I build a unique instrument for

[@Flummiification]

I love how bluntly you remove all the fucking gatekeeping nonsense from making music and building instruments.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks! That's just physics!

[@Ramog1000]

well to be fair, an electric guitare can be made far easier than aucustic instruments.

[@OdaKa]

hello cigar box guitar on juice

[@LouWiss]

Thanks Nicolas! 🔥 It was so cool to do this project with you 🤘🎶

[@johnmitchelljr]

The best 15 minutes 4 seconds of instrument building I’ve seen on KZbin . Thank you for sharing your journey.

[@herrvich]

Making music out of the actual build process itself is pure genius. That’s why these videos are so great. Just pure creativity.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks, we had a lot of fun on it!

[@jonbongjovi1869]

@@NicolasBras how about "Trashcaster"? (i have always hated waste, so I make art with ALL trash i produce or find.)

[@lukastomasacci3936]

Wonderful, as always. Also, can't help myself...Slatocaster. :D

[@sgsax]

When you don't care about "tradition" or "convention", a lot of possibilities open up. 😁 Very cool sounds from this thing. Now time to go watch it being played. Thanks for sharing!

[@NicolasBras]

That's what I love with instruments, it's endless!

[@BlackheartCharlie]

Fantastic build and very creative use of recycled/upcycled materials. I build cigar box guitars and try to buy little or no parts. I love the clever use of bicycle spokes for frets!!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Beautiful work

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@Colochoide]

Man, your creativity overflows. I didn't expect much but the instrument sounds amazing and the music you did with it was great too.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@rrrosecarbinela]

Nicolas, c'est magnifique. Bravo. C'est un "melododrône", à mon avis.

[@NicolasBras]

Joli!

[@monsieurcintre8800]

Excellent format ! Des premières idées à la conception de l'instrument, c'est vraiment passionnant, de pouvoir observer le processus complet de création ! Mais surtout, quelle bonne idée d'avoir inséré ces quelques parties où tu t'essaies à l'instrument... J'ai l'impression de me voir essayant un nouvel instrument ! On se sent happé par ce son nouveau avec lequel on peut faire tant de choses ! Je suis très content de ressentir ça à travers ta vidéo ! En tout cas bravo pour cette création, et bravo aussi pour ton rythme de sortie de vidéo en ce moment, qui sont à chaque fois sources de curiosités ^^

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci! J'aime beaucoup ce format, ça me permet beaucoup d'honnêteté et de transparence sur la réalité de la création, tout en pouvant rythmer à la guise et essayer de rendre ça intéressant!

[@monsieurcintre8800]

@@NicolasBras Eh bien c'est réussi ! Et, de rien :) Au plaisir de découvrir les prochains instruments !

[@Poohze01]

I love junkyard luthiery! You give me so many ideas - my latest project is a bass lyre, and now I want to fit that drink-mixer-drone mechanism in somewhere... Thank You!

[@NicolasBras]

You can put those things everywhere, it is always great!

[@garyhundsrucker7771]

My wife's "pleasure toy" might create some good vibrations if you know what I mean!😉100 rpms per sec!

[@Private-GtngxNMBKvYzXyPq]

The transcendent satisfaction of finding the sweet spots of a new instrument. Thanks for sharing!

[@yokoboo]

I dunno about anyone else, but that instrument is giving me Darren Korb vibes XD especially once you add the paint mixer/milk shaker

[@festa2072]

Waaaah entre les sons sortis de nulle part et le montage vidéo c'était vraiment incoryable ! Bravo bravo bravo

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci!

[@zartex5182]

Une pépite encore une fois ^^ !

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci!

[@fabianronck4575]

yeah- fresh sounds. as fresh as it can get from freshly made genius instruments. big up, bro

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@p3u1]

man what the hell... This is so mezmerizing. This is undoubtely one of your best works so far, in my book :-)

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot! I had a lot of fun with this one!

