Jacob Collier's 5-string signature guitar | .strandberg* Guitars

00:20 - How it all started
01:20 - About the Boden JC 5 Djesse Limited Edition guitar
04:50 - Who is this guitar for?
06:59 - The transferring of language and voicings from similar instruments
08:17 - The use of the guitar on “Djesse Vol 4”
08:56 - Meeting the guys in Arch Echo
09:25 - Limited edition release
09:50 - Six stringed version
10:15 - About the color of the guitar and other features
10:55 - Final words
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The Boden JC 5 and 6 Djesse Limited Edition models were created out of a close collaboration between internationally acclaimed English artist Jacob Collier and .strandberg* Guitars and the result is two innovative musical instruments that continue the groundbreaking visions of both the artist and the builder.
Boden JC 5 Djesse Limited Edition is the first 5-string guitar from .strandberg* and allows the musician to explore new chordal voicings and fingering patterns through its DAEAD tuning and the Boden JC 6 Djesse Limited Edition is its 6-string sibling. Both models feature a neck-thru construction, custom multi-colored .strandberg* EGS Rev7 hardware, custom inlays, an eye-catching all-yellow finish, and blue color Lace Alumitone pickups. This signature guitar is built in small volume batches and will be released in drops.
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[@thomascleveland]

S: "Who's the target audience?" J: "Bazzooki players, and those who play the appalacian mountain dulcimer."

[@CaptainTodger69]

this made me laugh too much

[@mynickisnick4302]

Keith Richards

[@mrperson6773]

[@loi22]

"Ah finally. The perfect instrument to accompany my Bouzouki"

[@jxw129]

Abasi is scratching his head

[@RisikoAO]

I'm really happy to see Jacob endorsing Strandberg

[@alexanderallegra432]

I’m not! I want regular frets! Not crooked ones

[@opethian8512]

@@alexanderallegra432 they have the essential model which has them

[@ibinTZY]

@@alexanderallegra432many many many options out there for your requirements. Jacob didn’t make this guitar for everyone

[@alexanderallegra432]

@@ibinTZY yeah but I got 3,000 I’d love to spend on a new guitar…

[@ibinTZY]

@@alexanderallegra432 yeah my reply stays...many many options out there apart from this model by an Artist you clearly dont like 👍

[@christogeorgekurian]

Did he just go through the entire interview around a new electric guitar while only playing it acoustically.

[@johnny5494]

It forces us to go and research this guy. More click bait for someone. I think I’ll just let this one go. A 5 string guitar is about as gimmicky as it gets.

[@Gliese710_]

He’s also a super turbo nerd who has the ability to be the best musician ever, but instead makes Taylor swift-esc music.

[@christogeorgekurian]

@@johnny5494 I respectfully disagree. Mostly anyone who fairly consumes music-related content on the internet will be aware of Collier (even if not, I think they just found a treasure mine) And the possibilities of alternate tunings and a push for the player to think even a slight bit differently due to it being a 5 string can be refreshing for many. Certainly, It might not be for everyone.

[@christogeorgekurian]

@@Gliese710_ Swift just taking collateral damage.

[@johnny5494]

@@christogeorgekurian I have been playing guitar for 35 years and currently own over 20 guitars. A few 7 and 8 string guitars. I respectfully pass on this one. A few gold mines to check out if you like alternate tunings are Alex Hutchings and Andy McKee

[@datsch_]

You can tune a normal guitar to DAEEAD and get almost the same thing. Very nice for chords and soloing is easier than normal tuning. Top tip: tune the middle two E strings a few cents apart to get a nice chime (and probably drive Jacob crazy 🙂 )

[@lemoanfr]

I suggest DAEGAD instead. It's what Jacob used before he received his 5 string guitar. I've accidentally snapped the 3rd string before when tuning back and forth from standard to DAEEAD with light gauge strings!

[@MrVozhyk]

I happen to tune my 8-string D1 A1 E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (so an octave lower than Jacob's guitar at the bottom) to play Touch Guitar songs. I haven't thought about it as "easier" before seeing this video, though.

[@Niteblub]

Jacob got the Wolverine hairstyle 😀

[@miromax811]

Do you mean Ola?

[@KC-ch6iw]

that and/or Ace Ventura during the mental hospital scene when he's wearing the pink tutu. But it's admittedly more tidy here😆

[@AnthonyNelms]

​@@KC-ch6iwhahaha "alrighty then"

[@JackTaylorGuitars]

Soooo rad. The only brand that makes sense for Jacob, surely. It’s cool to see it out there!

