The dude who makes those drop tuners also makes benders and all kinds of gadgets. I've seen him demonstrate them live, and it is pretty amazing what he can do with all of his gadgets.

That spring reverb could be an interesting addition to other acoustic instruments

Those benders are really cool! Might need to get those!

My very first fuzzbox, close to 60 years ago, involved taping a Canadian nickel to the surface of my acoustic, below the bridge, roughly where volume and tone knobs would go, if it was electric. The nickel had just the right mass, and was hanging loosely, such that it vibrated in sympathy with whatever I was playing.. I suppose it would sound disappointing these days if I tried it again, but it let me play "Satisfaction" for myself, and some of the tunes from "Rubber Soul". I also found I could get a droning sitar sound if I removed the saddle from the bridge. I was first introduced to Palm Pedals by none other than Ted McCarty, the man who people credit with Gibson's golden era and introducing their flagship models. I had stopped for the night in Kalamazoo, during a cross-country drive. I paid a visit to Parson's Street facility where Gibson was shutting down operations. Inquiring about getting a replacement spring for my Bigsby, I was told that Bigsby was just on the other side of the highway, and they'd have one. Hustling over, I was greeted at the door by the esteemed Mr. McCarty, who had left Gibson years earlier to head up BIgsby Industries. He enthusiastically began pulling boxes off the shelf to show me. Among them was a gleaming gold-plated 3-level palm pedal. I had never known such things existed. Left an impression on me, that's for sure. He gave me his business card, which I have framed.

that b and g bender is genius for how simple the install is.

If anyone has a top loading telecaster, you can make a DIY bender by drilling and bending the handle of a tea spoon. If you’re handy with a drill and a grinder, you can make it swivel so it doesn’t get in the way of regular playing. Jank but it works.

4:26 “Here’s how you can incorporate that sound” *proceeds to play the most satisfying thing I’ve ever heard*

The fingerstyle guitarist Adrian Legg uses those drop tuners on multiple (if not every) string. He will drop and raise tunings several times during a song, and the effect is beautiful

The spring thing is hilarious to me given that anyone with a floyd rose bridge typically wants to get rid of the noise from the springs. It's genuinely hilarious that someone would want to add it to a guitar that doesn't have that problem lol

The only downside for those benders is the mechanical noise they make.

I think you should advertise a sale that gives everybody $0.01 off their purchase.

About the reverb, a company named Aspri was selling the same kind of thing for about 35$. Worked perfectly, and I still have it

I really like these kinds of videos. Having now seen this, there's probably nothing here I would want to actually get, which is good to know.

One of my favorite guitar players (Robbie McIntosh) mounted a dual bender on his Dusenberg and he played it on a demo video for the Jackson Ampworks Britain 2.0…..my word it sounded so good! Jimmy Olander (another fave) uses two benders on his electrics. His style of playing is out of this world. Go, look them up and listen for yourselves!

You can get the aquaspacer effect by playing guitar on a sofa (if it has springs). Resting the guitar body against the frame will transfer the vibrations through the sofa until they hit the springs.

I love the bender units and the drop tuning switch!

I've been playing for 45 years but I never practiced playing acoustic with percussion simultaneously. I admire people who do it well!

I like the idea of the spring reverb for touring - rather than bringing along a reverb pedal and cables and battery, any of which could die at an inopportune moment, just install the spring in your guitar before you leave home.

The snare one is class, I don't play that kind of thing, but even a simple on 2 beat works

Almost 200$ is crazy for some springs and a magnet. I’m just gonna make my own for less of a price. Excellent video samurai!

I like the idea of the spring reverb. Not all of us are ever gonna record something or play to audiences, and most certainly wouldn't do that all the time. I pike the analogue options when I sit at home

put a TONNE of those spring reverbs on that Martin!

I’m baked out of my gourd and I’m going to need an entire hour of you playing that guitar ASAP cuz that tune was bomb as FUCK

The first time I saw Tommy Emmanuel on PBS, I couldn't comprehend how he could have such destructive pick damage on the guitar top BEHIND the bridge. When I saw his percussive playing technique, I finally caught on. I wonder how often he has tops replaced.

Thanks, Sammy...always look forward to your reviews of stuff like this. Saves me money and/or expands my horizons.

I love your commitment to using all the gadgets together. Your compositions sound really great!

I've been using the Sam Jam snare for a couple of years along with a foot tambourine that I removed the strap and attach every gig to the cutaway horn with the very same funtak that the Sam Jam uses. I don't play like those finger-tap folks-- I use the snare the same way I was pounding the pick guard during my strumming. What I really need at this point is enough foot discipline to trigger a kick on the right beat.

As a bass player, learning to fake a snare hit on 2 and 4 takes a bit of dedication. Normal melodies you'd syncopate become new challenges to figure out with your right hand (or left for lefties). IDK how much time you put into your final groove, but the fake snares were pretty good, IMO.

