I found out about the aluminium reinforcement the hard way when adding a strap button to my Furch. This attition seems quite ingenious, using the fluctuating humidity to its advantage. Thanks for making this video,
In my Fender American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster, it is quite easy to adjust the neck angle using the Allen wrench provided. Of course, it is not automatic, as is possible with Furch due to the moisture in the wood, which is a completely new and ingenious idea. Really great!
The technology is like in old Soviet guitars of the USSR period, only at a new level of modern technologies. But the principle itself is old. In general, it is normal when they remember old inventions and present them as new engineering technologies. ;)
Точно! Я сейчас сижу и угораю: сколько их ругали - наши бедные советские гитарки, а теперь это супер-пупер продвинутая технология 😂. Хотя, это вроде бы немцы придумали, но потом почему-то отказались от этого. Здесь правильно говорят, что дека должна дышать, её нельзя зажимать грифом. В общем, новое - это хорошо забытое старое😊
Brilliant concept to prevent the most common catastrophic failure in acoustic guitars. Electric boltons have long had the the Fender Micro-tilt. So some “electric guitars” do have this.
You are correct. I was thinking the exact same thing. While it's entirely possible to create the plug with the metal screw going across the grain rather than with it, they would need to add a car fender washer to prevent splitting the plug. But that would work.
I believe the block is a pivot and not supposed to move. The rounded-off plug may be some other material closer to cork. Also the block might have a radiused surface that sits against the neck joint - there wasn't a view taken closely enough to the device (possibly by design) that I could tell.
Very cool concept. Though I would question the degree of effect of humidity on a "block" of wood vs a thin guitar top. Would not the top's reaction to change in humidity be much quicker than a block of wood, especially if said block is contained within the neck joint area? Thus causing the "auto" adjustment to be premature or delayed?
Neat, but no mention of the effect on resonance through the neck, affecting string vibration and thus volume and tone, from what looks like the pivot point of an allen bolt head being almost the only contact between neck and body. And how is the fingerboard overhang fixed to the top? Just a'wonderin'...
I have 3 Furch guitars the trussrod arrangement is revolutionary just buy one you will never regret ...... I had money for the big boys but decided to see what's available outside, I decided on Furch never regretted my choice.
What I wanna see are well-recorded comparative sound clips between guitars with and without this device they've invented to see if it sounds good. I could see where if the device doesn't detract from the sound, maybe it'll allow for a less-braced body and better resonance without a significant decrease in the lifespan of the instrument? I have a cheap fender acoustic that was my first guitar 8 years ago - because it's poorly braced internally it's got pretty severe belly bulge now and sounds woodier with each passing year. It lives in the same humidity - controlled studio as my second acoustic (mid-tier Eastman) that I bought one year later, which is just internally braced much better and has no bulge (yet). In the case of the fender I think it's partly also a deliberate thing in the acoustic world to build a guitar that won't last too long (especially at the lower tiers of the market) so that there's always a market for entry-level guitars. As a player improves, typically they're apt to spend more money on better and better instruments, & their expectations re the lifespan of the instruments they purchase will change correspondingly. My understanding is that more bracing changes the sound because it restricts the movement of the top (the reason laminate-top guitars sound dull and lifeless), and that there's a tradeoff between bracing and sound, so maybe this device will allow for a better-sounding guitar? Idk as I'm not a luthier nor a physicist...
This is good. As a luthier I have had to economically write off many (edit: glued on neck) guitars because a neck removal and reset costs a lot more than the guitar is worth. Nice one Furch!
Wooooaaahhhh! How cool is this?!? And even cooler Furch will be implementing it in ALL their guitars, i.e. also the more affordable ones. :-) Gonna check them out, for sure. Question for Furch: I tune down all my guitars a full 3 half-steps, to C# standard tuning, and compensate for string slack by using 13s (favorite set = Martin SP). Will this new system also make setting up this low tuning easy?
Small detail - but saying its "fucking clever". Love your videos - no hate - just feedback.... I am just sensitive to sharing to my customers who may be younger guys/girls. As of November 2024 we now have the first models arriving in with the system
On a holiday in austria i went on a trip toprag, and somewhere underway i went into a musikshop (budweis or Tabor?), and played a Furch . Such super nice guitars, , back home in NL i bought one, The nicest acoustic i ever owned Only, no pickup installed , now i own a godin multiac
i tried some furch guitars a year or so ago, really nice guitars, really nice finish and for the price (£300 or so) really good value for money. i have seven acoustics and i've had a bout 60 since 2013, never had any neck problems, seems like a waste of effort.
