I used HAIR as GUITAR strings
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woah 1 hour ago
bruh it literally just ended as i watched
I'm an engineer
Hey can you make a kalimba should be cheap
( do not break the bank )
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Use a capo and then try to play it again
100% engineering
0% horsing around
Hahahah
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Inside, we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
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Now we need a violin with horse hair strings, and a bow with violin strings. Reverse engineering
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morin_khuur
@@leftaroundabout awesome
Tenet
Oh god!
That’s actually a good idea
Remember, “bad” is subjective. Sure, it doesn’t sound like how traditional strings do, but there are people who invent purposefully “bad” sounding instruments as a means of pushing the boundaries of their own creativity.
glad someone said this. i think it's important to try new things out to expand our horizon of creativity. even if it doesn't sound "good", it's a step towards somewhere, with a destination where it will sound good
Hey thats just like how my saxophone sounds like a broken lawnmower but we can make them sound beautiful anyways
So much music is like this. I love the sound of horsehair strings. They are really fussy but there is no sound like it.
Yeah, I think part of it is also figuring out what actually it is good at -- it seems clear that a lot of normal guitar techniques won't work as well on horse hair, but are there any tones that are interesting? It seems to me the lower strings are particularly dead, so maybe we have to try something more percussive if we're playing down there. Also, was there a lot of experimentation done to determine where the "sweet spot" of each string by gauge is? Maybe a different tuning would help bring out the strings at their best tone. Maybe even just getting rid of the low strings and playing it as a different instrument would help. Lots of various ways to experiment here. The sustain is clearly going to be deadened compared with a steel or nylon string, and the tone lacks brightness. Is there anything you can also coat them in as another possibility?
i personally thought the picking sounded good
After reading these comments I realised that horse hair is unexpectedly common material for stringed instruments all around tha world...
On the violin, The bow is made with Horse' Hair. So, Yes.
apparently the best strings are called gut strings made from dried out sheep intestines
Violin bow
Almost every single bowed instrument uses horse hair
I’ve only heard of horse hair being used for bowed instruments like fiddles violins and cellos. Never imagined them being on guitars or ukuleles.
Episode I'm waiting most for: "I used GUITAR STRINGS as GUITAR Strings"
That’s ridiculous why would anyone try that😂
Accualy can you try flatwound classic guitar strings? I cant finde a good video with those
Settle down
@@Mattiaskrantz Ok, but what about "I use guitar strings as horse hair?"
@@OverlyHonestGaming wait thats illegal
Some mongolians instruments actually used horse hairs strings, the Morin Khuur is a good example .
Yeah and violins for sure (just not fpr the strings)
@nerijuspagalkriterijus tagelharpa
Yeah band the hu fans would definetily know it
Laughing in Mongolian
@@leonie7356 I heard violin use intestine
I was expecting literally no sound to come out of it so the fact you can play anything is impressive to me xD
4:27 his hands started cramping so badly that he started crying
lmao no its the water he's dipping his fingertips in
Mattias: "I had an idea"
Me: get a shorter length guitar
Mattias: we're going to need a bigger horse
Me: ... Or that. That works too
yes
@Dallen3000 - I couldn't figure out why he was opposed to using a shorter guitar.
Horses like the tall Andalusian have longer tails. It would've had a different sound with a complete strands. He could contact the Andalusian Horse club. Or, the Lippizan horse club...
Joining strands don't allow for a solid path for vibration to follow. It would be equivalent to a bad wiring setup on an amplifier. If wires are frayed there's impedance.
The end result sounded like a Ukulele lol, so guess the idea not as bad :D
or turn a horse into a guitar lol
Horses have uses:
*Petting
*Sitting on
As a person with horses, this is 100% the two uses horses have
*riding around
*good friends
Hahaha, they are very cute though!
Pulling things. Horse power.
You can eat them !
Could also be how they were twisted. Considering they used to use horse hair on like... ALL stringed instruments at some point. Tagleharpas, hurdy gurdies, lures, violins, etc.
Gonna be honest... I got this cause I want to play a mad bard in a D&D game. His main "mad" trait was gonna be that he used the guts/sinew/hair of monsters to make strings for his harp. Thank you so much for showing what he'll have to do!
using guts/sinew for music instruments is generally best practice. Especially in any historical period. Nothing ‘mad’ about it.
@@barefootarts737 more like he puts himself in dangerous situations to aquire the materials
@@McLovinRamirez oh got it. I only have experience with roadkill. Wild cats make good skins for banjos and such.
