I played this thing when it was at a show in Nashville... And I can’t lie... it was one of the best feeling necks I’ve ever played. It was unbelievably smooth. It’s definitely a show piece, but boy it played like butter.
Outstanding work. Meticulously thougt through and gorgeously executed. This is how progress occurs i.e. a committed and smart designer/ craftsman willing to question everything.
I need some of that wood for my hammer handle, it makes the hammering sound so much nicer... A brag guitar for those who could not play - a typical wallhanger.
Fantastic. I love classic guitars! Hey I have a 56 Junior, a 61 Junior, some Customs, old Gretsches, etc. The birdfish is AMAZING. Guitarists are astonishingly close minded and doctrinaire so the comments don’t surprise me. Look at the reaction Ned Strinberger got! He was much better received among bassists. These are astonishing guitars.
If you listen carefully you can hear the dwarves crafting the tonebars, deep down in the Black Forrest. And every full moon witches fly the finished Tonebars to Uli Teuffel.
I'm sure I posted a comment asking for a custom Birdfish with mammoth tusk tone bars, contemporary ivory tone bars, and a set of plastic tone bars, for comparison.
Nice work. You can tell from all the number ones recorded with this one, that this guitar was the shit!!! All the watchmaking, airplane grade alumium. ALNICO35 used as well.
+riheg - He definitely likes both the avant guard stuff and the traditional stuff. Me too. If I could afford these Teuffel guitars I'd own them and be happy to see them next to my Gibson SG standard.
The guy doing the interview seems jet lagged or hung over. I liked the birdfish until seeing the back. The builder should definitely consider out sourcing the pickups.
Not as much as a different set of pickups Id wager… and not enough to justify what Im assuming is an obscene price tag. Im not hearing anything exceptional here.. so while they might "influence" the sound, do they actually improve the sound, or just alter it? If people wanna buy it go ahead… Im not knocking them… just the sales pitch. Usually the changes made to classic designs come at the expense of something else. For example the Taylor Vbrace that was so popular at this years NAMM is resonance at the expense of bass response. We'll see how well this design holds up under road use, and changes in humidity. Ive seen people build very lightly, like near implosion level thinness of bracing and soundboard, sounds great until it fails 4X quicker than a regular design. Ive see the trends come and go, thick sides, tone bar alterations, bridge mass, body depth, different materials hyped, vintage wood craze, BRW fingerboards, laminated woods, sound ports, different bracing, different pickup magnets, plate tuning, different bridge and tailpiece materials, brass nuts, baked maple etc etc etc etc … it goes on and on, every year its something new. Its all about trade offs. In my opinion, pick a classic design you like the sound of - invest in good pickups, build with the best available materials. Enjoy. Cheers friend.
Good pickups, best available materials - all of that is in the Teuffel guitars. If you ever get one in your hands, you can tell that Uli knows his craft. The build quality, detail and sound can compete with any other luthier made guitar, except that these are pieces of art on top. As it is with art, you can like it or not - that's up to you. But those are excellent guitars and not gimmicks.
For me unfortunately both guitars did not sound good. Very little harmonic content and just a dull flat tone. The distorted demos being the low point. The player is such a great guitarist but didn't seem to be able to coax anything musical out of them.
are these guitars only made to be hung on the wall of a Silicon Valley bro? how come none of these seemingly mind blowing conceptual guitars are ever in the hands of a popular musician or being played on stage in a full set capacity? why are they only deployed in demonstrations? are they too fragile to use in the wild?
After all its just a guitar and all you can do is play music on it. And If you suck, you suck on this one just the the same and if you dont, you do not need it to sound good because you can take a 100 bucks guitar and be a virtuoso. Believe me. I heard John Mc Laughlin play on one of my guitars once and I was blown away by the sound of the same instrument where I just sucked on greatly.
