*Ling Ling:* _If you can sell it Cheaply, you can sell it Pricey_

@marijo268

4 жыл бұрын

Ling Ling would never say that

@u.v.s.5583

4 жыл бұрын

If you can copy a Stradivari violin, you can also copy a Stradivari sticker!

@Feisty123

4 жыл бұрын

Priceyly*

@xyon9090

4 жыл бұрын

@@marijo268, its an inside joke.

@dmon9333

4 жыл бұрын

expensively*

I found an old violin and a painting in the attic. The antique dealer said, "The good news is you've got a Stradivarius and a Picasso. The bad news is Stradivarius was a terrible painter and Picasso made crap violins."

@TheDiabolocraft

3 жыл бұрын

This was a good joke

@consultantproams5301

3 жыл бұрын

OMG l- I luv that expert

@BobSmith-jf6qr

3 жыл бұрын

LING LING GRANGER What’s funny about it if you don’t get it?

@thunderbirdice

3 жыл бұрын

Bob Smith 😂 that’s what I thought. If that person didn’t get the joke it won’t be funny.

@DawidBartczak4

3 жыл бұрын

Thats amazing! Haha

If I pass my violin down in my family and it ends up looking like that they will have a very angry ghost on their hands

@Sunfl75

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking. Second thought was -Did someone sit on it at one point?

@jesuslovesyou2616

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ died for your ssinsssssssssss

@blackkittykat6036

2 жыл бұрын

Haha

@tonydalimata

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like it was used as a boat oar

@NinjaDog251

Жыл бұрын

And then sold to a pawn shop

People don't try and sell a real stradivarius at a pawn shop.

@rhyfelwrDuw

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking! If I had a violin like that I'd be dubious about authenticity, but to make sure I'd take it to and auction house or somewhere like that, not a pawn shop!

@koalabandit9166

3 жыл бұрын

This has to be one of the stupidest men on the planet, and it's pointless to even try to follow his reasoning in any way. He apparently thought a dude at a pawn shop would go "oh amazing, here's 700k". That is, assuming he really is a con man of course.

@Sunfl75

3 жыл бұрын

No-one would. If they had a real Strad in their possession they would have had a wealthy foundation get in touch to buy it from them. They would not have sold it to a pawn shop.

@levroshal

3 жыл бұрын

TBF, there was an incident where that basically happened. A famous soloist (don't remember who) had their Strad (or del Gesu or something) stolen while on tour in London. The idiots who took it tried to sell it to the nearest dealer for 100 pounds - they got arrested, and the instrument returned, pretty quickly.

@kozumekenma4449

3 жыл бұрын

@@levroshal that incident would be ✨terrifying✨

Brett: "Or just make it firewood." Damn I missed the way they burned people out.

@gigglesofficial777

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed😆 no violins were harmed in the making of this video i hope

@thelastcube.

4 жыл бұрын

Brett makes firewood out of violas

@susanlee7079

4 жыл бұрын

That grin right after he said that

@Hannah-lr4le

4 жыл бұрын

fire olnly.... That is not even suitable to make a cupboard. please react to #dimash guys...

@Dokattak

4 жыл бұрын

It should keep me warm rather than burn my ears.

Eddy: " Turn it Into A Viola" Brett: *"Or Just Make It Firewood"*

@gaborbartok6398

4 жыл бұрын

Well, if you turn it into a viola first then make it firewood, it burns for a longer time.

@thelastcube.

4 жыл бұрын

@@gaborbartok6398 wow

@Meep295

4 жыл бұрын

Same thing

@mr.admr1016

4 жыл бұрын

Gábor Bartók and you will have the satisfaction of doing so

@neojisoa

4 жыл бұрын

what’s the difference?

The "expert" knew the moment he got the call that it wasn't a Stradivarius. Gotta love the way he stretched it out for the camera.

@Taliesin6

3 жыл бұрын

This whole show is staged, they just find people with interesting stuff and make them pretend they want to sell it at the pawn store.

