His guitar collection will blow your mind.

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  • Опубліковано 2 гру 2024
  • I recently had the honor of visiting what can only be called, "Dakota Dave Hull’s Museum for the Working Guitar". His collection runs the gamut from resonators, piccolo guitars, Martin’s, Gibson’s, Gibson copies, and quite possibly the largest 6 string banjo collection in the state of Minnesota! In short, his guitar collection will blow your mind!
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  • @kostringworks
    @kostringworks  Рік тому +4

    Thanks for watching everyone! For more videos and behind the scenes footage check out the Patreon page!
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  • @PaisleyPatchouli
    @PaisleyPatchouli Рік тому +7

    One of the most intriguing, eclectic collections I've seen. Fantastic!

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for watching!!

  • @rev.bobertbockstop7057
    @rev.bobertbockstop7057 Рік тому +4

    Your channel is absolutely amazing. I just subscribed. I am 69 and a wounded combat veteran with 12 years service in Norway’s Jaegerkommandoen (Norway’s version of America’s Navy Seal). I have played guitar since the age of 5 or so. My father was a traveling Jazz guitarist who played club dates all over the U.S., with Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday, Thelonius Monk and many more. I have played Jazz of course but focused more on Blues, Brazilian, Country , Gospel Blues, Modern Fingerstyle and more. Your episodes are so well done. Keep on making this great content. You deserve a million subs.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +2

      Fantastic, thanks so much for sharing. Reminders that this little channel can reach people from so far is just so encouraging. I hope you continue to enjoy what I'm up to over here, and keep saying hey!

  • @johnstenglein9097
    @johnstenglein9097 Рік тому +5

    What a collection and what a beautiful interview. Thanks for posting.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Thanks john! Appreciate you saying so and thanks for watching!

  • @rjmprod
    @rjmprod Рік тому +2

    Love to meet that man, great collection….!

  • @ShadowhandofDune
    @ShadowhandofDune Рік тому +5

    Your channel has much more interesting content than 99% of the other guitar channels on youtube. Keep going!

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +1

      Dannnng, thanks for the encouragement dude! It's been a really fun! Grateful for you checking these out and checking in too!

  • @Gratefulman1965
    @Gratefulman1965 Рік тому +3

    Simply amazing,
    Thanks for this Kyle.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +2

      Think nothing of it! Thanks for watching!

  • @picksalot1
    @picksalot1 Рік тому +1

    A lifetime of guitar treasures. Thanks for the wonderful tour!

  • @chickenlickin3820
    @chickenlickin3820 Рік тому +4

    Amazing collection xxx

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +3

      Isn't it!? Grateful he wanted to share these with all of us. Thanks for watching!

  • @RockStarOscarStern634
    @RockStarOscarStern634 10 місяців тому +2

    28:15 This is my favorite one, the 6 String Banjo (aka Banjitar) as played famously by the Great Johnny St Cyr who played with Louis Armstrong. This instrument goes way back to the 1920s and 30s before we had amplification where Guitarists needed to compete with the Horns. The 6 String Banjo could easily be heard over the Horns because the Drum Head acted like a super loud amplifier.

  • @cruelycruel1032
    @cruelycruel1032 Рік тому +2

    This is so good kyle,thanks man 🙏

  • @acdclexu6296
    @acdclexu6296 Рік тому +2

    such a beautiful video thanks for make it

  • @mrgreeley8500
    @mrgreeley8500 Рік тому +5

    we need some more 5 string videos i just got my 1880 buckbee flush frett and a 1900 or 1920s unknown fretted instrument.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +4

      Dude I gotta Buckbee waiting to hit the bench. Been looking for an excuse to make a vid about it!

  • @TheGuitarsquatch
    @TheGuitarsquatch Рік тому +3

    I loved that last banjo he played, it almost has an old upright piano quality sound, it definitely want to sing some ragtime

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Right?! Made by a great musician in Minneapolis Minnesota! Also one of my favorites he shared with us. Saved the best for last I suppose!

  • @wildcolonialman
    @wildcolonialman Місяць тому +1

    Fabulous fabulous fabulous.