Not really... Truth is..Luthiers have plenty of work out there.. Also, noting the unglued gap between the neck block and the fact that there's absolutely no true connection of the neck to the body is going to change the acoustics. Is this a bad thing ? Well , not so much if you play with electronics.. However, if you play acoustically in a 4 piece ensemble, such as bluegrass, this guitar will lack... and you lose resonance as compared to an old-fashioned dovetail joint.. If you're going to pay 1k more vs having a luthier do a reset in 20 years, while giving up inherent sound qualities, then what have you really gained ? build 2 identical guitars onen with a simple bolt-on neck and one with a dovetail.. the difference is quite noticeable..then build one with this setup.. There's a place for this setup.. but it's not universal... I know many players who swear by A taylor bolt-on system.. and about as many who can't stand it .. I have had some old guitars that still don't need anything more that a simple sanding the saddle ... a half hour job...
Meine Furch SVJ 61 Lux ist jetzt 30 Jahre alt. Bin damals noch im Werk gewesen, war genau zu der Zeit als der Showroom in Brno eröffnet wurde. Da hat sich noch nichts dran verzogen, spielt und klingt wie am ersten Tag, sieht nur leider nicht mehr so taufrisch aus. Super leichte Ansprache und hölle laut das Teil. Aus heutiger Sicht ein absoluter Schnapper, für grade mal 630 Deutsche Mark. Bin Happy.
1. Just like @StepanVasylyshyn said, we had similar technologies/neck angle adjustable Nylon+Steelstring guitars since the 1940ies over here in Germany, too. 2. All these guitars have to have their fretboards floating over the top of the guitar instead of glueing it to the top which usually leads to tonal loss at least in the higher register-how about this on these Furchs? 3. The common problem of older Flattops is usually a distorted/warped top with a forward turning momentum of the bridge caused a) by false storage (air too dry) and/or b) a too light top construction. This usually cannot be repaired or resolved other than than by removing the top and replacing it for a new one since at least Baroque times. Nowadays it's hip to do neck resets due to some US-luthier approaches - but this does not solve the original problem! A ruined top is nothing less than a ruined top! Sorry Henning, but this has to be said. Trotzdem schöne Feiertage!😘
06:04 "not even electric guitars can do that." That is not quite true. Fender has had the micro-tilt system for years. It's not "automatic", but since you're specifically referencing the manual adjustment, I thought I should bring it up. There's also the traditional shimming, which is doing the exact same thing, but with a bit more work. The true innovation here is being able to do it on a set neck, and not just a bolt-on.
I think it's caused by the string tension over time. I have a cheap fender acoustic that was my first guitar 8 years ago - because it's poorly braced internally it's got pretty severe belly bulge now and sounds woodier with each passing year. It lives in the same humidity - controlled studio as my second acoustic (mid-tier Eastman) that I bought one year later, which is just internally braced much better and has no bulge (yet). In the case of the fender I think it's partly also a deliberate thing in the acoustic world to build a guitar that won't last too long (especially at the lower tiers of the market) so that there's always a market for entry-level guitars. As a player improves typically they're apt to spend more money on better and better instruments, & their expectations re the lifespan of the instruments they purchase will change correspondingly. My understanding is that more bracing changes the sound because it restricts the movement of the top (the reason laminate-top guitars sound dull and lifeless), and that there's a tradeoff between bracing and sound, so for me what I wanna see are well-recorded comparative sound clips between guitars with and without this device they've invented to see if it sounds good. I could see where if the device doesn't detract from the sound, maybe it'll allow for a less-braced body and better resonance without a significant decrease in the lifespan of the instrument?
Interesting innovation for sure. However, assuming this adds cost and coupled with the fact that most quality guitars shouldn't need a neck reset for maybe 20-30 years then it's a feature most people don't want to pay a premium for because gear tends not to stay with players for ever. Obviously if you tour the world then neck resetting comes more frequently but that's a tiny fraction of a percent of players. That being said, innovation is good and this seems very cool. Just maybe not of high interest to many
It doesn’t work if the dovetail fails. Which they frequently do. My ex-boss was the service manager for Martin Canada. He did 100s of neck re-sets a year. This is brilliant solution.
Check out Riversong Guitars in British Columbia Canada. Neck through body acoustic. adjustable principle better Gorgeous guitar. I bought one and love it
Or just buy a Lowden instead, with a super stiff 5 piece neck which doesn't alter the string height no matter what the moisture content of the air is ?
@@EytschPi42 My Lowden is Sitka Spruce top and Rosewood back/sides, and that never moves ? I can tune right down to Nick Drake style and the action is the same ?
