Charlie Hunter and Hybrid Guitars at Kauffmann's Guitar Store

[@briananderson355]

One of the most impressive acts of musicianship I've ever seen was Charlie Hunter playing not his guitar, but a pandeiro at Greek Theater in Berkeley. It was unbelievable, as if he'd been in a prison cell for 50 years with nothing to pass the time but that instrument.

[@leftpastsaturn67]

Had the pleasure of watching Charlie work his unique magic with the Disposable Heroes of Hyhoprisy back in the '90's. Just superb.

[@dsml3348]

He’s an absolute master wizard

[@someone4272]

for real hahahha

[@EvanJr]

This guy is unique on your play. Not just technique, but the music he has internalized is very well structured.

[@TheJazzDestroyersOfficial]

Yeah he's an absolute monster musician.

[@SlikkTim]

Charlie Hunter is a legend... That version of the Ink Spot's "I Don't Want to Set The World on Fire" he does around 0:55 is magical !

[@Facu_Roldan]

Dude's an alien with two brains or something. Amazing!

[@Dogsrule777]

He always blows me away. It’s like there’s two separate musicians (who know each other really well:) playing at the same time. It’s always musical and groovy.

[@TheJazzDestroyersOfficial]

It's just as fun driving when you can do it.

[@ry7hym]

I could listen to this all day

[@davemarquez7744]

Saw him at Jazz Alley in Seattle a few years back. He was simply unbelievably funky!

[@about_midnight]

During my university studies I very much enjoyed Charlie Hunter, Bobby Previte colab cd. This dude is an amazing artist!

[@cbrunhaver]

Love Charlie’s playing. As a bass player, the tone he got out of his original Novak 8 string with the nylon tapewound strings

[@shalamusic]

I remember when Ralph N. rescued Charlie with the pioneer hybrid fanned bass/ guitar, so much more ergonomic.Really put Ralph into the international market for extended range guitars with picking, as opposed to the Stick tapping sound. Keep on pluckin Charlie.I was a Novak client when he was in San Leandro. He stopped actually making awhile back.I found a MoB 5 string with a 36” low B.Ralph said it was one of his last.It kills.

[@AldoAntonioFolkaribbean]

GRANDE CHARLIE Your music is always very good. Health and blessings

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

I always knew that this Charlie Hunter is in fact two guys. One is always hidden somewhere.

[@BuffaloBill23]

I can't get my head around this shimizzle. Amazing.

[@jwstout007]

Happened upon Charlie's name from another video, great playing to both Charlie and Bass, cheers from Monterey, CA!

[@stevepethel6843]

You got a entire band in your 2 hands ...still amazed

[@dogmamusic]

Sing along: I don't want to set the world on fire I just want to start A flame in your heart

[@freespiritsguitar2871]

Fantastic...

[@kdakan]

He is awesome

[@matthewjohnloren1995]

0:34 the lick

[@rhgthung]

The guy has a split brain...

[@yuccatree4298]

Ehhhm, have you ever seen a brain?

[@ultrasin]

@@yuccatree4298 Someone didn't get it

[@whatshendrix]

Charlie Hunter is a beast and two halves

[@marxug1]

Bravo! At eound 11:55 y’all started sounding like the Grateful Dead! 😂😂😂🎉

[@themightykyuss]

good lord...right on.

[@KM-px8cs]

Awesome. At first I thought it was a 7-string due to the sound, but then I noticed it was a 6. So I googled "hybrid" to see if that would give some explanation, but it only explained the acoustic sound. To sum it up - I don't know why is sounds so deep but it's awesome. I've seen him play an actual 7-string and he definitely has mastered rhythm + melody.

[@abuventertainment2856]

I'm pretty sure it's tuned one octave lower than E standard. So it's in the bass register on lowest 4 strings with access to higher range. It sounds deep because it's lower than 7 string standard tuning.

[@abuventertainment2856]

and the longer scale length on the bass strings help give you a thumpier sound mimicking the tambre of a bass guitar. So it's different than just tuning a normal guitar down to a low E

[@KM-px8cs]

@@abuventertainment2856 Thanks!

[@jakobmorningstar]

Hybrid guitars is a company that produces guitar/bass hybrids... on the six string you have 3 bass strings and 3 standard guitar strings... as for running I’m not sure... the pick ups if I understand correctly output separately for the bass and guitar string sets respectively

[@EdU-op3kt]

Jakob Morningstar so 3 bass strings and 3 guitar strings + standard tuning? It sounds great! It’s gotten me curious for sure!

[@wxb200]

Chuck is a beast.

[@shelveDEMO]

unreal

[@dominikn19]

I’m a drummer and I think this is what it would be like if Daru Jones taught me to play his setup. 😂

[@joetowers4804]

2:06 a glitch in the matrix! I knew this guy couldn't be real!

[@alisonCNboy]

im in heaven

[@docwill184]

What are we looking at? How do they get that bass? And what's with the frets?