[@MarkMcCluney]

That's terrific! The kalimba sound is mesmerizing and the drone from the drink mixer works much better than I thought it would. Name? How about Mesmer's Guitar? Thanks Nic, I really enjoyed that.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks Mark!

[@Walletau]

As always, amazing. Thanks for making me feel lucky for getting to witness your creativity.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks! That's what I love to share!

[@natchoum3269]

I came from @Lou Wiss channel, you got a new subscriber, awesome work

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks and welcome!

[@Sophia_Aurorae]

Jenga: Guitar Edition. Seriously this thing is incredible! My favorite part is that thing that is automating the tremolo!

[@JaredUnashamed]

Your ideas and execution are second to none. Well done sir.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@Raku777]

Thanks for sharing this. It seems that it is at least three instruments in one. For me, one of the sounds is like a Hurdy Gurdy, only much easier to build and simpler to play. The Kalimba on magnetic pick up is amazing, and the sounds combine well to make one person sound like a whole group!

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

9:50 This reminds me of haggstorm, one of the tracks in minecraft. Would sound totally magical on that :D

[@astolennova]

You have built an impressive youtube page. Congratulations. I look forward to seeing/hearing more.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks! A lot more is coming!

[@nathanjasper512]

I actually think really cool things can be accomplished when you put people that have very advanced and conventional ways of doing things with very avante guard people who think outside the box. Because you need those wildly innovative people to push boundaries and come up with new things and it helps to have those very right brained traditionalists because they usually know the physics of the sound and have spent years mastering making traditional instruments and can get your wild thing to work at a really high level, and the way their brains work they tend to be good at simplifying the really complex so they'll say things like, "Mandolins are built this way we can shave the wood down and put a soundpost over here," And the next thing you know your wild little project made out 2 x 4s looks and sounds like it belongs in a music store. And then maybe everybody can try your crazy invention.

[@BadgerBishop]

This might be my favorite so far. I'm a sucker for string instruments.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@ИНТО-п4з]

Ты очень вдохновляешь мастерить инструменты!!

[@MiguelJuanez]

Mind = Blown 🤯 great execution of an idea!!!! Subbed

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks and welcome!

[@AngryMrFixit]

Milk foamers are fantastic musical playthings. I love your milk foamer hurdy-gurdy attachment

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks, I had some troubles to find a simple idea, I'm quite proud of it!

[@PaintByMonster]

That's FANTASTIC!!!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@pimcramer2569]

Fenders are boring! I like your building style. Gives me the confidence to actually make an instrument myself without spending a lot money on expensive tools and wood.

[@NicolasBras]

You just have to try, it's easier than it looks!

[@yaskofujii2254]

Tu gères mon dieu!!! WAAAU GENIUUS

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci!

[@jipes]

Celui là il est assez bluffant Bravo ! Je m'en vais écouter l'utilisation quand a fait Lou

[@paulkielty3800]

Sounds great I want one now .

[@skinisdelicious3365]

How id love to be in synchronous with madness like you. Fantastic work

[@JitendraWagh73179]

This man is incredible. truly inspirational.

[@mikolasstrajt3874]

I like how it looks absolutely crazy but sounds very nice.

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@SquealyD]

FANTASTIC Nicolas!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks Linsey!

[@nobodynoone2500]

Diying a pickup is the logical next step, cheaper than robbing gibsons, and easy to do! Buzz is from neck angle. You might look into reinforcement, or a compensating rod. All-thread (threaded rod) would likely work fine. This is why pre 60's guitars are such a pain to fix up. Your 3-string might could use some saddle compensation, should be easy to bend the aluminum to get better intonation. (careful, intonation is a deep rabbit hole for builders!) Your allthread nuts are cool, but bone is cheap and you can eliminate another source of possible buzz. Nice mechanincal ebow, we used to call them hurdy gurdys when they still had a crank. Later on we used "adult novelty toys" for the same purpose. Where on the string you hit it will induce different harmonics. Playing along frets can be interesting too. Now that all your buzz troubles are gone, consider adding a sitar / asian zither style buzzing bridge mechanism to add it back. ;-)

[@NicolasBras]

That could be some good improvements!

