Impossible Guitar: Concrete Block & Piezo

[tbader20]

@lmsjr Mateo Carcassi Op. 60 No. 7. It's part of a collection of 25 Classical Guitar etudes.

[acledfloyd]

This is what I call advertising.

[lmsjr]

what song is he playing?

[Deneteus]

Heavy!! W_W

[MrMagnificents]

But he should have finished with a Pete Townshend guitar smash!!!

[NicklausSIR2]

Robert Fripp would love the sound of this guitar, I think (maybe not the wieght though)

[beatsinabar]

I'd expect concrete to be a pretty good material for a solid guitar (apart from the weight thing). Heavy, minimal flex, great for sustain. Whereas particle board etc as he mentions will never sound that great, whatever the pick-up.

[randomtwit]

Jeez you might sell 10 guitars at those idiotic prices

wtf!

[Enofrappini]

@1212surface .....yeah, if they're buyin' pet rocks they'd buy a cinder block guitar, huh?

[speedball1919]

Insert your best Chuck Norris Cliche Here

[marter544]

What's the piece of music called starting at 1:16?

[gijsforever]

Haha, this guitar is a piece of art. Even without the piezo.

[KISSarmyist]

That's a nice sounding brick you have there.

[bsharo]

Interesting no doubt,but sound wise,"Crap"!.$25.00 from Walmart facsimile.

[Evilwhiteclownpunk]

Cool... but can you do spins/flips with one?

[Tonemonger]

@Evilwhiteclownpunk if you're a man you can...

[RichStark412]

whatt woulda made the video awesome is the dude playing a shitty "Smoke on the Water" and then bashing in the host head with the concrete block.

[javier7high]

do people even pay atention to what the guy says at the begining???

[cutandweld67]

IT doesn't need a pickguard either .be handy for smashing pumpkins!

[MrDarinWarren]

But does it have an AANJ?

[DeadlyDad]

I *love* mind-blowing demos like this. The only question I have left is "Will it blend?"

[hmunoz1996]

whats the name of that song, and tab?

[GtrSynSoloLessons]

Only difference is wood has more of an echo. Also you can use a fucking water balloon as a body as long as the pickups are in close proximity to the strings

[topdog2328]

so what is the name of the song, i think ive heard it played by paco de lucia before

[CoveiroKhain]

what's the name of this song?

[theconcreteguitar]

Hi, I've actually made a concrete guitar with the aim of getting the tone similar to a wooden bodied electric guitar. There is a sound test on my channel. if you have time, please visit, and try and guess which guitar is which. Thanks!

[Ugallardo]

Sounds nice. It really doesn't matter what the body is made of anyway. But...why concrete? It makes no sense :|

[mazingguitar]

Video should be called "THE BUILDER SHRED"

[ButtsexV2]

I can think of one thing that would be worse. A ream of paper

[Evanhardlife]

i dont want my blood pressure to be cut off. :(

[Tonemonger]

There's another demo of the Naturacoustic Piezo bridge on the cinder block by guitar legend George Worthmore at the Newport Guitar Festival... Can see it at the Lashbrook guitars website or do a youtube search for "George Worthmore Lashbrook Guitars"

[WoWintosh]

It sounds bad, exactly what I would expect from CONCRETE

[BubbaFart]

That concrete block needs a cutaway.... :-)

[geoff1121]

that guitar would look gorgeous with a 2tone sunburst

[joeeeeeeeeeeeee66666]

i like this!

[bmwk1200rsl]

This thing sounds like crap. Sterile and soulless. Remove the time based fx and it will sound even crappier. Why are people so surprised that it works? Didn't we already know that pickups pick up?

[Tonemonger]

@bmwk1200rsl - Maybe check out the other demos of the Lashbrook Naturacoustic bridge on a real guitar in our channel or on the Lashbrook Guitars website.

[BubbaFart]

@bmwk1200rsl I guess you don't really understand what the demo is all about. It's not about getting the best tone period. It's about getting pretty good tone out of what would be considered the worse possible guitar material. People thought making a guitar out of metal was pretty dumb, but look at the success resophonic guitars...

[OddTimeMan]

@bmwk1200rsl Sounds like crap? Really? A couple hundred people disagree with you.

[CorneliusSneedley]

@bmwk1200rsl What "time based" effects? There is a little reverb, nothing else. The whole idea with solid body guitars is to isolate the vibration to the speaking length of the strings, and concrete works just fine for this. You may actually believe in your heart that what a solid body guitar is made of makes a lot of difference, and you would be correct when comparing balsa to mahogany. But what it comes down to is mass. Concrete has mass. I would love to subject you to a blindfold test.

