Oh yeah that’s definitely the check I do before purchasing a mandolin
@gordonanderson3111
3 жыл бұрын
Sold me - yet while we are sure not going to hear the price, guessing that is worth 100,000 easy. Mandolin Brother's shop (sadly gone) had the Gibson Lloyd Loar era Mandola i wanted, yet it was 106,000 USD.
@cherylwatson4293
2 жыл бұрын
Me too, what a coincidence ;)
@Katerina9256
2 жыл бұрын
😄😄😄 of course!
@SkeletorJenkins
Жыл бұрын
Yea. I did this when I bought my Rouge at the pawn shop.
@banmaga
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@Updike999
20 күн бұрын
When it comes to Mandolins, there is Chris Thile............ And then there's everybody else
@TroubadourMusic
3 жыл бұрын
Thile is a phenomenon.
@fastguitars4380
10 жыл бұрын
Chris seems happy to play the Loar and the Loar seems happy when Chris encourages it to speak....So, its a win-win.
@esa062
10 жыл бұрын
Admiration and jaw dropping. If I could play like that, I would just listen to myself all day.
@scottfleming6166
7 жыл бұрын
I've been playing a mandolin for over 40 years and I have a Gibson F5, but I'm blown away by what I hear, he is at a whole new level I've never seen anybody play at, Monroe, McReynolds, Bush, Grisman, all ground breaking, but Chris has opened a whole new universe.
@smittywerbenmanjensen1350
5 жыл бұрын
it's boring. If I want to hear Bach, I'll play him on the keyboard; it simply sounds watered-down on a mandolin, which has its own power and beauty and repertoire of fine songs to choose from. I don't see fiddlers creaming their pants over some douchebag playing a Partita
@TheNoviceVillage
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that'll happen when you start playing at like 6. Dude was nominated for a Grammy at like 15, and finally got one 4 years later.
@not.a.robott
3 жыл бұрын
@@smittywerbenmanjensen1350 Boring on a mandolin but you play it on a KEYBOARD-Um okay yeah I guess not everyone can appreciate Dynamics and a good performance of Bach but lmao what
@legalize.brokkoli
3 жыл бұрын
@@smittywerbenmanjensen1350 🤦🏻♂️
@buckweaver4584
3 жыл бұрын
He transcends the mandolin
@GravityBoy72
5 жыл бұрын
I've seen him live 3 times. He is one of the greatest musicians I've had the privilege to listen to - live or not.
@nhojcam
4 жыл бұрын
and that's how you play a $200,000+ mandolin!
@oldcremona
6 жыл бұрын
Oh, so it was that, huh?
@cartecaygames
11 жыл бұрын
I've had the pleasure of playing fiddle with Chris on a few occasions. He's an amazing artist, and that mandolin is incredible. Thanks for uploading this!
@rustypatch9543
6 жыл бұрын
Love the dynamics he can do on this piece. Not easy.
@Mandotwang
11 жыл бұрын
So very gifted! That Loar seems to have incredibly buttery, clean, woody trebles.
@DanBeimborn
11 жыл бұрын
The "approximately 20" are Lloyd Loar signed F5s with Fern peghead inlay.. there are 290 total Lloyd Loar signed mandolins documented between 1922 and 1924. Chris's is a Feb 18th 1924 signature date, so it is one of 46 known Gibson F5s signed by Lloyd Loar on that day. Many other pros have one from this batch- notably John Reischman and Mike Marshall.
@jamesschmidlin1127
4 жыл бұрын
Rick Scaggs plays a Loar 1922
@harleybabe42
11 жыл бұрын
His playing speaks to my soul! I Love the sound of the mandolin..I can't help but SMILE every time I hear one
@sixstringer98
5 жыл бұрын
Just got my Loar the other day. Simply an amazin instrument
@gutbucket260
4 жыл бұрын
What date?
@JasonUmbrellabird
11 жыл бұрын
Saw Chris at St Lukes last week. AMAZING.
@kaspersderlund5573
3 жыл бұрын
I was there too. Never been so absorbed for 2hrs+, in my life
@KennyFishbone
7 жыл бұрын
Listening to this bring tears to my eyes....its so beautiful
@outRAGEousQUIT
Жыл бұрын
Chris always out here making it look easy.