[@oseeromon6926]

This is so bizarre. Why would you review an electric without actually plugging it in?

[@spottedliver]

Do you want to know what is really bizarre, is that that they introduce each other as the other person. Anybody else notice that? Weird sense of humor. Losing my mind for a minute.

[@mendronesg]

​@@spottedliver you're weird

[@christopher-miles]

@@mendronesg just don't.

[@mrcoatsworth429]

I agree, but honestly, it'll sound like any other guitar. But would have been cool to properly hear what kind of stuff he's playing with that tuning.

[@orinblank2056]

@@mrcoatsworth429 It's more of a mandolin tbh. They're calling it a guitar but idk if that's accurate. I recommend The String Cheese Incident if you get the chance. Their lead "guitar" player plays an electric 5 string octave mandolin and is phenomenal, and it's interesting to hear, since the different note pattern leads to a different playing style

[@user-gg4nv9xy1h]

i was ready to crap on this thing for missing a string and then "i was a bass player before i was a guitar player" and it all made sense lmao

[@user-qo1wx1ic4w]

I moved to the guitar from bass and the extra 3rd and 4th is very confusing lol

[@chefbanjo8139]

Its not that I'm not adventurous enough for a five string guitar, I'm just poor. Let the dentists have these, I'll check the Reverb used section in ten years or so.

[@broncoxy]

you can get a poor mans version pretty easily if you have a normal guitar, all you need is some pliers ;)

[@pietjestront2858]

2 months probably

[@subbbass]

Jacob should play the chapman stick. He's just a genius and i would love to hear what he would create on the stick.

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

I have wanted to know more about this guitar ever since I saw it on stage at Glastonbury in 2023!

[@Sjrm126]

I love to see Jacob explore the instrument in a fun and new way. With that being said, we need to see someone tune one of them to a banjo and make noise with it

[@jamesclawson9243]

All Jacob Collier fans, check out Arch Echo mentioned in this interview. Aggressively happyn and colorful metal music

[@idk9637]

I cant imagine this will sell

[@fiddlestix3025]

Not just funny, but also super inspiring, as always. Love the guitar, and both the people talking about it 😉 but also the enthusiasm Jacob Collier brings to this thing of beauty 💛❤️💚💛

[@JXter_]

For anybody who wants to try this tuning but doesn’t want to drop however much it costs, take off the G string of your guitar and move the E A and D strings up a slot - this generally isn’t damaging to the guitar. If you want to try the tuning without removing a string, a good 6-string version of this would be D A E F# A D, though it does make barring minor chords a little awkward.

[@bluestarorion]

I've always loved the idea of a 5-string! I'd love to convert one of my guitars

[@PinkHeadRadioFloyd]

This guy is on an another level of musician

[@stephenrodgers9698]

I have been messing around with colliers tuning on an old acoustic with 5 strings. LOVE IT. Comes naturally as a mandolin & bouzouki player..

[@sharchik916]

Arch Echo 👏👏👏

[@lesergent]

j'ai découvert l'artiste grâce à un article parlant de cette guitare .... wow j'ai adoré .... l'artiste je veux dire -))) la guitare aussi ... merci pour la découverte -)))

[@bastiank2357]

7:34, Interesting thought to have when throwing up Jacob!

[@ramonzeira]

How about a proper setup to get rid of thst buzz?

[@justinrothmusic]

Great to see these are on their way to market. Wish he would've been plugged in to hear it better.

[@kalidesu]

Nice piccolo Bass

[@danieldawang2120]

I'm really happy to be able to treasure a strandberg guitar. Just got to work for more years.

[@gurumajuindonesia]

holy cow ... so damn beautiful! Beware human .. JC will shred on guitar .. very soon!

[@thedjsson1431]

This feels like a sketch is this real

[@orinblank2056]

So it's basically a Strandberg version of the 5 string electric octave mandolin played by Michael Kang of The String Cheese Incident, except the high E is tuned down a whole step. I dig it, you get really interesting sounds out of mandolins, and it has a different vibe compared to the guitar since the notes are spaced so different

[@UphillGardener-ly5sh]

6:19 Not quite everyone Jacob, playing right handed is a prerequisite I think you'll find

[@VeitLehmann]

This inspired me to get my old forgotton baritone guitar out of the corner and tune it like that, but with an added lower fifth, and all two semitones higher: GDAEAD. I already had a GHS Zakk Wylde set on it which work really well for this with its massive lower string gauges, and it's really inspiring! Actually really easy to learn and come up with some beautiful voicings! Playing melodies is also a breeze, the switch to fifth is not harder to get used to than the major third in a regular tuning. Thanks so much Jacob for being such a well of inspiration!

