man to the right of Vince wearing the glasses and striped jacket, is that John Jorgenson from The Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters?

[@twelvemeister]

vince is an awesome player . he;ll never be short of a guitar to play

[@dalegroves1918]

Everything has a story, music is life transformed.

[@therealawakener7]

What a great guy. What an amazing player.

[@imacomputerbuddie]

Vince sought the help of Jeff Newman as i did like vince the steel defeated me as well

[@rabokarabekian409]

"I had this newer Martin that wasn't very good." Look into that.

[@phillippasteur3904]

Did Vince donate this guitar to a charity or a museum?

[@lastofthemohicans1]

Great storyteller

[@myjames48]

It must be a great dealing to own any amount of works of art ( guitars ) but as Amy plainly put it, you can only play one at a time. That has been my Motto from the start. To those who are blessed to own many guitars in any collection, you are blessed beyond measure. I own a Hohner , Strat shaped, has a better neck than any Strat I have had the opportunity to hold, and I doubt if I ever will own a Strat, or a Telecaster, which would be my option if afforded the opportunity to acquire. So yes, only one played at any given time is what it is. Vince is my all-time Guitar, singer ,song writer muso. !!! I can tell he is a humble man . !!!!

[@bigstick5278]

Sweat Pea is a great guy..

[@addicted2tone349]

I remember that flood like it was yesterday.. We lost a lot of Nashville that day.

[@ebay9302]

Wow, Very sorry but some wacko was using my computer; must have been someone at work. Please disregard those horrid emails. Peace and love to all...

[@albertgunter640]

Amy Grant...she was right..you just need one guitar..I wished I had a woman who believed in me as much..i would move mountians...

[@dbarber1013]

If you've ever owned and played a guitar you'll understand what he's talking about. I've got 11 of them that I play, and I'm not even very good. But each one is a work of art that sounds and feels just a little different from the others. My wife calls me a guitar foster parent. I buy broken ones, fix them up, give them some love, then keep some of them, and send others to new homes for "parents" to enjoy them.

[@bigstick5278]

Doug Barber::: :Build one from scratch for yourself, like having a piece of your self. They just play the way you want them to. All that sanding and shaping the neck to your custom liking no one can do it better than you. I'm a lefty and couldn't find a Custom shop swamp ash blond Black Guard Tele or justify paying ridicules amount of money. Mine came from all thing a 12 foot scaffolding plank covered in cement left in my friends yard, one piece solid light swamp ash. We got like seven guitars out of it and one J-Bass from the scrap.

[@dogwood8031]

Does anybody know if Vince kept any of the guitars in the flood? If any, which ones?

[@Dad84]

Dog Wood I saw a thing the other day he was talking to I think primer guitar and he had an old thin line telecaster that was saved from the flood. After he got it back from joe glasser after repairs he used it on the Bakersfield album to record The Fighting Side Of Me

[@GARYROBERTALLEN1]

not sure. i saw him at a pancake house in nashville but i didn't talk to him

[@BarchettaValveAmp]

I think if i had that much money in instruments i would have a building on my property to keep them in.

[@spicecrop]

It wasn't just storage, it was a rehearsal studio where all the pros would practice and rehearse. A lot of big names lost their stuff. But Yeah I would keep most of my stuff at home to.

[@shaunmcinnis1960]

And high on a hill maybe..haha

[@gregamerson9172]

He's got a studio at his house n a whole bunch of guitars there too

[@nickwilson4383]

It would be truly amazing to see those instruments in the hands of young musicians instead of sitting in a collection. I always play the same two guitars.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

It's sad but building anything in a floodplain is not very wise.

[@braddietzmusic2429]

I struggle to let go of my beloved guitars and basses. 😕

[@lastpatriot4America]

What a talent. What a guy.

[@mavelyngooden9497]

If every one did have the heart mind and love and consider others like vince this world would be a better place

[@loulopez8891]

No finer man , musician and just regular guy. I will ALWAYS hold him as a standard.

[@general5886]

DONT SELL YOUR GUITARS

[@drkfive]

Classy guy.

[@cgavin1]

Don't know the details around this event but why would you store so many rare guitars on a flood plane without having any flood protection? Is that a thing?

[@navblue20]

You might want to read up on the detalls. That Nashville flood was a record setter-much of the area including a chunk of downtown Nashville-they had to move the Grand Ol Opry back to Ryman because the present home was flooded.

[@markjohnson9485]

As a guitarist, I've given away my guitars to people who needed them. I learned long ago that I could be a third or fourth owner of that guitar. And unless it is destroyed, it may have 15 to 20 more owners after I'm gone, so why worry about a material thing so much that it makes me selfish??

