BIGGEST classical guitar? Bach 4th cello suite Bourées 1&2

Peter Constant plays Bourées 1&2 from cello suite BWV 1010 on a 4-string classical (contra)bass guitar. Luthier: Graham Caldersmith www.caldersmithguitars.com . Scale Length: 88cm . Strings: Hannabach. Owner: Het Nationale Muziekinstrumenten Fonds. On permanent loan to: Stichting Gitaarorkest Nederland. This practice film recorded: studio 'Z.o.o.', Almere, The Netherlands 19.02.09

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Music

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• classical bass guitar
• J.S. Bach
• celo suite # 4
• bouree
• gitaar klassiek gitaar
• constant
• caldersmith
• guitar solo

[masterofmetallica09]

Do you play in Guitarrísimo if I may ask?

[zooduo]

@masterofmetallica09 Haha... you may. I conduct Guitarrísimo, and several other guitar orchestras.

[JerusalemRocks]

This is an acoustic bass, or double bass, and not a classical guitar. Is this a contest for who has the biggest? Then it is probably a male chauvinistic contest.

[zooduo]

@JerusalemRocks It's a scaled-up classical guitar. It's fretted, bridged, (lattice-)braced, strung, plucked (not bowed), held, hugged and loved like a guitar. Also note the question-mark in the title... no competition implied, I'm genuinely curious what else is out there. And by the way as amusing as the 'mine is bigger' comments are, I'd never considered size as gender-specific ... in fact the instrument has been nick-named 'oma' (grandma) so if anything she's a she, but I'm easy either way.

[rvic11]

The guy is clearly a great musician, but does anyone else think that instrument sounds crap?

[Carlos33704]

is this an acoustic bass guitar?.?

[OrlandoSlav]

@rvic11 it´s fuckin disgusting man, I totally agree with you!

[JosephKerr27]

In school, my TA had a luthier craft an 11-string spruce top (the bass strings were basically drones with only the lowers frets extended). This takes the cake by far! The phrasing naturally gets a bit muddy with the lower range of this guitar, but it's still pretty cool to hear a cello suite in cello range. I enjoyed it.

[ninioritalin88]

How do you tune it ? Like the cello, CGDA, or EADG ?

[bvolsky]

Unfortunately, the lower the notes you're working with, the lower (and thus more perceptible) the upper partial overtones. The overall effect of playing a melodic run of notes this low is something like getting your shoes sucked off in the mud.

[masterofmetallica09]

Wow, awesome!

[TheSonsofHorusx]

chode

[Carus0e]

Check out the Rigel ABG It's a hybrid, bass guitar neck and scale, a body with upright bass features like bridge, soundpost, archtop, etc. With more of an upright bass tone. Similar size and volume. The bass in this video really sounds like a contra guitar, great work by the luthier to capture the timbre of a guitar in a lower register. Both are uniquely awesome instruments. What they share is that they are true acoustic basses not needing amplification.