Inside the Twisted Mind of Genius Guitar Luthier BOAZ ELKAYAM
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2020
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Boaz Elkayam, the renowned guitar luthier who Guitar World magazine once described as "the most interesting man in the world" tinyurl.com/y7wgpy3c , joins us for an intense discussion on what's going on with his newest creations, including his much anticipated Boaz One modular plastic guitar. We will also tour his shop where he keeps his many custom built treasures, including a complete whiskey still he has built himself!
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I used to drink a lot....so I built a private distillery!, Why not. He is truly an artist.
A far, FAR cry from all the people I’ve known who drink a lot!
"The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind."
- Humphrey Bogart
Did I hear right he is in Thailand?
steven harrison he is in Israel.
Fascinating! Those Brazilian rosewood backs and sides were jawdroppingly gorgeous. 😲 The personal full bore distillery was just icing on the cake. 🥃😆
I wonder how many of us here donated on Kickstarter to Boaz, I did...although it was only 10 bucks. Still it's been interesting seeing the progress they made in the last year.
This is a very very good interview. Such an interesting man. Such an interesting project.
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it!
Brad thank you for posting this video, I think at least 10 of your videos are on the top of my favorite videos of all time list. This guy is just a gem of a human being. I love building and creating myself so I get really inspired by people like you and Boaz. Keep up the great work man you've been killing it lately.
Brad!!!...my mind is blown, Boaz is Leo Fender, Albert Einstein and the Dali Lama all rolled into one!.. he just keeps upping the amazing factor ,,yikes what a mind ....You have connected with something very special with Boaz and Roger I can feel the passion..such good things ahead!....Boaz is like 4 guys at once...thats what happens when you turn off the TV.. Genius!!!
Thank-you very much for sharing Boaz with us again. There are not enough words in the English language to describe him. Brilliant, creative, and a master of beauty and sound.
Great content! I also watched your earlier coverage of this guy and his amazing creations! Thanks again! 👍
I enjoyed this greatly. You two guys talking brings a heartwarming experience that shows me that if we all keep talking we could get it together sooner than later.
Peace be upon you and your families.
the show and tell is the best part.....what a craftsman! BEST 1:17MIN ON UA-cam
Bloody marvellous. Thanks all, loved this.
Fascinating stuff. Thanks Brad and Boaz!
I already knew of Boaz from when we started hearing about the Boaz 1, but I'm so happy I got to discover a true modern renaissance man. Such a lovable guy too!
Thank you Brad !
Wow! Thanks, Brad. That was great!
Hey I have been waiting for this since the first feature you did on this!
This is craftsman with a passion. Looking forward to getting my Boaz guitar.
That was great. That Boaz is sure a likable fellow, and such an inspiration with all the enthusiasm he has, for what he is doing.
@@RJMStraya I have know idea, maybe having trouble in these strange times we are in right now.
Brad,,i remember u meeting with boaz while back,,nice update,the guys amazing and ur content also is top shelf,great work bud.
Thanks, this is the first interview that I got a feel for Boaz as a person and got to see his other products. I am very impressed, but had not seen the mandolin's hidden compartment option for the Boaz One. Maybe it will be offered just prior to the final release. This video made me proud to be a supporter of the Boaz One and helped me reset my expectations as to when it might be completed. After this video it is almost inconceivable that he will allow the Boaz One to be anything other than a first rate instrument.
Thanks Brad,it was good to hear from Boaz and Gordan..I was an early Kickstarter supporter..Saw the interveiw at your house with both of them.Amazing to see what he had at his shop! Getting a Boaz 1 for Christmas will be a wait..But I'd rather see him take his time so the guitar is right..Glad he's going with a C Shaped neck on the guitar.Boaz said he has more to show you..Can't wait..
What a fascinating man. He’s awesome
I look forward to seeing this on the market
Loved this. Thanks Brad.
Been looking forward to this guitar.
Awesome interview Brad!Boaz is a living Genius what beautiful guitars and that still!lol,Cheers have a great weekend.
Thank you Brad for doing this. Looking forword to playing my Boaz one.