These look like something St Vincent would play, she's basically the Lady Gaga of guitars (aka no one else would be able to play these without looking like a pretentious asshole)
im speechless. i dont mean to offend the guy that made them, but they seem rather stupid. 8:56 I mean, if thats the goal, isnt easier o get a harley beton kit, put a noiseless single coils pickups and done? tone bars? Really? If i stick a funko pop on the body of my guitar i will get a vinyl type of sound? the guitars seem alright and stuff... but stupid and the reasons that they gave us are outdated... Even the guy that is making the interview, doesnt seen to belive whats been talking about
Why are really expensive things so hideous? I remember my bike magazine had a $20g custom bicycle. Ugliest thing I ever saw. Id love to see somebody smash this hideous guitar😂
I like new twists on electric guitar. The amp is a bit boxy sounding - but not awful. People these days are stuck in the 50s and 60s - possibly 70s and 80s with humbuckers - when it comes to guitar design. I am always on the look out for something fresh and new.
Thought the same thing the instant he started playing. I was expecting crystal clear, chiming notes. Sounded surprisingly muddy. Kudos for the effort and work that went into it, but no thank you. The nut was what caught my eye to begin with.
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These are definitely stupidly expensive. And to be honest, i think their features are unnecessary... If someone thinks their cool and want to spend an insane amount of money on these then okay, go ahead. But are they worth it?.... AND ONE MORE THING.... MODERN STRATOCASTER?!?! NO
I get what he's doing. The idea is solid, but the hoodoo, BS and unprovable mythology behind the birdfish "tonewood" is beyond description. Even his description of cast aluminium's tonal qualities is laughable. Electric guitars are a system with such a low total tension. His so called "tone bars" could be half that diameter and then maybe... just maybe you could tell the difference... if it was an acoustic instrument.
jamesha: I could say the same for all of my guitars, but the truth is there are other factors like the type of bridge, how the pick-ups are wound, etc. Parker's used to be made, I believe but could be mistaken, of aluminum or some similar metal. There is lots of evidence to support what I say, but for some quick proof, look up the cardboard stratocaster. Fender custom shop built a strat out of cardborad and when done it sounded like...a strat. You can find the clip on youtube.
ya i've seen the cardboard strat - i wish i had one! parkers have aluminum bridge/whammy but wood body and neck. the fingerboard is some kind of resin and a resin coating on the back of the body and neck to make them rigid - otherwise they would snap because they are very thin. eh, i can tell the difference in tone but it's not something any listeners would notice. frankly i leave them at home and mostly play my squire strats/teles.
jamesha175: AHHH! A Fender man! Same here! I still choose my Fenders as well for gigs. That is until I bought a Reverend Pete Anderson Easter II, but it's basically the same as a James Burton tele only without the noiseless pick-ups. That turned out to be a really good buy for me!
A perfect example of the neurosis that plagues a lot of guitar players/makers. Outlandish claims substantiated by pseudo-scientific jargon. He even goes as far as saying he wouldn't use rosewood, the most beloved wood, used by luthiers across the world as a tone wood of choice for back and sides.
I like his imagination and bringing it to lite. But some of the features are just goofy. Tone bars? Really? I would bet you can't hear a difference at all and the pups are covered in wood. Sounds like my 100.00 guitar. This is an example of a designer that believes in all the sales tactics of days gone by. Like cheaper wood used but better sounding. Those days are gone man. The vial has been lifted. Its a bad time to be a salesman.
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I played this thing when it was at a show in Nashville... And I can’t lie... it was one of the best feeling necks I’ve ever played. It was unbelievably smooth. It’s definitely a show piece, but boy it played like butter.
I’d love to play that guitar!
Wonderful! So innovative and so inviting at the same time.
Looks like a Polynesian fishing canoe.
Outstanding work. Meticulously thougt through and gorgeously executed. This is how progress occurs i.e. a committed and smart designer/ craftsman willing to question everything.
this takes the tonewood debate to a Whole new level
We're reaching levels of autism that shouldn't even be possible.
Sweep Phreak I'm not saying it does and I'm also saying it does not.