@kriscoulton98
Жыл бұрын
flawless
@robst247
3 жыл бұрын
How can he remember all those notes, let alone play them so fluidly and with so much feeling -- and apparently effortlessly? Clearly, he is not of this Earth.
@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer
2 жыл бұрын
There are only 7 plus some blue notes
@robst247
2 жыл бұрын
@@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer Correct -- there are only a few notes in any non-microtonal musical scale. My expression of wonder and admiration is about the musician's ability to commit to memory and faultlessly and fluidly reproduce such long and complex SEQUENCES of notes --- something which I, as a musician, find challenging.
@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer
Жыл бұрын
@@robst247 practice😁 talent isn't real, only dedication
@ericiverson3441
Жыл бұрын
Any clues as to his planet of origin and immigration status?
@robst247
Жыл бұрын
@@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer Some people can practice until they're blue in the face (and the fingertips) and nevertheless fail to produce a rendition as fluid, faultless and deeply felt as Chris's. To me, he is sublimely talented.
@RedDirtRules
3 жыл бұрын
One of Kalamazoo's finest!
@AnachronisTone
11 жыл бұрын
More Chris Thile masterclass clips on youtube would be better.
@zsantschi
11 жыл бұрын
That mandolin... "Approximately 20 of these are known to exist. This particular instrument is the only known Fern to have been dated on 9 July (1923). In 2007, mandolinist Chris Thile acquired 1924 Loar-signed F5 serial # 75316 that was an exceedingly rare find, as it was in virtually new condition. It reportedly cost him around $200,000." (from Wikipedia)
@oregonoutback7779
4 жыл бұрын
Was wondering what they go for now. Stopped dreaming when they passed $100,000. and my bank account didn't. Thanks for sharing.
@jamesschmidlin1127
4 жыл бұрын
Oregon Outback Still get a good one 10k to 20k brand new. Get a decent sounding one for 300 to 1,000.
@zeeeOgre
5 жыл бұрын
Legend in his own time. So dang good.
@monroequinn7546
Жыл бұрын
Bach baby! That’s Dy-no-mite!
@stopmonkey47452
11 жыл бұрын
four downvotes? must be the other four guys from punch brothers who are tierd of hearing this in the bus at night when they want to sleep.
@marcelvermeulen9550
4 жыл бұрын
Some good old Bach…terrific playing.
@eosdelb
11 жыл бұрын
thank you so much for posting this video.
@CarlosLopez-uc1ke
2 жыл бұрын
Bravo, congratulations !.
@ethanabelar
7 жыл бұрын
Ah yes... I remember when I was first starting out...
@sayetka
6 жыл бұрын
so many notes!!
@coprhead6
8 жыл бұрын
Taking the pickguard off is the mandolin equivalent of taking off a violin's shoulder rest or chin rest. It opens up the sound because there is nothing clamping down on the body.
@philiprundall3432
8 жыл бұрын
+coprhead6 Mike Marshall advised me to remove the pickguard off my Northfield 'Big Mon'. He spoke of this in relation to how one strikes the A & E strings, in particular, with the pick. He thinks that a pickguard tends to encourage a shallower pick stroke, and this, of course makes an impact on tone, which was mentioned elsewhere. I must say I that I found a greater freedom in my playing after removing mine and I'm not going to worry about the erosion process. In fact I rather like the more played in look that the instrument is taking on! Re a worn looking Lloyd Loar, just look at Mike's. Mine has a long way to go!
@benjaminkaminski6496
6 жыл бұрын
Shoulder rest, yes. Chinrest, no. Often, a side mounted chinrest can make a violin sound better.
@gutbucket260
6 жыл бұрын
I play cleaner with the pickguard on. I tend to rest on or bump the bridge without it. With the pickguard on, I keep my hand up higher and away from the bridge. Poor technique, I know.
@Bondovian
10 жыл бұрын
He just made sweet passionate love to that Mandolin! Bravo!
@mstupidbritishperson
11 жыл бұрын
chris thile can walk in to any music store and pick the cheapest mando off the shelf and make it sing!!! just so happens he's found the mando that sings his songs with him! unreal musician. can't wait to see him live.
