Charlie Hunter - Recess

Charlie Hunter, solo 8-string guitar.
"Recess", 2004

[@joshwoerdeman2571]

He's playing guitar and bass at the same time and he's better than I am at either. Unbelievable.

[@karlconnolly3994]

Are you worth comparing at all?

[@mainsblanches8793]

He is actualy playing jazz organ on this one!!...

[@jackempson3044]

and rhythm

[@rcdixon76]

Get him some drums too! WOW! 👀

[@Theblob516]

I always laugh when I see guitar vids on youtube titled "Impossible Guitar Solo", or anything like that. Then I watch some Charlie Hunter vids and think 'Man, this is 10x more difficult to play. And it sounds better!'.

[@zolarczakl3880]

Dayam! Making the guitar sound like an organ. Incredible talent.

[@Toast-i9x]

This guy is incredible. Saw him in Hartford opening up for John Schofield. Loved him ever since.

[@nickkrnickkr]

Shame,, they should BOTH be headliners.

[@dizyart]

I was listening to "Songs from the Analog Playground" for months before finding out that Charlie plays both bass and guitar. Although it made me appreciate his skills much more, I will never forget how much I enjoyed each and every song on that album for the musical genius that he is, not for the technique. Leave your prejudice and envy behind. He is not a circus performer, he just plays his instrument differently than you and me. If that were a keyboard instead of an 8-string, I guess no one would post such mean comments. ;)

[@profk3742]

Dude may be the most underrated/overlooked guitarist

[@mr.kilpatrick2991]

became aware of charlie in the 90s and he was as amazing then as he is now. He is one of those players that seems to have ALWAYS been amazing.

[@FrancoisLamouche]

I watch this since years and this still sounds absolutly great to me, from a to z, maybe even more.

[@shipitintheremate]

This song makes every object within reach a percussive instrument

[@sixstringsgh]

We are in 2019 and I am seeing this for the first time. Demnnnnnnnnn!!!!!

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

We're in 2020, and it's my first time!

[@Droitsdeshommes]

omg wtf did you do all the last years

[@Droitsdeshommes]

@@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul omg :O

[@sorak185]

Yessir. Probably one of the few places you'll see them used like this. I've never seen them used elsewhere, personally. This guy is amazing.

[@Daunte17]

AAAAHHHH YEAHHH LOVE IT... Thought i was in church for a quick second. idc what you guys say this cat is amazing!

[@enijize1234]

Shadaunte' Tucker preach

[@guitard1280]

One of the world's best 8 string players. Probably just Charlie and Abasi and Reyes, three kings of 8 strings. However, Charlie has the world's best jazz facial expressions.

[@SeanLain]

This is another one of those videos I'm going to be watching over and over and over and over and over...............................

[@DioJeanBaptiste]

Man INSANE how skilled he is. WOW :-)

[@PeoplesVeritas]

some of those figures must be tremendously difficult. saw this dude give in a clinic in Milwaukee a few years ago, he was really down to earth about his unique style, although he did admit that it is a very challenging way to play.

[@Bmxmusikian]

How have I only just found him! Needs more recognition for sure!

[@PetranGavrosForever]

I used to live in San Diego and L.A. and saw Charlie Hunter about 6-7 times, one of the best shows around. I'm not in Central NY, Ithaca. Please come up here for a gig Charlie ? Like the good ole days at the Casbah in S.D. man ! BONES CHARLIE, BONES !

[@rwdtk000000]

I'm just blown away by his amazing talent

[@User-fv1jx]

Wow. Just discovered this guy. Awesome!

[@hampsterduck]

ever since i watched this video for the first time ive always wanted to meet Charlie and beg him to teach me how to play and 8 stringed guitar, this is probably one of the best this ive every seen

[@johnnyh64]

I wish I could do that! AMAZING!!!! Thanks for being alive and sharing your wonderful talent with the world!

[@dfcordovez]

It is the first time I get to see incredible Charlie Hunter,I new he was playing a guitar with bass strings and metal sound like Stanley Jordan but a Hammond B3? Amazing!

[@cagonzalez1965]

Just amazing....one of my all time favorites now.....

[@jackempson3044]

Lead rhythm and bass at the same time. I'd need another 100 years

[@pedrobrito]

I just watched this guy live yesterday, I'm blown away man.

[@abongo3119]

AMAZING live.

