I've Wanted To Play This Guitar For SO Long! | Hybrid Guitars Charlie Hunter

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[@discotechwreck]

I’ve been listening to Charlie Hunter since 2013 and I’ve always been fascinated by his playing style. When Hybrid Guitars was announced I was so keen to see players from different genres and backgrounds begin using this instrument and this is the most clear and concise demo I’ve seen yet. Well done! 👏🏽

[@timeWaster76]

1994..... but I was in the bay area seen at the time pretty much since he emerged. also check out Peter Apfelbaum

[@googaboogaloo]

A guitar demo that turned into a lesson. That’s awesome.

[@JazzGuitarFan72]

That was an awesome breakdown of how that instrument is played. I have been listening to Charlie Hunter for many years and have had the good fortune to see him play live a few times, and could never quit figure out what he was doing (although I loved the sound of it). Charlie Hunter makes it look so fluid and of course he is fast in his transitions, so to take the time to explain how the instrument is set up, slow it down, and show different levels of playing and how to dress it up was illuminating. Thanks R.J.! (I can’t believe this is the first time I watched this!)

[@PedalPlayhouse]

That’s incredible! Thank you for sharing this really awesome unique hybrid guitar

[@ksgtrpkr]

Really awesome! It was fun to see something that challenged you! Great playing!

[@andrescolintv]

I’ve been following Charlie Hunter as well and I’m am very exited to see this video. Thanks for all the info and congrats!

[@LeviClay]

yesssss! A man of taste! Welcome to the club RJ!

[@bensheppard7361]

I’ve been onto Hunter for about 25 years and the way you played at the end really has me itching for one of these! Sounds so good

[@paulcamus8944]

Brilliant video RJ! I'm a massive Charlie Hunter fan myself and have always wanted to play one of his guitars. With this video, you almost made me feel like I had a chance to play it myself. Fantastic stuff.

[@Phil-Grocholl]

That is one of the prettiest sounding guitars I have ever heard!! Those chords were like nothing I have ever heard before. Loved it!

[@brianmcguire9872]

Awesome stuff. Admire this style so much!

[@Jetlaggroupe]

Thanks a lot RJ, I saw Charlie Hunter yesterday in Paris New Morning, puzzled by what i heard, couldn't figure it out! very clear explanation, bravo !!!

[@acasadiluca]

I'm 40 years old and i discovered c. Hunter many years ago... I saw him live and he was awesome. This guitar is awesome too.... Tele shape but so... So Hunter... 😂 Thanks RJ for you videos. I really appreciate them. Cheers from Italy!

[@michaelrosa2589]

My guitar teacher Gary Wooten plays a Hybrid 8 string and kills it. He introduced me to Charlie Hunter's stuff and it blew me away! Like you he is a hell of a player and a fantastic teacher. Love this video!!

[@adamsway6637]

This is crazy but your guitar teacher and I traded Hybrid guitars with each other earlier this year in July! I sent him my Hybrid-8 all the way from South Carolina and he sent me his Hybrid-7 Tele. Very cool guy!

[@michaelrosa2589]

@@adamsway6637 Yes he is a great guy. He is even a better teacher. He a wonderful player I am very lucky to have him as my teacher. The 8 string is a fine piece. Small world is it not. God Bless and keep playing that 7 string.

[@RozziMusic1959]

Thanks for the overview of the hybrid bass guitar. I just purchased one and have been experimenting with the right tuning to take advantage of the full tonal spectrum this guitar offers. Thanks for your insights!

[@psychotogether5114]

Awesome video. Thanks.

[@JohnHorneGuitar]

Oh hell yes. I would love to play one of these!

[@stevepethel6843]

Great teaching and playing Too.Probably the BEST explanation demonstration playing of how to play bass and guitar on a Hybrid Charlie Hunter. Universal 7.

[@jayillustrator86]

I can't wait to learn this and grab one of those guitars. Still learning guitar and bass now but man to bring them together like that 👌🏾Loved your breakdown.