I try to stay out of this ongoing argument
Whole new level of stupidity
I need some of that wood for my hammer handle, it makes the hammering sound so much nicer...
A brag guitar for those who could not play - a typical wallhanger.
Fantastic. I love classic guitars! Hey I have a 56 Junior, a 61 Junior, some Customs, old Gretsches, etc. The birdfish is AMAZING. Guitarists are astonishingly close minded and doctrinaire so the comments don’t surprise me. Look at the reaction Ned Strinberger got! He was much better received among bassists. These are astonishing guitars.
Let the tone bar debate begin!
Can we have a double-blind sound test on the different "tone bars"?
That Niwa Prodigy is sexy looking. Both guitars look incredible and very unique.
Why don't we get to hear the different tone bars and pickups? Wtf
If you listen carefully you can hear the dwarves crafting the tonebars, deep down in the Black Forrest. And every full moon witches fly the finished Tonebars to Uli Teuffel.
German over engineering strikes again!
WhippJunior
yasss....the BirdFish guitar is the MB of guitars!!
WhippJunior just missing a swastika !
id like to see robert fripp,or adrian belew give the BirdFish guitar a try!!
I'm sure I posted a comment asking for a custom Birdfish with mammoth tusk tone bars, contemporary ivory tone bars, and a set of plastic tone bars, for comparison.
A Martian ray gun that sounds like a tomcat being strangled.
Ooh surprise appearance by Micahel Watts
at last something to take place of my telecaster.....if it was the year 5418.
Nice work.
You can tell from all the number ones recorded with this one, that this guitar was the shit!!!
All the watchmaking, airplane grade alumium.
ALNICO35 used as well.
LOL ! Tone wood debate ?
Give me a broom stick and some alpine rubber bands
Relic them! JK.
I'll supply the sand paper.
Xylophone with strings!
Wasn't really a fan of the blue matte one, but this, is absolutely beautiful. Still rather have a Ernie Ball Axis SS though.🧏♂️
the quality of the work is the best i have seen! the design eeewww. but well very well done
Tone bars?? I'm out...
Poor guy ... sombody 'tone barred' his wife ... ...
Wang dang ....I'm in baby!
You don’t have to change the word to change the tone of the guitar! Use the amp knobs. They will do just that. People are so guitarded!
The emperor is naked.
Sounds like my first guitar I ever owned from Sears ....$75
Uli kind of sounds like Papa Emeritus from Ghost
I can't decide what I most dislike : the looks, the sound or the price.
Million bucks? Lol
Billy Gibbons plays a birdfish.
WiserInTime I saw some pics of some his guitars. He likes weird ones. For the WTF effect I guess
+riheg - He definitely likes both the avant guard stuff and the traditional stuff. Me too. If I could afford these Teuffel guitars I'd own them and be happy to see them next to my Gibson SG standard.
@@riheg For the tone
I think i'll just stick with mi strat.
The guy doing the interview seems jet lagged or hung over.
I liked the birdfish until seeing the back. The builder should definitely consider out sourcing the pickups.
This guy is a master of doublespeak.
As a luthier myself, I must say that looks like a gimmick to me… pitching woo.
charlie wired
These guitars have been around for a long time. And the wood blocks actually do influence the sound.
Not as much as a different set of pickups Id wager… and not enough to justify what Im assuming is an obscene price tag. Im not hearing anything exceptional here.. so while they might "influence" the sound, do they actually improve the sound, or just alter it?
If people wanna buy it go ahead… Im not knocking them… just the sales pitch.
Usually the changes made to classic designs come at the expense of something else. For example the Taylor Vbrace that was so popular at this years NAMM is resonance at the expense of bass response. We'll see how well this design holds up under road use, and changes in humidity. Ive seen people build very lightly, like near implosion level thinness of bracing and soundboard, sounds great until it fails 4X quicker than a regular design. Ive see the trends come and go, thick sides, tone bar alterations, bridge mass, body depth, different materials hyped, vintage wood craze, BRW fingerboards, laminated woods, sound ports, different bracing, different pickup magnets, plate tuning, different bridge and tailpiece materials, brass nuts, baked maple etc etc etc etc … it goes on and on, every year its something new.
