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@justinlivesay 5 ай бұрын
Hi Fred, just wondering if you could please tell me where did you get the fine tuning mechanisms for the sympathetics and what they are called Thanks so much … novice lover of sympathetics on guitar here 🙏🏻
@FredCarlson 5 ай бұрын
Hi Justin; thanks for your interest! Those are violin fine tuners, usually just used on the metal first string of a violin. There are several types available from violin supply catalogs; I think those ones are called "Uni-Midget". You might try "Eastman Music" or: "Metropolitan Music", or just do a Google search for them. Good luck! Fred
@justinlivesay 5 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for the response, one more question, the sympathetics sound like they are tuned an octave lower than normal sympathetics (on say a sitar for example) is that correct and is there a reason why you didn’t go for the higher octave? More resonance? Less stress on the neck? Or is it just that it’s a baritone guitar tuned to low A? Just wondering as I’m building a couple and first attemp worked wonderfully but has put too much tension on the neck causing an existing neck bend to get worse and making tuning difficult Also wondering what what your thoughts are for a hollow neck box for the sympathetics, do you think this would create more resonance and amplification of the sympathetics, I appreciate your answers as I am a novice modifying 12 string guitars with no luthier skills, but am on a mission because I’m in love with the sound of the sympathetic resonance Thanks so much Justin
@FredCarlson 4 ай бұрын
@@justinlivesay Hi Justin, I developed my tuning of sympathetic strings based initially on what were the thinnest strings easily available, which turned out to be .008". I found that with my system of running the sympathetics inside the neck (making them all the same length) , the highest pitch I could reliably get without breaking strings was a G note (the G of a guitar 1st string in standard tuning fretted at the 3rd fret). I occasionally tuned one or two symps up to the A above that, but the danger of breaking a string that has to be threaded inside the neck to replace discouraged me from doing that much. So, my tuning would start at that G and go down to about the G an octave below that (the same G as the 3rd string of a guitar in standard tuning). I would increase the string gauge as necessary, but usually keeping them pretty thin, maybe .010" or .012" at the thickest/lowest pitched. I found that mostly .008" worked best all around. The thicker you go, the more energy it takes to excite the string, so at some point you lose response. On the other hand, if you go too thin (I used .006" for a while, which is harder to get) the string doesn't put out enough volume to heard well. I also have made several instruments with sympathetic strings running outboard, off to one side of the neck, or across the top. In those cases, I was able use a variety of string lengths, so selecting appropriate gauges was a different story. I've also experimented with using thicker strings for sympathetics, including wound strings. I have had some success using something like a wound guitar G/3rd string (maybe about .020"?), but the response is not great...it just takes too much energy to get that fat a string moving.
@justinlivesay 4 ай бұрын
@@FredCarlson wow that helps a lot thank you 🙏 I hope you don’t mind but would love to ask about the bridge as well, as I’m using a sitar sympathetic bridge which works quite well, have you tried one on any of your guitars? Your sympathetic bridge on the tap root is amazingly effective, was it hard to get the jawari at a correct angle? could you please recommend wood and metal type to use for this and lastly is the pick up a standard piezo under saddle type ? I appreciate your advise so much as I believe if I incorporate fine tuners I will need a wider bridge and I constantly marvel at the amazing multiple effects you have built into the taproot just WOW !!🙏 I saw another build not sure who made it, but it incorporated a tampura running down one side of the neck to great effect, I almost wonder if the increased angle of the tampura jawari would give better sympathetic response than a standard sitar Bridge …
@FredCarlson 4 ай бұрын
@@justinlivesay Yeah, it's incredibly hard to get the angle and subtle curve of the jiwari just right; I spend hours on that! Traditionally they are made from bone; most of mine are wood. Sometimes, as with Taproot, I put a cap of thin brass on top of the wood, for a brighter sound. There is also a piezo pick-up in this jiwari bridge; I've done that a few times, using different approaches and piezo materials. It's great to be able to control the volume of the sympathetic strings in relation to the main strings!
@BrewDaze 5 ай бұрын
Really great, thanks!
@densdoor 8 ай бұрын
Serving up another tasty can!
@FredCarlson 8 ай бұрын
You bet!! Nothing like it!
@andyhuynh7 9 ай бұрын
Amazing
@TheGregWoodBand 10 ай бұрын
❤❤
@earthtoneguitars5279 Жыл бұрын
I love this so much, I found again, you are a great inspiration for us all. Where are you located? I would love to meet you someday?