[@drumrnva]

Hey, cool. And special thanks for not plugging in. We would much rather hear people talking about the instrument than the instrument itself.😳

[@NewPraetorianBlues]

"The fifthiness of it" is a great term lol

[@MikeKobb]

I had the pleasure of attending one of Jacob's concerts recently, and he played both this guitar and the 5-string Taylor acoustic. What a fantastic evening it was!

[@FlipReset]

wish he had it plugged in for this

[@Astronometric]

It is me or Jacob has the same haircut of Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura?

[@jmkqfnvyl87]

Actually would be interested in a uke or guitalele version. Always wanted fifths when playing those things

[@SullyShreds]

Beautiful guitar. Definitely getting the 6 string.

[@Fluffy_Ch1cken]

Guys wait till he founds out about a 6 string guitar 🤯

[@realraven2000]

I feel like i am on board. As a keyboard player i think a little more space on the fretboard is good, but i also played the Mandolin in standard and then Bouzouki in GDAD tuning. On guitar i find myself gravitating to the top strings for 3 string voicings because 6 strings are hard to handle in the standard configuration.

[@VoidMaker407]

sounded just like Yvette Young in the intro especially with the tone ! super great playing

[@Drunken_Hamster]

If he likes fifths with a D to D symmetry, tell him to give (bass to treble) D-A-E/C-G-D a shot on a six-string. The slash is to denotate that you can swap those two if playing dynamics requires (IDK how it'll play together having c3 physically below an e3). Anyway, it's the same 2-octave spacing as standard guitar. D2 to D4.

[@KirkpatrickSounds]

Dje(nt)sse

[@TheSonsofHorusx]

Awesome to see Strandberg being accommodating to the artists vision

[@Moblinmobus]

Fake comment

[@TheSonsofHorusx]

@@Moblinmobus I'm trying to be positive here, since there's nothing I like about Jacob colier or that guitar

[@armanpgrigorian]

10 years ago we started going up in strings, now were going down

[@razorimages]

More than ten years ago, jazzmen had 7 strings. But for centuries, violins/cello etc... had 4 strings. And people never changed that. I think this guitar is a great way to see guitar a different way, along with all the innovations Ola invented along the way

[@ZL1LoVeR]

WANT!!!

[@nangalatheone]

Target ? Me !!!!

[@satch500]

Jacob's ear hears a string 1hz out of tune and it's out of tune. To everyone else it's perfectly in tune hahahaha. Love this.

[@Mepjc]

Imagine this video, but you can actually hear what he's playing on the guitar. Now THAT would be cool!

[@sensiblynumb]

Cool interview/discussion but would have benefited from actually plugging the guitar in and playing something... Definitely interested in the innovation of a serious 5 stringer.

[@DavidGardeborn]

Somehow he reminds me of the past fabulous Swedish artist Robert Broberg. RIP.

[@albertpsaros4988]

I love yellow...would love to try one of these some time

[@DaveDurango]

Picking up Jacob is huge. Congrats

[@user-by6eb6zo7g]

It really isn't

[@Proghead88]

@@user-by6eb6zo7g It is. He's extremely innovative. Research his discography in detail and you'll discover an extremely diverse composer and more.

[@BineyT]

Nice! Maybe he can write a listenable song now!

[@MrMittens1974]

Emperor's new clothes.

[@andreethrasher5790]

But does it djent?

[@MineZeee]

Would love to see "Djenty" extended range version with additional six😂

[@russellzauner]

Finally, someone who gets it - why do we have two E strings, same thing many of us have wondered. Well, now you have it. This needs to be a standard model - a 10 string would crush in bluegrass.

[@Mike-pc2vb]

I know. Like why did Segovia, Joe Pass, Jimi Hendrix, Tony Rice ever need two E strings? Oh boy can you imagine Tony Rice on a 10string. So glad you and Jacob get it. If only we had a time machine you and Jacob could go back in time and teach Michael Hedges, Leo Kotke, and Stanley Jordan about alternate guitar tunings

[@acatnamedjoex4688]

@russellzauner buddy I have 3 E strings. Its called versatility. This guitar is the equivalent of a 3 wheeled car.

[@georgeaslanidis4789]

Cool, I didn't know he worked with Arch Echo.

[@tristanyoungquist7121]

The anti-djent guitar

[@AmyAlbert-xc7yi]

Keith Richards uses a 5 string guitar with open G tuning. Although, I think he just removes the bottom string!