@@barefootarts737 I dont mean to judge you in any way. In fact you utilizing a dead animal you find like that is very efficient, but the fact you just say it so casually makes this comment incredibly cursed lol
@@unluckycatfish6866 is it a curse to mention gut strings casually? Or does this superstition only apply to me?
One thing I actually like about this guy is that he does what he says and does not just leave like other youtubers :)
I love youtubers a lot (edit)
@@Mattiaskrantz alright man gotta hold your horses there 🤣🤣🤣
@@Mattiaskrantz yeah dude i get it, I just wrote that comment cuz it was a great pun. Anyway thanks for being so interactive with your viewers, this it the first time some UA-camR actually replied to my comment. 😂😂 Great work though!!
true
@@saketpatil9969 meet @TABS LABS. He or she rly interacts with my in his or her rly old vids
"i need to build a machine to make this faster"
proceeds to hammer one nail onto a board
Shh, he's an engineer!
It's literally a machine though.
A machine is a human-made device that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action.
Never heard of simple machines I suppose?
simplicity, the ultimate sophistication.
That's actually a machine.
I like that motivational mindset, it's the main reason that I tend to stick with certain hobbies for so long!
“Then I gave them CARROTS!! Best horse day EVER!!”
-The End-
This is the kind of hard hitting journalism we desparately need
Hahahah❤️
Actually I don't need it but it's still nice.
"As a music person who used all of his guitar strings to create some modern art" - I almost cryed. You are a genius!
Everything is allowed when you create art! And thank youuu❤️❤️
hi
I LOVE how the "engineering solution" aka "THE DEVICE" was a nail in a piece of wood !!
Even if the results didn’t live up to your expectations, you still showed outrageous and epic dedication, and it was very interesting. Horse hair strings didn’t sound half bad. You’ve got another sub. Keep picking, my friend 🤘🤘🤘
Horse hair on guitar: yay or neigh?
that's the stuff. that's why i even bother looking at the comments section.
neigh
Hahaha why do I always miss these opportunities
hi
@@erneuerteseinfuhlungsvermogen9 hello
Now that he knows how to do the twisty thread thingy he can make strings out of almost anything. He’s virtually unstoppable....
Now he’s made spider silk strings
6:42 This killed me AHAHAHAHA
I would love to see you do more guitar videos too! I found you by your piano strings videos, but I greatly enjoyed going back and watching your older videos too!
Now i can play "A Horse With No Name"
More like "A Horse With No Hair"
@@Orangibus lmao oh shit
“A Horse With No Mane”
@@arbiterofuntruth6098 Ok you win 😂
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Dude... I barely have the patience to sit through a 9 minute UA-cam video
I would just like to commend this man for having the patience to fiddle around with horse hair for days on end
Thank you Mike❤️🤝🤝
I knew that this is how they used to be made; what surprised me is that it's a material in bows, but what's most surprised me is the Flemish technique: I didn't know it was Flemish.
Forrealllll you’re amazing Mattias
@Mike045H, (Snort) Haha! Who would with a few exceptions?
I would love to see Rob Scallon try playing this.
Im curious to see, moving forward, whether your musical talent or ability of dedication and determination will be the spotlight of future videos. If it might be the latter, a lot of people would probably love to see you take a crack at a new language. I personally loved the hard piano song videos, and the format especially was really entertaining. You could yry learning a language on your own well enough to converse before getting a private teacher and trying again, and compare the results and share the experience.
Love from Iceland!
"why not use pp hair instead?"
a man of culture i see
Bruh-
I can donate my pp hair
explain for uncultured men
@@DepressedAcorn pubic hair
@Hand Grabbing Fruits its pubic hair
'using my engineer mindset to build a device'
hammers a nail into a peice of wood
(I’m an engineer)
@Mattias Krantz oh nobody said you aren’t 😆
@@Mattiaskrantz exactly I was merely pointing out you're genius
@@tomeraltman7491 thanks guys! (i’m an engineer)
I’m surprised it even worked! I thought no sound would come out, but it’s actually a clear note. Give yourself some credit for the hard work, man!
There is an old instrument in scandinavia called Stråkharpa in Swedish (Talharpa in Norwegian). It uses horse tail hairs (hence the name in norwegian). As you can tell from the swedish name, it is also "stroked".... with a bow, to be clear. A bow much like that of the nyckelharpa.
Yes, and they sound excellent. Finland has the Jouhikko as well which is more or less the same.
The giving-the-guitar-a-haircut joke was gold 😂😂 “any big plans for the weekend?” 😂
Ooh nice I was worried that only happened in Sweden first!😅😅😄
@@Mattiaskrantz yeah I think it’s a universal haircut thing haha
I hope people realise how much work you had, you're already a legend for being so dedicated!
