The amount of confidence he has in in his playing abilities- he only got one chance to get the last song right and he killed it (literally and metaphorically)
I think this is a reverse Hendrix - instead of destroying the guitar with fire and smash it to smithereens, you destroy the guitar with water and rock it gently like a baby - the second approach is obviously more subtle and dare I say, insidious. (I did not even know that getting the guitar wet can destroy it, so I am guessing you guys are not wrong on this)
As a musician, I’m always surrounded by music, creating it, listening to it for inspiration… you get the drill. It’s rare when something truly, truly hits me on an emotional level. This piece took me away to another world, man. I really admire your speedy techniques, but I love this ethereal side of what you do. Please keep it up.
i like that he's straight to the point when he meant that he be playing a song with a guitar filled with water.. mad respect to his music, guitar playing skills, and being a straightforward youtuber!
My mother was a guitarist and passed recently. Our strongest bond was through music. The song and the dying guitar reminded me of that. Thank you. Your music helped me today.
always know upur loved ones are always in your heart. Chase your dreams with your all. Your loved ones would want you to be happy. Cherish the people you have in your life everyday and in your memories. Have faith and live life to the fullest😁. Remember to play music . Your bond goes beyond the physical world
Maybe, just maybe, thats what actually did happen? I was looking to see if I could see water sloshing around while he was playing. Can somebody point that out to me? Everything looks bone dry to me. Was the shot of pouring the water in the guitar in reality done afterwards?
@@000EC Coming back to this now, i realize this isn't the effect that moving water inside of a guitar would have. In reality, the moving water would bend the pitch of the notes, which it doesn't in this video. So yeah it's probably fake.
Remove the water, let it air dry, bring it to a guitar repair shop and see how they turn into apple, telling you no warranty because there is water damage, only that they are right this time... But in all seriousness, I wonder if this would be salvageable by a skilled Luther, not that it would be anywhere near economically sensible, as you likely would have to pay a repair that might come close to the price level of a custom build.
I really like this guy, he isnt like the others who needs to take 13 minutes to explain what shenanigans theyre going to do before they actually do the experiment. He just gets straight to the point and plays it with no talking.
@@dredwick wHat fR?/?? bErnTh iS a LiaRr hE maKeU fAkE wataR guITaRrireeisss eXpEriMent tO aDveRtiSe hIS sOnG!/!?!!1! reAl! Im nEver LisTeRning tO bErntH ever aGain!!! oMg I am BadaZzLeD1!!1! flAbBergAsteD and dUmbfOundeD!1!1!
People could easily write you off as just the “shredder” guy, but, you always prove you have a lot of versatility. This feels special and somehow not gimmicky. Keep doing you man; im here for it 😊
@@thejudgefrom69 you make it sound like his goal is futile and stupid, and I disagree with that. For a material called waterworks, I think it’s artistically fitting to embody water in the sound (no pun intended). Besides, it’s interesting for the guitar as an instrument to be explored this way. I had never heard how a guitar full of water sounds, and it makes this piece really unique. Also, yeah, maybe the wood will never recover from this, but hell, many guitars have been destroyed for less. Specially electric ones. At least this one serves a purpose
Getting it wet inside won't ruin it. It takes time for water to soak into finely finished wood. Dump it out immediately afterwards and dry it with a hair dryer.
The water didn't give it that sound. The effects he put on it did. Namely the reverb. The water just added a "swashing" sound that is faintly heard. He could have achieved the same affect by just adding in that same water sound in post and without ruining his guitar. I'm not knocking the artistry, though. I mean, it's kind of terrible to treat a guitar like that, but there's a certain, subtle, artistic expression that comes with it. It's beautiful and all, but don't try this at home.
@@adidas2684 he is playing along to his master track. I'm sure it was either a piece of crap and he didn't care or he dumped it out and with the producing of the track he just used something to make that sound over, better yet, under his tracks of his master copy. Definitely don't ever do this to a valuable guitar for sure.
Yes, it’s perfect for a montage esp that genre like you described. Except, I imagine a slow fading in and out of scenes instead of jump cuts. Jump cuts seem very jarring and invasive like a chaotic horror scene. But that’s just my taste and imagination.
The fact that this guitar is literaly dying for this song lifts it on another level. Leaves much room for interpretation into it. The moment it came clear to me gave me shivers.
@@ahuman7403 the water is absorbed by the wood, swelling it and distorting the sound of the guitar. This keeps the guitar in particular from being used again
The guitar is kind of just dying in your hands as you play the last few notes, and for some reason that made me, a person who rarely shows any outward emotion, cry. You are truly a master of your craft.
@@danmillward7969 nothing wrong with shedding a few tears, even if for a strange reason. Not that I exactly live this out considering I almost always cry alone.
I absolutely love the fact that you only had one shot for this song. And it's an absolute masterpiece. As a guitarist it makes me cry every time I hear it.
This song is a masterpiece honestly, you can feel the emotions as if it was a play right in front of my eyes, and then as the piece quiets down from the very dramatic "war" bit, it drops into a mellow depressed tone that spoke "i have lost more than I had before". Then the final chord leaves you with that final ultimatum.
Why did I get sudden inspiration from this? The guitar playing it's last ethereal tune as it withers away...oh boy I have the urge to write a gut-wrenching scene.
"Playing its last ethereal tune" Bro he dumped tapwater into his acoustic lol its not that deep. Sounds like someone sloshing a bowl of water next to a guy playing guitar.
Honestly, this is an amazing composition. Beautifully executed, emotional and a great display of your virtuosity. The water sound was very interesting and a great experiment, but the music really stands on its own. Nice job!
Props to this guy he had one shot, couldn’t mess up, all while there was water in his guitar, along with the fact that the guitar was being destroyed in his hands while he played. Great job man, beautiful song too
A lot of mixed feelings from this... From the beauty of the song itself, to knowing its the guitars final song, to all the inspiration youre generating in the viewers, to the fact that such a beautiful guitar had to be sacrificed for it, to feeling that youre sending it off with such a graceful song, im crying, dude.