@tanyas8884
4 жыл бұрын
So goooood!
@Covidiocracy
11 жыл бұрын
That dude is fucking AMAZING!!!
@FlatlandMando
5 жыл бұрын
Way beyond what is promised after 10,000 hours of practice. Sure glad Chris does more popularized stage performances than this...( lovely as it is). I probably would never see him if he played only concert halls.
@apfelstrudelmaster
11 жыл бұрын
It's the prelude from Bach's E major violin partita! =)
@Nummer1Ahteest
11 жыл бұрын
I love, (and prefer) pure bluegrass and don't really care for this style of music BUT... I couldn't stop this clip once he started playing. I was totally mesmerized by his skill. The words "fluid" and "smooth" comes to mind. I guess this is sort of like how I SAY I don't care for opera singing but... I LOVE to hear Jackie Evancho. Go figger. ;-)
@chrispitoyo
11 жыл бұрын
He's a genius!!
@stevenhearrell1564
3 жыл бұрын
There are many great mandolinists in history, that I enjoy, including Dave Appollon (sp ?), classical players, Burns, Grisman, and more. However, the one that stands taller than all of them, is Chris Thile. Musicianwise, I would put him on Mandolin, in the same department as Mark O'Conner, on fiddle, guitar, and even, mandolin. They rise above their instruments, not restricted from presenting their musical ideas, by the physical parameters of the instrument. They are not just locked in, rather, they can be found soaring above the instrument, into the area of pure music. In bluegrass, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, and others are on that level. The same goes for greats in other areas, such as jazz, classical, and so on. Chris could make any instrument sound great.
@pablo6305
Жыл бұрын
Wow. My mandolin is jealous.
@forcd2createchannel321
9 жыл бұрын
I play this piece on my Montgomery Wards version Lloyd Loar before breakfast every day. All kidding aside, at least on this computer, I prefer the sound of the Dudenbostel. It may be far different live, but I've always found the Dudenbostel sound as truly amazing.
@melanieklarofficial
8 жыл бұрын
+Forcd2CreateChannel what is this piece?
@hbethmorris
8 жыл бұрын
+Klartunz Klar Chris is playing all but about the first 12 bars of the Prelude movement to Bach's Partita No. 3 in E Major for violin.
@gutbucket260
6 жыл бұрын
So do I. And in 60 years, if constantly played, the Dudenbostel would also sound awesome. There are some great builders out there now making mandolins that will be legendary in their own right .
@nucemgd
5 жыл бұрын
my gawd this inside picking!
@tonyray779
7 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@NighthawkVsTheDragon
11 жыл бұрын
it's all part of the experience
@sukhwinder5448
3 жыл бұрын
👌👌👌👌
@PeluMaad
11 жыл бұрын
Awesome technique.
@JonahHorner
4 жыл бұрын
I never thought I would see someone better than Sierra hull
@seancurran6727
4 жыл бұрын
She's good, but no one comes close to Thile in technical ability.
@gcvincent3989
10 ай бұрын
Show off………the dudes a monster!
@millsmillsmillstube
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that info. Do you know any specifics on Mike Marshall's mandolin? It's been my favorite sounding mandolin for many many years.
@fabywoods
12 жыл бұрын
more please!
@wordofmouth7679
4 жыл бұрын
Way to rock the Bach!
@dgmando1
11 жыл бұрын
So I'm guessing he couldn't "do that" until he picked up that particular mandolin. We should all be so lucky.
@edthe1owapyr020
3 жыл бұрын
I’m gonna say so it was probably custom built for him in a past life and he remembered everything when it hit his hands
@JahGpup
12 жыл бұрын
Wowzers
@guitarman592000
7 жыл бұрын
I just wish I had his "Motors" lol !
@jeffgaumond4250
5 жыл бұрын
I wondered what Chris was going to spend that MacArthur Genius award money on. I think he made a good investment.
@michaelperry9946
4 жыл бұрын
So, probably no chance I can get the tablature to this - is there?
@wupeide
11 жыл бұрын
Any chance of seeing more of this master class?