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
We're near the coast, a bit north of Santa Cruz, CA. Please check out m website if you haven't: <fredcarlsoncreativeluthier.com>
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
that is <www.fredcarlsoncreativeluthier.com> !
@djb0713 Жыл бұрын
I had never heard this before. Such an honorable tribute to such a lovely sound. I couldn't find anything about the song origins. Is this an original of yours?
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, David (for this, and for your interest in The Humanitar also)! Yes, this is one of my original songs (I've composed well over 100), played on one of my original instruments. It's a special joy to play songs I've written on instruments I've built!
@djb0713 Жыл бұрын
@@FredCarlson wow! I'm gonna have to dig a little deeper. ,⛏️ That's a lot of songs! I'd like to write just one song one day. That would be an accomplishment. Any chance we met at Billy Strings this year? Maybe San Diego before the show? For some reason the more I'm watching...
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
@@djb0713 Nope...I haven't been to any shows in the last few years...trying to stay away from COVID!
@djb0713 Жыл бұрын
This is wonderful! What's the story behind it's creation? Where's it currently at?
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words! Although I do make more "traditional" stringed instruments (for 50 years now!!), I've had great fun making a few that used my papier-mache mask-making skills inspired by work I did many years ago with Vermont's remarkable "Bread and Puppet Theater" as an actor/puppeteer. The Humanitar is the largest and most ambitious of my papier-mache adventures, and was inspired in part by a conversation with my friend and great guitarist, Alex de Grassi. It was initially constructed to be part of an exhibit in my current home town of Santa Cruz, California, "The Art of Guitars", at the Blitzer Gallery. Alex performed on the instrument in a concert featuring instruments in that exhibit, and then later, whn the instrument was exhibited in San Francisco at the Center for New Music, Alex again performed on it. It currently resides in my bedroom, and I'd LOVE to find a home for it, if you happen to know of anyone who needs one!!
@quantumleap1593 Жыл бұрын
F k yea
@freddiesmith-wright7531 Жыл бұрын
wonderful! i need one
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
There is only one, and, amazingly, it would be happy to find a new home. If you're need is great enough, do get in touch!
@joshua2400 Жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ the sovereign God loves you 😊 I hope you can have a wonderful relationship with the Holy Trinity who miraculously healed me of my chronic breathing issues that plagued me for years on a near nightly basis if not every single night --- God did this healing instantaneously within a group anointed prayer over my health, doing what nothing else would for years
@tomcerlettiify Жыл бұрын
Incredible ~
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Tom! Haven't seen you in a while...I hope you're still building wonderful things!
@cheeseheadfiddle Жыл бұрын
When I first saw this I thought “O No!” Now I say, “O Yes!”
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
I get it..."Oh no! That guy destroyed an antique Martin guitar!" In retrospect it still hits me that way, too, but in the moment, faced with that lovely old instrument that was so smashed, I just saw a reasonable way to save it, make it live again, and even add a unique new quality that I knew would be beautiful. So, I did it, and I certainly don't regret it! Thanks for understanding!
@fnersch3367 Жыл бұрын
I can relate to this as I have been making instruments myself for 64 years. Love it! Interesting Marxophone addition to this instrument.
@davidlynch4338 Жыл бұрын
I just love the cut away and neck heel on this one. And of course the sound is really great, especially the low end.
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
The skin gives a real immediacy to the response...it's fun to play! And the low end is great! The back and sides are Monterey Cypress...a wood similar to the cypress that might be used for the body of a flamenco guitar. A very light, responsive wood.