[tedybear335]

Bob the builder's guitar ah ah ah!!

[veryhighsamurai]

that player is amazing. I love the acoustic classic guitar sounding awesomeness he lets out of it :)

[BluesDfender]

play the stonecold blues !!! ;-)

[ShreddyEddy8D]

Les Paul weight killer (;

[Vizillar2505]

try a timberland boot next time SEE HOW'S THAT GONNA SOUND

[autopsist]

Please.. does someone know the piece he plays? (Not at the end) I've been searching with some very vague clues..

[STERNrogering]

mind putting a strap on it :D

[willievega]

Larry Lashbrook is a great guy and will one day be put on the same pedestal as Les and Leo.

It's true, it works, I've played it, it's unbelievable!

I was at his shop just today interviewing him for my show (That Guitar Show).

If you could mount that bridge on a shoe and string it up, it will sound like a fantastic instrument!

[Stingray7667]

gotta admit this thing is epic.. like Thor's hammer or some shit.

[TheRooster456]

Let's do this again without all the reverb and slapback.

[jack41714]

i thought concrete was the BEST material for an electric guitar?because it's so dense it's tone would be even better than a guitar made of mahogany,like a les paul,so the old guy is talking a load of rubbish,it's the best material,not the worst!thats why it sounds so good,not because of the flaming piezo bridge!

[goodyear2602]

370 dollars...WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?­!?!?!?!

[betweenthelinesofage]

pudding is worse

[locohellraiser]

Does the bridge really matter? Please i want to know!

[Tonemonger]

@locohellraiser The bridge makes all the difference. A piezo pickup is what most acoustic guitars use... Using string pressure and vibration instead of magnetics. The Naturacoustic Piezo Bridge is made for electric guitars / basses to get an authentic acoustic sound without sacrificing the electric sound qualities. (You won't find that in a hybrid) It's special design and tone wood construction allows the bridge to vibrate and respond like a real acoustic guitar.

[gunsandammo92]

i want one. how he make that exactly? the peizo bridge is also the pick up or something? the wire is inside the blick where the output jack comes in and the amp provides the whole amplication instead of the guitar having it's own preamp?

[blockstar2013]

i will trade you my acoustic guitar for that block! :D

[xr650r01]

WHatever dude... Everyone knows that brick is a way better tone block than concrete... Duh.

[NotYour94Ranger]

Came up with a worse material, solid rubber.

[somebizarredude]

 with that guitar You could really finish a show off with a bang :) can name it Thor's hammer !!!!

[mashafasha5]

What song is that?

[hmemerson]

@mashafasha5

It sounds like Malaguena (with a tilde~ over the n), or parts thereof. It's a very, very famous classical guitar composition.

[mashafasha5]

@hmemerson Thank you....how could I not notice that.

[johnithansummers]

That's a "heavy" sounding guitar........

[ToothyGus]

This must b good for rock

[metalmike04]

@ToothyGus [insert joke drum sound]

[yenbadcito]

@ToothyGus NO PUN INTENDED!

[bunky78]

I wonder what finishes that guitar comes in? :-P

[funkyroy1]

WHAT IS THE NAME OF WHAT HE IS PLAYING I CANT FIND IT ANY WHERE I LOVE THE SOUND OF THE SONG I HAVE GOT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS CALLED SO I CAN LEARN IT

[funkyroy1]

WHAT IS THE NAME OF WHAT HE IS PLAYING I CANT FIND IT ANY WHERE I LOVE THE SOUND OF THE SONG I HAVE GOT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS CALLED SO I CAN LEARN IT

[mistad00m]

tony smotherman is a GREAT guitarist.

[ZyklnAeon]

Try to make one ukulele in a brick

[P3DRO02]

how can this thing works if don't have pick ups??

[PsychoSymantic]

I wonder if a concrete block body is good for metal?

[Volbeatownzuass]

@PsychoSymantic i'd try some sorta metal:D

[JonDeth]

Because the piezo is working off the direct vibration of the strings, it has nothing to do with the resonance that occurs within a solid or hollow body. As if this guy invented the piezo transducer, they're really easy to turn into pickups.

[Beenyad]

I think a number of people would buy a concrete block guitar. I would if it were cheap enough. It'd be like, hey bro I got this guitar, and it sounds better than your guitar and it's made out of concrete and shit.