[@djkickflip_amsterdam]

omg in the end it sounds so beuatiful!!

[@NicolasBras]

Right?

[@catalinmunteanu78]

Magic!

[@joeovermoe2124]

Sounds amazing!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@olijomusic2481]

It's incredible how well you can play all these instruments you've just created. Do you have to practice a lot before filming those parts of the video? I also like to make my own instruments and I think your channel is super inspiring and interesting.

[@NicolasBras]

I try to build instruments I will be able to play, so I don't really practice any of those, for this one I plugged the instrument, turn on the camera, and explore the possibilities for 20-30 minutes, I tried to find some interesting sequences for the video

[@lotmom]

A new video! One of my favorite creators! P.s. I ended up making my own PVC shakuhachi, and I discovered some cool things to make it sound better, id love to share my plans with you and see what you come up with!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks! Sure if you share your plans I would love to try!

[@lotmom]

@@NicolasBras What's the best way to contact you? Email?

[@brennanhewitt7609]

this video was magical dude!! I'm blown away with the sound 😮😮😮

[@56conn6h]

Very cool. And inspiring! Thank you!

[@cathanicusrex3446]

Super cool!

[@batso5026]

Enoooorme, t es un génie, vent, corde, percu.... de la création d instruments, au jeu en passant par le mixage, et en plus tu es pédagogue . J adore

[@mamadou56]

Mec c'est incroyable. Ton taff est monstrueux. Tu es tellement doué pour la musique, la construction mais aussi la vidéo. Et tu sors des projets tellement souvent. Je me demande quand tu dors ?! Merci de nous partager ton excellent taf love

[@NicolasBras]

Assez peu en ce moment, mais là je suis quasi à temps plein sur KZbin et la collaboration avec Soundpaint, j'arrive à avoir des vidéos d'avance !

[@Shahin_guitar]

It's so good , And that guitar very beautiful . You're best player with guitar 👏👏💓

[@holdfastification]

bezumniy Nicolas! as always perfect!!!!

[@Zeldamaya]

Love that ! 🔥Both of you are so talented 🙌👏👏👏👏

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@Flummiification]

For the milk shaker you should make it pivit and spring loades so you can push it against the strings if you need to and release it quickly again. You can even make it turn of and on depending if it is engaged or not

[@NicolasBras]

Yep that could work! There is a lot of improvement possible in this thing for sure!

[@nEo7ization]

Incredible. Wow. Very creative

[@pdunbarUNC]

this thing is amazing

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@SpardaHorrorFreak]

C'est une super idée la machine qui permet de faire du trémolo

[@NicolasBras]

Oui j'adore cet objet, j'en ai une dizaine, je m'en sers tout le temps

[@Jonodrew1286]

True innovation and wow awesome !!!! Have tons of ideas

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@aumproject]

Aule zate ize véri goude, ènde iou spike véry ouelle innegliche, congratioulècheunne !

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@BollywoodBrass22]

Fab instrument, You could call it the "Thumbly"

[@eighthourlunch]

Totally inspiring! Thanks for another great video!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@Soundpaintmusic]

Bravo!

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci!

[@baptistenoyer]

whoa j'crois que c'est la plus grosse dinguerie que tu nous as faites, je suis fan de cet instrument

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci! J'aime beaucoup celui là, il reviendra!

[@barbdavis63]

That's sooooo cool. I love it ! You are amazing!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@PhillipRaymondGoodman]

For the name, slatitar perhaps... But also, looking at it, I feel like there is space for a contact mic and extra string, albeit without the fretboard, so more of a mini harp type thing.

[@NicolasBras]

There is always room for more, I had to be reasonable, we had limited shooting time!