@○ free rei ○ No, social media has created an infection that has changed the collective psyches of of a generation. It's a sickness somewhat summed up by the idea of the mind virus/metal illness known as Wetico. No amount virtue signalling can change that, it just further illustrates my point when the butt hurt masses begin to whine.
I don't think most people appreciate how much talent is involved in getting a perfect take like this under the pressure of knowing you have one shot as the guitar is self destructing. That was impressive man. Show us the guitar now 😅
I bet he had a few go's left. Also any performance musician do have to practice and practice until they can just do it in one take at like a concert or something
@@bringme1kscrubscribers10 ideally you would practice enough to play perfectly every show but we all still make mistakes no matter how much we practice. its extremely difficult to play something, especially this intricate, the exact same way every time. given a short period to record, bernth likely made some mistakes in this recording but we don't notice them as thats just how the song is to us. he probably notices it, but we never will because this is the only recording we have of this song.
I get this is wood we're talking about, but wood doesn't usually just start bending to water that fast. Unless this is more of a compressed particle board, but still
It seems as though this type of experimentation died in the 70's. The song is beautiful and the water inside really does something organic that dubbing water sounds later wouldn't have done. Amazing.
It's 2 minutes. Dump it out and at best use a dehumidifier if needed. Most of the inside has a coat of some kind of oil or finish etc. Even if it doesn't. Fill it, dump it immediately and then it's 2 minutes of using digital reverb, then air dry or dehumidify if even needed. Why is this impressive? Outside of good playing. The water is a distraction.
My dad once played his old acoustic guitar on a small boat that nearly tipped over, it was filled with sea water and he just poured it out and kept playing, after that and various knocks around 50-60 years later it still plays well lmao
This is a testament to what artists can do with their instruments. You may think something isn’t “allowed” when playing an instrument but trust me you can create gold by pushing the limits of what’s “allowed”, you just have to dare to do it! This was amazing to listen to, 100/10, you killed it!
@@GilbertGarfield911 Don't be silly, they put sand in the mixing board for game soundtracks. But they can only do it during the hottest days of summer while outside. Try to be reasonable. 🙄
@@Anonymous-bv7rg Might be wrong on this, but like @Alpha Luna Blue said, I think the point was that the guitar has been there through some musics he played and he had quite the journey with it, so he wanted to do one last composition to send a farewell with it, the song itself is serene with a few tones of a last ditch effort to stay afloat, but in the end it sinks deeper and deeper into a dream that will last forever. And there's also the fact that puting resin or wax might change the air chamber inside the guitar so much that it produces a different sound
I didn’t expect a guitar to make such a massive amount of ethereal sound. It just had such a beautiful resonance coming from it and with the water sloshing around inside it just makes the sound so mesmerizing and magical. If this same song was played in the same way but in a place with more reverb it will make the song itself more spacious and more powerful. Just this alone is enough to draw me into a different world that I can’t explain
A proper farewell, a necessary retirement... the most beautiful death. It's as if the guitar knows it's the end and breathes the last notes in such a nostalgic and sad way at the same time. That guitar's sacrifice Will not be forgotten.
Mellow dramatic as fuck. He poured water into an instrument and you can hear it slosh around. Big whoop. It sounds no different. He ruined a perfectly good guitar that could be played for years to come only for it to sound the exact same. Everything you saw here can be achieved in post production.
No, the water didn’t change the sound of the guitar playing or give it any kind of effect. That was from reverb and whatever other effects he had the sound running through. The water just made that sloshing noise.
@@jeremyjoyner9796 For one thing, why would he talk about how transformative the water made it sound, if it wasn't the water doing it? And for another, the notes on the screen said the warping wood caused higher string action near the end.
@@jeremyjoyner9796 If you pour water into a guitar, it is *going* to sound like that, because yes, the wood *will* warp and water *is* sloshing around inside. It’s as simple as that- he doesn’t have to lie about it.
I mean... Filling your guitar with water will not make it sound "majestic and ethereal" on its own. Other than the sloshing, that's the magic of reverb pedal FX :)
@@solinjrgensen2540 Anime isn't a cartoon. It has meaning. There are some topics that isn't that fun to watch but there are some good ones like "A Silent Voice". ruclips.net/video/n4ascZKKQtE/видео.html 28 minutes brief, worth the watch. About teens, regrets, suicide, self hated, social problems, depression,
@@solinjrgensen2540Besides what Silencer said, that's just rude. Sure, they're a weeb, but that doesn't mean they can't make a comment on a RUclips video, or do something other than just watch anime.
Dude not gonna lie. Had me in tears while watching. Such a sacrifice to the art. Thank you. For you're music and sacrifice. Will be shared with everyone I know.
It has an ethereal sound. My nephew plays the guitar and he's self-taught. His dad passed away this past June and left him about 15 guitars as he was a guitarist too.
Did we watch the same video? Because there were no sounds of the guitar dying at all. None. It was playing juts fine at the end. Or as well as it was at the beginning anyway.
@Righty-O no, you've got it wrong, heh, see we're not talking about the sound dying, the interior of the guitar is what is being ruined, water ruins your instruments.
My friend… this was truly beautiful. As a lifelong guitarist I am both saddened by the death of your guitar and uplifted by the beauty of its final moments. I will be buying this song and streaming it often. The melancholy and soul of this song, your guitar and your heart as an artist rings true in each note. Excellent work. 🖤
@@FuzzyWalrus123 Exactly. If you have to rely on shit like this to distinguish yourself chances are there’s not much substance there. Just throwing shit at the wall and hoping something sticks
This is an incredible video. As a guitarist, this was very dramatic. You can feel the artist saying farewell & the guitar quietly fading to black… let this be a metaphor for our lives.. our last song can indeed be the very purpose we were created for
"I've force fed you something that will kill you and you will die in the next 30 minutes, *now I'm going to get you to make music for me"* Such a good metaphor
The playing is so good I forgot about the water. The music sounded like sinking into the ocean during a storm thinking you're time is up, but then suddenly you realize you can breathe. You begin to explore the somber depths flickering on and off with dull light from the lightning above the surface to discover something new and mysterious that gives you hope. This was awesome! I love songs like this that take me somewhere in my imagination. I need to check out that album!