[kingdantje]

the piece he plays is Matteo Carcassi's 'Study in A Minor' not sure what number it is.

[pmacFTO]

Instead fo playing flamenco style - you should have played some "heavy rock", surely more fitting :p

[leviathan141]

sounds like flamenco?

[jetlag51]

how about you play it unplugged, so that we actually know how the block sounds

[serhanbg]

hendrix would need to learn karate to break this 

[t0nkpi1s]

hahahahhah i'm crying laughing... when i saw that concrete block and neck on it hhahaha

[Trapar137]

Sweet.

[FarazR2]

You guys need to try this with a large block of ice.

[KyleDeForrest]

Awesome! I always thought once you plug it in it all comes down to the pickup. By the way I love the Carcassi

[ravenshield56]

worst possible material for a guitar? air...NOW TRY THAT YA BASTARD

[Tonemonger]

@ravenshield56 We tried, but couldn't get the darn thing to stay in tune...

[ravenshield56]

@Tonemonger ahahahah :)

[DoctorWhoLukeStyle]

@Tonemonger haha POWNED

[lifechocobo]

Ohly shit!!~.... It's Impossible

[denisgiann]

If we are talking about electrics wood types dont make a difference whatsoever.Its the hands-amp-pickups and of course the craftsmanship in that order.Hear a recording without knowing the artist΄s gear and the come and tell me if thats ebony or maple or basswood.if this was just an audio clip...you would still argue about the type of wood used never even suspecting a concrete block...and thats the truth.

[rockgod1987]

haha

.....thts how my guitar sounds......

[ozzfest247]

What song was he playin? I wanna learn that song it's fuckin awesome!!!

[ravenshield56]

LOL

[GerCerber]

Наглядное доказательство что играть можно и на кирпиче? )))

[osvas23]

imagine the sustain

[norgesnus]

I guess he guitar sounds good for rock.

[jykonrock]

should've tried it with some distrotion just to see what sound came out of it.

[zziggymaan]

will somebody message me and explain the difference between a piezo pickup and an electric pickup?

[jackass311]

@zziggymaan a piezo picks up the pressure of the strings, like how they are always around/ ARE the bridge. unlike an electric or magnetic pickup that pick up the vibration of the string, the piezo relies on the pressure of the strings. check out some vids of it, like the graph tech ghost pickup system. theirs is freakin awesome, especially with the acousti-phonic preamp.

[herrfilm]

cool pick-up's/bridge

[sunghajungrocks]

Sungha Jung 'Pirates Of The Caribean' arranged by Wolfgang Vrecun.

Sungha Jung is the man !

My very favorite Guitar Hero

[guitardbucket]

Very nice.  And very creative way of presenting it.

[SoundOfAShark]

I honestly don't care about the piezo bridge i want the concrete guitar ;)

[EJRocky]

Tony's playing from 1:16 to 1:52 is just pure awesome. I favourited this vid just for that.

[resistance6]

I once made a guitar out of a five 5 gallon bucket of paint.

[ten8goa]

SPINAL TAP

[beerdeddi]

Well, very good playing!

[fru1tbooter14]

sounded good, tone wise, but he butchered that song.

[leandroverasNB]

This guitar would be great with my technic!!! We could join two different things in one!!!

[raindogred]

I really like the "Hardware" on this guitar. You've thought outside the "box", but i would have been a lot more impressed if he played "Another brick in the wall" by Pink Floyd or what about "concrete jungle" by Bob Marley - I'm rating this 5 star washers:)

[misteriousscientist]

Wow, it's the best guitar I've ever seen, visually of course.

[arthur84]

Was it plugged into an electric guitar amp? Even on the clean channel, amps designed for electric guitars color the sound to some degree, because magnetics give so few harmonics.

[Tonemonger]

@arthur84 - it was plugged into an SWR Strawberry Blonde acoustic amp.

[Tonemonger]

@arthur84 - it was plugged into an SWR Strawberry Blonde acoustic amp.

[sammywombarra]

that actually has a really good tone. you can tell it's concrete when he strikes a chord but that shows that maybe people should be experimenting with materials more with guitars. perhaps terracota or porcoline next?

[breakfast144]

the affliction shirt is a nice touch...

[SDMFPhil]

Looks like its got acoustic strings on it...

[sharkhead7854]

@SDMFPhil

Heheh, I didn't notice the first time watching this but yeah they are acoustic.

[eekleefeld]

I want one.  Concrete block and all. Was a bit disappointed when the guy said they're not making the concrete guitars.