[@parishealton1016]

This is fucking awesome

[@darkotsu1]

Eres increíble! Gracias por compartir tus experiencias. Saludos desde Montevideo, Uruguay

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@aaronslife4635]

That was epic! Love it!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@rexdarvog]

Some form of Wintergatan's Mable Machine on that instrument would sound sick.

[@NicolasBras]

That could be fun!

[@21centdregs]

i dont know if anyone else has suggested using sugar maple or really any other light weight hardwood rather than what looked to be a soft wood. at the very least the neck itself should be hardwood to avoid severe warping over time. but im sure u know this and just made it that way for speed and fun, (or maybe it actually is a hard wood that just appears to be construction grade pine?) i always enjoy your videos and am inspired as a fellow 'random shit that make sounds' builder.

[@NicolasBras]

Yep I have to learn woodworking, this year i'll collaborate with luthiers, I should learn some tricks... And I'll document all this for sure!

[@dirksommer7278]

What a great Instrument, I really Love it :)

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@tabttu]

That was pretty damn cool!

[@PS-fg3hp]

Movie actor, bassplayer, and now weird instrument builder. There's really no stopping Jason Momoa.

[@hithere4719]

Now I wanna see a throwing axe instrument…somehow

[@jbrady1725]

lol

[@weak7897]

Un pur jouet c'est trop bien

[@NicolasBras]

Oui très amusant à jouer !

[@lastditch727]

Super cool

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@Marlihone]

C'est génial !

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci;

[@lesvideoperdudeyoutube3201]

bravo bravo

[@NicolasBras]

Grand merci!

[@JakHart]

It may just be me.. but I noticed that when you were playing darker music, the instrument was playing well, but whenever you played something bluesy, there was a sort of mechanical interfere, the sound was buzzy, and off. The soul of this instrument is definitely a dark soul. A beautiful dark soul.

[@NicolasBras]

Yep, I still have to explore this thing!

[@JakHart]

@@NicolasBras I'm definitely looking forward to the music and sounds you produce with this, this is by far one of my favorite creations of yours.

[@idu321]

Badass!

[@otabeksalamov]

Mind blowing!!!!!

[@irenesurratt3441]

Amazing!

[@d4ro]

amazing invention, keep up creating great instruments

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks, I will!

[@d4ro]

@@NicolasBrasdo you think a bass harp is a good idea?

[@davidmelton9740]

I have been exploring the idea of building a kalimba into the bridge of a stringed instrument so the tines would act like a coil reverb when the strings are played, and the strings would vibrate sympathetically when the times are played. I am experimenting with using an aluminum neutral bonding bar from an electrical service panel as the bridge.

[@hardinmichael1981]

It’s a “Hurdy Guitimba”

[@NicolasBras]

Nice !

[@hardinmichael1981]

@@NicolasBras correction: “ELECTRIC Hurdy Guitimba”

[@donmantita503]

Wakala, COOL! I want a make this but, with E-bow. Meerciiii!

[@RetroPlus]

7:44 This sounds like the sanctuary theme from the borderlands 3 soundtrack, a really nice sound

[@belzebuthhhh]

Hooooo kalimba magnifique

[@Gooden_Eye]

cool idea, and it works!

[@didpen]

Very good !!!! the name of this instrument : The Indian ranch

[@jmlauranson1891]

What a genius! Quel génie!

[@chuckomgyahoo]

Very creative

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@prod.yungsoul2]

J'adore

[@chrishollandsworth6700]

How do I now want this more than a vintage PRS? Excellent!

[@maraflute]

Great job. Fantastic your channel

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks a lot!

[@かわいい89]

The drone was dope dude

[@NicolasBras]

Yep love it!

[@Alexander.Shipkov]

Great job !

[@Check_Vibe0]

Very cool instrument!

[@NicolasBras]

Thanks!

[@andreaaraceli7764]

Genio!

[@belzebuthhhh]

Good song

[@Adamant_Consternation]

Call it the Boardy Boi.