@technobrawl9377

3 жыл бұрын

@@Taliesin6 I don’t know if it’s all staged but I’ve been there, it’s open to public they’ve recorded my parents, I know they didn’t stage my parents during our vacay to vgs

@zazazesty

3 жыл бұрын

1,000th like lmao

@Lolilollove

3 жыл бұрын

A quick google search of his name and you would see that the expert is legit, he owns a violin shop

@pineappletheworst

3 жыл бұрын

@@technobrawl9377 do you know if they made an episode about it? I would like to see what they were selling

"It has been in my family for many generations." "My grandfather bought it."

@tjfree04

2 жыл бұрын

Well yeah that would be 3 generations

@miloradowicz

2 жыл бұрын

His grandfather bought from his grandgrandfather.

@hoesandbitches

2 жыл бұрын

@@miloradowicz and the grand grandfather bought it from his grandgrandgrandfather

@crystalgrapes

2 жыл бұрын

@@hoesandbitches That's what I call family business

@hoesandbitches

2 жыл бұрын

@@crystalgrapes lol

I love how they put ‘pawn stars’ across the screen to avoid any *misunderstandings*

@maplemation1564

4 жыл бұрын

what such *misunderstandings*

@AJ-vj3es

4 жыл бұрын

Amelie Animation any American would think he saying pornstar. So yea a misunderstanding.

@___Mal

4 жыл бұрын

AJ Martinez12 I think they were being sarcastic

@amarhadj1773

4 жыл бұрын

Piano Weeb Duolingo

@aidanferguson8940

4 жыл бұрын

I was confused because I didn't remember commenting this but we just have the same pic lol

Should've shown it to Olaf, he'd have a heart attack

@ebonywilliams203

4 жыл бұрын

All the more reason NOT to show it to him.

@MrDUneven

4 жыл бұрын

"Olaf, is this a Strat?" "Mate, that's not even a violin anymore."

@user-ec6kt2fg7m

4 жыл бұрын

Olaf: wow So Crack Much Sad Very Truth _Twoset play Zigeunerweisen_

@AskOlaftheViolinmaker

4 жыл бұрын

I did :D

@aeroscience9834

4 жыл бұрын

hey, it’s the man himself!

I have a trumpet that says both “Stradivarius” and “Bach”, but not “copy”. Clearly it was made by JS Bach and Tony Stradivarius, so I’ll take my $1.4mil pls

@SASTmusic

4 жыл бұрын

good trumpet btw ;)

@idlewolf7196

4 жыл бұрын

I similarly have a synthesizer made by Chopin and Mozart, I know it because it has a their names engraved on the circuit board

@SantosAl

4 жыл бұрын

I think you would get more than 1.4 mil if it was made by both of them :)

@TXLzetage

4 жыл бұрын

@PenileAugmentation thats ancient right there. A few milions of dollars for sure.

@ilyoongitoo3926

4 жыл бұрын

808TROPA no, *billions* of dollars

I like how the whole violin is in shambles but the label inside is pristine and looks like it was printed with a font from Windows 95.

@rjlchristie

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck finding that font in Windows. Nor did it look particularly pristine, it could easily date from early 20th Century or as far back as anytime in the 19th.

@rykehuss3435

Жыл бұрын

@@rjlchristie It dates back to when it was made, which was around mid 19th century. As another commenter mentioned: "One look at the label would tell you that it's not authentic; Strad's labels read "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno ___" (followed by the year it was made). The labels were clearly made on an old-fashioned printing press, because of the rounded corners and lack of sharp lines in the type. They're old enough by now that the paper they were printed on has deteriorated in color to a point where they are so brown that they almost blend in with the unfinished wood of the back plate's interior. Any luthier worth his salt would be able to take one glance at the violin (without even looking at the label) and tell you that it's a German factory instrument from the mid-to-late 19th century. People bought these violins from a catalog for around $0.25; they were a predecessor to the television. Everyone had a violin in their home, and because of the sheer volume these were produced in, they continue to pop up like weeds to this day. Everyone who has one had it passed down through their family, and the bulk of these people have no idea that what they have is a worthless factory-made instrument."

"Mom can we buy a Strad" "No, we have a Strad at home" *The Strad at home* :

@yomamacanthandleme

4 жыл бұрын

please kill me i love that 😂

@confxsedpeach

4 жыл бұрын

what is after the ":"

@alex-hc3sk

4 жыл бұрын

@@confxsedpeach the broken violin in the video

Twoset, with an apparent aussie accent: Pawn Stars *DEMONITIZED*

@PM-qk1td

4 жыл бұрын

Thank Editor-san for putting visuals in the video 'cause that *would* be a real problem.