[@sheila9893]

Not dumb at all them there 🎸are your bread and butter your lively good,but Amy is so right ya just need one to make sad loving songs ✌️❤️ to y'all

[@tahoma6889]

One damn good wife.

[@DougPratt-bu8vm]

That guy is the living embodiment of the "Golden Rule".

[@colinpadley1897]

What a lovely man, but we're they auctioned off? would have loved to have seen the auction

[@martydibergi5228]

John Jorgenson is an awesome human being and sooo talented check out the the Hellecasters

[@GARYROBERTALLEN1]

a country boy can survive

[@tesssummerville9588]

gary allen hank JR wishes he could be as talented and respectful like vince!!!!

[@charlesallen9693]

Did he ever, donate money to the Waverly High School Band?

[@kurdtacolbain731]

I wish I could have a newer Martin that's not very good. :)

[@KevinODonnelltelebanger]

I would never worry about gruhn guitars personally. We should support local music shops that cater towards the working musician.

[@MrAzflyman]

Kevin ODonnell Yeah you're right, no working musician's shop at Gruhn's. Think about your foolish statement.

[@KevinODonnelltelebanger]

It was a good place for Japanese guitar investors. He wouldn't even take a guitar off the wall to look at it.

[@MrAzflyman]

Kevin ODonnell Do you actually think before you post anything? Why do you think Vince was worried about "George's place" (realize and note the first name basis)? Surly your can't believe the things you are saying either that or you are a troll.

[@KevinODonnelltelebanger]

I guess if your a big star like vince gill he kisses their ass. If your a working musician he could care less. That's why he's out of business. I never knew any musician that worked on Lower broad would even step foot in that place for a pack of strings. Take a small trip down to Corner music and avoid all the bloated high cost guitars and jerk attitude.

[@MrAzflyman]

Kevin ODonnell Sound like jealousy and sour grapes talkin' to me. I don't know why you are so butthurt about Gruhn's, they are very much still in business, celebrating their 45th year. I never experienced the "bloated high cost guitars and jerk attitude" you describe on my 3 visits. I picked up an old D-35 while I was there, I paid about what they go for anywhere for an exceptional sounding example. I was dressed to the 9's when I went in, Key overalls, a t-shirt, and flip flops.

[@MrMercy1966]

That was Awesome 👏

[@derbypreston5547]

To me ...... and trust.... I could go on about Vince till you stopped me ...... but. Amy ....... she’s got to be God’s gift to many .... but to Vince ..... here take all my guitars but not Amy please lord NO

[@dransfan100]

A gent!

[@franciscoavendano1013]

Bueno

[@oisinmccloskey6299]

Such a soothing voice

[@tomtom6319]

He had no problem getting rid of his other wife

[@dgb1952]

God gives us things to use, not hold tightly.

[@denisjl100]

don barker. i have a crucifix in my house that has been in my family for seventy years. it doesn't have a use except for my beliefs and what i cherish. you couldn't offer me enough money for that cross and i'm not a rich man. this is a momento that reminds me of my grandfather, father and mother. we all have something we cherish even you i think so before you judge check your own bag.

[@thatgirl626]

Don’t get rid of any of your guitars Vince,I don’t want you to be sad< not ever. Your a great one those guitars are a. Part of you, Amy said a comforting message for you and you tested up. Love and Adore you Vince and your Amy.

[@MarcAmAlb]

What a nice guy. Not too shabby with a guitar too.

[@martymcmannis9121]

She's right, can only play one at a time. I know that it was a huge loss, but they are material things. Can't take them with us.

[@scundoalex]

I have the same affliction. You grow very attached to them.

[@johnnymup]

What a good guy.

[@robertflagg2461]

If Eric Clapton was God then Vince Gill has got to be Jesus!

[@TeddyswimsMusicxx]

I'm honored to have you as a fan Robert thank you so much , have you been to any of my concert ?

[@04Mscentrum]

mscentrum04: Well, many of the YOU TUBE comments are foolishly laced with profanity, & childish name-calling.Knock it off,guys.Send e-mails to people you know.Or? Not.........Better idea.

[@chuckHart70]

Nothing wrong with having a lot of guitars, until you see the strings aging so fast you cant change them quick enough... Find a kid who wants to play is way better than having them collect dust ... IMO.

[@ARTPAINTING101]

Of course if you can employ a full time guitar tech you dont have to worry about that

[@hermitrecluse4887]

A materialism world

[@danherrick5785]

Notice he gave away a Gibson - nice but - not holy...

[@TeddyswimsMusicxx]

Thank you so much Dan have you been to any of my concert ?

[@c7i6abc]

I sent you an youtube email, check your inbox (KZbin) It gives info or where to learn more about Vince.

[@SuperMissDaisey]

I adore Vince Gill