@@19dollarfortnitecard27 I really hope so. I've been too scared to pray lately. Seems like every time I do, things get worse. Unless I pray for other people then it seems to be fine.
@@RealMrXrow don't worry about others lives, God listens to your prayers. Praying is pretty much talking with God. Have faith that everything will be fine. God has amazing plans for us the sad thing is, is that nobody wants to receive it.
Wow such passionate playing, you can feel the emotions truly through your playing. The water is a nice extra touch. Sounds like your just on a beach and the water is lapping.
This is enchanting, bro... I had to listen to it through a second time immediately after the first. Oh my goodness...the goosebumps...! This is beautiful, fitting, and genius. The water gives the sound even more unearthly beauty... Immediate like. Keep making amazing stuff. Love your work.
i think this is what they mean when they say "you have to know the rules in order to break them." this is beautiful performance art, and an incredible sound!! subbed :)
Imagine going on tour and needing a different guitar every night for this song No but in all honesty, this sounded otherworldly ... Melodic, melancholic and overall just perfect. You are a great musician!
I feel like the people who are asking why he didn’t just seal off the inside are missing part of the point. He could’ve done this with any other of his songs, but he chose Waterworks- a sound of grief and longing. The music and the way he rocks the instrument is akin to cradling and swaying a loved one. The art is in the knowledge that the action of filling the guitar with can’t be reversed or taken back, much like our lives are full of regret and unknown last chances with people. Memento Mori.
I can really see this piece licensed in a Netflix show or something to set a mood for the program. Maybe even to be used as a recurring theme. You wrote something that is both beautiful and that many musicians chase but never catch.
This was hauntingly beautiful and even more haunting given the fact that it sacrificed the exact same model of guitar that I own and play, fantastic job!
This is a beautiful. Sad to see such a beautiful guitar having a player give it the best final song and idea. I almost teared up just thinking, how much you must love that guitar if you wanted to give the guitar one last song.
Wow, that's really beautiful! I feel like the water not only created the sloshing effect, but also altered the way the music itself sounds. It seems more... I don't know, more organic, somehow.
This sounded so good,as the melody fades the feelings before the guitars death really are being understood by your handwork Well done Totally a "this will be on my list"
I don't even know what to say, other than that was so beautifully ethereal -- it's an understatement, because I'm at a loss of words. I don't think I've ever seen someone play the guitar the way you did. It's almost as if, while you played, you and the guitar became one, as an instrument. This is the first video I have seen of yours, and I already look forward to watching your future content as a new subscriber.
this is one of the most beautiful guitar solos i have ever heard... i can't stop replaying it. i definitely want to learn to play like this when i get a guitar
Best of luck. As a guitarist myself all I have to stay is make sure to stick to it. You’ll likely want to give up and quit because you can’t play right but all things take time and the guitar just seems to take exceptionally more time lol. But seriously make sure to stay on it and don’t quit and before you know it you’ll be playing like this dude. Cheers
The final musical note, right at the very end, hits something deep, melodic, and dark... what an incredible ending! I almost cried experiencing over and over, this dramatic and beautiful sacrifice.
@@fuckcensorship69 I am so hurt... you are so mean... you just made me cry one more time, I can not believe this... this has to stop. Please. Stop it right now...
@@fuckcensorship69 I am so hurt, you have no idea how badly hurt you've made me. You are a baaaad baaaaad tough guy. I can not believe how evil and powerful you are. Please, stop hurting me so bad, I am begging you...
This song and situation for the guitar is extremely poetic, it’s like the last siren song from a dying sea creature. Or the last howl from an old wolf. Or a last time you hang with a friend before they pass.
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out of curiosity, do you listen to polyphia ?
At least you sacrificed it for a beautiful piece of music 🎵🎶 kudo's
@@miotubo839 D-Bag
solution to the water destroying the guitar... flexseal the insides first! should waterproof it :D
@@miotubo839
I used to think that the Metallica fanboys were the worst. Then I met the Polyphia fanboys.
The amount of confidence he has in in his playing abilities- he only got one chance to get the last song right and he killed it (literally and metaphorically)
I think this is a reverse Hendrix - instead of destroying the guitar with fire and smash it to smithereens, you destroy the guitar with water and rock it gently like a baby - the second approach is obviously more subtle and dare I say, insidious.
(I did not even know that getting the guitar wet can destroy it, so I am guessing you guys are not wrong on this)
@@efedindar2079 I agree.
Well yeah you just pratice a lot before attempting it
That’s what practice does for you…
For all you know this could be his 5th try and 5th guitar. 🙂
As a musician, I’m always surrounded by music, creating it, listening to it for inspiration… you get the drill. It’s rare when something truly, truly hits me on an emotional level. This piece took me away to another world, man. I really admire your speedy techniques, but I love this ethereal side of what you do. Please keep it up.
@@ricktheexplorer , very well said.
i like that he's straight to the point when he meant that he be playing a song with a guitar filled with water.. mad respect to his music, guitar playing skills, and being a straightforward youtuber!
My mother was a guitarist and passed recently. Our strongest bond was through music. The song and the dying guitar reminded me of that. Thank you. Your music helped me today.
always know upur loved ones are always in your heart. Chase your dreams with your all. Your loved ones would want you to be happy. Cherish the people you have in your life everyday and in your memories. Have faith and live life to the fullest😁. Remember to play music . Your bond goes beyond the physical world
My mother was a guitar :(
@@Nunya450 then you must be Top G man
gg
😭
As guitarist and producer this warms my soul.
As a guitarist and producer this makes me think, “I really could’ve just added a water track”
But then you'd have no content and marketing
Besides, it sounds more authentic and it's easier this way
Maybe, just maybe, thats what actually did happen? I was looking to see if I could see water sloshing around while he was playing. Can somebody point that out to me? Everything looks bone dry to me. Was the shot of pouring the water in the guitar in reality done afterwards?
