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

[@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 👍

[@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

[@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.

[@JackTaylorGuitars]

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

[@HeirophantBlack]

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

[@うさぎテイラー]

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.

[@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"

[@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..

[@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 💛❤️💚💛

[@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

[@idk9637]

I cant imagine this will sell

[@bluestarorion]

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

[@danieldawang2120]

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

[@jamesclawson9243]

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

[@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.

[@Christophoros2A]

This guy is on an another level of musician

[@justinrothmusic]

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

[@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!

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

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

[@drumrnva]

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

[@ramonzeira]

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

[@KirkpatrickSounds]

Dje(nt)sse

[@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 -)))

[@TheSonsofHorusx]

Awesome to see Strandberg being accommodating to the artists vision

[@TheSonsofHorusx]

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

[@sharchik916]

Arch Echo 👏👏👏

[@gurumajuindonesia]

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

[@BineyT]

Nice! Maybe he can write a listenable song now!

[@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

[@VoidMaker407]

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

[@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.

[@acatnamedjoex4688]

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

[@DavidGardeborn]

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

[@Animosity6792]

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

[@bastiank2357]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@kalidesu]

Nice piccolo Bass

[@thedjsson1431]

This feels like a sketch is this real

[@UphillGardener-ly5sh]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@jasonfnorth]

Sold out

[@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.

[@albertpsaros4988]

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

[@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

[@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 😂

[@musicmanglass]

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

[@FlipReset]

wish he had it plugged in for this

[@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.

[@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?

[@MineZeee]

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

[@RobHGuitar]

The colouring reminds me of the Jason Becker numbers guitar

[@andreethrasher5790]

But does it djent?

[@ZL1LoVeR]

WANT!!!

[@Astronometric]

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

[@southernpride2003]

I built my own homemade 5 string guitar with my grandpa it's my main guitar besides the one in my profile picture all I need is 5 strings that's my opinion I bought the bridge of eBay I made the pickup myself play rockabilly country bluegrass and Blues and jazz

[@nangalatheone]

Target ? Me !!!!

[@Fluffy_Ch1cken]

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

[@AmyAlbert-xc7yi]

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

[@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!

[@multi.instrumentalist]

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

[@zonomena9153]

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

[@donderjong]

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

[@suryagurung7793]

Why not plug it in?😊

[@georgeaslanidis4789]

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

[@rodrigogouveiaoficial]

Awesome

[@DaveDurango]

Picking up Jacob is huge. Congrats

[@Manley156]

It really isn't

[@Proghead88]

@@Manley156 It is. He's extremely innovative. Research his discography in detail and you'll discover an extremely diverse composer and more.

[@bbbbbbread]

@@Manley156frl

[@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.

[@tristanyoungquist]

The anti-djent guitar

[@dananthony6258]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@e_ederer]

Nice! I've been playing 5-strings with that configuration (mostly a step down, CGDGC) since 2012 - very user friendly and fun (and with a long enough scale, very good for microtonal fretting) - excelsior!

[@kilocharlie1100]

could you tell us more about the advantages of this?

[@ripit.3457]

@@kilocharlie1100it’s fun 😃

[@e_ederer]

@@kilocharlie1100 • the scordatura (open string ‘tuning’) makes for two areas with very regular finger patterning o three adjacent strings in fourths (here, EAD), inviting fast movement, easy triads (including in most inversions) for scales/arpeggios and chords, and familiarity to people who already play guitar or bass o three adjacent strings in fifths in the low end (here DAE) where we would expect less need for speed, relative to higher parts, with familiar and regular patterns of both scales/arpeggios and chords, especially for players of violin/viola/’cello/mandolin/mandola/mandocello (or people who might want to learn those later) • and the overall arrangement allows playing major, minor, suspended, and sharp 11 chords with only one finger on the E string in the open position  DAFAD (D minor) with a finger on the first fret  DAF#AD (D major) with a finger on the second fret  DAGAD (D suspended) with a finger on the third fret  DAG#AD (D, sharp 4/11) with a finger on the fourth fret o or any of these with two fingers if one is used as a barre - leaving two fingers free for making accompanying melody or for extending the complexity of the chords o barring is easier and less stressful with 5 strings than with 6 • with standard guitar tuning there is often a need to mute a string or two while making chords; less so here • in order to make the 6-string guitar to have the resonant and convenient two-octave span in the outer strings, it interrupts the all-fourths pattern with a major third (G to B), which disrupts the regularity of the fingering patterns; not so here o that tempered major third is very sharp, out of tune, and the out-of-tuneness is present whenever you use that string; if you tune the open B in Just Intonation to get it right in one chord, it will be out of tune for other uses - this problem is not remedied on the guitar above (because the fretting is in 12-tone Equal Temperament, and the thirds will show up out of tune elsewhere, anyway - though microtonal fretting would solve that), but at least it is not baked into every scale or chord It's probably not for everyone, but I have been enjoying it!

[@kilocharlie1100]

@@e_ederer thank you so much for the explanation! I have to try this

[@TheVermifuge]

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

[@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....?

[@GerardAnthonyVelascoII]

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

[@NewPraetorianBlues]

"The fifthiness of it" is a great term lol

[@jonathanschubert9052]

Jacob Collier for the next Doctor Who

[@RithanVijay]

Amazing!

[@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!

[@Manley156]

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

[@CurrentlyYouTubing]

❤❤❤

[@JohnnySideburnsX]

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

[@Lionstarr86]

Why 5?

[@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??

[@MrMittens1974]

Emperor's new clothes.

[@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.

[@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

[@TheRayCheongMusic]

between the ukulele and the guitar is the Jacobtar

[@flogginga_dead_horse4022]

oh boy

[@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.

[@cobboom2211]

Price for the 5 string..?

[@verstamp]

Why not tune the whole guitar in fifths? CGDAE

[@CarlosCastilla]

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

[@alunevans5828]

Left handed edition when?

[@SlyHikari03]

I second this

[@yamitanomura]

5? I need 7 :)

[@anvilleite198]

7? I need 8:(

[@yamitanomura]

@@anvilleite198 You are my hero !!

[@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.

[@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

[@Manley156]

@@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.