@celestine3193

4 жыл бұрын

*pAwN sHoPs*

@hadassah6563

4 жыл бұрын

I can confirm. We do pronounce it like that 👀👀👀

@dustinholland6700

4 жыл бұрын

I heard pornstars, just sayin

@hadassah6563

4 жыл бұрын

@@dustinholland6700 yeah, we pronounce them exactly the same👀👀👀

Beginning of video: It was given to my grandfather by his uncle. Middle of video: ...my grandfather *_purchased_* it. *InTeReStINg*

@ryeryeryerye

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmm

@Dummerbrella987

3 жыл бұрын

Grandfather purchased it from his uncle, who then "gave" it to him in exchange for money?

@ashton_lin

3 жыл бұрын

Dummerbrella987 ooooooooooo I see u have big branzzzzz.....

@teaCupkk

3 жыл бұрын

Just looking at the guy, his hairdo, his stance - everything about him screams "bullshitter". Yeah, yeah, I'm racist. Get over yourselves..

@ryeryeryerye

3 жыл бұрын

@@teaCupkk what are you talking about?

"Pawn stars" with their Australian accent is a gem

@kurootsuki3326

3 жыл бұрын

tbf we also read it "P-own" - usually as a verb i think?

@yuanyuan50

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. 😁

@aceatlasska4343

2 жыл бұрын

@@mountainsky4279 so you pronounce it as it's spelt? As a Scottish person, same

@thelovelylottie

2 жыл бұрын

@@evacesartcorner9840 Paan, like with a long A sound (i’m really bad at phonetic spelling sorry) edit: i seen another comment describe it as John with a P

@linglingwannabe4548

2 жыл бұрын

I know, even Brett was laughing I’m sure he heard something else 😂

Owner: this is a strad. Other people: that’s rotten wood.

@mikem9536

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking firewood.

@user-ez1ek8ok3s

4 жыл бұрын

Idk if that piece of wood would last that long in the fire

@victrola2007

4 жыл бұрын

Kindling

@billko4342

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-ez1ek8ok3s will give nice "moldy wood" smell when burning haha

@TheGlassgubben

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-ez1ek8ok3s, yeah, it would probably be better as mulch than anything else.

Here’s how to tell if your violin is a Strad: It’s not

@samrakhan9525

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@chickennuggets3255

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@myes344

3 жыл бұрын

Smart.

@chickennuggets3255

3 жыл бұрын

@@myes344 lol

@cecilyerker

3 жыл бұрын

I was the 666th like on this comment

5:17 “It looks like maybe at some point dad or grandpa tried to glue it together or maybe you did” Seller: *hAhAHa nOt mE*

@ILikeBirds

3 жыл бұрын

Octave 11th Pianist hehehehe...heheheheheehehehehehehehehehehehegegegheeggeheeeeeeeeeeee😐😬

@izzaamazing9277

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think he knew what real Stradivarius and not real Stradivarius looks like... He just assumed that it's real so he can pawn it 😂 without even checking or making sure 😑😑😑 But what do I know, I'm not him

Las Vegas native here! The people in the back are regular people. There’s always a line outside of that pawn shop bc people want to be on tv and stuff. They sign release forms if they walk in during filming.

@robmckennie4203

2 жыл бұрын

What I'd seen is that the show is filmed on a set

Me: I have one of the rarest violins in the world, a Stradivarius that has been missing for a 100 years Rick: I'll take that for 50 dollars and a pack of chips and I'm taking a lotta risk here

@mesajarjarbinks9747

4 жыл бұрын

Imo they totally rip some people off, I prefer American Pickers because they seem to be much more fair when they buy things from people and even pay more than what they’re asked for if they feel that it’s worth more ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@smdanny1

4 жыл бұрын

@@mesajarjarbinks9747 well that's the nature of antiques and pawn shops: do your own homework/investigation, don't expect others to tell you the value of what you have and don't make a deal if you don't like it

@thehertyuros3343

4 жыл бұрын

Me: Brings in the pictures at an exhibition steinway Rick: I'll give you a $13 McDonalds gift card, final price

@finnandjakeonapoptartcat5265

4 жыл бұрын

"and a pack of chips" 😂

@sumyungai1

4 жыл бұрын

Mesa Jar Jar Binks I’ve seen American Pickers do the same thing in their early episodes

"People make a living off this, and they would get beat up and smashed around a lot." Violins = percussion instruments confirmed.