@@000EC Exactly my thoughts. It's really hard to tell either way.
how do you add a water track?
@@000EC Coming back to this now, i realize this isn't the effect that moving water inside of a guitar would have. In reality, the moving water would bend the pitch of the notes, which it doesn't in this video. So yeah it's probably fake.
The strings even stayed in tune even with the body bending. Amazing.
lol
Remove the water, let it air dry, bring it to a guitar repair shop and see how they turn into apple, telling you no warranty because there is water damage, only that they are right this time...
But in all seriousness, I wonder if this would be salvageable by a skilled Luther, not that it would be anywhere near economically sensible, as you likely would have to pay a repair that might come close to the price level of a custom build.
Nice show. I think it is only a fake.
@@alexanderkupke920 The guitar of Theseus
Almost as though this video is fake
The guitar slowly dying in your hands as you play this beautiful and melancholy piece, to be it's last song ever... It's poetic.
It’s fine, just needs to be dried off
@@PedroAlves0 how so?
I think I'm gonna puke
@@PedroAlves0 Yeah, everything is fake nowadays. Even the real stuff.
Literally watches the guy pour water into his guitar
“NOPE. DIDNT HAPPEN.”
I'm gonna cry, bro.
I really like this guy, he isnt like the others who needs to take 13 minutes to explain what shenanigans theyre going to do before they actually do the experiment. He just gets straight to the point and plays it with no talking.
@@dredwick Uh what?
@@dredwick wHat fR?/?? bErnTh iS a LiaRr hE maKeU fAkE wataR guITaRrireeisss eXpEriMent tO aDveRtiSe hIS sOnG!/!?!!1! reAl! Im nEver LisTeRning tO bErntH ever aGain!!! oMg I am BadaZzLeD1!!1! flAbBergAsteD and dUmbfOundeD!1!1!
Not even 13 minutes like a whole ass 50 minutes just talking then they show you
Yeah. They drive me fkn nuts.
People could easily write you off as just the “shredder” guy, but, you always prove you have a lot of versatility. This feels special and somehow not gimmicky. Keep doing you man; im here for it 😊
He he he ha! I ruined the 690 likes
@@thejudgefrom69 you make it sound like his goal is futile and stupid, and I disagree with that. For a material called waterworks, I think it’s artistically fitting to embody water in the sound (no pun intended). Besides, it’s interesting for the guitar as an instrument to be explored this way. I had never heard how a guitar full of water sounds, and it makes this piece really unique. Also, yeah, maybe the wood will never recover from this, but hell, many guitars have been destroyed for less. Specially electric ones. At least this one serves a purpose
Nah the meatriding is crazy
this is my first time here, so i had no idea he was a shredder lol
I wish I was just a "shredder" but yeah, he's something else
RIP you beautiful thing; your last moments were spent putting this absolutely stunning piece of music out into the world
Getting it wet inside won't ruin it. It takes time for water to soak into finely finished wood. Dump it out immediately afterwards and dry it with a hair dryer.
@@deusexaethera would drying it quickly with a hair dryer make it susceptible to cracking though?
@@deusexaethera Dude he was talking about BERNTH, not the guitar. He died.
@TheMattymatheson no
@@j-cool-guy-OFFICIAL-CHANNEL when?
I'm stuned by how ethereal it sounds, kinda like your main group of character setting out for an adventure and showing jump cuts of their adventure
Or dying
The water didn't give it that sound. The effects he put on it did. Namely the reverb. The water just added a "swashing" sound that is faintly heard. He could have achieved the same affect by just adding in that same water sound in post and without ruining his guitar.
I'm not knocking the artistry, though. I mean, it's kind of terrible to treat a guitar like that, but there's a certain, subtle, artistic expression that comes with it. It's beautiful and all, but don't try this at home.
@@adidas2684 he is playing along to his master track. I'm sure it was either a piece of crap and he didn't care or he dumped it out and with the producing of the track he just used something to make that sound over, better yet, under his tracks of his master copy. Definitely don't ever do this to a valuable guitar for sure.
Yes, it’s perfect for a montage esp that genre like you described.
Except, I imagine a slow fading in and out of scenes instead of jump cuts. Jump cuts seem very jarring and invasive like a chaotic horror scene. But that’s just my taste and imagination.
@@amorousagony2626true lol
The fact that this guitar is literaly dying for this song lifts it on another level. Leaves much room for interpretation into it. The moment it came clear to me gave me shivers.
this is just fucking bs and probably fake . i do hope it's a fake, cuz why the F would you ruin an instrument "for art'? this would be just dumb.
How come literally dying ???
@@ahuman7403 the water is absorbed by the wood, swelling it and distorting the sound of the guitar. This keeps the guitar in particular from being used again
I know right??? There's so much meaning to be found in it. A lot of great modern art is kind of like this
Wow, the rocking back and forth as you play creates an oceanic sloshing rhythm as you play. Very cool.
🙄🙄What is happening?
you hear that sound more often in the bathroom...
The guitar is kind of just dying in your hands as you play the last few notes, and for some reason that made me, a person who rarely shows any outward emotion, cry. You are truly a master of your craft.
Mate you need to fix whatever is going on in your life
Who gives a shit if an inanimate object dies
@@danmillward7969 😂😂😂
RIP that guitar
@@danmillward7969 nothing wrong with shedding a few tears, even if for a strange reason. Not that I exactly live this out considering I almost always cry alone.
I absolutely love the fact that you only had one shot for this song. And it's an absolute masterpiece. As a guitarist it makes me cry every time I hear it.
If he ever goes on tour with this song... He's gonna have a heavy guitar budget.
But it's all a business expense.
He might have to invest in a carbon fibre guitar that way the water should not affect the guitar.
@@mickm7786 pretty sure that messes up the effect of the guitar dying throughout the somg
@@caydenbrown5654 Amen.
@@mickm7786 Ouh that's smart thinking... But not as fun!
This song is a masterpiece honestly, you can feel the emotions as if it was a play right in front of my eyes, and then as the piece quiets down from the very dramatic "war" bit, it drops into a mellow depressed tone that spoke "i have lost more than I had before". Then the final chord leaves you with that final ultimatum.