[@EricRunquistBass]

I loved Jazz Central on BET!!!!!! Learned so much

[@KevinDarty]

Has anyone ever looked into Scott Lucas of Local H? He's been customizing his guitars for years to have both Guitar and Bass pickups with separate jacks for each. When he plays the Bass side it goes out to a Bass Amp rig while the Guitar jack goes out to his Guitar Amp rig and yes, pedals on both for interesting effects. Local H has toured for years as a two man band thanks to this setup. No Bass player.

[@regikarfberger4262]

Hell yeah Local H rips

[@antoinelablanquie3827]

This instrument should be made more affordable, it’s such a wonderful musical instrument

[@tomduckworth8335]

What a beautiful interesting guitar. Great thoughtful demo.

[@DylanDunbar1944]

Great video man. So cool. Soooo jealous …. I remember that video back in the 90’s ..

[@yoshizukuri]

I saw the show, too! BET Jazz! The greatest program they ever produced! They should bring it back!

[@buzzcrumhunger7114]

I saw Charlie a few times here in Colorado (Boulder and Nederland) several times in the 90s. Excellent shows every time. Haven't kept up with him in the intervening years (parenthood and so on). Very cool guitar you have there!

[@buzzcrumhunger7114]

Oh yeah, does that thing have some neck dive going on? Seems like it would be hard not to...

[@PDXguitarfreak]

I forgot about Charlie. I remember buying his Ready Set Shango disc years ago. Cool stuff.

[@agatzebluz]

This is amazing RJ !!! But I must say that it involves a lot of work to make it sound good.

[@zadtheinhaler]

Been a fan ever since I heard "Wornell's Yorkies" all those years ago. It's actually kinda maddening how he makes look so damn easy!

[@joaquin8637]

hell yeah Charlie Hunter!

[@kdakan]

Nice playing, I'll come back to this video and use it as an exercise on my 8 string. This brand of guitars are selling for 4.5-5.5K USD though when you order one on their page, I can't imagine anybody paying that much for a guitar they have never tried before.

[@pipotherium]

Incredible

[@Allison_Chaynes]

Bet had great programs on that channel. I used to watch Studio Jamz all the time. Also, all of the performances was always awesome to see.

[@philb9521]

A lefty model in purple would be an instant purchase! 😄❤

[@adriengahery9471]

Great video. I actually purchased a bass6 so that I can play bass and rythm with the same instrument. Got to check your Bass6 video again, there was a lot to unpack there. Nonetheless, it seems these hybrid guitars would have fit my needs better. Thanks for the upload!

[@kitano0]

Charlie Hunter's recordings with Lucy Woodward are great!

Hunter ftw!

[@ishta]

Good explanation and the lesson. The scale is 29.5 on the bass side and end on 25 on the last string. The thickest bass gauge I can use is the D'Addario Tape Wound black ETB92S (short scale) at 105 for the "E" but it's tight and you will probably ruin the silks. I prefer the GHS Precision Flats 3020 set where the "E" is .095 . I think they use String joy now but mine came with D'Addario EXL170S at .100. for the "E". I use 49-10 set for the guitar section (discarding the first and 6th strings ) I find it best to apply contrapuntal techniques and it expands on the typical Jazz comping. Novax is creating again the CH-8 string and that is tuned to E rather than G. Charlie did start with the E tuning but he thought it did not have enough pop and he raised it up when he went with Traugott 7-string. There are short scale basses at 29 scale and those are strung with regular gauge and tuned to E as well - I think the Hybrids can be tuned to E - the bass will be a bit floppy but still playable. The Hybrid Guitar folks are so helpful. I've been listening to Charlie since the 90's but it took me until 2020 to get one. Thanks to Hybrid Guitars

[@DovidM]

Love that it’s light. I’d hate to have something that I’d only want to play sitting down.

[@alexeykovalenko782]

I have 8 string hybrid guitar. Nice instrument

[@harrypalmer3481]

Fab!

