Chris Thile plays a Gilchrist Model 5 Mandocello

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10 жыл бұрын

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As part of the mandolin tasting we hosted, Chris played through several of Steve Gilchrist's instruments. In this video Chris is on a
1996 Gilchrist Model 5 Mandocello. This instrument is not for sale, but Carter Vintage is the sole distributor for Gilchrist instruments. Give us a call or email to place an order for a mandocello in the next batch!

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@DownUFO 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, just wow. This tiny man is a great mandolin player.

@jacobhelbig 3 жыл бұрын

and with all the miniature mandolins and guitars in the background!

@russellphillips4979 3 жыл бұрын

Haaaa

@ised-5239 3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobhelbig The miniatures on the left are mandolins and the instrument he plays is a mandocello aka octave mandola.

@jacobhelbig 3 жыл бұрын

@@ised-5239 i chose to believe this is a ukulele shop and that chris thile is 3'6"

@ised-5239 3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobhelbig The mandocello (octave mandola) and octave mandolin are the baritone tenor instrument members of the mandolin family, the mandolin is the alto member, mandola is the tenor voice, the piccolo mandolin is the soprano member.

@jsbach347 3 жыл бұрын

Man what a cool song he is playing.

@TheRflynn 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Johann, when are we going to get that new album? And those cantatas someone lost down the back of the sofa!

@whatitoya1015 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRflynn yeah and something for trombone while he’s at it

@djabroni_brochacho4644 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet hair my brah.

@pspicerwensley 3 жыл бұрын

Well played Johann! 😂

@tomcoryell 3 жыл бұрын

Take a bow Mr. B!

@gagaoolala9167 8 жыл бұрын

Chris Thile totally should go through the cello suites on mandocello. Would buy.

@alex0589 6 жыл бұрын

holy shit. twice.

@banjoandlefty 6 жыл бұрын

thrice

@NikkoWhitworth 6 жыл бұрын

he needs to revise them a bit first haha.

@daw162 5 жыл бұрын

He could have an original version for "at work" music. The sort of slowness compared to "normal chris" makes for great work background music.

@34672rr 5 жыл бұрын

only 20k for a used one

@MikeKobb 7 жыл бұрын

"See, I would want one of these to like, just go through the cello suites." Yes, please.

@kd5nrh 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly; I've heard a lot of people play the prelude, but never even the rest of the first suite. I'd buy that album without a second thought.

@peter-subramanian 3 жыл бұрын

In unison with Yo-Yo Ma

@brucedenis71 3 жыл бұрын

That low C tho...hits you right in the feels.

@jonathanwinskie9788 4 жыл бұрын

Chris, dinking around on somebody's mandocello: *casually busts out the opening to Cello Suite #1 - Prelude* You're a master, sir. Never change.

@MichaelCarMusic 9 жыл бұрын

Thile doing the cello suites needs to be a thing!! After he finishes the sonatas and partitas, of course...

@nancychace8619 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear him in such a relaxed setting. Beautiful sound.

@deniseelalahoho50 3 жыл бұрын

I love when he plays classical on mandolin. He’s so, so talented.

@wupeide 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting these videos - very cool instruments and it is always fun to watch Chris Thile do his thing!

@infledermaus 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, Chris! Buy that thing and do the cello suites!!! Pleeeeez! Whine whine!

@jonimaricruz1692 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen or heard one before, it’s beautiful, I love the tone and the fullness of it.

@lizlaenger4940 10 жыл бұрын

I love watching him play, I love his commentary. Thanks for sharing.

@alexlavake 6 жыл бұрын

Oh that’s beautiful!!!! The pieces you could play on it are infinite!!

@patrickbly4170 2 жыл бұрын

He so nice... the music is really his heart speaking.

@penpal222 3 жыл бұрын

MANNN, WHEN HE BUSTED INTO THE SUITE, I LOST IT

@christianboyd8264 9 жыл бұрын

That is way to sick Thile. I play the cello and mandolin. My next instrument is definitley going to be a mandocello!

@ByeX360 10 жыл бұрын

Whoa! Thanks for sharing! I love this mandocello

@chickenfarm09 3 жыл бұрын

almost like mando, guitar and cello all wrapped up in one

@jamieholmes5443 9 жыл бұрын

Looks like an elf found a loar mandolin ;)

@markgrafstrom1704 3 ай бұрын

So masterful.... awesome!

@SuperJupiter9 5 жыл бұрын

I just discovered the mandocello, what a nice sound and tone! great video

@jamesfrederick99 Жыл бұрын

I love his enthusiasm.

@duckyymomo 5 жыл бұрын

had no idea the mandocello was a thing. and i want it now.

@PeterEvans_music 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have one now?

@oicsaywhat 3 жыл бұрын

Wow some sweet melodies he was playing!

@MrNostars 9 жыл бұрын

It sounds like chocolate butter!