It’s like the tone shifted as the guitar started to die
Why did I get sudden inspiration from this? The guitar playing it's last ethereal tune as it withers away...oh boy I have the urge to write a gut-wrenching scene.
Do it. I did and I was very satisfied.
"Playing its last ethereal tune" Bro he dumped tapwater into his acoustic lol its not that deep. Sounds like someone sloshing a bowl of water next to a guy playing guitar.
this is just fucking bs and probably fake . i do hope it's a fake, cuz why the F would you ruin an instrument "for art'? this would be just dumb.
….which you never wrote…
Amiright?!
OMG THAT FITS MY BOOK'S ENDING SCENE- time to writeeeee
“While my guitar gently weeps” is a true statement today. Hauntingly beautiful!!
This reminds me of the song, “still my guitar gently weeps”
I’m not sure if it’s the name, but it comes from a movie years ago
@@TamWam_ yeah the Beatles
OMG ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JOSHUA BASSETT
@@lilyshay7524 dude do you not know who the Beatles are 😐
Agreed. "While my guitar generally leaks"....
Honestly, this is an amazing composition. Beautifully executed, emotional and a great display of your virtuosity. The water sound was very interesting and a great experiment, but the music really stands on its own. Nice job!
In a beautiful way the song will be tied to that guitar forever. Never to be replicated.
@TheMattymatheson A) Way too many emoticons,
B) "your Price"?
C) Not even the right channel, try harder, dingus.
Indeed. Truly ephemeral art
Love how the piece itself sounds really fluid and calming. Very fitting name for such a song
"fluid"
Props to this guy he had one shot, couldn’t mess up, all while there was water in his guitar, along with the fact that the guitar was being destroyed in his hands while he played. Great job man, beautiful song too
Not unless he costed the inside with something. I’m sure even wax would do it.. or resin.
How would it be destroyed?
Why would this destroy it?
@@heelercs That guitar is going to warp like crazy. The video even points out that he can already feel it happening in his hands.
@@Lucavii Thanks for the response. I must have missed that part
The respect I have for this. It's like a ship sinking. The guitar's final voyage.
such a cool analysis.
@@art_by_darney exactly wow
Cringy
@@suuuiiiiNobody asked
@@suuuiiii aww you shouldn't talk to yourself like that!
You can display it on your wall of fame as the guitar that laid its life for this beautiful song. Awesome invent
Wow ,u can think of tha bro ?
@@epicwork5970 fart moments
And let it rot there on the wall? 😂
@@Way2go926 you're just rotting there in your crusty gamer chair soaked in some liquid
Perhaps with some sort of speaker plaque below it for a sample of the song to play out of.
A lot of mixed feelings from this... From the beauty of the song itself, to knowing its the guitars final song, to all the inspiration youre generating in the viewers, to the fact that such a beautiful guitar had to be sacrificed for it, to feeling that youre sending it off with such a graceful song, im crying, dude.
As a guitarist this hurt my heart, but as a guitarist it hugged my soul.
Same 💓🫂
@@triawillow1972 "Same" LOL FFS...pretentious narcissists abound.
@@swingarmer I can't even begin to figure out how "Same" drives you to accuse someone of being a pretentious narcissist.
@@Durzo1259 Well, that does not surprise me,.Our society is sick.
@○ free rei ○ No, social media has created an infection that has changed the collective psyches of of a generation. It's a sickness somewhat summed up by the idea of the mind virus/metal illness known as Wetico. No amount virtue signalling can change that, it just further illustrates my point when the butt hurt masses begin to whine.
I don't think most people appreciate how much talent is involved in getting a perfect take like this under the pressure of knowing you have one shot as the guitar is self destructing. That was impressive man.
Show us the guitar now 😅
I bet he had a few go's left.
Also any performance musician do have to practice and practice until they can just do it in one take at like a concert or something
@@bringme1kscrubscribers10 ideally you would practice enough to play perfectly every show but we all still make mistakes no matter how much we practice. its extremely difficult to play something, especially this intricate, the exact same way every time. given a short period to record, bernth likely made some mistakes in this recording but we don't notice them as thats just how the song is to us. he probably notices it, but we never will because this is the only recording we have of this song.
I get this is wood we're talking about, but wood doesn't usually just start bending to water that fast. Unless this is more of a compressed particle board, but still
The guitar is just fine. Don't be a drama queen.
I don’t think anybody appreciates anything that’s why we have dumb comments about it
It seems as though this type of experimentation died in the 70's. The song is beautiful and the water inside really does something organic that dubbing water sounds later wouldn't have done. Amazing.
It still exists, it’s just a bit harder to find now
I don't know why it feels so good when you know you're playing the last song an instrument will play. You served us well, water-filled guitar o7
It's 2 minutes. Dump it out and at best use a dehumidifier if needed. Most of the inside has a coat of some kind of oil or finish etc. Even if it doesn't. Fill it, dump it immediately and then it's 2 minutes of using digital reverb, then air dry or dehumidify if even needed. Why is this impressive? Outside of good playing. The water is a distraction.
@@TangoNevada no! Let the poetic meaning remain!
@@TangoNevada 🤓
@@TangoNevada shush
@@TangoNevada salty
It's not so much the modifications you make that draw me in, but the music you play. The effects the mods add are just the cherry on top!
My dad once played his old acoustic guitar on a small boat that nearly tipped over, it was filled with sea water and he just poured it out and kept playing, after that and various knocks around 50-60 years later it still plays well lmao
This is a testament to what artists can do with their instruments. You may think something isn’t “allowed” when playing an instrument but trust me you can create gold by pushing the limits of what’s “allowed”, you just have to dare to do it! This was amazing to listen to, 100/10, you killed it!
You know, if you fill your acoustic will sand, it will sound like Egyptian Style music.