I....er....can't see the point in this. I mean, if you have to TAKE THE NECK OFF TO ADJUST THE NECK what is the bloody point? That's what you have to do anyway! And exactly how much "adjustment" does this give? 0.1mm? And you add a hell of a lot of aluminum to the neck. No. I am not convinced.
The guy in the silly shirt was so annoying that he made this video hard to watch. I am very dubious about the claim that the blocks of wood incorporated into the neck are going to expand and/or shrink just the right amount to correct for the rise or fall of the top (which is not always just caused by the moisture content of the wood). Nevertheless, if the idea allows for simple manual adjustment of the neck angle then it might have merit. They would not be the first to come up with this capability.
I would have liked to have seen a measurement of string height at the 12th fret before and after the adjustment.
I found out about the aluminium reinforcement the hard way when adding a strap button to my Furch. This attition seems quite ingenious, using the fluctuating humidity to its advantage. Thanks for making this video,
In my Fender American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster, it is quite easy to adjust the neck angle using the Allen wrench provided. Of course, it is not automatic, as is possible with Furch due to the moisture in the wood, which is a completely new and ingenious idea. Really great!
The technology is like in old Soviet guitars of the USSR period, only at a new level of modern technologies. But the principle itself is old. In general, it is normal when they remember old inventions and present them as new engineering technologies. ;)
Точно! Я сейчас сижу и угораю: сколько их ругали - наши бедные советские гитарки, а теперь это супер-пупер продвинутая технология 😂. Хотя, это вроде бы немцы придумали, но потом почему-то отказались от этого. Здесь правильно говорят, что дека должна дышать, её нельзя зажимать грифом. В общем, новое - это хорошо забытое старое😊
Brilliant concept to prevent the most common catastrophic failure in acoustic guitars. Electric boltons have long had the the Fender Micro-tilt. So some “electric guitars” do have this.
Thts a fact , iv had a few myself .
This is amazing for the guitar. This is almost like adjusting the rods in a banjo.
Cool, Fender micro-tilt for acoustics!
6:30 Riversong guitars, Ken Parker Archtops…. To name a few.
Interesting, but wood doesn't expand in length. In the configuration the block is put in
You are correct. I was thinking the exact same thing. While it's entirely possible to create the plug with the metal screw going across the grain rather than with it, they would need to add a car fender washer to prevent splitting the plug. But that would work.
I believe the block is a pivot and not supposed to move. The rounded-off plug may be some other material closer to cork. Also the block might have a radiused surface that sits against the neck joint - there wasn't a view taken closely enough to the device (possibly by design) that I could tell.
Very cool concept. Though I would question the degree of effect of humidity on a "block" of wood vs a thin guitar top. Would not the top's reaction to change in humidity be much quicker than a block of wood, especially if said block is contained within the neck joint area? Thus causing the "auto" adjustment to be premature or delayed?
What an exceptional company!
Neat, but no mention of the effect on resonance through the neck, affecting string vibration and thus volume and tone, from what looks like the pivot point of an allen bolt head being almost the only contact between neck and body. And how is the fingerboard overhang fixed to the top? Just a'wonderin'...
I have 3 Furch guitars the trussrod arrangement is revolutionary just buy one you will never regret ...... I had money for the big boys but decided to see what's available outside, I decided on Furch never regretted my choice.
What I wanna see are well-recorded comparative sound clips between guitars with and without this device they've invented to see if it sounds good. I could see where if the device doesn't detract from the sound, maybe it'll allow for a less-braced body and better resonance without a significant decrease in the lifespan of the instrument? I have a cheap fender acoustic that was my first guitar 8 years ago - because it's poorly braced internally it's got pretty severe belly bulge now and sounds woodier with each passing year. It lives in the same humidity - controlled studio as my second acoustic (mid-tier Eastman) that I bought one year later, which is just internally braced much better and has no bulge (yet). In the case of the fender I think it's partly also a deliberate thing in the acoustic world to build a guitar that won't last too long (especially at the lower tiers of the market) so that there's always a market for entry-level guitars. As a player improves, typically they're apt to spend more money on better and better instruments, & their expectations re the lifespan of the instruments they purchase will change correspondingly. My understanding is that more bracing changes the sound because it restricts the movement of the top (the reason laminate-top guitars sound dull and lifeless), and that there's a tradeoff between bracing and sound, so maybe this device will allow for a better-sounding guitar? Idk as I'm not a luthier nor a physicist...
Seeing this is always refreshing!
Simple, yet ingenious and brilliant. 👌
This is good. As a luthier I have had to economically write off many (edit: glued on neck) guitars because a neck removal and reset costs a lot more than the guitar is worth. Nice one Furch!
