"The Guitar Maker" (Jeffrey Yong Guitars) - Shun Ng's Beyond The Strings: Episode 1
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Episode 1 of Shun Ng's mini-documentary series Beyond the Strings.
Shun talks about and visits his guitar maker, Jeffrey Yong.
Jeffrey Yong is a master guitar builder from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His guitars, though, have been considered unconventional, have been presented and performed all around the world and in 2006, took first and second place in the Guild of American Luthiers convention's blind test.
Find out more about Jeffrey Yong Guitars:
www.JeffreyYong.com
Beyond The Strings is directed and produced by Shun Ng
The Shun Ng Company, LLC
Connect with Shun:
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/ shun_ng
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www.ShunNg.com
I’m also blessed enough to have one of those fine man’s creations. Not sure why this video popped up after all these years, but cheers. Great expose of our artist friend, Jeffrey.
Fame might not be important, but recognition is I feel, hopefully videos like this will spread the word,.... And he has the good grace to make lefties, much respect to Mr Yong :o)
Without a doubt some of the most beautiful looking and sounding guitars I've ever come across. Truly a remarkable luthier.
The love of living life. It's in the trees, the woods, the hands of the maker, and his soul. The mind comes along for the ride.
Wow. This guy should be up there with Paul Reed Smith or Leo Fender. His philosophy is so pure and simple, yet his guitars are so complicated and beautiful. They even surpass the sound of a Martin guitar. When I first heard one on UA-cam it resonated like piano keys to me. So much continuous and sustaining harmonics in the sound. Just plain BEAUTIFUL.
What amazed me in this video was about the wood he uses being disposed of, like trash. This wood looks so exotic, I thought it was maybe an endangered wood. But to say it is just thrown away... I was dumbfounded. He is not only recycling it, he is giving that tree a new life. And what a life!!
I truly hope he is teaching his luthier artistry to young mentors to continue these masterpieces.
I hope to one day own one. Yes, they are expensive, but they will definitely be worth a lot more after the years. To have one will be like having a Picasso in your own hands. One of a kind classic.
Gonna start saving my pennies now.
Look at 9:30 in video. I have learned from years of experience in building guitars and mandolins that you better use a respirator when spraying finishes on instruments. Nitrocellulose and even water base can cause health problems that you don't want from mist spraying back at you.
This is not about being a safety freak, I paid the price. Fantastic guitars and great building philosophy though.
Excellent presentation and I've played guitar's for more than 40 years and I think these guitar's rank with the big names in custom guitar's!
I happened upon Jeffery's guitars years ago when they were pretty low priced. I told him at that time he needed to raise his prices because in the states he would be considered a master luthier. I believe it was a year or two and he was showing his guitars in shows in the US. Now I cannot afford one. hahaha. So good to see. He was perfection then and remains so today. One day, one day.
Master Work🥇🖌️ Long Long Life!
Greetings from SoCal. 🤟 Salt of the Earth! 🤟 It’s people like Jeffery that inspire me and many around the world. 🤓👍.
Kent Nishimura sent me here. It was my first time seeing such beautiful pieces of guitars. This guitar was just so pure and beautifully made. I don't care about the price tho. as long as it sounds good and artistically made from this person's hearth content, that guitar is worth it.
great video. I'm very impressed that out of a little warehouse in Malaysia there is a great guitar craftsman named Jeffrey yong!
Very powerful documentary. Young artists today need greater exposure to natrual treasures like Jeffrey Yong who have dedicated their entire lives to their artistry. Thank you Shun for this first installation.
When these people do something great it's amazing
Awesome video. I have had the pleasure of knowing Jeff since 1994. His devotion towards creating pieces of art in the form of guitars is just amazing. Visited him about three weeks ago. Played his latest creation. OMG! It was out of this world!
Those guitars are stunning!
wow thanx for the inside look !!! those are truly loving worx of art !!!
Top craftsman with a great attitude to life.folk should be honored to own one of his guitars
2 wonderfull people! I loved every second of this video, this man has the true spirit of the luthier, Use whatever wood you want, friend. Trust your ears, and you will be fine!
Thanks for this video .. I appreciate jeff .. nice Chap and passionate about what he does
Very inspiring!
Competing with yourself you become complete someday because at the end nothing remains except you and to compete with yourself you have to improve everyday.
Beautiful guitars thank you for sharing
This is truly a world class video creation. Great script, great execution. Highest respect for the artist, the luther, and the video maker
I like this guy. I have mass respect for him.
just a humble thank you both
You make me want to pick up a guitar and just learn to play! Beautiful.
Ahh ha, this explains it! Makes a bit more sense of the sound, especially the bass, and range I heard, as fully exploited by Shun's Ng's fingerpicking style, tapping and artistic talent. Now knowing that what I heard was true artistic collaboration between maker and user makes the performance I saw a bit more believable. Well done.
Amazing man !!!!
beautiful guitars great video
We need to take good care of our trees.
Great video 😊😊😊
Monkey Pod wood, wow I've never heard of that timber, and they sound grand 😊😊😊
There's countless "luthiers" on this planet. The term is so vague and misleading. Every Luthier who wants to sell their guitars has some design twist or style of some kind. I'm not putting this fact down as anyone who believes in what they do and puts their all into it can yield an amazing and/or unique product. What I will say is that IMHO, the only Luthier worth a damn is a "Master Luthier" like Mr. Yong. In the shop of a Master Luthier, materials come in one door and leave through the other door as fully functional guitars with their signature twist in every instrument that was made by them using the tools he or she made. Often, the each instrument's case is also made by them. The term "Luthier" is defined as anyone who makes or works on stringed musical instruments, so a "luthier can be someone who watched a YT video who then puts a Tele kit together in their basement. A Master Luthier is Much, MUCH more than that. That's why for 45 years I've called myself a "Tech", even though I do plenty of lutherie every day. Kudos to my Yong. You have my full respect.
Is the fingerboard scalloped?
If a guitar sounds Good, then no matter the Wood... ;)
A faithful representation of place and peoples you think? If pointing and shooting a camera straight out of the box maybe? People still have to be developed first though LOL. Maybe Malaysian living just doesn't lend well to video? Not all of us are big time conversationalists after all. But would there be any way to make rusted zinc roofs and faux marble Formica table tops look a bit more appealing on film? If we wanted to capture or convey fondness or affection for a place, in spite of all that?
Jeffrey Loves ❤️ Jesus.
Would it be possible to get a single shot of the guitar? What is this video about? Are you trying to hide your guitars or show them? Horrible filming and editing.
There's no need for roket science
中国的文字应该是全世界的文字
顺……溜，意指弹的非常牛逼666
#fuckarmenia
shang tsung??