Not just playing an instrument, everything
U have to dare, and a guitar to sacrifice😵
@@TangoNevada oh so that's how video game deserts get their music
@@GilbertGarfield911 Don't be silly, they put sand in the mixing board for game soundtracks. But they can only do it during the hottest days of summer while outside. Try to be reasonable. 🙄
The way the notes changed as the guitar is slowly destroyed is so beautiful
Maybe if he can coat the inside with something it wouldn’t. Resin or even wax will work.
@@Anonymous-bv7rg I think the point tho is that it CANT ever be played again
@@Anonymous-bv7rg Might be wrong on this, but like @Alpha Luna Blue said, I think the point was that the guitar has been there through some musics he played and he had quite the journey with it, so he wanted to do one last composition to send a farewell with it, the song itself is serene with a few tones of a last ditch effort to stay afloat, but in the end it sinks deeper and deeper into a dream that will last forever. And there's also the fact that puting resin or wax might change the air chamber inside the guitar so much that it produces a different sound
Cringy
@@suuuiiiiWhat is cringy here?
I didn’t expect a guitar to make such a massive amount of ethereal sound. It just had such a beautiful resonance coming from it and with the water sloshing around inside it just makes the sound so mesmerizing and magical. If this same song was played in the same way but in a place with more reverb it will make the song itself more spacious and more powerful. Just this alone is enough to draw me into a different world that I can’t explain
A proper farewell, a necessary retirement... the most beautiful death. It's as if the guitar knows it's the end and breathes the last notes in such a nostalgic and sad way at the same time.
That guitar's sacrifice Will not be forgotten.
You made me cry 🥲🥲
Suddenly everyone in the comments is a poet now lol
Im going to puke of cringe.
Mellow dramatic as fuck. He poured water into an instrument and you can hear it slosh around. Big whoop. It sounds no different. He ruined a perfectly good guitar that could be played for years to come only for it to sound the exact same. Everything you saw here can be achieved in post production.
🙄jfc
You should get a guitar that's waterproofed on the inside or something, if thats possible. I would love to hear a while album of music like this.
some of that sound came from the damp and warped wood itself. for this song and all it's beauty a sacrifice is required.
No, the water didn’t change the sound of the guitar playing or give it any kind of effect. That was from reverb and whatever other effects he had the sound running through. The water just made that sloshing noise.
@@jeremyjoyner9796 For one thing, why would he talk about how transformative the water made it sound, if it wasn't the water doing it? And for another, the notes on the screen said the warping wood caused higher string action near the end.
@@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her and third of all, the internet man can lie to you for views
@@jeremyjoyner9796 If you pour water into a guitar, it is *going* to sound like that, because yes, the wood *will* warp and water *is* sloshing around inside. It’s as simple as that- he doesn’t have to lie about it.
This is so majestic and ethereal. It's such a shame that this causes the guitar to self-destruct in just a little bit of time
Maybe not. Not if he put something on the inside. Resin or wax could prevent it
I wouldn't call it self destruction, The guitar didn't put water in itself.
I mean...
Filling your guitar with water will not make it sound "majestic and ethereal" on its own.
Other than the sloshing, that's the magic of reverb pedal FX :)
@@Personalapocalypse77. not wrong
I guess it's intentional.
Holy shit this was absolutely beautiful. It's sad that she's gone, but her sacrifice was not in vain. Rest in peace
RIP PURPLE GUITAR
why talk weeb go watch ur cartoons
@@solinjrgensen2540 Anime isn't a cartoon. It has meaning. There are some topics that isn't that fun to watch but there are some good ones like "A Silent Voice". ruclips.net/video/n4ascZKKQtE/видео.html 28 minutes brief, worth the watch. About teens, regrets, suicide, self hated, social problems, depression,
@@solinjrgensen2540Besides what Silencer said, that's just rude. Sure, they're a weeb, but that doesn't mean they can't make a comment on a RUclips video, or do something other than just watch anime.
@@Silencer1620 I dont care for ur chinese drawings buddy, I have a life
I absolutely love how the quick high notes sound. It's actually incredible.
Dude not gonna lie. Had me in tears while watching. Such a sacrifice to the art. Thank you. For you're music and sacrifice. Will be shared with everyone I know.
Chris,
Only thing it added is the sloshing sound of water.
Next...
@@thecrossedtheroadfund4289 cool story...
@@thecrossedtheroadfund4289 and subtle reverb of water on each pluck.
Lol
Dude, it's an Ibanez not a Bourgeois.
It has an ethereal sound. My nephew plays the guitar and he's self-taught. His dad passed away this past June and left him about 15 guitars as he was a guitarist too.
I'm really sorry to hear about his dad
@@glassofwater281 Thank you, water
R.i.p, very sorry to hear :(
@@glassofwater281yeah hopefully he keeps his dads spirit alive trough the guitar
Sounds like you could have left some of that out.
Being a guitarist myself, I can almost feel the guitar dying giving birth to her last song... What a sad yet beautiful piece of art👌
Did we watch the same video? Because there were no sounds of the guitar dying at all. None. It was playing juts fine at the end. Or as well as it was at the beginning anyway.
@@righty-o3585 he is saying that because guitar get damaged with water
@@divassnathh8699 Saying what? That the guitar sounds like it's dying? Yeah that's all fine and dandy except the guitar didn't sound like it was dying
@Righty-O no, you've got it wrong, heh, see we're not talking about the sound dying, the interior of the guitar is what is being ruined, water ruins your instruments.
@@zeekthafreek9492 Is that what he told you he meant?
legend has it, he's still playing with the same water in today
My friend… this was truly beautiful. As a lifelong guitarist I am both saddened by the death of your guitar and uplifted by the beauty of its final moments. I will be buying this song and streaming it often. The melancholy and soul of this song, your guitar and your heart as an artist rings true in each note.
Excellent work. 🖤
💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
While my guitar gently weeps
@@FuzzyWalrus123 you’re literally chronically online. under almost every comment I’ve clicked on. find something else to do 😭
@@mishaeee what happened to Colonel Sanders? Did he or she delete their comment?
@@amorousagony2626 i dont think so, i still see it, but the person was saying the creators music was dumb.
