NAMM 2018 | Tosin Abasi Guitars | Animals as Leaders

Abasi guitars will be available at Thomann - stay tuned!
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Tosin Abasi shows his brand new Guitars built by veteran luthier Frank Falbo in California.
Interesting bits and pieces:
0:04 Introduction
0:23 Abasi Guitars
0:30 Frank Falbo as luthier
0:58 Specs
1:52 Fishman Fluence signature pickups
2:38 Handmade in California
3:29 The cooperation with Frank Falbo
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[@Javier-qk7ms]

I noticed Frank Falbo when he was at Seymour Duncan, I think he is a guy that will eventually be remembered as an innovator in the electric guitar business.

[@mikealitytv3524]

lol for those who didnt get it lol by 9/11 he was referring to the Porsche 911!!! XD XD hes a huge exotic German car fan.

[@BlueGuitarMusic]

Hahaha I was wondering about that

[@shayne08]

Literally the sickest guitar shape ever. I’m in love with it

[@thesaj1110]

shayne08 agree 100%

[@daltonwynn3786]

Maybe not for some people, but probably one of the most beautiful guitars I’ve seen, IMO. Maybe one day I’ll be able to afford one. Hopefully two. One for me, and one for my son!

[@JUNKO____]

Was the "This is our 911" comment about the Porsche 911 and they took it as the terrorist attack 911?

[@TheZooropaBaby]

or emergency call?

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

sounds like a porsche reference.

[@BobLeFlambeau]

I thought Porsche. A classis design thats been around almost 50 years. Beautiful guitar.

[@protolexis]

Nice pic

[@ooferrell]

Its a porche he's talking about.....he owns a black one if I'm mistaken...I think is its favorite and he's mentioned that before about referencing a guitar to a exotic car brand

[@BrettKingman]

Cool. I'll take two! And some lessons. :D

[@jackreavy]

hope you get one for a video man!

[@Zombbg4]

Looks like a walnut neck, extremely unique combination of woods- a beauty

[@BetonBenni]

I think it's great that Robert de Niro is building guitars now...

[@CrisAriel64]

My dad used to work with frank so i got to go to the shop and met tosin and watch the guitars get made and see the prototypes

[@thygod]

Cedar! I've always wanted to try an electric with a cedar body!

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

He did not say what kind of cedar ...there is a South American cedar that is called cedar because of the smell of the raw wood ...but it is actually a light mahogany.

[@cosmicsea89]

If anyone is worthy of their own guitar line it's Tosin

[@AKLowEnd]

I'll take two!

[@bruth6138]

I talked to Tosin for a bit after one of his first shows. He’s totally down to earth. Super nice guy. I see his girlfriend stopped making him wear the hats she kept buying him :). I liked the look. Guitars look super nice!

[@DAkeemT94]

Oh man! I'm only an hour away from his shop.

[@jacobguenther5134]

These guitars look absolutely wonderful, and i have mo doubt that their build quality is top notch, but i think Tosin doesn't understand the market very well, most 8 string players are younger adults ( including myself ) and my guess is these guitars will be EXPENSIVE. And there lies the problem, most people won't be able to afford these, even if you can afford one, what does the guitar offer at it's price that another wouldn't have at the same or even lower? Kiesel guitars now come with fishman fluence pickups, are made in the USA as well, and are known for their high standards for build quality. and even the most over-the-top multi-scale they have is just under $3000, hell i saw burled natural finished multiscale 8's for $1800 on their website. I don't want to be completely cynical of these guitars because again, they look amazing, sound amazing, and i know the build quality is superb. But when i can hit up Kiesel for the same thing at an even lowet price my interest in buying one drops significantly.

[@jacobguenther5134]

Sovereign King well yeah i'm not saying these guitars are unaffordable, i'm just saying that most people who are fans of Tosin or in the prog scene are younger, they don't have 8,000 to drop on a guitar. And he is alienating himself from his fans and the scene by doing so. But these are great guitars i do like them for their sound and look, i just don't like the route Tosin took with contracting a small shop to handmake these.

[@DevoGuitar08]

I think Kristof is doing a great job at Namm, good choice Thomann!

[@metalliholic]

If I had the money, Id get one!

[@Dr-vn2jr]

I get the guitar, but with his amp set up he could have a stick with Fishman pick ups and it would sound like Axe Fx.

[@ohp9220]

really awesome instrument. will they be in your webshop soon?

[@michaelsj7968]

Why is the top of the body so high up the fretboard?

[@ben156]

Cool guitar and all, but I'm more interested in those power cables hanging in behind. ORANGE CABLES? HOOK IT UP BUD

[@framebadger]

This is fantastic but I'll never be able to justify whatever price it costs. So... over to you Harley Benton!

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

Hahaha nice one :D

[@1337million]

I have seen replicas on Ali Express and similar sites

[@bazdesh]

link me up maybe. i cant find shit

[@gurumajuindonesia]

my question, how do you access the upper part of the 12th fret above if you don't have the cutaway ? i am kinda curious .. and the guitar is really top notch in the quality ! amazing works

[@rstysound]

That neck is so big you probably can't hook your thumb around the neck even if it did have a cutaway on the other side.

[@ONANISLAND]

AWESOME GUITAR its like a god guitar nice nice

[@einarabelc5]

So, California taxes with LA prices. Where's the business idea? What am I missing?