@davidlynch4338 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful resurrection! Mr. Carlson, you have ben an inspiration to me for many years now I was hoping you could give me some advice about bracing a flat top acoustic so it can handle an archtop style bridge. Hopefully I can keep this short and simple, 😅but I am building an instrument that I will take bicycle touring for 3 years. I play guitar, and I have studied Indian classical music for 20+ years. In the past, I always travelled with my Sitar (on a BOB trailer towed behind my bike). It travels well and has survived for multiple tours, Iceland, Mexico, Guatemala, Canada, the US and Eastern Europe, the last tour being one year long. It is still my main instrument. The problem is that when I am on the road, I really miss playing Guitar, Esraj and Lap steel. So this time I am "building" a modular instrument that can be reconfigured depending on what I want to play. The concept is pretty far into the planning stage and I have most of the parts already. Originally, I was going to modify an old German Jazz guitar with a bolt on neck. I will build a sympathetic harp arm to accommodate the Sympathetic and Chikari strings, as well as 3 modular necks, one normal guitar neck, one fretless guitar neck and one Sitar neck with a guitar scale length. It will also have modular bridges that match the necks and one for playing with a bow, Esraj style (basically the high 2 strings) Unfortunately, I am worried that the Jazz guitar won't be loud enough and won't really have the sound I am hoping for. I recently found an early 80's made in Japan "Lowden" copy that sounds wonderful and has the simple soundbox aesthetic I am after. It has a solid cedar top, solid rosewood back and sides and maple binding. I will remove the neck and build the 3 bolt on necks I described above. For the normal guitar and the fretless neck, the bridge that is there (typical Lowden style rosewood) would function just fine, but for the Sitar neck, the strings need to be anchored at the tail, independent from one another because of the deep bending typically used on Sitar. I'm sure you get the problem I am facing... The flat top isn't meant to be pulled in this way with string tension trying to fold the sound board in half along with the downward force on the bridge area where normally it is being pulled upward. I was hoping you might have some advice on how I can brace the instrument so I can use an archtop style bridge? I thought of simply adding a sound post under the bridge, possible height adjustable... As well as a carbon rod or tube that runs from the tail block to the heel of the bolt on neck pocket but stays about 1cm away from the soundboard. Sorry for the long winded comment, but I would appreciate any advice you can offer. I have been repairing/adjusting guitars, both electric and acoustic as well as repairing/setting up Indian classical instruments for over 20 years. I have also built many electric instruments from scratch and modified/fitted a hand full of acoustic guitars with sympathetic strings. I am also experienced in doing Jawari and planning out the sympathetic/resonance strings. But never built an acoustic guitar from scratch. I only say this because I know it sounds like a crack-pot idea😉 Basically I am just wondering if it is possible to brace the flat top in a way that doesn't completely deaden the guitar. Thanks for any advice you can offer!
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
Hi David! Feel free to email me ( [email protected] ); that might be a better format for conversing about this. Briefly, a sound-post might be an option if you were bowing it; with a plucked instrument it's likely to have negative effect on the tone. Probably the best way to brace the top would similar to the way an archtop guitar is braced, with a bracing pattern of struts that includes as it's central feature either a longitudinal strut underneath each end of the bridge, or an x-brace, the lower fan of which goes under the ends of the bridge. I'm currently really into the addition of a stretched skin, as I did on that old Martin (and by now a number of other instruments). That requires making a circular brace to attach to the underside of the top, to tack and glue the skin to. Then the wood inside that circle is removed before attaching the skin. In any of those scenarios you need to be able to get at the underside of the top, so either the top or back needs to be removed (top is preferable, but sometimes the back is easier to get off). In any case, good luck! Fred
@davidlynch4338 Жыл бұрын
@@FredCarlson Thanks so much for the reply and advice. I hesitate to take the sound box apart mostly because time is a bit of a consideration and I am worried about opening a jar of worms... I think I will attempt the carbon tube between the tail block and heel and see how that goes. I also like the skin idea, here is a prototype-electric version of the instrument I am trying to build now. There is some info about it in the description, but basically I installed a banjo tone ring into a Fender Jazz bass body and took the frets out of a telecaster neck, rebuilt the neck pocket and added the sympathetic strings. There is also a pickup about 1mm under the skin to pickup the sympathetic strings, you cane really hear them when I turn off the main pickup at 2:15 and at 4:30. The instrument was only finished for a few hours when I made the video, so I still had a few bugs to work out on the set up. Let me know what you think! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIman2uCoa6Mq9k Thanks again Fred for the inspiration over the years!
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
@@davidlynch4338 It sounds marvelous, David. A lot can be done with pickups...I've only played around a little with them, and then only to amplify acoustic instruments, or occasionally to make them MIDI capable. A few others have played around with putting banjo heads on guitar bodies. I came across a picture in Buchner's iconic book "Musical Instruments Through the Ages", of what looks like a factory-produced archtop guitar with a banjo rim and skin (plastic?) in the middle of the top. Looks to be from the '50s, maybe; the name on the peghead is "Cremona". And one of the marvelous twin Canote Brothers (Greg and Jere, I can never figure out which is which) showed up at the Guild of American Luthier's Convention one year with an acoustic banjo with an electric guitar-shaped wooden body (surrounding the skin). All pretty wonderful!