@fabywoods
12 жыл бұрын
my mandolin is for sale because of this dude. id rather listen than hack. see it at mandolincafe
@viahard
10 жыл бұрын
Magnífico
@samuelconrey7372
3 жыл бұрын
What piece is he playing here?
@WinsomeJohnny
4 жыл бұрын
Tabs please.
@Jen4682
11 жыл бұрын
I like the slightly percussive style Chris plays - I actually prefer it.
@trombonedave68
3 жыл бұрын
What did that machine cost??? 100 Grand???
@f5mando
11 ай бұрын
$200K
@MarlonOwnsYourCake
9 жыл бұрын
Ok, for those of you who, unlike me, actually know things about this instrument, I Feel like the high notes on mine are too bright and too shrill and a little abrasive while his aren't. Is this something that can be corrected by technique or is it just a matter of strings, picks and the actual build of the mandolin?
@GaryLPuckett
9 жыл бұрын
+MarlonOwnsYourCake It's the recording. This was probably recorded on somebody's iPhone. There are a number of recordings with this mandolin and it sounds awesome....just like a Loar!
@MarlonOwnsYourCake
9 жыл бұрын
***** Thanks so much! I'll get right on it!
@GaryLPuckett
9 жыл бұрын
oops! was reading too fast while i was doing laundry
@LukeDayInTheUK
6 жыл бұрын
I play a cheap mando in U.K. and I think heavy pick and heavy strings gave me a thicker sounding note all over.
@MrAlan0151
5 жыл бұрын
Good is't he ?
@KateRobinson1961
11 жыл бұрын
Wow.....that's all
@TheJALOBE
8 жыл бұрын
What is the first Bach piece called?
@SelfDevouringSnake
8 жыл бұрын
Prelude from Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major.
@silusray715
5 жыл бұрын
Where is the melody
@donvanderburg5053
9 жыл бұрын
Removing the pick guard is an acoustic advantage in some/many cases of mandolins. Aesthetic look and authenticity are cool, but if the sound is better with the guard off, that's what a musician is going for. Mine is off...for the reason described above.
@MarlonOwnsYourCake
9 жыл бұрын
+Don Vanderburg how does it alter the sound? I have a really cheap mandolin where one of the screws holding the pick guard on sometimes gets loose and buzzes, but aside from that, what does it do?
@donvanderburg5053
9 жыл бұрын
Hey Marlon, Pick guards on mandolins don't really do that much good and when you remove it, it opens up/uncovers the bottom F hole for a better projection. Mandolins generally come in 2 distinct styles. An "A" style (the oval "Look") or an "F" style. I prefer an "F" style which is what Chris Thile uses,as well as 99.9% of mandolinists in Bluegrass. "A" styles, however are played by some very good musicians. Tim O'Brien has always played one.Mine is a cheap copy of a Lloyd Loar but it sounds pretty good. Sound and tone and playability are everything.
@MarlonOwnsYourCake
9 жыл бұрын
+Don Vanderburg Thanks, I've been sort of casually playing for a few years but just recently getting more interested in actually having a good sound.
@donvanderburg5053
9 жыл бұрын
Cool. Glad to hear you're thinking along those lines. I would recommend a couple of things as some foundational encouragement. 1. If at ALL possible get an F-Style mando. and 2. remove the pick guard so you can hear and feel the sound coming from BOTH F-holes. Chris is playing one of his two Feb 18, 1924 SIGNED Lloyd Loar mandos and they both came with a pick guard and each mandolin is probably over $200,000.00 in value, but he plays it with the pick guard removed. Get my meaning? :-) Tone is EVERYTHING. It's part instrument, part technique, part pick shape and thickness,and part musical ear/taste. It's a thing that improves over time and with listening to the finest mandolinists. Ronnie McCoury, Sam Bush, Sierra Hull, Ricky Scaggs, Andy Leftwich(Scaggs' fiddle player) plays an awesome mando and gets a stunning tone and sound. Mike Marshall is another. Play a LOT of mandolins in music shops and get used to the fact that they ALL play different , sound different and it's REALLY hard to find that sweet combo of playability, intonation, tone, volume, overtones, etc....by the time you are sensitive to all these things,and you find a mando that fits the bill, BUY IT! I think you will have the best luck with a Gibson F-5. ALL good F-5's (Dudenbostel, Gilchrist, Skaggs Model, are well over 10K, but look for a Gibson F-5 made within the years pf 1950 and now....good ones are out there around 5k or so. There's always exceptions, like if you could run across a good one for $2,500.00 range....SNAG it!. It just takes time nd luck. Chris played since he was 5, mostly on a Gibson F-5(Listen to the tone of his Gibson on his first two solo CD's "Leading Off" and "Stealing Home" recorded when he was 12 yrs old and he's a baseball fan) Then Lynn Dudenbostel built him that phenomenal one he used and played (it's on his first instructional DVD from Homespun Records)for years until he got his Loars. I still think there is not a better sounding mando than Chris' Dudenbostel. When Ronnie McCoury got his Loar and switched from his Gilchrist, I think his sound is not as good, but for mando players, the LOAR is the holy Grail. Like Stradivarius is for a violinist. Anyway, sorry to ramble on, but I love to talk about music and mandolins and beautiful tone.