[@scottbecker3485]

Watching with great interest…and happily noting you have excellent taste in guitar straps, for you, kind sir, have chosen exactly the one I use on my two favorite guitars. 😉

[@Alex-pl6bt]

I've been wondering about that strap, I was about to comment about it. Which is it?

[@Ramiroocampo]

Wow, what a complex, innovative instrument. I think a lot of people will get a submariner pickup and slap an octaver on that for the bass notes...which of course is not the same but still easier to learn....

[@javierm3998]

Dude Charlie hunter is a fucking legend

[@josephestes7076]

Awesome playing bud. Sounded great. What were you using for the organ / leslie tones on the guitar output?

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

The guitar is incredibly well thought out. Impressive. It sounds excellent. On a recording I would be convinced it was a real bass player and guitar player playing. It really is a great guitar for a trio.

[@graham.broome]

listen to d’angelo Spanish Joint for charlie hunter doing just that. i had no idea it was one guys for years!

[@vince8081]

Really curious to ear the players other than Charlie can play with that thing, it can be revolutionary.

[@michaelbowyer5222]

Jazz Central is where I discovered Victor Wooten. He was playing with the Flecktones and was ridiculous.

[@DovidM]

Without the high E string, I would tune the top string as C so that I’m playing perfect fourths.

[@cbrunhaver]

Chordally, that doesn’t work well.

[@mdspman000]

Nice explanation. So it's the lower the string of a bass with standard tuning and the middle 4 strings of the guitar in standard tuning with a CAPO at the 3rd fret (aka tuned up a minor 3rd). At least standard middle 4 string shapes work while you try and figure out the bass notes. Even thought the change is not that radical from a standard guitar it's more than enough to require many hours of sorting through pull this off, especially when improvising .

[@joeblankenship377]

Wow, Jazz Central on BET. I haven't thought about that in a long time. It was on super late and you had to scour the TV listings just to find out if it would be on or not.

[@claudiosuriano]

Thanks for this insightful video! Where I can find which string's gauge are you using? :)

[@Georgie_B_]

Great demo R.J! Sorry, any idea what the exact specs were on this one? Thanks so much!

[@jameserenberger3425]

Cool! I wonder if you have tried tuning it like a seven string guitar and tried some walking bass + chord melody stuff on it? Seems perfect for that style!

[@jameserenberger3425]

The end of the video has some of this. Whoops!

[@mattgahr]

Awesome playing man! Wish these were around when Chet Atkins was alive. I’m sure he’d make them sound incredible.

[@stevepethel6843]

3 bass stereo 3 treble stereo GRETSCH 6120 with Chet Atkins. Very similar just needed those additional bass guitar strings and they would of had it.

[@Haku_records]

Dang I think I played that one before it left the shop. Nice one dude!

[@fahge]

Hey! New guy on the Chanel! I really liked tour approach to this guitar. Probably because of you reference at the begining. Would like to know if you have tried and 8 string guitar like that. Almost every demo i found are naturally focused on metal. Or start right away trying to play animals as leaders 😂

[@RJRonquillo]

Welcome! I haven’t tried an 8 string , but here’s a standard 7 string with this style -kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2iadXqbit12qNUsi=YFu6uMAgmIk7FrJR

[@nomore2001]

Your guitar tone around 4:00 is really reminescent of Teenie Hodges' work on Love and Happiness by Al Green

[@GRude420]

16:35 R.J. turns himself into Ray Manzarek of The Doors.

[@elbdeltaguitarguru3032]

Thank you, but now I want one.

[@popbasajauna9819]

Liste or watchba vidéo of Sylvain Luc playing his Nylon string Godin. Thumb Plays bass, two middle fingers chords hand the 2 little fingers play solo, all AT the same Time...

[@elrafa782]

You’re not Charlie yet, but you’re doing great man ! (Just gently teasin’ you 😉) Thanks

[@grizzlyblair]

don't tell me you gave that back!!! :D

[@somepunkinthecomments471]

Wouldn't EADDGBE be a more practical tuning? Low 3 strings of a bass, high 4 of a guitar. If I can tune a 28⅝" scale down to B0, you can get that down to E1.

