Pedals and Effects: The World's Strangest Weirdest Guitar with Spencer Seim

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Pedals and Effects: The World's Strangest Weirdest Guitar with Spencer Seim

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6 жыл бұрын

If you're playing in a band that's as innovative and out there as Hella, you're going to need a guitar that's equally as crazy! Picking up where we left off last week with Spencer, we take a look at what might be the world's weirdest, strangest, guitar. Plenty of knobs, switches and even a built in egg shaker? Spencer takes us through his history with the instrument and more.
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@hamblok0 6 жыл бұрын

That's one of the most aesthetically pleasing guitars I've ever seen. Plus the beard burst is fucking hysterical.

@chasmenear7130 3 жыл бұрын

I experimented with multiple outputs at some juncture in the 80's, but never pondered the egg shaker feature! Awesome!

@orcabrain 6 жыл бұрын

This is the greatest weird guitar thing I’ve seen probably. You’ve truly outdone yourselves.

@VocasoGK 6 жыл бұрын

That's literally a singlecut bass guitar with guitar strings. Awesome!

@oldheartrecords6996 6 жыл бұрын

Didn’t even get to hear the nut pick up.....

@saftovooey4569 5 жыл бұрын

that was the main thing I wanted to hear!

@TheTylrBllmn 4 жыл бұрын

I've heard that Zappa had similar things in his guitar and have always wanted to hear what sorts of wonky harmonies result... I hope to put a pickup around the 12th fret inside the neck of a guitar someday too...

@aschen 6 жыл бұрын

So that's what an Abasi Tele would look like

@NeutralDepth 6 жыл бұрын

I honestly thought it was an Abasi Tele

@gooseabuse 4 жыл бұрын

This was prophetic as Abasi Tele's are a thing now

@scareware 6 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this video since 2005. Obsessed over the scott french website too. Thank you.

@TheLocalZeroChannel 6 жыл бұрын

Just looking at it, i didn't think it would actually be the weirdest guitar in the world, but it is kinda pretty damn weird.

@ChrisJ318 6 жыл бұрын

Holy fuck Spencer Seim out of fucking nowhere PS BRING HELLA BACK

@Akira1296 6 жыл бұрын

What a great interview and rig breakdown of Spencer, thanks for this! You guys are my favorite pedal duo, and if you got Omar on the show having a noise-off with Nick you will have fulfilled a deep musical fantasy for me.

@joshmiller166 6 жыл бұрын

This is literally the craziest guitar. So weirdly innovative and yet the guy is fucking rocking the plywood franken-guitar. What a legend.

@joshmiller166 6 жыл бұрын

James Blair Yeah I just said that because of all of the small functions that were added aswell as the fact that it uses plywood, which most "pure" guitarists are against. Didn't want to spark controversy, I just thought it was cool.

@TheEMOkid66613 6 жыл бұрын

Vox Ultrasonic XII wins for me. Built in G tuner, distortion, delay, has a built in palm wah pedal, and it’s a twelves stein with a Tremelo arm.

@watcherofthemundane 5 жыл бұрын

This dude's pants are way too tight. That can't be comfortable. The guitar ain't the only thing hiding egg shakers

@s3xyn0sfera2 3 жыл бұрын

Baby's arm holding an apple

@patrickobdewllx9870 5 жыл бұрын

I've always remembered seeing him play that guitar live and seeing what looked like some sort of faint design on the thing. It looked like little yellow or black lines. I couldn't make it out and definitely didn't think hair haha. That beard burst is genius! So stoked on this video!

@user-ellievator 6 жыл бұрын

I like the beardburst finish.

@analyticequals 6 жыл бұрын

So many questions answered, but so many more questioned risen. Thank you pedals and effects, thank you Mr. Seim. And to Mr. French come back!!!

@QuarrelsomeLocalOaf 6 жыл бұрын

Now *_this_* is podracing!

@fuzzywumble 6 жыл бұрын

the hair alone makes it the weirdest guitar lmao pretty cool tho

@laughorgomad 6 жыл бұрын

They need to sell these! Pure genius construction

@CaptainGalacticMusic 6 жыл бұрын

I wanted to hear the nut pickup in action! I always play electric without an amp and I'm curious to hear what that dissonant effect would sound like amplified.

@ZeugmaP 6 жыл бұрын

What about the nut pickup ?!! Nonetheless, that was really fun

@sp5658 6 жыл бұрын

We need a new Hella album

@lymntria 6 жыл бұрын

👀

@sleepingchildhood5640 4 жыл бұрын

Fuck aye

@allanmarkersdagreyt9731 4 жыл бұрын

I know hella + death grips = greatest thing ever

@kevinkosmatka7923 6 жыл бұрын

FUCK YES

@kazumaslave 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loving these interview rig rundown videos guys; this guitar blew my mind.