Thank you🤝🤝 I’m happy for all the love I already get from you guys!
amasing effort!!! you are a perseverant guy witch dosent like stoping. never change
2:30 love the backdrop. Gives your video so much mood
now wire up a whole piano like that! 😂
😅😅😅
i cant imagine how long that would take
@@Mattiaskrantz don't do it
@@Mattiaskrantz DO IT
oh no that horse will be mad
*TIME FOR THE RESULTS*
B string: IGHT IMMA BREAK
Hahaha yes:(((
Thanks for the spoiler
spoiler, i havent finished it
@@jazzram_ why were you in the comments then
Matthias, I admire your patience and dedication to your projects. Your videos are very entertaining and informative. You also create interesting "info-mercials" for your sponsors. Great job! 👍
Hey bro, you doing a good work, it motivates me as to how much you work. Thankyou and keep posting bangers
now, you should replace your horse's hair with guitar string
Hahaha still funny think I read these comments 15 times
i did not search for this, or even needed it.. But thanks for the video and your effort, thats amazing! :)
Oh my god! I used to watch launchpad videos for hours on end!! I might binge your channel tonight
@@Azubi_Meatball4349 ayy lmao
I love you. I’m happy you didn’t search for this🤝
Bora, não pares bro!
Ayee you’re one of the reasons I started music
Great video. I tried to fast forward to the end but after went back and loved watching it
You are AMAZING I could literally never do that,you have really inspired me to work harder,thank you!
If I could only put half the effort in studying my exams as Mattias did putting horse hair on his guitar...
I give you blessing now Jonas
hi
I know those strings didn’t sound great, but another thing to take into consideration is that it is a steel string acoustic guitar and the top is heavy and requires a lot of energy to drive the top, hence why they use steel strings. If you were to use nylon in a steel string, it also wouldn’t have enough energy to drive the top. Because many classical guitars once used gut strings and eventually players switched to nylon, it may be possible that the strings have enough energy to drive the top of a classical guitar. I know you said it wasn’t worth it, but if you still have the strings and didn’t cut them, maybe it’s possible to test the experiment on a classical guitar.
9 months later and still 0 dislikes! Just shows what a creative and good creator you are.
Bruh I gonna be so honest...
You have so much determination and you work so hard, You deserve more man. But keep up the amazing content! 😄😎
No kidding, though, the motivation advice is so true. Everytime I have to practice, I have no motivation, but once I start, I get motivated and I can easily practice two hours. The hard part is just starting. 🙃
it works for pretty much everything. I think it’s interesting how you could ”find” motivation in the most uninteresting things by doing this. I only work in 25 minute sessions because the starting part gets a lot easier I think!🤝
I can't imagine sitting in one desk for over 15 hours trying to string some horse hairs together. Big props to you for sticking through the pain and misery of that lol.
I listened to a podcast so I survived it eventually hahah😂 thank you!!
You are wonderfully crazy, Mattias. My dad is a piano builder and tuner (now retired), and I play the violin, with a horse hair bow of course. I'm really amazed what time, dedication and ingenuity you put into questioning the conventions on how instruments are built, and trialling things. That's an essential quality of an engineer - always tinkering and not abiding in conventional wisdom.
I used to own Arabian horses, and we put their tails in socks so they would grow really long for shows, I had a horse with an over 8 foot long tail. It took so much effort and care to get them to that point, I wouldn’t have sold a fraction of them for a price that would ultimately have defeated the purpose.
"We're gonna need a bigger horse" Uhm... OR A SMALLER GUITAR? That was my first thought, using kids guitar
My first thought was to use a Ukulele
Me2
my first thought was to twist it, I mean that's literally how yarn and rope is made so why not strings?
0:20 the davie picture in the back looks *EPICO*
If Davie was her he would say:
"slap a like if you saw me in the back"
"EPIC"
Br?
Slappp
Thank You, dear sir. Just thank You. This sound picking is most amazing thing I ever heard.
"this is what it sounds like"
*Proceeds to play Wonderwall*
Even if someone thought the rest of the video was crap, that hairdresser joke should have made them want to leave a like; your comedic timing is great.
Thank youuu!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Next challenge: use grass to make guitar strings.
I would love this
Use grass to make guitar
Yes I realised that when making this vid hahaha
Hemp would be cooler imo. Imagine some Bob Marley on hemp strings
What, not piano strings?