I can't wait to get mine in
Creative brilliance. Boaz is amazing and clever.
Quite amazing. One in a billion. Cheers
Beautiful flamenco guitars ..the wood..omg .. beautiful.
..from Australia
Hi Brad, this is unbelievable. What a genius.
He does some beautiful work!
Wow man! This video is an Historical Event!!
real people this is just great .
I fully agree man, just great.
@@Ibaneddie76 thanx
I saw your original show with Boaz (first time seeing your show too, by the way, because I was just beginning to get interested in luthering)(is luthering even a word?). Anyway, I was blown away back then and made sure I backed the Boaz One project. In fact I think I'm backer#6 and there are very few of us in the UK so I believe.
I can't begin to tell you how excited I am about receiving this guitar. But now I want something classical made by the great man!
If you tell me you have to kill me.That's too funny.Great video I love new concepts in guitars.Those acoustic guitars are beautiful
These are pretty cool guitars, I hope to pick one up someday.
The acoustic guitar concept is great, I would like to play one eventually.
That was awesome hopefully Boaz can bring some of his whiskey for you as well
@@TheGuitologist That didn't sound right ? Maybe a rephrase. Lol
Wonderful to see your reaction to him showing his personal still, me too... I was expecting a simple moonshine rig of sorts. 10 K euro guitars, floating back brace construction. Hippo and elephant tusks, camel bone, albeit a little stinky. :) Boaz does not do anything small or without restraint does he? Loved this video Brad!
Awesome content. Rock on!
I'm glad Boaz is excited and working hard on his Boaz 1. I just hope he will still build the occasional acoustic guitar after getting that line up and running. Those guitars were incredibly beautiful. I would probably have to sell a kidney to afford one...oh well I only need one kidney right?
Awesome vid Brad. The string pins is so obvious once you see it 😂
Finally got around to watching this video and so glad I did. What an amazing thought process this man has. Thank God there is still an outlet for creativity in this mass produced world and hopefully a monetary benefit for the inventor. Brad how about your next T-shirt design consider a picture of Einstein holding a Boaz guitar with the words Boaz Guitars (or the name of his company) under it? Proceeds to wherever they need to go. I would buy a couple.
Love this
Do we get to see Boaz's grow room next time?
Thanks Brad.
Brad, this is a very interesting discussion. I really wish I had had enough $$ to get started in his KickStarter program. I guess I'll have to wait until I can simply order a BOAZ 1. I'd like to see a lot more, with higher-resolution video, of the insides of his acoustic guitars with the flexible braces.
Maybe that's Gibsons problem,brewing behind the scenes,and then screwing up everything else. Hahahaha. Boaz is the coolest inventor. Good update for sure.😷
thank you again bread for bringing us some really great content material that I love these phone interviews you do and that's it hope you're well and that your family as well and safe and my prayers are with you and yours and everybody stay healthy out their social distance and wash your hands isn't that what they say? I think so! Sincerely yours come about the blind bedroom
Thank you, Robert. The bracing inside the guitars we were looking at is wild! It’s like it’s got these flying arches going everywhere that only touch the back at certain points, so the whole bracing system is floating.
You are right , he is a genius !
I only wish that the ability to transmit sound electronically between Israel and the USA was better. Many smart phone users are limited to the "cheesy-sounding" speaker in a phone. We are missing out on SO much !!! It would be so informative and entertaining to hear Boaz Guitars played side by side with some of the very high-end American-made guitars and against maybe the very old Martin guitars. I can only imagine how different they would sound when played and heard on a good sound system.
Thanks for this truly interesting video. Good luck to all. Shalom !!!
what a genius! great vid man
A fascinating guy,a true artist and considering his vision is a plastic guitar,if anybody else tried it they'd be laughed out of the industry,but i have to say i'm very intrigued. I play one of the most playable guitars created and my next guitar may be plastic,i'll drink to that!