This is what an artist does, a unique idea with an excellent instrument control. Absolutely mesmerizing!
Seriously! You'd think that nobody ever heard of John Cage! 🙄
@@FuzzyWalrus123 Exactly. If you have to rely on shit like this to distinguish yourself chances are there’s not much substance there. Just throwing shit at the wall and hoping something sticks
Uhuh or just add some water sound fx if u don’t wanna buy a new guitar lol
An artist doesn't destroy instruments.
@@scooopable "Every act of creation is first an act of destruction" -Pablo Picasso
I could feel the beauty in the pain. What a hauntingly beautiful idea and sound.
I clicked it because RUclips wouldn’t stop recommending it to me. I must admit it does sound very nice 🔥
Wow. That melody is so fluid.
Guitar is fluid too.
Hey, thats punny!
Ah, i sea what you did there
@@fanamatakecick97 beat me to it 😆
This is an incredible video. As a guitarist, this was very dramatic. You can feel the artist saying farewell & the guitar quietly fading to black… let this be a metaphor for our lives.. our last song can indeed be the very purpose we were created for
Yeah, but he essentially murdered the guitar for the music, which might not be such a great metaphor
Omg what you said is beautiful
Wasn’t expecting a silent tear to roll down my cheek!
"I've force fed you something that will kill you and you will die in the next 30 minutes, *now I'm going to get you to make music for me"*
Such a good metaphor
Damn dude's a philosopher, that was very well said, go out with a bang.
It didn’t sound that different but the little splashing sounds with the harmonics really fit well together.
That’s what I thought. But Was it worth it?
@@scwheeler24 No
@@scwheeler24 na, stupid idea, made for views
@@scwheeler24definitely not
If only there was literally any other way to get water sounds
0:10 ouh. Mesmerizing and beautiful song!
The playing is so good I forgot about the water. The music sounded like sinking into the ocean during a storm thinking you're time is up, but then suddenly you realize you can breathe. You begin to explore the somber depths flickering on and off with dull light from the lightning above the surface to discover something new and mysterious that gives you hope. This was awesome! I love songs like this that take me somewhere in my imagination. I need to check out that album!
Wow you are a natural writer! How poetic!
Reminds me of a scene from the movie All Is Lost.
cringe
I love your creativity!
@@YearsOVDecay1 wtf
I had a terrible day today. I needed this tonight. With your talent, that guitar did not die in vain.
I hope you feel better soon dude
Remember thats Jesus will aways love you ❤️
@@cameroni6785 Thanks man, I appreciate it.
@@19dollarfortnitecard27 I really hope so. I've been too scared to pray lately. Seems like every time I do, things get worse. Unless I pray for other people then it seems to be fine.
@@RealMrXrow don't worry about others lives, God listens to your prayers. Praying is pretty much talking with God. Have faith that everything will be fine. God has amazing plans for us the sad thing is, is that nobody wants to receive it.
Wow such passionate playing, you can feel the emotions truly through your playing. The water is a nice extra touch. Sounds like your just on a beach and the water is lapping.
This is enchanting, bro...
I had to listen to it through a second time immediately after the first.
Oh my goodness...the goosebumps...!
This is beautiful, fitting, and genius.
The water gives the sound even more unearthly beauty...
Immediate like.
Keep making amazing stuff.
Love your work.
i think this is what they mean when they say "you have to know the rules in order to break them." this is beautiful performance art, and an incredible sound!! subbed :)
Well that was incredible, how has this never been done before, that sounds angelic with all the water sounds
Because it literally ruins the guitar. Beautiful piece, though.
@@hannahnixon2354 Oh I was completely aware it ruins the guitar but the internet is vast and the fact no one has done this is crazy.
It’s called reverb
@@ordinarypablo I don’t think anyone didn’t know that
@@HXH-Meruem people who play the guitar well and respect it, wouldn't do such a thing
Imagine going on tour and needing a different guitar every night for this song
No but in all honesty, this sounded otherworldly ... Melodic, melancholic and overall just perfect. You are a great musician!
I mean if your going on tour, getting a new guitar for each performance is no where near as expensive as the rest of the tour.
@@suparki123 True that, but I just meant it's an odd idea and it ADDS to the costs.
i mean, Pete Townshend, Kurt Cobain etc. probably paid for multiple guitars a night on tour lol
or you could find a plug-in to replicate the sound if possible 🤷🏾♂️
@@DevinLessaneMusic Yeaaah, I suppose, but it wouldn't be the same probably.
I like how when you play you also describe what's literally happening. It adds essence to this music hearing experience. That's why I subscribed.
I feel like the people who are asking why he didn’t just seal off the inside are missing part of the point. He could’ve done this with any other of his songs, but he chose Waterworks- a sound of grief and longing. The music and the way he rocks the instrument is akin to cradling and swaying a loved one. The art is in the knowledge that the action of filling the guitar with can’t be reversed or taken back, much like our lives are full of regret and unknown last chances with people. Memento Mori.
"Remember death" the Latin really speaks to this piece
That's a deep thought. Well said.
Nice profilepicture 😂
Two days before my mom died i am hearing this today।।। Everything has an ending in life so true।।। 💔💔love you।।।
@@SlightEcho be mindful of death.
As a guitarist....it feels good but hurts at the same time
Edit:That's the first time I've got this many likes...thnx
I'd click the like button, but I don't wanna destroy the 555 likes xD
NOOOO, SOMEONE DID IT 😂
Ify
Well there's no art without pain
as a guitarist hey...
Such a fluid sounding melody, absolutely beautiful.
Fluid.... 🤣
that felt surreal- the composition is so beautiful
It has a nice flow to it.
See what you did there lol
🥁📀
Dad?
Still got the moves
This song is dripping with texture
Never heard of this man but dear god is this an amazing piece of music, you have all my respect for sacrificing your guitar for this one song
If it were carbon fiber, it might still work.
His guitar ain’t thanking him though
Can't he just remove the water and still play it ?