@donvanderburg5053
9 жыл бұрын
Simon, you presume an awful lot knowing nothing about me. Not sure why you would insult a complete stranger. First, if you read my last comment it should be apparent to even the most cynical reader that I know a bit about Mandolins. I've personally met Chris Thile and attended a Master class with him. I have studied acoustics and my father was an actual Physicist. My niece majored in and graduated University with a double major in violin and voice. She owns a very expensive Gaurneri copy and now teaches violin. I have very good friends who are luthiers so I won’t be needing any German books on the subject. I picked out my own “old growth” 65 year old Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides and Adirondack spruce for my soundboard on a 10k Dreadnought acoustic Steel string I had custom-made for me. I'm 65 years old, was a music major and studied music composition and theory in college, was a professional musician before that, took piano tuning lessons from my own piano tuner and tuned my own 7’ Kawaii Grand piano while I was studying at University. I understand plenty about wood, acoustics, construction, bracing, the vibration of the soundboard/bridge etc.., on ANY acoustic, stringed instrument. I've played Electric, Classical, Folk Fingerstyle, and Flatpicking Bluegrass guitar and Classical piano for over 45 years. Mandolin for 10 years. So, yes, Simon, sound in fact DOES actually come OUT of the sound holes on a mandolin, violin, or any stringed instrument which has a hole of any sort and that’s not stupid.If you close the lid on your piano the sound projection is dampened and is not as loud is it? And the tone changes doesn’t it? How is this difficult to understand? Even if you’ve never held your ear to the F hole of a mandolin (which I do every day) even the laziest of research would clarify this for you. In addition, these F and S holes on a mandolin/violin have a huge influence on the production of sound and tone. I never asserted they were the origin of the sound, as you seem to be implying, as they do not actually create the sound - everyone knows the vibrating top (soundboard) does that from the bridge and to a lesser degree, the back and sides. But then again, I was emphasizing the opening up and increasing the quality of TONE by taking the pick guard off, and for a more even PROJECTION as well. Lastly, if your incorrect assertion that sound doesn't come out of the holes was actually true, which it is not, then Stradivari just carved those cute little S-holes on all his violins for purely ornamental aesthetics! And every luthier since has kept the tradition going just because it looked cool. Please find someone else to vent on and let's call it a day. I won't respond any further.
@KennyHaney-iy3ob
5 ай бұрын
best mandolin player on planet earth 🌏 😅
@austenrobinson2747
4 ай бұрын
He is from another planet. If you look at nickel creek a young version you could tell that he is the best. Never saw anybody who at 12 could smoke pros. He is the GOAT
@brianbernstein3826
9 жыл бұрын
this dude looks like Jude Law
@bleikrsound6127
5 жыл бұрын
Some Master teachers would scold you for letting your arm sleeve rest on the top of an acoustic instrument. "It's like a blanket over your mouth!" I can hear my old Russian teacher now.
@bobthabuilda1525
3 жыл бұрын
None of those teachers sounded as good as Chris so they'll be aight
@stoogiebuncho
11 жыл бұрын
Is it blasphemous to say that I prefer the tone of his old Dudenbostel?
@gutbucket260
4 жыл бұрын
So do I. Always did, especially #4.