Its all about trade offs.
In my opinion, pick a classic design you like the sound of - invest in good pickups, build with the best available materials. Enjoy.
Cheers friend.
i tested a Tesla like 4 years ago, they are so smooth !
Good pickups, best available materials - all of that is in the Teuffel guitars. If you ever get one in your hands, you can tell that Uli knows his craft. The build quality, detail and sound can compete with any other luthier made guitar, except that these are pieces of art on top. As it is with art, you can like it or not - that's up to you. But those are excellent guitars and not gimmicks.
Agree.
Interesting stuff. Very unique. But for that many I would go for a crisp 53 Gold Top.
Looks weird .. sounds good though .. my 2 cts
Little sister guy, I think.
Idk, I can't help it. If I would see somebody playing a guitar like this I'd already hate them.
Nickel bird fish not naked bird fish
Looks like a satelite / sputnik ....
Hahaha haha tone bars
Interesting.
A little too fancy for me.
Luckily this is not what guitars are or I would had never got into it.
Science project gone bad
If you want an expensive talking piece, instead of an instrument to play (because it's too expensive to risk ever scratching it).
hahahahahahahaha is this real?
For me unfortunately both guitars did not sound good. Very little harmonic content and just a dull flat tone. The distorted demos being the low point. The player is such a great guitarist but didn't seem to be able to coax anything musical out of them.
snort, hehe tonebar, snort
what's the point of making a guitar to sound like a strat when all i need to do is go buy a strat???
are these guitars only made to be hung on the wall of a Silicon Valley bro? how come none of these seemingly mind blowing conceptual guitars are ever in the hands of a popular musician or being played on stage in a full set capacity? why are they only deployed in demonstrations? are they too fragile to use in the wild?
Kirk Hammett played a Teuffel on stage so your point whatever it is is moot
lol, no.
After all its just a guitar and all you can do is play music on it.
And If you suck, you suck on this one just the the same and if you dont, you do not need it to sound good because you can take a 100 bucks guitar and be a virtuoso.
Believe me.
I heard John Mc Laughlin play on one of my guitars once and I was blown away by the sound of the same instrument where I just sucked on greatly.
WW II Aircraft fail
$20,000...
45,000
BITCHEN!👍
良い音とは思え無い。
What a waste of flame maple
Who the f buys this things?
Trust fund kids, and the 1%.
If Spinal Tap was arrogant this is what would happen
Super yacht level bullshit.
These look like something St Vincent would play, she's basically the Lady Gaga of guitars (aka no one else would be able to play these without looking like a pretentious asshole)
Now, that's a custom guitar! Not that crap fender sells and calls custom.
15K is too steep for me.
The cost is ridiculous for how it actually sounds. Pointless.
im speechless. i dont mean to offend the guy that made them, but they seem rather stupid. 8:56 I mean, if thats the goal, isnt easier o get a harley beton kit, put a noiseless single coils pickups and done? tone bars? Really? If i stick a funko pop on the body of my guitar i will get a vinyl type of sound? the guitars seem alright and stuff... but stupid and the reasons that they gave us are outdated... Even the guy that is making the interview, doesnt seen to belive whats been talking about
Why are really expensive things so hideous? I remember my bike magazine had a $20g custom bicycle. Ugliest thing I ever saw. Id love to see somebody smash this hideous guitar😂
Oh yeah thatll sell..............Over engineered crap.
Kirk Hammett has one
got to say... BS!
lol Turn it over, and what a mess. Doesn't look anything like a guitar.
This is by far the ugliest guitar I've ever seen.
Craptastic
too much talking!!!
first one sounded like shit
It's nice to see everyone is so open minded, lol. Now get back to your Strat and LP clones.
Which cost 1/20th of the price.
You do realize it's called the "Holy Grail" guitar show right?