[@Dante5Inferno]

Great demo! What are you using to emulate the Hammond/Leslie rotary sound during the walking bass section?

[@RJRonquillo]

GFI Synesthesia

[@Dante5Inferno]

@@RJRonquillo Thank you! I want one of those Hybrids badly; would be incredibly useful in a current project.

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Will it chug?

[@brianallen5460]

I just got a hybrid 6 string. So much fun but it's going to take a long time to get proficient. A few years....

[@gtrdrumsplayerduarte]

Split mode not Stereo. Only two mono signals here

[@ParanoidGoblinoid]

George Van Eps did it earlier.

[@BrandonOutside]

Wait.. if I understood the tuning correctly, couldn't you just drop that Bb down to an A, then you'd have the equivalent of the top four stings of a guitar?

[@sterlingmillhollon2520]

i play an 8!!

[@MinhPham-ly7yp]

How do you like it? Thinking about getting one. Can’t decide between 7 or 8

[@Jack458111]

I bought one a few years back. It was fun but ultimately not useful for really any context. It’s so hard to get it to sound good and everyone knows you’re basically trying to be Charlie hunter. Fun instrument though !

[@MinhPham-ly7yp]

Hi, why specifically was it hard to get it to sound good? Was thinking about getting one, so any info would be helpful. Thanks.

[@Jack458111]

@@MinhPham-ly7yp well dude if you want one I say get it. It was super fun and kept me entertained for a few years. But to get past learning chord shapes to playing grooves and attempting to improvise over bass notes, that’s a big gap to close. Or at least it was for me.

[@dougwamble]

Just ordered my Hybrid 7 Tele last week. I'm borrowing one of Charlie's 6 string hybrids now. 3 bass 3 guitar. Really fun once you get your mind wrapped around that 5th between the bass and guitar. Here's a video of me, Charlie and Bernard Pretty Purdie! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHu1hGiEmM1pgJY

[@teddnagurski5583]

Wish they could have made it more affordable for average musicians.

[@morismateljan6458]

Harley Benton makes some cheap ones. No clue about the quality though.

[@joaquin8637]

@@morismateljan6458 which model?

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[@tommibjork]

It's dual mono, not stereo

[@Hikaru109Ichijyo]

interesting . . .

[@petermoss208]

Charlie is a once in a lifetime talent a lot like Stanley Jordan. I also think Voodoo might be the greatest produced R&B album of the last 35 years. Also Charlie. But seeing him live over the years it just seems like this style of playing is basically a way of him not having to play a bass player or organ player. He plays Organ Trio with just himself and a drummer. And honestly for his talent, the show is pretty boring. Once you get over the gimic every song sounds exactly the same. Because they don’t play any songs they’re just glorified jams. It’s basically a way for him to tour while ultimately paying only one other person. Something that started as a musical avenue for me has just become a way for him to keep more of the paycheck. I’ve seen plenty of one man band musicians who can do the same but they choose to pay other touring musicians because it benefits the music and the performance. Personally i’ll never go see Charlie again, it just seems like he’s there to pick up some quick cash…And honestly after awhile i’d rather hear a bassist and keys player on different instruments for dynamics. Charlie can play bass, and guitar very very well, he doesn’t need to play hybrid.

[@BertoBoyd]

90’s he was in a trio called TJ Kirk. Was that the trio you’re talking about?

[@GuitarType01]

This sounds like having to re-learn your guitar skills all over again. Nice review though

[@rickwilliams967]

P.S. Look up the Bajo Sexto guitar.

[@rickwilliams967]

Lol, what? You mean like guitar players have been doing since the beginning of guitars?

[@BertoBoyd]

Thumb on the bass notes and no polyphonic lines? Using the tuning they told you to use? Come on man en serio? SMH. Not sure you’re quite qualified to demo this man.