@maddieheward7573 5 жыл бұрын

When he started playing that one piece it actually made me cry it was that beautiful of a sound

@hopefulhyena3400 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think I have ever heard someone pick up a mandocello and not play Bach Cello Suite 1.

@eschenjay 3 жыл бұрын

man look at baby Chris. so young and ensouled

@BHAKTIBROPHY 6 жыл бұрын

Chris! I still have his first CD. I think he was 12. Extraordinary then and now!

@sonomama82 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely playing. Thanks my dude.

@alex0589 6 жыл бұрын

God i wish he would buy one of those and blindside everyone by making a heavy-music-mandocello record. "The deftones meet radiohead but with mandocello, u mad?" - Pitchfork, probably.

@gildahobbs8829 6 жыл бұрын

take my money already

@dowrow6898 4 жыл бұрын

YES

@nunyanunya4147 3 жыл бұрын

neither ov the bands you mentioned were metal... nor does one have to 'surprise others' with 'metal'. as a lifelong metalhead. most ov it in the last 20 years has just been hitting the E string(drop D or rose C) semi-rhythmically. go back and listen to the radio or tell your partner how witty you are. you will find no love on the internet.

@KILGORETROU7 3 жыл бұрын

@@nunyanunya4147 he said heavy - not metal !!! you are obviously confused, as their is a h-u-g-e difference but whilst I could go on, I won't curse you with the same fate, as no one should be subjected to listening to the crap on the radio (unless it's a cool university station or some public non-profit ordeal that showcases talent here and their th4u the day)

@nunyanunya4147 3 жыл бұрын

@@KILGORETROU7 *thumbs up in equal parts passive-aggressive self-righteous and condescending*

@AndytheChav 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@sherrieg98 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful tone

@asyamusina4990 5 жыл бұрын

I love you, Chris

@CrAck-MoNey 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful instrument.

@mannybigburrito3178 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful instrument

@AmraphelofShinar 3 жыл бұрын

Who knew Jude Law could play like that?

@DannyAdair 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! At first I wondered what Will Forte was doing in a guitar store on KZfaq, but then I realized it was Jude the whole time.

@emilbirkedal8430 3 жыл бұрын

@@DannyAdair It's not Jude.. It's Brian Austin Green

@Harry777 3 жыл бұрын

@@emilbirkedal8430 WOOSH

@thereseclairecreates 3 жыл бұрын

I’m in love with its tone!!!

@bcrater6400 3 жыл бұрын

Well, you don't see one of those every day......gorgeous.

@TimothySweeney 6 жыл бұрын

Yes Chris should get cello and do a solo tour of the suites

@ruckusfitnesd7505 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds so good

@edwincancelii2917 3 жыл бұрын

The mandocello & the baritone guitar make a good duo.

@9999plato 9 жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome, so sonorous. Makes me lust for one. I know the reason it sounds so good is because of who is playing it.

@eddierayvanlynch6133 3 жыл бұрын

Next up, Chris plays Megadeth on a cigar-box rubber band guitar and deflates the remaining 2% of my ego. Hope he puts it on Spotify, tho

@davepelfrey3958 5 жыл бұрын

OMG, love the deep sound of that Mandocello. Plus he's not a bad player either. LOL

@richardstevens4230 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he will just casually go through the cello suites, because he has an awesome mind for music and can play from memory for long pieces, unlike we mortals who struggle

@bstimy 7 жыл бұрын

Oh man, i wanted that to keep going.......and going.......

@bearron 7 жыл бұрын

Love it. I want one.

@MarceloZirpoli 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!

@democracydignityhumanrights 8 жыл бұрын

I need one so bad

@ggoty 7 жыл бұрын

sounds incredible still

@fetermcblues 10 жыл бұрын

Gosh it sounds ;ole Oud ... unbelievable !!

@RavenMadd9 6 жыл бұрын

great player ,,,,,want a mandocello after hearing this

@RSTI191 6 жыл бұрын

My next instrument. It just sings..wow.

@HVACRILLA Жыл бұрын

That smile says it all, pick one up 🤣🤣 🎉🎉 for another goat rodeo. Mando cello and yo-yo ma dueling it out 🤣🤣

@PipeCat1965 3 жыл бұрын

Way cool concept. And I had no idea Quentin Tarantino played so well.

@26ruben1 3 жыл бұрын

BEAST !!!!!!!!

@Slarti 3 жыл бұрын

Bach, an excellent choice of music!

@nmgreg11 Жыл бұрын

That was cool.

@markgrass5082 7 жыл бұрын

Do the cello suites on that. If you do i will definitely buy it.

@d.harrison1570 3 жыл бұрын

Early in the video, I thought "first thing I would do on a mandocello is some Bach suites." Looks like I'm not the only one.

@richYart 5 жыл бұрын

😍 he can play Bach with everything 😎😉

@williamsmith41 2 жыл бұрын

For me that K-5 "Mando style build" is gorgeous say compared to the few real Loar K-5's as they are just an L-5 body with the 8 string neck! Thats also why I love the old K-4's!