@davidlynch4338 Жыл бұрын
@@FredCarlson Thanks Fred! Luckily it ended up louder than expected acoustically. The "chamber" is about 2" deep and I routed out more material under the pick guard as well. Here is a recording of it without being plugged in. Kind of bad quality, just recorded with my webcam and with a Moog sequence in the background. (I was trying to show a concept to a friend of mine playing Indian and electronic music together) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJfCmqSqaa2mfLs
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
@@davidlynch4338 It sounds great acoustically; not as much sympathetic strings in the mix, though.
@charlesgnarwin7 Жыл бұрын
Hey this video just got recommended to me and i wanted to know if this is a song you made up? Or is it another song? Either way it's adorable.
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
Hey...you win the prize for being the one-and-only person to ever comment on "The Canned Dog-Food Song"!! The short answer is, "Yes, I made it up!" With help from dogs and Suzy! Obviously it is a work of great intellectual and philosophical import, and we thank you deeply for your appreciation of it! Woof! Woof!!
@harmonicajohn1059 Жыл бұрын
Where are those sharping levers from?… I’ve not seen them actuated from the back side.
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
Hi John! Those levers were quite a project and very, very "custom"! My client (and friend), harp-guitarist Jeff Titus, wanted a lever he could actuate from behind, to be able to alter the sub-bass harp strings pitches while playing. He took the initiative to find someone to help manifest that idea; it turned out that another HG-playing friend had a father who made custom medical equipment and was interested in the project. He and I corresponded extensively, and with my critique and encouragement made several attempts before we got a design that really worked right. Ultimately it turned out to be a huge amount of work for him and not something he thought he'd ever want to do again. They also turned out to be rather expensive; but they're great! It would be wonderful if there was someone who would produce them.
@suzynorris Жыл бұрын
Now that's real pretty!!
@KillickHinds Жыл бұрын
Nice sound, nice dog, nice glasses! 🙂
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
I knew I could count on you to notice the important stuff!
@MarkMcCluney Жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable and such a fascinating instrument! Thank you.
@MountainHomeJerrel Жыл бұрын
How wonderful. What a beautiful instrument. Thank you for sharing that with us.
@jscotthales Жыл бұрын
I really like this sound!
@FredCarlson Жыл бұрын
Me too! Actually, it loses something with whatever compression KZbin uses, but it's still pretty nice. Nothing like in person! Thanks!
@Ratopeladinho 2 жыл бұрын
That was lovely
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Kay! It's a great old song, and always puts me in mind of family and friends who've moved on.
@MultiMusicus 2 жыл бұрын
You are great - i can not forget you and your amazing voice
@Omarjaber97 2 жыл бұрын
Harpguitar ❌ Sitarguitar ✔️
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Not sure what that means, Omar.....
@Omarjaber97 2 жыл бұрын
@@FredCarlson i mean the sound close 2 sitar
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
@@Omarjaber97 You're right...the harp strings are also going over a "jiwari" bridge, like the jiwari strings on a sitar, so they have that sound.
@SuiGenerisMan 2 жыл бұрын
Magnificent work. Stunning.
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks, Sui!
@Fvgh12345 2 жыл бұрын
These Taproot vids deserve so many more views than they have. absolutley incredible instrument. I wanna album of just jams on it.
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Doug! I admit to being biased, but I agree! It's a totally wild and amazing creature, and Jeff does some great stuff on it; it would be great if it got heard more, by more people.
@boranman80s18 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing it's super exotic magical guitar
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words! I'm lucky to have Jeff Titus as a friend and client, inspiring me to make magic for him, that he can make magic with!
@dayafeng2585 2 жыл бұрын
Hello. I like playing guitar, especially your modified guitar with Indian color. I want to learn from you how to refit your guitar? OK? I'm willing to pay. thank!
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for writing! Modifying or retrofitting a standard guitar to have added sympathetic strings and an Indian "jiwari" bridge for that "Indian color" would be a very complicated project, and not one that I can easily instruct you in. But if you have guitar building or repair skills, I would encourage you to get an old guitar and try it on your own.
@guitarraregia 2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Alejandro!