[@musicmanglass]

Man, Ace Ventura hasnt aged a day. Good for him!

[@jasonfnorth]

Sold out

[@jonathanschubert9052]

Jacob Collier for the next Doctor Who

[@rodrigogouveiaoficial]

Awesome

[@TheVermifuge]

5:29 “Start Me Up” by The Rolling Stones

[@zonomena9153]

First time I've seen someone asking for less string.

[@fuzzmylife]

I play 6-string bass (exclusively for a few years, now mostly 4 again), I hear it all the time.

[@johnnyxmusic]

Keith Richard would like this with a Tele body.

[@joelaul]

displacement of social media burnout

[@RobHGuitar]

The colouring reminds me of the Jason Becker numbers guitar

[@dananthony6258]

I’d be surprised if this did well but hope hope the best.

[@822nivla]

I have always liked the idea of a 5 string guitar because we have 5 fingers. I see this differently to the way Jacob expressed it. For me, it's a proximity awareness thing. 5 string means there are 2 outer strings, 1 middle string and 2 in-between, just like our hands. I have often confused my 2 middle strings on a standard guitar between fretting and picking. Maybe that's just me but this would solve that I think.

[@rubenpulles7382]

when I think of an A note I synesthesiacly see Red. Is that why the 7th fret has a red line? Do more people see different colors for B, C, E....?

[@Kryn_Durr]

Imagine a 6 string version with an added low G on the bottom end 🤔

[@VeitLehmann]

I did just that on my old forgotten baritone guitar (an OLP MM5 Baritone) after learning about Jacob's tuning - it's amazing! But I tuned it GDAEAD, so another fifth below, but all two semitones higher. I already had the GHS Zakk Wylde .010 to .060 strings on it which work great for that tuning. The .011 to .070 set might work even better.

[@multi.instrumentalist]

I’m wondering how easy it’s gonna be to get strings for one of these

[@Zach-p7]

Jacob is brilliant. Like, at the level of Beethoven. He's contributed a lot in the way we all understand music. Many of these comments are hilarious. He's appreciated, mostly, but still misunderstood sometimes.

[@FizzyP]

No. If you can explain why he's so brilliant I'll entertain it. But I see a charlatan who has successfully convinced a lot of people who don't know much about music that he's a genius. It's an emperor's new clothes situation.

[@Zach-p7]

@@FizzyP this is someone who has invented new scales and has the highest understanding of harmony. He's not a brilliant shredder. He's a piano player.

[@FizzyP]

@@Zach-p7 I have no interest in shredding. "invented new scales" is not something a serious musician would think makes any sense. Anyone can "invent a new scale". What about it is so genius? What about G half sharp major is so genius? What about anything he does is genius? People keep holding up these token things and saying "this is genius". You ask them why and get crickets.

[@Zach-p7]

@@FizzyP super lydian/ mixolydian? How is the discovery of this not brilliant?

[@FizzyP]

@@Zach-p7 That's not how this goes. You don't get to just invent a name for something and claim it's brilliant and I should obviously know that. That's "the emperor's new clothes" effect in action. I asked you to explain why it's brilliant. Why is it brilliant?

[@flogginga_dead_horse4022]

oh boy

[@nadermargh]

I love this. I’ve been tuning a travel guitar to D A D A D D lately. My octave mandolin is tuned D A D A and I’d love a 10 string (5 pairs) cittern with an extra treble D. A 10 string version of this Strandberg would be awesome.

[@andreethrasher5790]

D A D D Y?

[@nadermargh]

@@andreethrasher5790 😂

[@nj1255]

I'm guessing it's tuned an octave below a regular 5-string baritone mandolin (or is it the same octave?), so it's basically an extended range headless multiscale 5-string mandolin? In other words, a djentolin!

[@JohnnySideburnsX]

The pressures of removing the low string on your guitar...

[@CurrentlyYouTubing]

❤❤❤

[@CarlosCastilla]

I was about to order one and this video made reconsider my decision. Nope

[@user-hn8bb7mi9l]

How would Jacob feel if I got one only for Keith Richards Open G?

[@BobGnarley.]

Ok, but what stops someone buying a regular six string guitar and only using 5 strings to achieve the same thing?

[@MadeByIsmael]

Not a guitarist (play piano and a bit of drums) but from my understanding isnt string tension an important thing in guitar. So simply removing a string on a 6 string could have undesired effects? Not to mention i believe this neck is as wide as a 6 string while only having 5 strings. So theres more room in between strings for bends. Like i said, not a guitarist so if i said something dumb please inform me 😊

[@BobGnarley.]