@BlueNotaMaestro Жыл бұрын

now I want one ...

@jacemeldrum5052 3 жыл бұрын

I like how they called it a mandolin tasting

@gregrogers8317 8 жыл бұрын

This one was on the cutting table about the same time as my FERN 96325

@Idogomusic 5 жыл бұрын

It sounds just like an Oud

@dontaylor7315 3 жыл бұрын

Now I wish Thile would play ALL of his Bach transcriptions on this instrument (well not literally this one, it belongs to someone else, but one just like it).🎵🤣

@Tonetwisters 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, that thing is really neat. I wonder how that would fit with a semi-hollow electric 12-string and a regular mandolin??

@ised-5239 5 жыл бұрын

Mandocello can also be called octave mandola due to its tuning sound is one octave lower from standard mandola.

@ised-5239 5 жыл бұрын

octave/tenor mandola

@liamtahaney713 3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen an f style mandocello wow wow wow

@oddfellowfloyd 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Could you play some chords? It sounds like a nice range of my 7-string guitars... Could you install a pickup in it?

@sethcragan6649 3 жыл бұрын

I think he might have left with that beautiful instrument and somebody else left with a rather sizable addition to their bank account

@billholder1330 Жыл бұрын

We wants one 😂

@mikelord9860 3 жыл бұрын

Does Gilchrist (or any other company, for that matter) make lefty mandocellos?

@lennyringling8438 2 жыл бұрын

Cool beans

@gibsondrummer 3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@dlc1119 6 жыл бұрын

Nice that the owner gets his baby tuned by a master, for free ;-)

@rainblaze. 5 жыл бұрын

sounds like golden melted chocolate with a hint of pepper

@WaterFlame957 6 жыл бұрын

He's still cute as hell!!! 😍😍😍

@pmay222 3 жыл бұрын

is he the feller from that band with the song about the lighthouse. ?

@4ourty5ive 6 жыл бұрын

I paused the screen once or twice after the 1:41 mark and i feel like he could be Willem Defoe's son lol

@volantmix975 4 жыл бұрын

1:36 When you play the begining melody of Eleanor Rigby with out knowing

@ny4978 4 жыл бұрын

volant mix that's Bach...

@skotg406 3 жыл бұрын

" cool thing to have for a solo tour...." How about another duo tour with Mike Marshall, but with Mandocellos..... Seattle was amazing that time at Town hall with consecutive Lloyd Loars.

@MrBobbystyles 3 жыл бұрын

A m a z I n g

@mdhj67 2 жыл бұрын

I want one but with a thin body - like an ES-335. And I'll need a six string guitar neck and a single P90 pickup.

@Fallinldols 9 жыл бұрын

Plug it in and run it through 5 distortion pedals

@liamtahaney713 9 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@poisonjoe1812 8 жыл бұрын

I've put a Mandocello through a big muff fuzz pedal and a Ds-1 and it sounds ridiculously awesome.

@JTSunriseMusic 10 ай бұрын

I’d like to hear dueling mandolins with a mando cello

@mickeyscott7479 3 жыл бұрын

"FREEBIRD!!!"

@chrn5207 4 жыл бұрын

What's he playing at 1:30??

@JimmyLoden 9 ай бұрын

What was the arrangement he played at 2:30-2:40? Thanks

@akiray1999 3 жыл бұрын

i want one

@987jof 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t tell if that walk behind him is far away or if those are tiny mandolins on display to his right

@TJjjjjjjjjjj 3 жыл бұрын

They are just normal mandolins , look at the guitars

@josephreynolds2401 3 жыл бұрын

Always wanted a lower sound from my mando hehe, Would like this a lot.

@dsnooz 8 жыл бұрын

So is this basically a bass mandolin?

@ronnybonymace 8 жыл бұрын

No it's a double strung fretted cello basically, one that you play by picking rather than using a bow

@dowrow6898 8 жыл бұрын

more like bass mandola, one octave below mandola

@vincentlamb3436 7 жыл бұрын

Mandolin (violin), Mandola (Viola), Mandocello (Cello), Mandobass (bass). Mandolin, mandola, and mandocello are in treble clef, mandobass is in bass clef.

@omarjamal5442 7 жыл бұрын

Vincent Lamb mandolin music is treble clef I would assume if the rest of the mandolin family mirrors it's violin/viol equivalents then Mandola would be an alto clef range instrument and mandobcello and mandobass would be bass clef.

@infledermaus 7 жыл бұрын

Omar Jamal I would have to agree. That's way below the mandolin in scale. I played with the LA Mandolin Orchestra and the mandolas always played the C clef. We also had a couple mandocellos and a mandobass played by this little woman with a quite voluptuous body. It was so much bigger than her. An amusing sight! She had no trouble playing it though. Mandocello has such a deep, beautiful tone.