@@kiyu3229 the wood would be rotten
@@antkiller7537 it will still be usable right ? Maybe it will sound bad idk
Daaamn...The way you play is unique, and the water effect works really well with it
I can really see this piece licensed in a Netflix show or something to set a mood for the program. Maybe even to be used as a recurring theme. You wrote something that is both beautiful and that many musicians chase but never catch.
@ukegbuemeka shut up
He wrote the song?
@@Silenced23 Yes, if you look at the official song it says "Waterworks - Bernth" or something like that
Yeah
Could be used for the last of us ending credits on HBO or used for a Hispanic western show
This was hauntingly beautiful and even more haunting given the fact that it sacrificed the exact same model of guitar that I own and play, fantastic job!
This is a beautiful. Sad to see such a beautiful guitar having a player give it the best final song and idea. I almost teared up just thinking, how much you must love that guitar if you wanted to give the guitar one last song.
I am gonna listen to this every night. It's so calming to me. I love it! This is the first video I have seen if u and I love it. Keep being amazing!
Wow! What a unique thing! You've had literally a few minutes to record! Just one shot and you did it wonderfully! Congrats from Brazil!
Congratulations from Earth!
This is incredibly hard to put into words but here goes, what a gorgeous expression and artistic treasure. Tragic, poetic, beautiful.
This is perfectly unique. You created time sensitive art!
This was the very first piece I ever listened of yours, and I have been a big fan ever since!
I would pay so much money to hear and feel this for the first time again
That's why I like my short term memory issues
@@arima_song dark
@@sakiosaka4939 it's really not! I just have to try a bit harder to remember, it's nothing more than an inconvenience :)
Play the video again, duh!
@@mickmuzzmkmz1628 :mindblown:
Wow, that's really beautiful! I feel like the water not only created the sloshing effect, but also altered the way the music itself sounds. It seems more... I don't know, more organic, somehow.
more muted
Yeah. The sound is defintely more of a plucked sound, the initial sound is a quick snap then the after tone.
This is by far the most amazing thing I've ever seen, not just the idea but the song itself is stunning and give me chills every time I listen.
1:56
This sends chills down my spine. So beautiful yet soul-killing.
This sounded so good,as the melody fades the feelings before the guitars death really are being understood by your handwork
Well done
Totally a "this will be on my list"
I don't even know what to say, other than that was so beautifully ethereal -- it's an understatement, because I'm at a loss of words. I don't think I've ever seen someone play the guitar the way you did. It's almost as if, while you played, you and the guitar became one, as an instrument. This is the first video I have seen of yours, and I already look forward to watching your future content as a new subscriber.
what about polyphia
Same
@@aliensinthecabinet9111 I'll definitely check them out, thank you!
You should have a guitar built that is coated on the inside so that the water does not damage the wood. That sounds amazing.
Should work really well with carbon guitars
I'm sure coating would affect the sound. But is there even a thing Bernth can't make sound great anyway? :D
@@professorxxx4142 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 it's all about that tonewood my guy
@@AshenHollow7 The sound is supposed to reflect from the wood surface. When the surface is coated, the sound reflects differently
@@AshenHollow7 on acoustic it is a big deal.
This was straight up beautiful. And the comments on the guitar sinking as it's final voyage is sung gives something so simple so much meaning.
10/10
Unreal... this elixir to my ears, it's truly hypnotic. I never thought someone could create this.
this is one of the most beautiful guitar solos i have ever heard... i can't stop replaying it. i definitely want to learn to play like this when i get a guitar
Best of luck.
As a guitarist myself all I have to stay is make sure to stick to it. You’ll likely want to give up and quit because you can’t play right but all things take time and the guitar just seems to take exceptionally more time lol. But seriously make sure to stay on it and don’t quit and before you know it you’ll be playing like this dude. Cheers
@@Nelson91616 not everyone has the gift.. there's a level of playing..
@@motoporn9055 you’ll *maybe* be playing like this dude
And make sure you know the song. Then practice on a few old, not precious to you, guitars when adding water.
this is just fucking bs and probably fake . i do hope it's a fake, cuz why the F would you ruin an instrument "for art'? this would be just dumb.
*This song is so surreal. It just rattles my core, with the mystical calming sensation you get from listening to it.*
reading this in a dark room makes me want to turn the lights on
Amazing...I love listening to this so much, especially right now when I need something relaxing.
Dude your guitar playing is unreal
The final musical note, right at the very end, hits something deep, melodic, and dark... what an incredible ending! I almost cried experiencing over and over, this dramatic and beautiful sacrifice.
The articulation!!!
Lol. Crying over a guitar. Emo af
@@fuckcensorship69 I am so hurt... you are so mean... you just made me cry one more time, I can not believe this... this has to stop. Please. Stop it right now...
@@you_dont_wanna_know1969 just helping you celebrate your emoness kid
@@fuckcensorship69 I am so hurt, you have no idea how badly hurt you've made me. You are a baaaad baaaaad tough guy. I can not believe how evil and powerful you are. Please, stop hurting me so bad, I am begging you...
This is what art is all about. Bravo! That was beautiful. Very well done!
Holy shit, not exactly sure why but this made me tear up. Absolutely beautiful
The only "unreal" I can spot is the perfection of this piece of art...
Simply stunning
I love how you can hear the waves blended with the music ❤️
The guitar made an ultimate sacrifice to give us that amazing sound
Really beautiful, also good thing you didn't mess anything up cause there's no second chance with this. Great playing btw, love it
You played the guitar's very death. That was true art. Good thing you nailed it on the first take, too!
oh hey look @BERNTH its one of them scammers you warned us about!
This song and situation for the guitar is extremely poetic, it’s like the last siren song from a dying sea creature. Or the last howl from an old wolf. Or a last time you hang with a friend before they pass.
this is just fucking bs and probably fake . i do hope it's a fake, cuz why the F would you ruin an instrument "for art'? this would be just dumb.
a cost of a guitar for an amazing song. truly worthy of the "a soul for a soul" title. you've done yourself an incredible job, dude.
I found this Channel today.....and i don't understand what to say....how to appreciate youtube and also this man to be this much amazing Guitarist.