Gibson? I have a Life Time Warranty on My Gibson guitars. Now if the J pan would do something like this to their Ibanez, would be great
Wooooaaahhhh! How cool is this?!? And even cooler Furch will be implementing it in ALL their guitars, i.e. also the more affordable ones. :-) Gonna check them out, for sure. Question for Furch: I tune down all my guitars a full 3 half-steps, to C# standard tuning, and compensate for string slack by using 13s (favorite set = Martin SP). Will this new system also make setting up this low tuning easy?
What a brilliant idea, as easy as neck ajustment, How many nice guitars have been scrapped as un economical to repair?,
Small detail - but saying its "fucking clever". Love your videos - no hate - just feedback.... I am just sensitive to sharing to my customers who may be younger guys/girls. As of November 2024 we now have the first models arriving in with the system
Wow, that's innovation, also very well filmed. Kudos for Furch and Henning!
The best innovation in guitar building to date.
Hanning had a mini seizure in the now future 😂😂
Love the video and the product if it really works!!
On a holiday in austria i went on a trip toprag, and somewhere underway i went into a musikshop (budweis or Tabor?), and played a Furch . Such super nice guitars, , back home in NL i bought one,
The nicest acoustic i ever owned
Only, no pickup installed , now i own a godin multiac
The amount of brains needed in order to engineer mechanical auto-adjustment is mad
Taylor guitars allows you to adjust the neck angle but you have to do it manually.
taylors are a breeze to adjust i wish all acoustics were bolted on like that
i tried some furch guitars a year or so ago, really nice guitars, really nice finish and for the price (£300 or so) really good value for money.
i have seven acoustics and i've had a bout 60 since 2013, never had any neck problems, seems like a waste of effort.
automatic neck resets are a grim future for shade tree luthiers right now😂
Not really... Truth is..Luthiers have plenty of work out there.. Also, noting the unglued gap between the neck block and the fact that there's absolutely no true connection of the neck to the body is going to change the acoustics. Is this a bad thing ? Well , not so much if you play with electronics..
However, if you play acoustically in a 4
piece ensemble, such as bluegrass, this guitar will lack... and you lose resonance as compared to an old-fashioned dovetail joint.. If you're going to pay 1k more vs having a luthier do a reset in 20 years, while giving up inherent sound qualities, then what have you really gained ?
build 2 identical guitars onen with a simple bolt-on neck and one with a dovetail.. the difference is quite noticeable..then build one with this setup..
There's a place for this setup.. but it's not universal...
I know many players who swear by A taylor bolt-on system.. and about as many who can't stand it .. I have had some old guitars that still don't need anything more that a simple sanding the saddle ... a half hour job...
So it’s like micro tilt?
Meine Furch SVJ 61 Lux ist jetzt 30 Jahre alt. Bin damals noch im Werk gewesen, war genau zu der Zeit als der Showroom in Brno eröffnet wurde. Da hat sich noch nichts dran verzogen, spielt und klingt wie am ersten Tag, sieht nur leider nicht mehr so taufrisch aus. Super leichte Ansprache und hölle laut das Teil. Aus heutiger Sicht ein absoluter Schnapper, für grade mal 630 Deutsche Mark. Bin Happy.
All that is good but how it sounds with and without CNR
I bought a Furch (blue series) I dont know if this idea works. I can tell you that mine sounds very, very good. now
1. Just like @StepanVasylyshyn said, we had similar technologies/neck angle adjustable Nylon+Steelstring guitars since the 1940ies over here in Germany, too.
2. All these guitars have to have their fretboards floating over the top of the guitar instead of glueing it to the top which usually leads to tonal loss at least in the higher register-how about this on these Furchs?
3. The common problem of older Flattops is usually a distorted/warped top with a forward turning momentum of the bridge caused a) by false storage (air too dry) and/or b) a too light top construction. This usually cannot be repaired or resolved other than than by removing the top and replacing it for a new one since at least Baroque times. Nowadays it's hip to do neck resets due to some US-luthier approaches - but this does not solve the original problem! A ruined top is nothing less than a ruined top!
Sorry Henning, but this has to be said. Trotzdem schöne Feiertage!😘
Fender's micro tilt adjustment is a quite old solution in the world of electric guitars.
Love the time travel explanation at the beginning.
Very cool!
Auto wood 😂 awesome innovation 😎👌
Thanks Henning! One for the algorithm... ;-)
I are too am you. I thought therefore i was.
Who doesn't like automatic wood that blows your mind! Is there a line forming somewhere? LOL
How can u believe something works when the guys describing it dont even have a clue!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂
06:04 "not even electric guitars can do that."