@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney
3 жыл бұрын
Nope. We like what we like, there’s no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’.
@cartershilts1738
9 жыл бұрын
What happened to the pick guard? I'd think he would want to keep it as original as possible, it had a pick guard when he bought it
@evansoz
9 жыл бұрын
***** Are you serious about that.Is there written confirmation,or photos of that work after it was done?Thanks for your time...love Chris...just never heard of that before..Cheers from Adelaide,South Australia!
@sydneyjorgensen6886
9 жыл бұрын
***** he did? never heard about this
@DanBeimborn
9 жыл бұрын
***** There is no third f-hole cut in the back. Someone is trolling :)
@DanBeimborn
9 жыл бұрын
+mandoman83 I'm 100% sure there is no third F-hole :)
@JBiggsNewJersey
8 жыл бұрын
The "Florida extension" at the top of the fretboard (about fret 24+) is scooped too, the frets are removed and fretboard shaved down. Not original at all. Maybe it was that way when he got it? Sounds beautiful anyway
@sKarmA115
11 жыл бұрын
yeah I was getting that too, He must play with his pick slanted a bit, thus creating a lot of surface area that goes across the strings. It's kind of a scrapy sound, and if it wasn't for his flawless playing, it would be rather undesirable
@clamberry
11 жыл бұрын
not at all. he made some stupendous recordings on it.
@MandolinNate
11 жыл бұрын
E Major Prelude Partita #3 i believe.
@AmazingApplesBand
11 жыл бұрын
Any idea how much a masterclass lesson would cost? That would be interesting!
@Sttonkeoj
10 жыл бұрын
I love Thile's playing but he is one strange dude.
@mbsnyderc
10 жыл бұрын
What is strange about him?
@nmmccrea
10 жыл бұрын
Geniuses typically are
@martinet1985
7 жыл бұрын
you're strange
@SecksyMan
7 жыл бұрын
he has a lot of company
@daw162
6 жыл бұрын
It's a good strange, though.
@NIWOPINTHEWOODS
9 жыл бұрын
classic skills for a classic instrument. all the naysayers should try and play scales like that! even if they could their $500 mandolin would NEVER sound like this!
@LukeDayInTheUK
6 жыл бұрын
frank, 500 is a lot!!!
@eosdelb
11 жыл бұрын
Im sure he is talking about the responsiveness of the loar. The play-ability of the loar and the tone gave him an eargasm. But what do i know? Im retarded.
@uncleroy4584
5 жыл бұрын
He is intertaining Angles that's why hes looking up I believe! Amen. Devine when we get to heaven well hear notes we've never heard on Earth. Amen
@Mamakatster
10 жыл бұрын
Uh..... Is that all. All you rock guitarists eat dish!
@keithwittymusic
11 жыл бұрын
He did it long before he bought his Loar. I'm guessing he just prefers the Loar's sound more. Though I don't. I much prefer his old Dudenbostel to his Loar. Just search "Chris Thile E-Major Prelude" and you will find his original recording on his other mandolin.
@JGSnave
11 жыл бұрын
O-O
@OldCroghanMan
9 жыл бұрын
I guess this sounds better than a 600 dollar import. Not sure how, but I guess so.
@etparadox
9 жыл бұрын
This is a pretty low quality recording. Check out this video for much better sound quality: watch?v=wAUoI49Ndmk. The virtues of the Loar instruments is their combination of tonal balance, consistency, and power. The high notes and low notes have similar timbre and the strings all perform well across the full range of the fingerboard. The instrument also works well dynamically, responding to a soft touch, but possessing lots of headroom for louder notes. You can pull a good tone out of almost any instrument, but higher end ones present it much more readily and with less work. A 600 dollar import pales in comparison. Modern hand built instruments can come closer, but those are typically in the 2-5000 dollar range. The time a luthier spends carving the top and tuning it really makes a difference.
@fredfredburger383
9 жыл бұрын
^ *Tambre
@etparadox
9 жыл бұрын
Thats the proper pronunciation, but the spelling is timbre (which I got wrong too). Thanks for the correction. Fixed.
@carnagegerman
11 жыл бұрын
wait...thats Bach...fuckme I can't remember the name of the piece
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