I am always up for innovation and this seem to be a complete reinvention of the electric guitar, bringing it to the next level. I'm especially interested in the bridge as I would love to have one of those on any of my guitars. Sadly, many (if not most) guitarists are quite conservative and locked in a very traditional way of thinking about the guitar. All the different types of wood and growth patterns, finishes, types of laquer, nut material, shapes of the headstock etc. and the guitar has almost become just as much a piece of furniture as it is an instrument these days. And think about all the decades of debate between guitarists about how all these things effect or doesn't effect the sound on a guitar and the individual guitar-identities that's sprung from these debates and opinions. The guitar has become almost like a religion with all these different branches and all of us hang from at least one or more of these branches, believing we know what's best. I'm myself "guilty" of this to a certain extent as I have lots of opinions and preferences, that's simply human nature.
But just think about how much money some people are willing to spend on a brand new guitar that has been made to look exactly like an "iconic" guitar of their favourite guitarist, with "vintaging" being done to it in order to match every single scratch, wear and tear that has accumulated on the real thing over the years. Just like some people buy expensive, new jeans with holes and wear marks to make it look like a pair of really worn-in jeans that's been through hell and back. I wonder how many old, rich farts there are in the world who has, for example - a copy of a vintaged Slash signature Gibson Les Paul, who has never stood on a stage in their entire life and yet their LP looks like it's been all over the world and back several times over the past 20-30 years, and it was actually bought recently for a shit-load of money and they hardly ever play on the thing. Now, that's an extreme example but it goes to show just what the mindset is like when it comes to guitars.
This fine instrument that Mr. Elkayam has developed over the past 25 years beautifully solves a lot of the inherent problems with the guitar as an instrument and kind of circumvents a lot of them by going back completely to the drawingboard and never creating them in the first place. The only thing that is missing for this to go viral is that furniture aspect of our relationship to the guitar. That's really not something you could easily solve since it's actually a part of the inherent problems with the guitar, both in terms of the wood in a guitar being sensitive to temperature and moisture swings as well as adding substantially to the cost of production. But still, we do have a long lasting relationship to these aspects of our precious instruments and they are not easily erased, no matter how much more sense the Boaz One makes.
To give another example of how conservative guitarists are regarding tradition, just look at the True Temperament fretboard. Here comes a guy from Sweden and solves the biggest built-in problem to any guitar that has ever been built - The fact that no guitar can be in-tune all over the neck. A guitar always has to be tuned so that a certain amount of compensation or compromise is made on each string's tuning in order for the guitar to sound enough in tune for your ears not to bleed when you play it. Guitarists all over the world, constantly having to adjust their tuners slightly when they play on different areas of the neck, different chord progressions etc. And here we now have a fretboard that fixes this problem once and for all and lots of guitarists whine about the way it looks, saying it's ugly how the frets aren't straight. So the fact that an instrument is 100% correctly in tune is (to many people) secondary to how well it matches our expectations and traditions. And if how well an instrument is in-tune isn't more important than traditional looks then that should tell you quite a bit about how conservative many guitarists are.
In fact, I wish Boaz Elkayam made a deal with True Temperament and made a Boaz One TT which would drastically reduce the cost of making one of these fretboards since the Boaz One neck is made using a mold. That would make this a done deal for me. I would buy that guitar instantly and forget all about carved, quilted maple tops, different colored sunbursts and the rest of it. I would get a Boaz One TT and never look back.
Now that I know that he's a distiller I like him just that much more than before, I really identify with him like a brother. I know that it will be a while till we get our guitars, but I know it will be worth the wait.
Well, all of his works seem to be franlenstein's monsters, wow I'm speechless.
Thanks...super talents.
the guys a legend lol love his guitar idea's the boaz is going to br intresting.
Any chance to get a Flamenco guitar version of this? Since the original prototype has already with a Flamenco guitar neck?? tks
Brad I backed the Kickstarter after seeing your video .. so maybe you did have a bigger impact than you realise as I don’t think I was the only one
I sincerely hope that this new guitar takes off for the investors and works out for the people interested in a light weight great sounding guitar that wont break the bank. He seems very honest and he makes the wood guitars as a master builder so lets hope Boaz doesn't get ripped off by the Chinese.