@gonzavalverde 6 жыл бұрын

looks like a regular fodera bass

@spynae 6 жыл бұрын

Damn, Spencer's packing some serious heat

@enkiea8322 6 жыл бұрын

Jesus, lol

@WalrusDoom 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah man noticed that too

@Iggytommy 6 жыл бұрын

what does that mean?

@Iggytommy 6 жыл бұрын

@just.some.dud3 6 жыл бұрын

I takes that kind of confidence to rock a hat like that lol

@matthewdobsson3883 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this too many times. Its incredible.

@philz_corsia 4 жыл бұрын

spencer seim, nick reinhart and juan alderete in one room. thats the craziest thing the internet has brought us

@brakgeluid 6 жыл бұрын

15:23 I immediately thought of 'Songs for Swinging Larvae' from 'Renaldo and the Loaf'

@citrusavenue13 6 жыл бұрын

no homo, but spencer is packing that heat at 4:10

@tonytaurus3676 5 жыл бұрын

Showing off that egg shaker.

@benjaminsantiagosstuff 6 жыл бұрын

is the other guy the dude from tera melos?

@Chig__Bungus 6 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Santiago's Stuff yes

@drippinglass 6 жыл бұрын

Is that the muller shirt guy? He needs a lipa fuzz.

@plume... Жыл бұрын

Two of my favourite guitarists having a chat! I remember seeing Tera Melos live in Cardiff years ago, I was wearing a Tera Melos "ZOO" shirt when I thanked Nick after the gig for an amazing performance (They had finished playing and immediately run down to the merch stands to sell shirts!!), and he said "Thanks man... Ooh, that's an expensive shirt to get imported dude!". Only cost me 25 quid but still :) Love you Nick, please come to Cardiff again, and bring Tricot as your support :)

@Emi_Alvarez 6 жыл бұрын

Can we take a second to admire how good Spencer's bear is trimed?

@misterbuckethead 6 жыл бұрын

i really want a guitar with a contact mic + egg shaker now

@VincentSebastianMusic 6 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear the individual strings sent to their own distorted amps. You would get some crazy sounding chords.

@z1reticuli 3 жыл бұрын

This is how you approach the prepared guitar idea in a right way!

@onesyphorus 3 жыл бұрын

14:56 that sounds a lot like the sway in the morning door closing sound effect

@jonnda 6 жыл бұрын

If you think this is weird, check out the axes made by Teisco and the Italian accordion brands in the 60s.

@jasonstallworth 5 жыл бұрын

Dudes, I felt like I was in the room hanging out with you guys! I do like being able to see where I’m at on the fretboard when it’s darker...it’s easy to get lost!

@KarlKarsnark 6 жыл бұрын

Love that little Ampeg stack.

@javiceres Жыл бұрын

It must be a terrific sonic experience in the room

@rabokel 6 жыл бұрын

Very creative build. I love it

@AndyvanderRaadt1 6 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to hear this mic'd/panned stereo. Wild.

@mggtmthr Жыл бұрын

at 18:58 you can see the track names for Trash Generator by Tera Melos on the white board.

@droleheart 6 жыл бұрын

What is the song from Church Gone Wild that Nick mention it on 20:17?

@SweetSpotGuitar 6 жыл бұрын

I remember visiting Scott French's site a lot many years ago, and I remember this thing--esp. the "Beardburst." :) French is such a great builder. I LOVE his designs.

@domokornmusic 6 жыл бұрын

Peter Taylor at Chellee Guitars does some weird cool things in his work. Did a whole guitar wired with fiber optic lights, looked like stars all throughout the top. Best guitars I've ever gotten to play.

@DoomedMoviethon 6 жыл бұрын

Can we get a special episode of Pedals and Effects, maybe a two-parter, with Nick's favorite guitars and Juan's favorite basses?

@CAKmusic 6 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah Hella baby yeah

@TheMidst 6 жыл бұрын

This video is incredible! Thank you folks!!

@millerperrigo7678 5 жыл бұрын

MUSEUM OF JURASSIC TECHNOLOGY!!!! I've been going there for 20 years. Way to put the "muse" in museum.

@SeanPierceJohnson 6 жыл бұрын

Fucking Hella man! I remember seeing this guitar in person at a Hella gig at the Echo in like 2005 or 2006. Always LOVED this guitar. So much more in it than I originally expected. So cool to see!

@charizardoystersauce 6 жыл бұрын

Oh wow so awesome thanks y’all! This video is sick, we need to see a Tera Melos/Hella collab soon! That being said check out the new Tera Melos Documentary Trailer!

@heylookitsn0ah 6 жыл бұрын

what was he playing at 17:26 ? that 4 seconds sounded rad!