[@Cyberfauna]

Tosin is so attractive, holy shit

[@BoyAditya]

i'm more interested with his 6 strings version ...

[@lucaszembrzuski]

Thomann ppl, why there is no HB Henning Pauly Signature on NAMM?? :)

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

We had no booth at NAMM, but project "42" is on it's way. Won't be long till the release ...

[@lucaszembrzuski]

Well i think HB guitars deserve a booth at NAMM :)

[@Alienadin]

I like his logo, but the guitar is not my cup of tea. Wish him success though.

[@bluebetta39]

I hope I could fully understand at least my 6 strings guitar first 😭😭😢

[@nitaigauranga3849]

I realy like the look of that guitar. I would buy this. Is Thomann going to stock them?

[@Slamthulhu]

I doubt it but you never know EDIT: Okay so I finished the video and in the end it sounds like they were going to have them in stock, atleast in the store

[@ThomannsGuitarsBasses]

We'll stock them asap :)

[@thesaj1110]

Thomann Music any plans for lefties ?

[@KM-tv5km]

S Jay I emailed Abasi Guitars and Frank got back to me that lefties will be readily available with right handed guitars and have all the same options. Got to say I’m very impressed and that alone definitely makes me a huge supporter, anyone that can readily support lefties deserves success in my book.

[@emilianotimo]

that luthier looks like an older Matt Garstka

[@chescajimenez3204]

Seb Tymon he also kinda sounds like Matt 😂

[@smoreshaunted]

"She keeps fresh bananas in the basket for meh" - Matt Garstka

[@Spieleschummler]

"TASIN!"

[@xthexadvantagex]

I like the 911 reference lol

[@CesarSandoval024]

leumainauitti gunna get em if he dont calm down

[@luke666808g]

"This is our terrorist attack!... I mean sports car" - my brain

[@johnredcorn1131]

i want 6 of those please! I got 4 bucks

[@CarcPazu]

I personally like it a lot when it's all seethrough wood like this one. When it comes to price, just wait, they'll do like Strandberg, they'll have the custom shop at around 3000$ and will eventually create the Abasi SE, or something that will be exactly the same but built in Korea by Cort or something and will sell around 1300$, just wait and see. Or else the whole business plan doesn't work.

[@Saxoprane]

5000€ Guitars ?

[@jackelliott3608]

Saxoprane most likely

[@TheVashnessItself99]

3200$

[@Ahtnagarp]

will one of my kidney enough to buy that guitar ???

[@ReTr093]

They are not priced very competitively

[@johnpacino4491]

This partnership didn't end well for Frank...

[@endezeichengrimm]

I guess Ibanez is done then.

[@CVholik]

yeah they will never release his prototype, its been almost 2 damn years i would get impatient too... that first white ibanez proto with the gold hardware in the seymour duncan video tho.... such a shame that will never see the world

[@jackelliott3608]

Yeah they screwed themselves here. All the Djent tosin groupie kids with rich parents would be buying these things left and right from Ibanez. I can’t believe they drug their feet so long and missed out.

[@allstopblue5717]

Jack Elliott you ever think it was Tosin being too demanding. He clearly feels like he is smarter and more advanced than anybody else. He probably sat there and kept demanding things that weren’t worth doing from their point of view. So he jacked their r&d work and is doing it for himself to profit. Lol

[@jackelliott3608]

Rob Kennedy I don’t think so imo. He’s using that prototype in videos from at least 2 years ago for sure. He had a vision and they were taking a long time so I don’t blame him for making a decision like this. It’s actually genius. He’s gonna be rich(er).

[@Fabelaz]

@Jack Yeah, well, this one might also loose money. Pretty risky move. It's good though that he works with a smaller team, it's going to be much more flexible. Ibanez probably couldn't handle the release of the prototype because of how unusual the shape is. They would loose money just getting the model to mass production (I mean, much more than they already lost loosing Tosin). PS: for me, it doesn't seem that djent is as big and popular as shred was, so that's the reason why I think this initiative might fail.

[@liamtahaney713]

nothing like a kiesel or strandberg

[@jbrosupra]

Well considering ibanez did all the fucking work.

[@RezaMatix]

no one calls out Tosin on his blatant rip off of Fodera Basses entire look for his guitar, meanwhile he insists over and over that he designed this, even though its such a copy.

[@allstopblue5717]

RezaMatix exactly!!!! Not only that but Ibanez made “his design” come to life with THEIR money, THEIR time, and THEIR R&D. He just jacked it and found someone else to make them for his own profit.

[@RezaMatix]

damn, thats true. yet, HE DESIGNED IT. That just bothers me, the guy comes off like he is full of himself. and thats not a good look. he can play, yet he never bends...

[@thatguyreiji1045]

I know Tosin likes being all artsy and stuff but that is one ugly hunk of wood.

[@joshuachan56]

You're like the >10% of the majority who think the guitar is ugly lol. Its design is purely ergonomics & scientific yet maintaining its beauty since it's inspired by Rick Toone and Strandberg.

[@thatguyreiji1045]

Joshua Chan Hahaha I'm in love with the strandberg. Maybe my eyes just need adjusting.😂😂

[@thatguyreiji1045]

LSTNR Looks like a murder weapon😂😂lol

[@marcelohenriquepandion2868]

I love it, but I don’t have money

[@Fabelaz]

@Ray Amukwaya Have you ever seen an axe guitar? Some of them might djent.