Breaking news, "Boaz ships out first guitars" in a related story, "Hell freezes over"
What about the Lightwave Laser pickup system and associated electronics that may or may not support MIDI so that you could use your BOAZ guitar to play a synthesizer remotely.
That acoustic guitar is amazing. I am familiar with the wood. Its really expensive.
The thing here Brad is this. I watch every video from both channels and I respect your opinions. That said I was going to pull the trigger on the preorder of one of these. The Wife even ok''d it. Then she asked me A follow up question that went as follows. So since its plastic what happens when it starts buzzing and creaking like A old 80"s cars dash....Yep .. Trigger finger retracted... Not saying it's gonna happen but I would rather be wrong and wait than be right and pissed off ya know? When everything is all said and done I would rather let everyone else be the testers so we will see in a few years..
This man thinks outside the box and would love to see what he has in the future. Like a second sound board!
Could you suggest that he turn his phone/camera?
For future videos.
I'm sure you already know why, thanks.
Had zero idea about this, thought his guitar is just crazy and dumb. But it's unquestionable that he knows his stuff back and forth. How can you not trust a guy who builds masterclass instruments and has his own whiskey distillery?
Weather in Nordic Europe has been rather "normal" for these years. Really warm winter, barely any winter at all. Followed by surprisingly warm and early spring with back winters hitting every couple of weeks. Almost snowing on 1st of may, the usual. But I have a hunch it might be a bit cold summer (as in normal to what I was used to 15 years ago). Hopefully no 30 °C this year like that last idk, 5 years, but the good old 20-25 °C.
This winter in Holland was just a couple of light frosty mornings and about 3 months of rain Then almost 2 months hot weather and no rain in spring. Now its really cold again.
Not my cup of tea, but it is always interesting to see new products and inventions.
BoognishBockwinkle agreed...more plastic for the landfills!
Mike Pinion what is that even supposed to mean? This “guitar” is a gimmick at best and a piece of plastic junk at the worst. Buy what you want but I’ll back the horse that’s already won the race...
new invented guitar? what a plastic one they made them in the 60's and they where shit.
Does anyone know the name of the song at the end of video? Thx
These guys are dominant!
Brad i know im a new member and this maybe off topic but i enjoy your channels. Have you though about marketing a dyi tube amp kit with two channels one like a fender and a marshall dirty channel? I would purchase that it would be a blast. And a blast to mod. You may have entertained this in the past but i believe there is a market for this. Just spit balling. Keep up the great content, its nice to be entertained by someone who is intelligent 👍
People have suggested this before. But my issue would be in the support. I could not provide adequate support for something like that. People would inevitably have lots of questions and I just could not answer all of them and do everything else I do. Stretched enough as it is.
@@TheGuitologist Thats totally understandable. I get it i have family of five and i barely ever have anytime myself. Thanks for listening . Take care and God bless you and your family.
these guys gotta nail down the changes and get 'em made...new ideas are for the next year or 2 away
You have to understand the brilliant mind. He always sees ways to improve. Be patient. You can't rush genius.
1:04:03 is the moment The Guitologist realize all these barrels are for personal use
Smart design
52:16. Did I hear correctly? Ok I’ll order two 😀
Very interesting guy.
Looks like Mark Gonzales
thanks Brad for this great video I was researching actually mammoth tusk to put a mammoth tusk bone on my guitar one of my favorite guitars and it's it's out there and you know as an oddity I don't think it's going to do anything totally but as an oddity and like a cheerio I think it's really cool so I haven't actually gotten to the last stage of pricing it specifically but yeah it's out there there's plenty of it mammoth tuskit's not endangered and then like places like Russia and up in the steps and stuff like that it's pretty plentiful so yeah just thought that would throw that one in their excuse typos misspelled words not illiterate not suffering from the virus just legally blind like no one's business LOL sincerely yours, Bob the blind
The great thing about having mammoth tusk on your guitar is if you ever open your own DNA lab, you can clone one! :)
I want this guitar so bad. Wish I had the money!
Genius or dreamer ? We’ll all see ,when and if it all comes together. Wish this guy the best.