[@stevepethel6843]

Dude sounds like three or four excellent players even when it's just him. Musicians...come on man BASS RHYTHM LEAD SLIDE One man ? One guitar? One ??? Is this trick video or something??? SKILL

[@michaelrichardjnr9600]

3:20

[@sudarshanmusic7689]

how much the price of that guitar charlie hunter one?thnks

[@l.m.372]

Ok. So why does the Hybrid guitar sound so much more beefy and even on the top strings? Is it the Humbuckers? The scale length? The tele sounds nice, but a lot thinner...

[@smurphy9460]

It has hybrid strings. Bass strings on the bottom.

[@gcavy1]

@@smurphy9460 I'm not sure that's what's being asked here. I think a better answer is that it does not have a top E and B string. So it just lacks the inherent thinness that comes with those strings. But I tend to agree it still seems thicker than just playing a tele on the bottom 4 strings.

[@guitrr]

Basically, it’s a Baritone guitar, albeit with bass strings on 4,5,&6. On the Hybrid Guitars website, they state that you can simply tune it as a Baritone guitar and play it accordingly, though I’ve read in interviews with Charlie that he uses an unconventional tuning on his personal instruments. Watching Mr Kauffmann play in this video, it looks like that particular instrument is tuned like a conventional Baritone guitar.

[@DonaldMohrMusic]

@@guitrr Charlie tunes G C F C F Bb

[@MrWillyWonka]

Why did this guy stop using Novax guitars?

[@MrWillyWonka]

Also...for the guitar he's using above, as well as for Novax fanned fret guitars....how does there seem to be no real bridge on the guitar? Wont each individual lock that the string is going into potentially become loose because there isn't a bridge holding it in place? I hope this question makes sense.

[@boogiemonsta2525]

There is an individual bridge for each string! :)

[@MrWillyWonka]

@@boogiemonsta2525 is that supposed to be better than standard bridges most guitars have? I just feel like most guitars do not have this "individual bridge saddles" setup. In fact it seems like at least 90% of electric guitars dont use this style of bridge. That's why it has me skeptical.

[@boogiemonsta2525]

@@MrWillyWonka if you look closely at the bridge on a stratocaster for example, they're actually separate for each string too, which allows you to make sure the intonation is as correct as possible. The big difference on this hybrid guitar is that the individual bridges are staggered to accommodate for the different scale lengths.

[@mglaser6811]

Monorails?

[@enijize1234]

Vishnu could study Joe Pass for eternity and still not keep up with Charlie

[@justme-wh5li]

First time I heard this musician. That's not learnt, but it is complete mastery.... I'm classically trained and what he's doing ... Like 99.9% of musicians cannot think like this. And on top of that he can play out what's in his head. I guess I should have heard of him....

[@j.p.8811]

Indeed. He's able to improvise as both a bassist and guitarist simultaneously it's quite impressive to hear him weave basslines, melodies and harmonies seamlessly. All while grooving.

[@michaelrichardjnr9600]

I’m not sure what’s happening when this guy plays. He plays in a higher bit rate than I think

[@DrowningTimeOfficially]

What is the tuning, gauges and scale length?

[@DonaldMohrMusic]

G C F C F Bb

[@GuitarUniverse2013]

What is the purpose of the different angles on the frets?

[@williamgendreaucoronel1834]

The thicker strings require a longer scale length in order to keep the right tension, so by having fanned frets, you are able to have ideal tension in the lower strings, while maintaining the same one you're used to on the higher strings.

[@DonaldMohrMusic]

Yikes, two bad comments. A guitar is around 25" from Nut to bridge, a bass is much longer. You can use a super thin string tuned tight over a very long distance for a low note, but if you want shorter, you have to make the string fatter to keep it from getting floppy in that rubber band territory. So, by fanning it, you can add like 4-5" to the length of the low G string, which means you can use that much lighter of a string (and thus, less total lbs of tension) to make that note clearly.

[@GREENMTGENE]

Ill take one left handed

[@jorymil]

Slide guitar? What?!!

[@Rayman0I]

What is song/piece, or songs is he playing from 1:00 to 2:20ish?

[@premedan1]

I don want to set the world on fire

[@DanielMarquesGuitar]

Is it plugged into an Orange amp?

[@errtrainer]

Friedman.

[@leamog]

Joel Edgerton is a dead set shred machine.

[@jarfrobinksss]

Wow, so glad he wasn't at Norm's...that old dude talks so much that Charlie wouldn't get the chance to play

[@Jack458111]

what the f lol

[@sveltland]

Wtf

[@nathandoyle8311]

this is not real and also i quit guitar forever

[@2ShadesOfGray]

Not good... Astounding

[@j-ferrell144]

I want to hear him play just a normal solo with a backing track. Yes I know he is a wizard and does more, but id like to see him and Guthrie go back and forth just playing straight up solo guitar no bass or rhythm

[@Minor7thb5]

He can do that ...

[@justinlassiter7671]

but that would be so...average.

[@bassheadjazz2708]

@@justinlassiter7671 would be nice to see how far his lines could go unencumbered by the bass part. He's got some sick lines.