@@MadeByIsmael Nah it's not dumb all valid logic. String tension would matter if you add excess tension (really thick gauge strings for example).. you could over time get warping of the neck and in the short term you would have to fix your intonation to match the new gauge. But to remove tension is never a bad thing, you could of course remove every single string and it would not affect the neck. Also with string bends it's not really limited by the room on the fretboard, more by the tension of the string. If someone is bending their strings more than 2 whole steps the strings would have to be insanely loose (almost flapping around /out of tune) when open and you would greatly benefit from a higher gauge to add tension back (which would limit your bends again) So yeah not to hate on Jacob.. I enjoy his music and it obviously is a logic that works for him - but you can totally achieve the same thing by just removing a string on any normal guitar

[@user-by6eb6zo7g]

@@MadeByIsmael "Not a guitarist" Great than consider your take all but worthless

[@bot4reasons]

The strings on the JC model are spaced wider to be more like a Ukulele.

[@lemoanfr]

I've been playing in DAEGAD on a six-string acoustic guitar (same tuning Jacob used before his 5 string) for a couple months now and while you absolutely can remove one string and play in DAEAD, it gets really awkward. The benefit of having a 5-string guitar on a 6-string neck is that you get much more space in between the strings for bends and whatnot. I'm not positive but I think that the strings he uses are also specifically made for the guitar. The reason I believe that is because when you try to play voicings that are way high up on the neck, it's really easy to accidentally bend the string and play a different pitch but I don't see Jacob struggling with this in his videos.

[@yamitanomura]

5? I need 7 :)

[@anvilleite198]

7? I need 8:(

[@yamitanomura]

@@anvilleite198 You are my hero !!

[@TheRayCheongMusic]

between the ukulele and the guitar is the Jacobtar

[@verstamp]

Why not tune the whole guitar in fifths? CGDAE

[@daleonov]

Whoa! Will it make me at least 1% as talented as he is if I buy it? If so, I'll pay anything haha

[@kenigma4303]

As a guitarist, I can totally get what Jacob is saying. The 5 strings (1 per finger), the tuning of the 5ths vs standard being in 4ths and the symmetry of DAEAD would be quite easy to map the patterns up and down the fretboard. Plus, putting this on a Stramberg with its headless and highly ergonomic style is a match made in heaven. The only reason why we do things with 6 strings and EADGBe is tradition set long ago. Really excited to try this out in the near future!

[@user-by6eb6zo7g]

Or because having another string allows for more options and you are trying to recreate the wheel to better suit a need that isn't actually needed. Idiot

[@suryagurung7793]

Why not plug it in?😊

[@rosembermorales1995]

Someone should make a 4 string guitar. Since everyone loves bassier stuff nowadays, maybe make those strings thicker.

[@music703]

Check out tenor guitars (4 strings, usually 23 inch scale) or plectrum guitars (4 strings, usually 25-26 inch scale length). Tenors have had somewhat of a resurgence over the last 10-ish years. There are many different tunings you can use for them as well.

[@1serious0mfr]

Yeah

[@bot4reasons]

Will you release 5 string guitars in the future, or is this my only chance? I like the limited edition's aesthetics, but I'm way more interested in its ergonomics. Specifically the string spacing. Snagging one of the 55 before scalpers will be almost impossible.

[@yeetyfreety6938]

I'm sorry, but I'm confused. Strandberg has been pretty iconically a prog rock sort of a brand. Why exactly would a layman want to spend a premium on a guitar with less strings? I am just not seeing this in my head...

[@PunkIsDead...LikeMe]

This is cool and all; but, I never understood why Strandberg doesn't make 6-string bass guitars. They make 8 string guitars, and now a 5 string guitar - but only 4 or 5 string basses??

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

Calling a five string headless instrument a guitar feels weird to me. I feel like it needs a different moniker, but I don’t have any suggestions past Jacob’s electric banjola.

[@tijnstarr]

Why 5?

[@RithanVijay]

Amazing!

[@Traumglanz]

That feels like a weird but cool tuning.

[@DeceptiveSS]

As someone who revolved around more "regular" open tunings (like open C CGCGCE), it sounds like a joy to play around.

[@AmyAlbert-xc7yi]

where do you tune the strings?

[@zombizombi]

down near the bridge

[@modelcitizen1977]

They're going to sell so many goddamn guitars.

[@user-by6eb6zo7g]

They really wont