  • @localguy8
    @localguy8 Рік тому +2

    Wow what a lesson thru time , thanks for sharing your collection it’s wonderful to know it’s out there and it’s made.🎸🎸🎸👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻☮️😍

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Absolutely, I’m grateful he shared it with us too!

  • @curbmassa
    @curbmassa Рік тому +2

    Great collection and presentation. I gotta say, that little black LG-00 spoke e to me..
    The biggest banjo I ever saw was a bass I built out of hundred-year-old Ludwig 26" marching band bass drum that really worked. I used it a lot for recording and it had its own unique voice in the mix. I used a regular upright bass scale length, strings and tuners. Raffelled it off at a friend`s music store back in 2016 before I moved to Europe, no idea where it ended up.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +1

      Wooow I’d love to have seen that banjo!! Sounds amazing. And yeah, that 00 is really something special.

  • @roberthale2268
    @roberthale2268 Рік тому +3

    I think I might have done a guitar deal with Dave years ago. Never met the man face to face but I'm glad I got to see him in this video. Neat guy for sure.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Nice! Glad to give you some context to your guitar deal! Such great stuff.

  • @vcr210
    @vcr210 Рік тому +1

    I remember Charlie Hoffman’s shop very well. I was the wild guy bringing in custom electric guitar projects, custom finishes, probably all to the chagrin of Charlie! Ha!

  • @dannywoody5497
    @dannywoody5497 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful video love the guitar’s

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Thanks Danny!! Yeah what a collection 😮‍💨.

  • @MrFiddlepatch
    @MrFiddlepatch 5 місяців тому +1

    Eb, you're really good at doing these videos.I enjoy them.Looks like you've become quite the luthier

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  4 місяці тому

      Thanks dude! Yeah I’ve been keeping busy that’s for sure!

  • @peterbroderson6080
    @peterbroderson6080 Рік тому

    Most enjoyable tour and discussion, thanks

  • @brooos
    @brooos Рік тому +2

    I have two 3/4 size solid bodies that I put really light (.007) strings on and tuned up a 4th to A. They sound great and are really fun to play.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Nice! My first time seeing a piccolo was visiting Dave, but consider me sold on it. Just lovely.

  • @illinoisvalleymusicians
    @illinoisvalleymusicians Рік тому +1

    Absolutely great video and an intelligently creative collector!

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +1

      Thanks much! Yeah lots of gold in here, thanks for watching!

  • @ernieflanaganstingraybassm1463

    theres alot of guitars in there collecting dust, i hope you have kids /grand kids !! but sir i am a collector also but i only have around 50 or so but all kinds of guitfiddle's and basses !!! What a beautiful collection sir !!

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Very cool! I love hearing what people have out in the world. Thanks for sharing!

  • @joecooper7803
    @joecooper7803 Рік тому +1

    Cool video, that fretless national looks really great

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +2

      It’s so coool. Would love to a whole vid just on that one someday.

  • @mikesullivan5219
    @mikesullivan5219 Рік тому +2

    Love the collection and commentary, I would like owning a 6 string banjo and a resophonic guitar, owned a cheap resonator 20 years ago.......half successful learning some Leo Kottke...
    Still finger style and flat pick my early 90's martin D16H. Just had a partial refret to 12th fret due to wear!

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Thanks Mike! Yeah I would love a 6 string banjo after visiting with Dave. There’s something about them that’s so funky.

  • @petehowlett3966
    @petehowlett3966 Рік тому +2

    I curated a vintage, not replica colletion twice as big in Akron Ohio in the late 90's. It filled 7 apartments above the once Ross Music Store.

  • @soulphisto79
    @soulphisto79 Рік тому +1

    Incredible collection. I'm in awe. I will say that while I agree with the sentiment on new vs vintage Nationals...I prefer to fight the vintage pieces for the history. My late friend Paul Villagi taught me a few tricks to getting them playing better, including intonation.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      I’m with you on the vintage! I have one vintage-inspired guitar I use for gigs but I’m all vintage otherwise!!