Prs
he wouldn't have bothered with the tone bars if they didn't influence the tone. just should have had a more skillful player...
They both sound awful.
I'm not all that thrilled with the looks of them either. the second 1 is primer grey.?
I like new twists on electric guitar. The amp is a bit boxy sounding - but not awful. People these days are stuck in the 50s and 60s - possibly 70s and 80s with humbuckers - when it comes to guitar design. I am always on the look out for something fresh and new.
Thought the same thing the instant he started playing. I was expecting crystal clear, chiming notes. Sounded surprisingly muddy. Kudos for the effort and work that went into it, but no thank you. The nut was what caught my eye to begin with.
@@galleykitchenmysteries4141
It's not really a new twist. Steinberger did more genuine innovation 35 years ago.
Phuc thats ugly. Not a fan of decapitated guitars
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These are definitely stupidly expensive. And to be honest, i think their features are unnecessary... If someone thinks their cool and want to spend an insane amount of money on these then okay, go ahead. But are they worth it?.... AND ONE MORE THING.... MODERN STRATOCASTER?!?! NO
I get what he's doing. The idea is solid, but the hoodoo, BS and unprovable mythology behind the birdfish "tonewood" is beyond description. Even his description of cast aluminium's tonal qualities is laughable. Electric guitars are a system with such a low total tension. His so called "tone bars" could be half that diameter and then maybe... just maybe you could tell the difference... if it was an acoustic instrument.
That was funny when he tried to hit a pinch harmonic and the guitar wouldn't do it.
Good luck selling this silly monstrosity. Someone needs to tell this guy that the wood does not affect the tone once an electric guitar is plugged in.
well then. i have a mahogany parker fly and a basswood parker fly same pick-ups but the mahogany sounds different from the basswood.
jamesha: I could say the same for all of my guitars, but the truth is there are other factors like the type of bridge, how the pick-ups are wound, etc. Parker's used to be made, I believe but could be mistaken, of aluminum or some similar metal. There is lots of evidence to support what I say, but for some quick proof, look up the cardboard stratocaster. Fender custom shop built a strat out of cardborad and when done it sounded like...a strat. You can find the clip on youtube.
ya i've seen the cardboard strat - i wish i had one!
parkers have aluminum bridge/whammy but wood body and neck. the fingerboard is some kind of resin and a resin coating on the back of the body and neck to make them rigid - otherwise they would snap because they are very thin. eh, i can tell the difference in tone but it's not something any listeners would notice.
frankly i leave them at home and mostly play my squire strats/teles.
jamesha175: AHHH! A Fender man! Same here! I still choose my Fenders as well for gigs. That is until I bought a Reverend Pete Anderson Easter II, but it's basically the same as a James Burton tele only without the noiseless pick-ups. That turned out to be a really good buy for me!
I swapped my strat neck for another and it did change dramatically.
Absolutely the dumbest looking guitars I have seen at this price point.
This guy needs to make watches instead. Or rockets. Not guitars. Just terrible.
A perfect example of the neurosis that plagues a lot of guitar players/makers. Outlandish claims substantiated by pseudo-scientific jargon. He even goes as far as saying he wouldn't use rosewood, the most beloved wood, used by luthiers across the world as a tone wood of choice for back and sides.
Quite possibly the ugliest guitar I've ever seen.
This is lame from top to bottom. As a piece of art it's convoluted and as an instrument it's meh.
I like his imagination and bringing it to lite. But some of the features are just goofy. Tone bars? Really? I would bet you can't hear a difference at all and the pups are covered in wood. Sounds like my 100.00 guitar. This is an example of a designer that believes in all the sales tactics of days gone by. Like cheaper wood used but better sounding. Those days are gone man. The vial has been lifted. Its a bad time to be a salesman.
I've seen it demo'd and the tone bars change the sound pretty obviously.
Jesus that is ugly thing and sounds crappy to boot
Ugly sound and design ...both !
Ugly guitars 🤢