That was a pretty little diddy towards the end! I agree, benders are nice for that faux steel pedal sound without going too much into Conway Twitty town.

I like that bowden bender, it's really clever. But my concern is putting it in a case.

Your playing can only be described as simply breathtaking. Thank you.

When I was in college, Brad Davis, who was in Marty Stuart's band at the time, came and did a workshop. He had this crazy b-bender contraption hooked up to his acoustic guitar that was operated by a foot pedal and some sort of hydraulic tube connected to an apparatus on the tuner. (see it here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/arqBn9SDsdrFe6c.html ). While he was telling us about it, he mentioned that it had gone through several iterations, one of which was a strap operated thing that pulled the tuner post (the part that the string winds through) back through the headstock from the back of the neck. He said that wasn't the best design, as one night while he was shredding on some fast bluegrass tune the string busted and that tuner post flew out and smacked some poor old lady in the head. She had to go to the hospital and get stitches. These seem safe by comparison.

the hipshot xtender is a better quality drop tuner. ive had one on my bass for over a decade.

it would be sick to have like sympathetic strings to make a chorus effect but then youd need a mechanism to mute them maybe on like a foot switch

I think the snare actually sounds great! Maybe the maker (or you) can switch to strong magnets so it can be quickly removed and added as needed so it's not always there rattling.

Yeah that rattle with the snare would make me go nuts

I would love to try the Acospacer on my 1971 Ovation Balladeer.

Pays the bills timer... 😂 id wait every time if i saw that phrase. 🙏

That was exactly what I needed. A chill SammyG video. And as always I was entertained

Those B benders could allow a player to have a David Gilmour-style bend sound on an acoustic. His bends on electric are...legendary.... Might be nice to see what three of them sound like on a B-G-e-string lead break.

The b-bender seems interesting, but $250? That's just a silly price. I mean, so high that there's no real justification for it at all. I could afford that, but don't enjoy willingly letting someone rip me off. lol

Yeah, the Bowden Benders make a lot of noise when using on an acoustic. The effect is great and sounds good, but that bumping noise is annoying.

Those benders are awesome! Helps kinda get a pedal steel sound!

When using the G and B benders, you might want to roll off everything below 100 Hz or so to get rid of some of the mechanical thumping.

You really should try the jellyfish guitar pick.

I would love to see a collab between you and Marcin with this guitar I wanna see the crazy shit he’d do with this many cool gadgets on a guitar.

I'm really surprised you didn't try a sound sample with a slide when you were trying out the bender units.

Holy cow, I want all of those.

I'd love to have those tuning switches on every string of my Epi.

My word that guitar sounds amazing:)

Very cool vid! It is great to see that people are coming up with new ideas and engineering them into existing spaces. Great vid!

Saw the short, came for more. I want those gadgets

You did great with all that stuff.

Decades ago (likely 30 years), I had a contraption that connection onto the outer body with springs inside (braced on the back end and bridge). It worked as well and sounded as good.

Great review. And isn't it cool how truly innovative additions can reignite your enthusiasm in playing? Love you man. Leave the percussion to the percussionists - you play too well!

There is a different drop tuning gadget called the "pitch key", which is easier to install and works on most guitar because it just holds on to the strings. It works by twisting a knob and its adjustable from 1/2 step to 1 1/2 steps.

I love how you are able to make those gadgets work! You definitely show the potential of these products !

I was not expecting that acospacer to work, let alone sound good!

I like his smooth u tube out style and he plays quite well. Glad you're still doing this!

I have an SC-13E and they are pretty amazing guitars. Great video SG!

I WANT ALL OF THESE :O Such a cool batch of gadgets. Nice to see some that actually work and do what they advertise.

0:22 Me imagining Samuraguitarist making a cacophony of noise literally playing all the gadgets at the same time.

The bender device reminds me of a B bender Telecaster. Not sure what the snare thing does besides make a less pleasing sound than hitting the guitar body directly. It looks like a drink coaster. Spring reverb thing seems hard to install (makes me think of losing a pick in the sound hole) and I'm not sure if the amount of reverb is adjustable. Props to designers for trying to do something different, though.

I like those benders, they give a soft change.. Nothing too harsh

I don't remember the company, but they did make a spring based reverb system for acoustic guitars back in the early nineties. The difference was it was a black rectangle that was secured by a sort of comb under the bridge rather than magnets and to the face of the guitar behind the bridge (magnets and having inside the guitar is much better.) Sonically, I remember it being identical. I believe they disappeared for the same reason: If you record or amplify, you can add reverb anyway. Pretty much the only use is practicing in a small, acoustically dead space.

What Clarence White and Gene Parsons did with the Telecaster was amazing but it seems a less invasive gadget would keep you from ruining a good guitar.

Well that was pretty fun! I totally get not really vibing with the reverb and snare- when I'm playing acoustic I try to eliminate any rattling noises 😁 Both of the benders were pretty cool though, I REALLY like pedal steel sounds, but don't have the money or the space for one.