  • @JohnnieDelong
    @JohnnieDelong Рік тому +1

    This man is a national treasure...

  • @GuitarSmith.
    @GuitarSmith. Рік тому +2

    Dave brought quite a few guitars in his collection by the Podium to show them off, many of them jaw dropping for sound and looks. I've even worked on a few. His CD collection is monumental.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      That’s great! I know Dave’s pretty particular about who works on his stuff, that’s awesome!

    • @stephenmorton8017
      @stephenmorton8017 Рік тому

      there is nothing as lame as a 'collector' thinking he has accomplished something other than hoarding.

    • @GuitarSmith.
      @GuitarSmith. Рік тому +4

      He has used EVERY guitar live or in the studio, usually both. His collection is not just something to HAVE. It is a collection of musical tools that he and others have used while recording in his studio. Which is also impressive for the quality of recording he can do. I have known Dave for many years, he is not a guitar polisher.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +1

      @@GuitarSmith. true! I think this guy’s just looking to stir up trouble in the comments. Happens.

    • @RichardMcLaren
      @RichardMcLaren Рік тому

      The fact that you believe that, demonstrates your lack of capacity for thought and therefore renders your opinion worthless.

  • @tommytramp
    @tommytramp Рік тому +3

    WOW KYLE ! What a Museum I could spend a month in that place , only if Dave would let me play those guitars AMAZING collection... What a Cool Guy Dave is . If I ever Get to Minnesota That is my Go to place . Thank you for the Cool video visit .

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +1

      Yeah man! I should have mentioned that it's a recording studio too!

    • @tommytramp
      @tommytramp Рік тому

      @@kostringworks Yea I noticed in the beginning of the video what looked like a recording mixing room Studio window Pretty cool

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof Рік тому +2

    IDK why, but I really like that NATIONAL BARITONE STYLE 1.5 TRICONE.
    i have never ever played a resonator.

    • @Job.Well.Done_01
      @Job.Well.Done_01 Рік тому

      That thing is sweet as heck

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +1

      Dude it’s so heavy! It’s kinda the best kind of reso if you ask me.

    • @ledaswan5990
      @ledaswan5990 Рік тому

      Some things just speak to us

  • @bradc32
    @bradc32 Рік тому +1

    good stuff

  • @jerryholliday5367
    @jerryholliday5367 Рік тому +1

    I recently saw a Larson Big Boy on Reverb for 100k. That would be cool to say I play the biggest guitar made. I bought a Guild 8 string baritone as a cheap stand in for a much more expensive 12 string baritone. It's a huge guitar with a huge sound. Highly recommend as a budget friendly big baritone guitar.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Daaang that’s nuts. Good tip on the guild though!

    • @jerryholliday5367
      @jerryholliday5367 Рік тому

      @@kostringworks I looked again a couple days ago and there's a Big Boy for 162k.

  • @sophiafakevirus-ro8cc
    @sophiafakevirus-ro8cc Рік тому +1

    Missed the opportunity to stare up close at the guitars

  • @DoD890
    @DoD890 Рік тому +1

    Nice

  • @ryangunwitch-black
    @ryangunwitch-black Рік тому +1

    0:52 As a bicentennial baby, this is making me feel so old. Proceed. 😅

  • @FrisellFan01
    @FrisellFan01 Рік тому +1

    Quite the guitar historian.....aside from his collection which is amazing itself...endless knowledge

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Absolutely, he is quite the treasure and treasure finder! Thanks for watching!

  • @ronnieking1025
    @ronnieking1025 Рік тому +1

    cool

  • @PaisleyPatchouli
    @PaisleyPatchouli Рік тому +2

    I wonder if Dave has any opinions about Waterloo guitars, by Collings of Austin TX, which are high quality copies of depression era 00s by Gibson/Kalamazoo and single 0s by OS Stella from the 20s.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      I'll be seeing him today, I'll see what he thinks! My guess is he probably likes them though!

  • @misisipimike
    @misisipimike Рік тому +1

    I got to play the very first guitar Charlie Hoffman built.