That is not quite true. Fender has had the micro-tilt system for years. It's not "automatic", but since you're specifically referencing the manual adjustment, I thought I should bring it up.
There's also the traditional shimming, which is doing the exact same thing, but with a bit more work.
The true innovation here is being able to do it on a set neck, and not just a bolt-on.
So, kinda similar to the EKO fastLOk then.
Also, I thought belly bulge was caused by a LACK of moisture in the wood. Hence the point of humidifiers.
I think it's caused by the string tension over time. I have a cheap fender acoustic that was my first guitar 8 years ago - because it's poorly braced internally it's got pretty severe belly bulge now and sounds woodier with each passing year. It lives in the same humidity - controlled studio as my second acoustic (mid-tier Eastman) that I bought one year later, which is just internally braced much better and has no bulge (yet). In the case of the fender I think it's partly also a deliberate thing in the acoustic world to build a guitar that won't last too long (especially at the lower tiers of the market) so that there's always a market for entry-level guitars. As a player improves typically they're apt to spend more money on better and better instruments, & their expectations re the lifespan of the instruments they purchase will change correspondingly. My understanding is that more bracing changes the sound because it restricts the movement of the top (the reason laminate-top guitars sound dull and lifeless), and that there's a tradeoff between bracing and sound, so for me what I wanna see are well-recorded comparative sound clips between guitars with and without this device they've invented to see if it sounds good. I could see where if the device doesn't detract from the sound, maybe it'll allow for a less-braced body and better resonance without a significant decrease in the lifespan of the instrument?
genius
Cool!
Neat!!!!
Didn’t Bob Dylan play one of these in the 60’s? I’m sure i’ve seen an old Triumph branded acoustic with a key adjustable neck heel.
So, apparently I have a Furch on my Bucket list.
Yes , you see , this device has the greatest chance of putting a hump
(sometimes called rollercoaster ) at the 13th fret
Not seeing it
According to my Chek mother the material is,
Lungloom.😂
Interesting innovation for sure. However, assuming this adds cost and coupled with the fact that most quality guitars shouldn't need a neck reset for maybe 20-30 years then it's a feature most people don't want to pay a premium for because gear tends not to stay with players for ever. Obviously if you tour the world then neck resetting comes more frequently but that's a tiny fraction of a percent of players. That being said, innovation is good and this seems very cool. Just maybe not of high interest to many
As long as it’s not Furchbar!
The traditional method of having two saddles with different heights still works well, it's cheaper and doesn't put extra metal inside the guitar.
It doesn’t work if the dovetail fails. Which they frequently do. My ex-boss was the service manager for Martin Canada. He did 100s of neck re-sets a year. This is brilliant solution.
Check out Riversong Guitars in British Columbia Canada.
Neck through body acoustic. adjustable principle better
Gorgeous guitar. I bought one and love it
Or just buy a Lowden instead, with a super stiff 5 piece neck which doesn't alter the string height no matter what the moisture content of the air is ?
It’s the spruce top that alters the height
@@EytschPi42 My Lowden is Sitka Spruce top and Rosewood back/sides, and that never moves ?
I can tune right down to Nick Drake style and the action is the same ?
Vorsprung durch Gitarrentechnik.
Fender has tilt adjust but not as sophisticated as this
I....er....can't see the point in this. I mean, if you have to TAKE THE NECK OFF TO ADJUST THE NECK what is the bloody point? That's what you have to do anyway! And exactly how much "adjustment" does this give? 0.1mm? And you add a hell of a lot of aluminum to the neck.
No.
I am not convinced.
Sorry - gave up after 1:53 ! Is this guy a comedian or just trying hard to be ?!
That intro made me cringe. Thank my goodness there is a "skip ahead" button.
The guy in the silly shirt was so annoying that he made this video hard to watch. I am very dubious about the claim that the blocks of wood incorporated into the neck are going to expand and/or shrink just the right amount to correct for the rise or fall of the top (which is not always just caused by the moisture content of the wood). Nevertheless, if the idea allows for simple manual adjustment of the neck angle then it might have merit. They would not be the first to come up with this capability.
He’s actually rather pleasant
Linear timescales 😂. Very cool “truss” system!
Ok back to watching Glenn’s old vids!
@@PooNinja Dude, I'm looping fuckin Glenn's videos for 3 days straight now. He has a 41 video playlist that I have on loop.
@ 🤘🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Bla bla bla this dont work its realy a hype to sell
Of course it works
nonsense. 🤣
Why? It works
Stoneage wood ... BS. It's woodage wood.
True