FORDERER RARE & HISTORIC GUITARS Part 1 

Jim Forderer, What a wonderful man and great contribution to all guitarists who want to know the history and instrumental linage of the guitar.

I'd sure like to hear these instruments.

a H U G E thumbs up for uploading this video! a lot of knowledge on the history of the evolution of the guitar. wish u could have played some of those, especially the 3 neck guitar.

3:00 This is wrong. The Ottomans never were in Portugal or Spain! Arabs invaded our lands in the 8th century and we kicked them out from the 11th century till the 16th century. They weren't Ottomans or Turkic.

nice stuff

Nice to see Pujol's Vihuela - my teacher Brendan played this instrument on 1960's Spain

Wow! This is an important knowledge and information for all guitarists.

Thought this was going to be lame and full of reproductions, but was amazing, thanks for sharing your great collection.

Nice collection. You have my sympathy if you try to play them :D

The Video opens with Pavana #6 by Luis Milan played by Andres Segovia..

I remember getting to play these instruments at this festival and others. What an opportunity! Most things like this are locked behind glass as a piece of dead wood.

cithara is mesopatamiam not african

Fantastic collection! Bless you.

ANY TRIPLE STRINGS?

Very very interesting info.

I also got a lot other instruments i made multiple too

some of the information provided in the video is historically wrong: to say that Oud appeared in the middle ear east in 1500BC is completely hilarious, plus, the Ottomans never went to Spain, but, Arabs did along with the Amazigh.

Thank you for sharing the instruments and your knowledge.

Pricelessly information... This is what we need to learn guitar histories. The history telling that walk together with the example of instruments..

@5:28 GUY SCARE CRAP OUT OF ME.

I'm so jealous.

I got a brand new guitars set i made looks ancient multiple instruments

I have a Roudhloff like that.

Ancient Greek kithara (guitar)?

I have to ask what is a collection like this worth? How did people agree to part with some of these, amazing collection I’d also like to know how you knew how some of these instruments were tuned?

I've wonder how much valuable made in China acoustic guitars will be couple hundred years from now

Real nice trip through the history of the great instrument.

That's very interesting and thank you very much for sharing

That is amazing! i'm extasied!

maspotamia is not in Africa, it's in asia, IRAQ

Want to see them

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I won't upload it un less i get i comment

Great collection ¡¡

where is sound ?

what is the piece playing at the begining ? I think Julian Bream plays it. but whose piece is it can you tell ?

Thanks for showing us some of your collection. I have been researching the evolution and development of stringed instruments and I wonder about the ten stringed instrument mentioned in the Bible (Psalm 92:3) where it refers to singing praises "upon an instrument of ten strings". It would seem that plucked stringed instruments go back many thousands of years.

Cool

What's the piece played during the bit where he talks about the Vihuela?

broke guitar? ... it looks in reasonable shape to me (LOL ...sorry, dumb baroque joke that should never be said) ... what a collection!

I'm an expert oud and lute player

Amazing collection. I love that triple neck. That design is ingenious and beautiful. Thanks for sharing some of the collection with us.

What's the tuning for the double course vihuela? Are they an octave apart? I can't seem to find any info on it.