  • @sixstringcity3931
    @sixstringcity3931 Рік тому +1

    He needs a Highwayman pan resonator by Highway Key Guitars !!!

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +1

      I’ll let him know!

    • @sixstringcity3931
      @sixstringcity3931 Рік тому

      @@kostringworks much appreciated
      You can find my stuff here
      Id be honored
      Thank you

  • @S.Lang7
    @S.Lang7 Рік тому +1

    It totally did.

  • @toneyrockstv
    @toneyrockstv Рік тому +1

    Fairbanks guitars are literally triple the price of a Gibson... met those guys at NAMM back in probably 16'...

  • @double00spy
    @double00spy Рік тому

    Maybe I am a little slow or something - but I would have liked a little more explanation on some of these. What was it about the National single cone that was different? It sounded sort of like there were no frets, but I could see frets. He said he had tried "it" on a flat-top but that guitar didn't have enough sustain. However, he never said what "it" was.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Good question, yep it’s fretless! Or what they call, flush fret sometimes since you can see the fret markings.

  • @billybabalubalaba3954
    @billybabalubalaba3954 Рік тому

    It would be nice to have the right speaker audio of this video working. You know, since it's a music channel and everything, one would expect the sound to be working 100%

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      I actually didn’t record the audio on this one but I’m pretty sure Dave’s mic is panned left and mines panned right. But I could see how that be weird if he’s doing most the chatting! Good note for next time, always something!

  • @sc1915
    @sc1915 10 місяців тому +1

    Q: How many guitars does one man need?
    A: ONE MORE!!

  • @TimotheeLee
    @TimotheeLee Рік тому +2

    Not an arc top in the bunch. Dave's missing the first couple decades.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Two archtops near the end! They’re amazing!

  • @gnawbabygnaw
    @gnawbabygnaw Рік тому +1

    I can’t.

  • @raymondmoore2707
    @raymondmoore2707 Рік тому

    All collectors do is hoard the best guitars and make it hard for musicians to find good instruments.

    • @andysfishingandflytyingcha2310
      @andysfishingandflytyingcha2310 Рік тому +1

      But this guy is a working musician who does studio work. If it's all acoustic based you need a fair few to get the different tones, accommodate different tunings, plus baritone and piccolo guitars. Also quiet a few of his instruments he's had made for himself. That's not depriving anyone of being able " to find good instruments".
      It's a great collection which this guy appears to be using, they're not just hanging from the wall or worse still in some bank vault.

  • @stephenmorton8017
    @stephenmorton8017 Рік тому +1

    hey, look at the collection i made, of stuff other people made! this is how i keep this stuff out of the hands of players! the hell with them!

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому +1

      It’s titled” museum for the working guitar” for a reason bub! Dave plays every one of these and sells them once he doesn’t! Best!

    • @stephenmorton8017
      @stephenmorton8017 Рік тому

      @@kostringworks museum is another name for hoard. collectors are mentally ill.

    • @Eeklex
      @Eeklex Рік тому

      Anything but. He has a musical reason for owning everything he showed us. While some of these are high value custom instruments, he pretty much doesn’t go for super vintage sought-after investor instruments.

    • @stephenmorton8017
      @stephenmorton8017 Рік тому

      @@Eeklex 'museum' HA! what is that a tax dodge or is he charging admission?
      i don't play guitar but i sure am NOT impressed with 'collections.' i don't know why this is in my feed. people that collect things and expect it to be some defining trait irk me. big deal! my grandma used to collect old bits of string and rubber bands.

    • @Eeklex
      @Eeklex Рік тому +1

      Careful viewers may have noticed that “Museum” was the word coined by the interviewer/uploader and not by Dakota Dave Hull (musician, recording artist, but not museum operator).

  • @waitwhat3148
    @waitwhat3148 Рік тому +1

    Lovely microphone blocking every guitar.

  • @markstaggs7342
    @markstaggs7342 Рік тому +1

    This was great.

    • @kostringworks
      @kostringworks  Рік тому

      Thanks Mark! It was such a privilege to spend some time with him. Thanks for watching and saying hey!