@Pthaloblue2 6 жыл бұрын

15:23 those sound like cartoon sound effects

@dlsNi 6 жыл бұрын

dude i've got no idea how to play guitar but i want one

@lucaszembrzuski 6 жыл бұрын

I actually like the shape of this guitar alot, maybe a different color, and pickups ;)

@flatfingertuning727 6 жыл бұрын

At least when using humbuckers, it's possible to split the bass and treble strings by using soft steel bars to selectively "mute" strings on a pickup. My guitars mute the top four strings on the bridge humbucker, and are then wired to allow the balance between the bass-string humbucker and the everything-else pickups.

@joefagot218 6 жыл бұрын

18:35

@djtourtellotte 2 жыл бұрын

I know it’s been 4 years but you didn’t play the nut pickup - do over???

@NikkoWhitworth 6 жыл бұрын

If Scott French isn't doing custom builds much anymore (sez his website), who am I gonna get to build me an instrument with one of those nut pickups? I've been wanting to try this ever since checking out the double bassist Mark Dresser. Check him out if you wanna see some who has taken the amplification of both sides of the string to the next level!

@pipn9090 6 жыл бұрын

i’m sure a luthier could install one for ya

@401ja 6 жыл бұрын

My guess is it's an under-saddle acoustic guitar pickup cut down and fit under the nut. The wire would then have to run through the neck and into the electronics cavity. This is probably done alongside the fiber optics in a channel underneath the fingerboard parallel to the truss rod.

@danielbell4007 6 жыл бұрын

There are other companies that put a piezo under the nut. I’m drawing a blank at the moment, but it’s an option that’s out there.

@SoilentGr33n 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit a different fuzz on every string. Complete assault.

@urbanwikstrom9246 6 жыл бұрын

That is totally insane! I love it. Thanks!

@chaosharmony 6 жыл бұрын

I always wanted a nut pickup!! Siiiiiiick

@danieloux 5 жыл бұрын

I need one of those asap!

@MosheAlvarez 6 жыл бұрын

This is a design based on a contrabass (6 string) by Anthony Jackson

@Goth108 5 жыл бұрын

Man, what kept you from doing this properly showing the entire sound impression, with stereo miking and everything?

@statixxxmetal1243 6 жыл бұрын

This video is really good...sweets sounds.

@m.f.3347 6 жыл бұрын

- Pickup at the bridge - Pickups *in* the bridge - Pickup at the fucking nut What's next?

@401ja 6 жыл бұрын

the individual string outputs remind me of 1970s Bartolini Hi-A hexaphonic pickups

@peyotepete6532 6 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a lap steel at first glance. Very cool though and very unique

@porotchy Жыл бұрын

Ir looks like my first time using the pen tool on Adobe Illustrator to draw a guitar body.

@daniels1293 6 жыл бұрын

my dadhas one of those bently series 10 super strats with the crackle finish from the 80's those series 10's were decent guitars

@xxXthekevXxx 6 жыл бұрын

With all those different pedals, it sounds like a stereotypical cartoon car crash hahaha

@ahmetcangokceer 4 жыл бұрын

5:22 has always been my dream! fuck. yes.

@philippr6107 2 жыл бұрын

It's like "mhm this guitar doesn't seem weird, if he just had him rebuilt his old guitar with slightly different body" and then you enter the rabbit hole and it goes down deeep

@syken3572 6 жыл бұрын

This absolutely rules big time

@jornvandenberg7715 6 жыл бұрын

Where can I find one of those indiviual sting-bridges? I need this.

@uriahfiiya 6 жыл бұрын

RELEASE THE PORTALS SOUNDBOARD SET!

@uriahfiiya 6 жыл бұрын

SCREAMING INTO THE VOID

@conky7819 6 жыл бұрын

uriahfiiya YES FUCKING PLEASE

@CAKmusic 6 жыл бұрын

Yes yes and yes

@sammadden5540 6 жыл бұрын

Someone start the petition

@aidancocchiara9092 4 жыл бұрын

anyone knows what song that is at 20:39

@abrahamtalamantesramirez2032 6 жыл бұрын

Speechless

@vvvvaaaacccc 6 жыл бұрын

HELL YEAH! bring back spencer!

@faireenough1067 6 жыл бұрын

18:53 I love that face

@Tidalbridge 6 жыл бұрын

Nick, check out Rick Toon's guitars. they are like spaceships.

@anthonygillen1621 6 жыл бұрын

I love the copy of the benavente neck pocket

@Grayham4 6 жыл бұрын

My friend did the same fiber optic thing on his first bass

@Iggytommy 6 жыл бұрын

love the egg shaker!

@marike1100 6 жыл бұрын

The upper horn (for lack of a better word) is copied from lots of bass guitar manufacturers like Mattison, Ibanez Cerro SR, et al.

@josephmartelmusic 6 жыл бұрын

We need a demo with each amp miced!!!

@Gollas4k 3 жыл бұрын

Just watched a hella live video where he played this and commented "ugliest guitar ever" on it, now this is in my recommendations...and it even explained why he violently rhythmically shook the guitar in said video.... Thanks lord akgorhythm!