@barbaracameron5134 2 жыл бұрын
Much fun!
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Barbara!! Yes, it was a fun evening...those guys are great (Alex and Jeff)!
@mathias841 2 жыл бұрын
Joyful!!
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, very much so!! Thank you!
@Francisco_Lopes 2 жыл бұрын
Joyfully mad, indeed!
@whiteelectricwind 2 жыл бұрын
Swinging
@josephjenkins4001 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@dobrodoc 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool! Great idea!
@maitland1007 2 жыл бұрын
So beautiful. Thanks for sharing, Fred! I can get a sense of what a joy it must be to play that instrument. I often long to have an extra low string on my banjo.
@SamLamingWingsuit 2 жыл бұрын
Lovely as ever Freddy! Makes me want to jam! Beautiful stuff =] Happy New Year wonderful Sir!
@MountainHomeJerrel 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. What a wonderful instrument. Thank you for sharing your music with us.
@marilynnorberg9338 2 жыл бұрын
Loved this song-more , more!! and more on your new parlor too!
@NealJonesOR 2 жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@slimylemur 2 жыл бұрын
Fred that sounds so beautiful!
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Oh...thank you!! I do agree. I have no memory of what it sounded like as a steel-string guitar 40 years ago, but I can imagine it, and this is much more interesting and lovely!
@dontneednomofovhs 2 жыл бұрын
What’s your tuning on this?
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Right....I didn't put down the tuning in the description; sorry! I don't know whether I'm tuned accurately to pitch, probably a little flat, but the tuning is supposed to be: gGDGDF . That's a 6-string version of a 5-string banjo tuning (has an extra low G). For this kind of tuning, which has a high-tuned 6th string that is used like the high 5th-string on a banjo (that is, as a drone string played with the thumb), I swap out the guitar 6th string (the low E) for something I can tune up to a high g. In this case, the strings are all Aquila Nylgut, and the 6th string is actually the 5th from a 5-string banjo set; the other 5 are from an Aquila Ambra classic guitar set. With steel strings I would use a .008" or .010" plain steel for that 6th string. Relative to standard guitar tuning, the 1st string is the F that is 1/2 tone above the standard E of a guitar 1st string, the 3rd string is the standard G of guitar, 4th is the standard D, 5th is 1 whole tone below the standard A, 6th is 1 whole tone above the F of the first string (or 1 octave above the G of the 3rd string). The 2nd string is the D one octave above the 4th string. To avoid excessive stress on the instrument, and to avoid breaking the 2nd string, I tune it actually 1 whole tone below what I've just described, and then capo on the second fret. Now if that's not a complicated, long-winded answer, I don't know what is!! Thanks for asking! Fred
@dontneednomofovhs 2 жыл бұрын
What’s your timing in this mate?
@KillickHinds 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, Killick!! Thanks so much...glad you're out there listening! Fred
@yesfan951 2 жыл бұрын
You are an incredible artist Fred, I aspire to invent amazing new instruments myself one day.
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Go for it! The world needs more magic!
@CupaMusicaEthnic 2 жыл бұрын
Great job! What a magic! ❤️
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the kind words! Magic is how I like to think of it, too.
@mikey_mike 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!!! How much would/does one of these cost?
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Mike! Thanks so much! This is a one-of-a-kind instrument, built on commission 10 years ago (wow...was it really that long?). Honestly, I don't remember what I charged for it back then...I think it was around $26k. I usually tell folks that to get a rough idea of the cost a custom instrument from me, think $1,000. per string. This one has 18-strings and those crazy hammers, as well as scalloped frets and extensive custom electronics, including the MIDI tap-plates, so it was quite a bit more. Check out my website: www.fredcarlsoncreativeluthier.com to see more of my work.
@mikey_mike 2 жыл бұрын
@@FredCarlson awesome build sir! That's about what I was figuring price wise. Definitely out of my price range at the moment. If things turn around soon, I will definitely be in contact. Thank you for your reply ✌🏼
@norskrom 2 жыл бұрын
Very happy to have found your channel, I checked out your website as well and your other creations are awesome and inspiring.
@FredCarlson 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I love doing this stuff, and I love it when my work inspires others!
@RDEno 3 жыл бұрын
Holy Toledo, what a glorious voice!
@FredCarlson 3 жыл бұрын
R.D.!!! So marvelous to hear from you! I hope you're well and playing music. Thank you!