I may have just met my new hero.
Can we still get in on this?
30:42⭐🎸⭐🎸
Smart man
A few things.
#1 I vote that Brad gets the Cracked beauty. Be humble all you want Brad but we all know what the first video did for the project.
#2 December is a bummer but I am happy they are doing the right thing and NOT rushing this. Kuddos to the team on that decision.
#3 I vote that us backers get a small shot bottle of Boaz One Whiskey Or B.O.W.. Surely the federal gubment would vote otherwise.
#4 Someone please send the money to whoever is holding Gordon hostage in that basement!
#5 Thank you as usual, Brad. Once again you asked the right questions and provided a great interview for us fans of your channel and the backers of the Boaz One project.
I think you are really missing out on some good money by not doing SPF’s. I really looked forward to them and I am sure a lot of other subscribers as well. Keep up the good work Brad!!!
Brad, as an original backer I have some concerns: (1) In your original interview and during the crowdfunding phase, they were adamant that China was not going to be involved in the manufacture of this guitar. That appears to no longer be the case. China and quality are not synonymous. (2) They collected 4 times the money they requested, and have already spent 60% of that money. If the money went to molds, how are they going to pay for all the materials and the actual manufacture of the product? What are your thoughts?
RG, Gordon here. We haven't spent 60% of the money, we have allocated 60% of the money. Boaz is speaking in a second language and he sometimes is not as precise as he would like to be. We are on target to complete the backer guitars and then we will basically be broke. We will have to talk to the bank or find an investor. Shouldn't be too hard to raise the next round since we will have a half a million dollars of product already sold, all the tools for manufacture in place, a proven product and zero debt. Not a bad situation for a brand new company.
Brad, what is that telecaster behind you?
It’s a BigDGuitars bourbon barrel tele. I did a video on it recently, and he did one of it being built.
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@@TheGuitologist stunning. Thanks Brad.
Is there still a way to order a Boaz 1 guitar??
There is a Boaz One Facebook page. Ask this question there and Gordon will let you know how to order one. Good luck!
@@TheGuitologist Thnx. I hope you have him on again. The guy is amazing.
SPACE FORCES? LT BAGGYPANTS 🎩
Way cool. But I'm a metalhead can I get one in aluminum ?🤘
peace and love from isreal
I’m looking forward to receiving my Boaz. On the subject of buying a house in Thailand, I got one for sale but after living here for 15+ years I’m trying to get out and don’t recommend it.
kind of sucks I wish I was able to see all this it's very interesting listening to it and I'm used to listening to everything guitar and related but yeah. Sometimes you wish you can just see a little bit to see what this guy is got going there LOL
Don’t worry. Because the meeting software keeps changing screens around and Boaz couldn’t see what he was filming, we were all in the same boat half the time.
Wish I'd invent a something, sell a billion, and then die rich
Looks like it might be by Xmas. Now I gotta explain to the boss just how I knew what she could get me for Xmas? hmmm.....
yes all this weather I agree it's just crazy there's in Venice Italy it was the first time that people could see fish swimming around it and in the way of the cities was so full of smaug will clear yes it's just these couple of months have been a used a huge help for the planetit says if the planet started Thor did actually start to heal itself if that's correct the maybe not the right metaphor but something close anyway sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom
it never ceases to amaze me the resourcefulness and the ingenuity of the Israeli people. I myself in 2007 went there as an immigrant blind-as-a-bat didn't know a soul didn't speak the language I stayed there seven years and became a citizen and came back with the family reasons and often think about going back and probably will have some time they love music all types of music is just amazing amazing place to go to for Christians and Jews alike and Muslims I guess they already live there but yeah that's my spiel on Israel sincerely yours, Bob line bedroom
That’s kinda crazy, Robert.
Zoom has privacy issues.
boy it would probably be real fun to spend a few days with boas huh? The three things I loved all my life still do but mainly till I became blind was musicmusic whiskey and motorcycles music whiskey and motorcycles yes yes what a guy sincerely yours, Bob the blind bedroom guitarist
You’d love Boaz then.