This man needs more subscribers just the dedication to this video should make everyone want to subscriber
I liked it purely for the guitar haircut small talk. Absolute banter
Horse hair strings
On Morin Khuur: sounds like magic
On Guitar: *quack*
Loved this video, I don’t know why but watching it felt so soothing
Hola Nordeltus que epico encontrarte acá, un saludo.
Really? Making it was not soothing, but fun!😄😄❤️❤️
epic
those actually do sound kind of amazing
you should appreciate this guy he spends tons and tons of hours, and tons of money making these videos like his videos and subscribe to him.
"I started to realise horses are not intended for this. " Oh reallyyyyy😂
hi
😅😅😅😅
Up next "I put electric guitar pickups in a piano" 🤣
Hahah YES not next but soon!
How many pickup you want lol
A modern type of talharpa/tagelharpa! Lovely sound and amazing perseverance.
i love how the brony Sebigamer4 appears in various videos . and happy to se him in this in particular. we will need Discord mane to do some chaos chords
I Heard that the spider web is quite strong and flexible, but it's a litlle costly, You could make an ukelele with spider webs as strings.
Greetings from Argentinia btw
I have spider web in my idea folder so you’re a genius🤝
@@Mattiaskrantz Very difficult man , may God be with you for this
@@Mattiaskrantz ;D
He isn't stable anymore, he's become too foal of himself.
What? Noo...
Hahaha oh god... anymore? When have i been 😂
hi
I haven't even watched the video yet - giving you a thumbs up like just for the first screen about the horses in the (not) hospital, etc. LOL!
Congrats on 500,000 subscribers!
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Quit horsing around I need Cello strings on a guitar and/or piano
Is this a meme I missed??
Imma edit it now then
@@Mattiaskrantz wait no... i just edited my comment, thats it xd
The motivation thing is completely true. For instance if you car is broken you don't want to work on it but as soon as you start its hard to stop until it's complete
I could honestly see all his creations in a museum and I would so go
Hey man. I’m shocked at hearing people aren’t sticking around. This is an amazing channel you’ve got here. I’ve been subbed since the beginning
Thank you Luke!!🤝🤝🤝❤️
What if you used a chain as a guitar string? Just an idea. Also I love how you always commit to all of these crazy ideas.
That’s interesting hmmm. Thank you!!
I love you bro I love you and your videos you work hard and you definitely deserve it :D
Its fun watching you do interesting things with instruments
I'm early for once, now do a piano
Piono epic!
@@Mattiaskrantz DO IT ON BASS. DO IT NOW!!
@@calpolplus8803 I slapped like just for your comment.
@@brianmiller1999 EPICO
And I thought I was early 😎😎
Matthias: I'm an engineer
Nails a piece of wood
SENTRY GOING UP
It sounds good in it's own cool way
It might have been interesting to first treat the horse hair strings in some sort of binding solution to give them strength and perhaps a better tone. It was a fun video, thanks...
Impressive, now play Old Town Road on that.
😂😂
The amount of effort you dedicated to that is remarkable
3:39 "It was time to use my engineer mindset to build a device that could at least speed up the work"
*hammers nail on a plank and nothing else*
AMAZING EFFORT! goodjob
He really went for wonderwall as the first song-
As a fellow engineer, I request you never stop chasing silly ideas like this
Dude, I would make of every version you do, either it is the guitar with horse hair or under water Piano and so on, a virtual instrument, like you did with the hammer on paino strings. Even if some dont sound really good as a instrument alone, many producers like for hip hop and electronic muic look always for unusual sounds. It would be basically a additional income source! 👍
I honestly didn’t expect it to hear like anything. Better than I thought.
I Love how hardworking Mattias is. HE IS THE BEST!!!
Thank you Josh!!🤝🤝
“I think my guitar is going to need a haircut”
...cuz that’s normal 🤣
0 string: heh thats normal
Beats having to buy new strings. Just grow them in.
You really did a good work, your so creative
Horses are my all absolutely favorite animals 💕 and it is so amazing that the bow hairs are horse hair!💕💕
I didn't know about the specific style of twisting when I recommended the spinning. I'm glad you found something that (kinda) worked, but I wonder if a spinning wheel would've been faster with similar or better results. After all, they make clothes with spun cotton.
I remember you Nate and thank you for the recommendation. I gotta look into that!
it took me a couple of seconds to realize why you were asking questions when you were cutting the hairs, and then i burst laughing xD well done.
You put so much work into your videos. You earn these veiws. Just one thing.... I would have loved to hear some sweep arpeggios on that guitar
Bro that actually works!!! Yo it sounds soo good. Even better if you practice twisting strings!! Imagine it