If springs are directly connected to the strings, not just to the guitar from the inside the reverb effect is more powerful and controlled. That is what I've done in my guitar 5 years ago.

The Sam Jam percussive snare drum thing, I would suggest may function better with some type of sensitivity adjustable dial, or slider switching mechanism perhaps which would free up the guitar player from any unwanted rattling by a kind of notched noise filter, sortta in order it only resonates above a certain volume. What that mechanism would be, tho', I am not too certain.

The most impressive of anything here is that none of the gadgets are permanent. That's insane!

Very nice sound with those benders on board.

Don't think I could use the spring reverb thing. I use an archtop acoustic with f holes, unless it works just laying on top.

2:58 😅 Love it These gadgets's best application might be for sonic brainstorming. Imagine them installed on a guitar that is an acoustic and electric hybrid (not the best at either, but good enough) and being able to just create something no matter where you are. That Acospacer could be used to get people accustomed to playing in locations with a lot of echoes.

The soundboard radiates the sound, the sound hole is predominantly a pressure relief duct. If it were not there the air inside the body would act as a shock absorber and dampen the sound.

The bender is truly innovative

Those benders make it sound like a steel guitar, if you could get more out of that reverb device you could prob make it sound like a resonator

I don't like the thumping that the benders make. It really distracts from an otherwise nice sound, and ranks right up there with jangly whammy bar springs on cheap guitars, or nuts that go PING. I don't know if it is even possible to fix that, but it makes it a no-go for me until they do.

Crazy timing! I just bought a 4 lever bender a few weeks back for my tele; great little devices!

I had a clip on reverb tank for my acoustic about 30 years ago - surprisingly effective and added a bit of vibe for busking. But the fact that I can't remember what happened to it suggests it didn't really add to things. ;¬)

That snare adds a snare to your guitar, and the bender adds a bass drum. Much noise everytime it is used.

Really interesting gadgets (since I'm into percussive & on the fly tuning stuff)! Would love to see more. 1. I'll definitely check out the Bowden B Benders. I'm currently using Keith Banjo D-tuners. Those require changing the tuners (though its pretty easy). You can hear them used in my cover of Jon Gomm's Passionflower: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iNaehc2asr2Zeas.html 2. I agree that Schlagwerk Sanjam is too sensitive. Also, I think it sounds more "high hat" than "snare". I was thinking of instead trying Schlagwerk's Multiclap. You might want to try that out in a future video. 3. For the reverb, it's interesting but doesn't sound nice to me based on the samples. I've only tried another device called ASPRI reverb. But it was not practical for every song (especially for percussive fingerstyle), and not practical when using a pickup system or for recording purposes.

I would LOVE to have the Acospacer on my autistic because I do jam around the camp fire with friends that can sing and play. But it's $180.... That price point blew me away for some springs and magnets.

I have an idea how the saddle should be modified for the B-benders. I wish I could lay my hands on this so I can experiment, but I guess I'll have to wait until one of my customers brings me those to install.

Very interresting! Thanks for this video!

In this generation of smart technology musical instruments are coming with amazing tecs but back in our time which was 20/25 years ago we looked for feel in music rather than fill up our music with technologies.

All the great things you can do with an acoustic guitar! I love it. What's next?

Bro looking like nice Deadpool

I discovered the Hipshot about a year ago and don't understand why every fixed bridge guitar doesn't come with one.

That single-string pitch dropper looks like it will break the string in just a few weeks if not days.

Man, I really like the approach you took with all of this. If we ever run across each other, I'd like to hang out. Cool vid!

If you want CONTROLLABLE built in soundboard vibrating reverb that actually sounds like reverb then buy a Yamaha TransAcoustic guitar. They're great! I have a red one.

gotta approciate when companies make mods that are not permanent. you could always remove all of them if you change your mind :)

Those benders would allow me to play guitar again after getting diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis three years ago... It makes me wonder what other new things I haven't seen these last few years

That wonderful guitar sounds like an acoustic guitar should sound.

Hipshot sells a multitune bridge for guitars "DoubleShot Multiple Tuning System". I think it is designed for electric guitars, but I think i have seen them installed on acoustic guitars too. Super expensive though.

Add a Tonewoodamp to complete the setup.

I’ve been curious about rigging a Bowden bender or two on my lap steel. PSG guys tend to scoff at them, but they’re so much cheaper than a beginner’s PSG.

Aerospacer thing could be good for small guitars that lack resonance due to their size? I'm a small guy and never really upped the size and idk if its cause mine is a cheapo or because of its size but playing larger guitars is a clear difference in the volume and sustain in the notes so it may prove useful

The day a guitarist will convince me that any of those tools improve the playing style of an acoustic, has yet to come.

I played guitar for 15 years and quit 15 years ago… I need to play again after watching this