[@armonicgravity]

Hey Charlie that is quite aunic way to make your guitar sound like a 1974 old keyboard I realy like the sound it bring back some awsome memories. when cabaret jazz was "HIP" good work indeed GDBLS

[@mojogypsy]

Outstanding!!!

[@EraseAllMemory]

This is seriously sick! Oh my gosh this is fantastic! How on earth 8 people could "dislike" this, is beyond me! Crazy!

[@marksimmonsjr.4520]

omg that first guitar run was sick

[@drumaddict30]

just watched for the second time and WOW!!!! unbelievable what this guy does!!!!

[@beezerk1]

no kidding.. he's actually a very nice guy. He stood behind me (without me noticing) for about 10 minutes and said he liked the chord voicings I was playing, and the asked me to pay his instrumet so he could listen to it from a distance

[@itshorustime]

thats not the result of learning, its the result of developing a new technique that kicks ass and left me breathless o.O

[@MichaelManthing]

Some of the best bass playing I've heard.

[@Traviswalknyc]

That is so unbelievable, I love it.

[@Theblob516]

Yeah, Hunter is a beast. In his trio he plays the bassline and the guitar on the same instrument.

[@atrevidanynyc]

You're so talented can't believe I just learned about you today. Happy New Year :)

[@OrisLover]

Really amazing...the walking bass line with the melody in this fasion is a style in and of it's self. Thanks for posting.

[@theMgk1]

I'm speechless. Awesome.

[@phillyflood]

All I can muster up is "how?!" That's incredible. A true legend, and far too under-appreciated.

[@vespertinne]

It looks like he take a classical approach to jazz. Incredibly clean playing. Extremely impressive and a real pleasure to listen. Nice changes, too. Does he write his own stuff? Thanks for posting... this guy is a real talent.

[@elvis723]

Charlie is obviously a freak of nature and talented beyond most musicians.

[@yogithecamel]

@TheSpearsProductions String science is all about dividing the length of string at certain points to get desired pitches. The difference in bass/guitar strings division points needed to be taken into consideration so that the relative tuning of all the strings would work while playing. So to get the desired 4ths vertically from the bass and guitar strings took precise measurements across the height of the board so that each note division was correct for that pertaining string.

[@animationpuppetry]

It's like he established his own musical cultural forms and then became the master of them. Sounds so relaxed and natural. Can we get him on a banknote or something? National treasure? Maybe the zero-dollar bill like the "Gentlemen" album cover.

[@underscoreisnotvalid]

after about 2 seconds of hearing this video i favourited it

[@turoniner]

Insane skills!

[@xkalivasx]

I like his guitar style and his sound. It's sounds like a band!

[@LesPauloCaster]

He comes from another planet. Period. His middle finger bass is just nuts. I mean, my brain can kind of process his index finger doing bass, but then he alternates to middle and uses the rest of fingers to pick, slide, tap, hammer, pulloff, bar-chord and pick his nose if possible. I got to know him until 4-5 years ago by John Mayer talking about him, when it should have been the other way around.

[@beezerk1]

Charlie runs the bass part thru a bass rig (the strings have their own pickups). I met him ina msuiic store in Berkeley a few years ago, and at that point the guitar part wentb thru a little Dredgetone amp (like a souped up deluxe, basically) and the bass part thru something like a Walter Woods, if I'm not mistaken. He actually late m play that 8 string beast for about 10 minutes...what a blast!

[@castanonw]

unbelievable player

[@iivan1966]

Unbelievable. 2 in 1. I used to play guitar 30 years ago and I would be happy If I could play just the half he did... :)

[@LukeSnyderMusic]

@marlonization If you're talking about what he's fretting out, you're probably just noticing when he plays the bass notes open. Otherwise, its like Mattlarrivee said, I'd assume the video sync is off, because no one else is playing.

[@dincorcelles]

I would give up my soul to play like that!!!!

[@tubenmarkus]

incredibly incredible !

[@mufasamusic]

When I first saw Charlie play this at Yoshis it changed my life. I agree with Myferrari. Also Mike Stern, Bill Frisell, Prasanna, Nate Lopez....

[@Bmxmusikian]

Incredible

[@lambgtr7]

oh my god this is amazing

[@4iamu]

INCREDIBLE!!!

[@hddrummer8838]

Love Charlie!!

[@TomTheMelodyMaker]

Sick groove! Love it :D

[@rockin982]

Charlie Hunter is out of his mind. That was uncalled for. Almost want to throw my guitar over the Brooklyn Bridge ...

