Playing a $275,000 guitar!

Brandon Acker performing on a $275,000 original Torres guitar from 1888 (No. 124)
Music: 🇪🇸Francisco Tárrega's Capricho Árabe (Arabian Caprice)

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[brandonacker]

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[filipecroaro]

That's $2, 412 for each note on the fretboard.

[alangarcia]

He looks like the type of guy that you'll ask if he knows how to play and he'll say
"I'm not that good"

[Bruce-Wayne]

I play this song in the morning when I get ready for work; it makes me feel as if I'm some sort of mafia boss and not a package handler for fed ex.

[mcclearysearles]

This video legitimately made me go out and purchase a guitar. One year into learning classical guitar and I swear I'm going to play this piece some day.

[DwightMS]

I studied classical guitar in Los Angeles in the early 70s. My teacher was a Spaniard named Manuel Sanguesa, an older man by then. His teacher was a student of Tarrega. Manuel told me a story of how his teacher couldn't afford lessons from the master, so he'd hang outside the window of the room in which Tarrega taught, and learn what he could by eavesdropping. Tarrega finally took pity on him and began to teach him free of charge. Manuel said his teacher was very frustrated that sound recording machines were not yet available when Tarrega lived, and that his beautiful playing was lost in history. But I'd say Brandon is a great substitute.

[inquisitor]

I have this cheap 1968 Gianinni nylon string that truly sounds magnificent. Back in 1994, I did a neighbor lady a favor with some tree felling and she had heard me play guitar in the past from next door and she new I liked Spanish-Flamenco music. She walked out of the house with a black acoustic guitar case that was dried out and crumbling into chunks and dust within her hands as she brought it out to me. I opened the case and the hinges simply detached and the case fell completely apart revealing the 1968 wooden lady within. It had a broken tuning head and was covered in a layer of gunk so thick you couldn't even see the wood grain on the fretboard. She told me the guitar was a gift to her from an old lover who was a banker that bought if for her, but she never took up the instrument. She gave it to me. I replaced the entire tuning head apparatus and had to use naptha several times to get the gunk layer off the fretboard and frets. Then I lightly oiled the fret board, polished the rest of the guitar and put on some new strings. It took several hours to get her rehabilitated. I, some time later, took the guitar over to her so she could see what it looked like. She was astonished as to its beauty and new life. And then I played her a few songs and the guitar has been with me ever since.

[adc]

This will be the type of video that’ll get recommended to everyone in a couple of years

[scornpole]

This guy feels like a personification of the person you wanted to be when you picked up a guitar.

[MartiniPinball]

Rick harris: “i’ll offer you 3 thousand, i’m taking a huge risk here”

[uli_ses]

So this lovely vampire dude took care of his guitar for more than a hundred years only so he can play this piece for us today. Thank you mister vampire dude, we love you.

[Schnooks]

This dude is helping define what a modern classical musician is. People value this kind of intimacy. Bravo!

[thrasherx]

Click for the price tag and stay for the skill and sound. Very nice.

[Aleziss]

what a miracle that a 1888 Torres guitar did cross road with Brandon in 2019... 131 year old dream come true ! That guitar was made to play Capricho Árabe...

[robertkrepek]

What a privilege playing that 130+ year old Torres. You deserve it bro.

[nonenone]

I didnt know the black spidey suit gave him guitar skills too.

[anggaharseda]

This is before Jack Black became his subtitute teacher in his school

[megahaze]

Normally people can't play this melody correctly. This was perfect. Francisco would be proud.

[brandonacker]

Attention: There is a scammer impersonating me in my comment sections. They are impersonating me and telling random commenters that they have won a prize and then scamming them out of money. At least two of my followers have lost money as a result.

This is a problem plaguing many YouTubers at the moment and I'm doing everything I can to report every single one but they seem to infinitely reappear. So please, report them if you see one and do not fall for the scam.

Warm regards,
Brandon

[holnrew]

I'm always impressed by how little classical guitarist's fingers seem to move compared to how many notes are played