[sitkatop]

what not just put in a humbuker??

[williamthomasmi10]

I'd imagine it'd have great sustain though.

[Matijac]

awesome

[potheadpenguin]

Actually, I think concrete would resonate quite well

[mikeyz75]

yea, right. turn off the compressor, delay, and eq and we see how it really sounds.

[JoeyNoeyTV]

I was there. We simply plugged it into the amp... no effects.

Very cool moment!

[OddTimeMan]

I've been telling people for years that the electronics affect the tone much more than the wood does...with solid body electric guitars that is. Thanks for proving my point! Sounds great!

[LichKingSkullWart]

But the body of a guitar doesn't affect the strings...

[warwickbass18]

But it does affect the tone...

[ichigorukia333]

you know nothing

[CBJulebrus]

what song is this?

[andresrh]

Etude 7 - Matteo Carcassi ;)

[FatKidCookie]

where are the pickups?

[riftguitar]

Piezo pickup is a bridge mounted pickup that reacts to the vibration of the strings.

[tuinstoel77]

hahaha awsome xD i would love to have a concrete flying V now

[meatybrain7]

I'm digging the farido style playing. The dudes definitely an oudist.

[jahenx94]

now I really want a concrete guitar

[lukejenn]

Larry's son was my best man in my wedding! : )

[xrracer]

Solid !

[LessthanJake14]

Literally!

[deadmetal5000]

wheres the *dum dum crash* when you need it xD

[DylanCobb]

The world's most musical brick.

[Blader999]

hell yes, hybrid picking :)

[aorphia]

It's just a piezo guitar pickup made into a guitar bridge. Instead of paying a whopping $370 buck for it, you can make your own for less than $10 bucks and it will sound just as good.

[krlosvallejogd]

how can i make mi own piezo :|?

[willievega]

Just got off the phone with you Larry. I'm listening to this, and can'y believe my ears.

[ironman55p]

Okay, so a cinder block is pretty impressive, but you'll sell me when you can make a Jell-o mold sound like a guitar.

[xxshowdownZxx]

haha that rocks

[ljsnappypants]

Hi Tonemonger...

I have had my Olson for 16 yrs. and I also have a Bashkin fanned fret which I've had the pleasure of owning for about 5 yrs. I also own a Recording King, which admittedly is not in the same league with the first two I mentioned. I also have some experience with mixing for You Tube videos. Feel free to ask if you need some help. Sometimes we can't see the trees for the forest...

[Mebibit]

And somehow, the block is still lighter than a Les Paul.

[mikespitzer007]

And the company is now selling these factory direct on the website  LASHBROOKGUITARS

$370 and no need for preamps or batteries.

[Johngtr13]

It makes a good flamenco guitar. It sounds good.

[IPLAYLOUD]

You need a case to protect other things from the Guitar.

Does it come with an Aluminum Strap?

Rosewood or Maple?

Concrete or Cement?

[TruthBeyond]

What's the point?

[Shogun777]

sounds awful........ fail demo is fail

[sintaxera]

maybe you should stop listening thru your PC speaker?

[Shogun777]

no, it just sounds awful..

[sintaxera]

fair enough :)

[Tonemonger]

Maybe try listening to how it sounds on an actual wood guitar? The concrete block guitar doesn't deliver the best tone, but considering that it shouldn't work at all... we thought is was a good demo. Check out Lashbrook LTH-1 Demo part 1 of 3

[elvinjohn7]

I want that concrete block guitar lol

[Vitotesta]

What about nylon strings? I have yet to play a natural sounding classical guitar using a piezo pick-up. Blending with a mic is an option but the balance is always

piezo heavy and the tone is CARP!

[oriman3d]

I've seen someone use a piezo on a ukelele so one can be installed on a classical guitar with virtually the same effect.

[natandalexrule]

wow that is cool

[Jill295]

awesome and hard

[Spoingey11]

sounds Spanish

[carlitoperronez]

after an hour of playin i wonder what ur knee looks like xD

[wolfmrp]

So much for reproducing the natural sound of the instrument.

[14natwolff]

lol

[Natnalexfan96]

hehe so cool!

[ItIzzy2044]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

[realgets]

lol wow thats pretty cool, and awesome playing. I saw this on natnalex's youtube channel

[Natnalexfan96]

me too xDDD

[CoolloveAlexwolff96]

wooooooooow so cool!!!

[mimiafelix]

wooooooooooow that's really cool man!

[theebestbrowniee]

Rock on dude!

[lionqueens1810]

woooooww