[@beenoopo]

@HiImJerry8 Because he has an extended range instrunment (*string) the thicker the string, the longer the scale length needs to be. Imagine if you will a bass and guitar, try to put them on one neck, if you use the guitars scale length, then the bass strings will be floppy and go out of tune, if you used the bass's scale length then the guitar strings will be to tight and go out of tune, so the fanned fret board deals with this problem and keeps tuning and intonation in check. Hope that helps :)

[@DragonFlopp]

@achickensandwich I suppose that makes sense. I didn't know if it was more of a personal choice when it came to how comfortable your fingers are when playing or something like that, but what you said makes sense.

[@jhbonarius]

Oh dear no more bass players required. Maybe I can find a job washing dishes somewhere...

[@Ghandjaloodah]

Never seen anything like this!! Javier Reyes brought me here.

[@koipondmusic]

amazing!

[@TomDrum5]

whenever I watch a Charlie Hunter video I always have the same reaction: fffaaaaaaaaaaaaacccccckkkkkkkkk

[@Joshualbm]

He plays like it's the last time he'll ever play it just that way.

[@jonathanzielke2280]

So sick!

[@iwantmoretofu]

I talked to him last week after a show to ask him a question. I asked him if he mainly thinks about the bass when playing or the chords and melody while playing. He answered, "I just think about the music."

[@KMMI77]

awesome music!

[@passion_flora]

@FreaquedeMusique john mayer is a huge charlie hunter fan...he even says his tuning on that song is inspired by his work. he has a video on his channel where u uses this exact guitar, too.

[@csparksnc1]

So badass

[@mufasamusic]

Good observation. While its true that because of the style one can get locked into blues boxes, but the 3 bass strings allow you to hit the root note of a chord and have three octaves at least of chromatic notes to choose from. It's just a matter of learning all the boxes, putting them all together and then there is no box at all. Workin' on it. A life's work. Check out his newer vids and his playing has really evolved.

[@EthanMitch]

@pazzmodium What a guitarist/bassist duo would miss is the level of communication between the two instruments. Since Charlie has complete individual control over the bass and guitar parts, or at least seems to, he's able to create and improvise on a level that two people could never do. It's the same way that a pianist who starts improvising "out" is able to use their left hand to follow the same line in a way that most other musicians couldn't follow.

[@GuiTarMansss]

I got to get myself one of those!

[@etersor]

I'm surprised that he still has got his bottom lip.

[@waretafai]

Oh my god this cracked me up!! I love charlie but you nailed that lol

[@chrisdgoldie]

Players this good inspire me and depress me, all at the same time.

[@Diatonic5th]

Insane.

[@dankgeetar]

whoa dude... whoa!

[@69cohonas]

wow, that is impressive !!!

[@rip_lokum]

Charlie Hunter - bass, hammond, lead and rhythm guitar ...And sometimes I am having a hard time with those four bass strings of mine... :D

[@mariomele1990]

Toca pra caralho, tá loko!!! Inspiring!

[@shipitintheremate]

sounds beautiful, like a lesley

[@jerryteacup]

This kind of guys just make you wonder: Who is the best guitarist in the world? What defines a good guitarist? Damn this guy!

[@SOULJAMGO]

This is just sick. Let's fuxxing put it this way.

[@Llednards]

holy fucking shit

[@vilovs]

Coooooool!

[@chwsf187]

listen to him play on "the root" by d'angelo. two separate musicians play both bass and guitar would be impressive. when i found out it was just him I almost fell out of my chair.

[@crusheverything4449]

Thee are no swear words to describe this.

[@mattchurchill]

God, that's good!

[@remijazz]

this guy is crazy !

[@JonnyZye]

Very safe. He's a huge fan, and on Neon he even uses the same kind of guitar Charlie uses.

[@amjan]

@TheSpearsProductions With the lower strings are longer, they can be thicker and therefore sound a lot better.

[@chucksteak01]

Charlie Hunter is my guitar hero.... That should be a bumper sticker!

[@atkrolak]

Charlie hunter was in the studio with John mayer for some of continuum

[@ueberRegenbogen]

Waiting for his face to break off. lol. But he can make any faces he damned well pleases. This totally kicks world-class ass! :D

[@zerosum789]

I believe this is an amazing musical feat. I do not believe he has to make this face to accomplish it.

[@420protoman]

crazy fingers lol, awsome song and player

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

Daymn!! 🔥