@bobafetteste

4 жыл бұрын

They were just talking about all the violinists playing Nam June Paik's One for Solo Violin

@johncrowerdoe5527

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking accidents, rough baggage handlers dropping the case etc. Theoretically, some of the 900 originals may have suffered rough times between being made and the 21st century.

@mogmason6920

4 жыл бұрын

It’s contemporary music, Mum!

@andrewbarrett1537

4 жыл бұрын

Seeing as how this comment now has 900 likes, that's too appropriate for me to thumb-up, so instead I'll just add: ROTFL

@butyoudidnt4387

4 жыл бұрын

Irrelevant, but I am you 1000th like. 👀

First red flag was when he said his grandfather bought it because it sounded better than the one he had. So it was in perfect playable condition like 50 odd years ago and today it looks like that? 😂

@fmoys1408

2 жыл бұрын

Bloody sad isn’t it? I mean even though it’s not a Strad, it’s still not been looked after. Looks like it’s got wet and dried out at some point also.

@nocturne2029

2 жыл бұрын

Granddad's a casual millionaire I guess xD

@MoahGentle

2 жыл бұрын

Dude’s story was shaky from the getgo. I think he found this piece of garbage at a garage sale or something and thought he’s gonna try his luck.

@armeli

2 жыл бұрын

@@MoahGentle I think it's more like the writers of the episode just wrote whatever came first in their minds. The line between reality and tv is pretty murky nowadays but I am pretty sure this scenario has absolutely no reality behind it.

@jesuslovesyou2616

2 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ died for your ssinsssssssssss

The seller was practicing Paganini and got mad so he smashed the violin and then tried to sell it as a strad so he could use the money to buy the power of ling ling.

@VikramSingh-pd2vf

4 жыл бұрын

you know it

@Jearbearjenkins

3 жыл бұрын

My god... he’s figured it out

@SharkSalesman90

3 жыл бұрын

They know! They know!

@m6x9l4

3 жыл бұрын

you… you solved the mystery

Dude, that luthier's label looks like it's been printed yesterday. Dipped in tea, scrunched up a bit, a bit of glue and voila!

@HermanVonPetri

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, I read that as "a bit of glue and VIOLA!"

@beetlejuice240

4 жыл бұрын

remsan03 It's clearly fake, the latin is wrong as well.. The lable should say "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1xxx" which is grammatically correct. The verb should be in past tense and there shouldn't be the city's name as a noun but "from/of Cremona". It's an actual sentence, not a list of name, city and year. That is if my latin from high school isn't failing me :')

@Laachen

4 жыл бұрын

@@beetlejuice240 ikr I'm no violin expert but I know Latin noun functioning and the fact that in a 1731 modelo caprissio you wouldn't have a englican nomination of its home

@ayekantspeylgud

4 жыл бұрын

Herman Von Petri me too 😂

@-Deena.

4 жыл бұрын

@@HermanVonPetri Same here.. I thought 'what a bitch!' 😁

Yeah, NOW, that it's clear it's worthless old and damaged violin, he wants to make a homage to his grandfather, but until he thought it's a Strad, he wanted to exchange it for money. Nice try.

@matouille9179

4 жыл бұрын

Instrument's worth comes with money. If while selling it, it overloads you with money, it's good to sell it. But if it's not worth selling, it becomes quite special and important to guy's like him and suddenly they want those instruments to be a piece of art in their damn house

@ivoryowl

4 жыл бұрын

If you thought you had a Strad and you needed/wanted the money, would you pass up 700,000$ because of sentimental value? We're talking about almost a million dollars here. The instrument is broken beyond repair but if it was a Strad it would at least be worth something. Instead, what he really has is a piece of wood with little more than some sentimental value attached to it. He's trying to get some positivity out of the ordeal, hence the homage. The alternative would be to trash it. But yes, him being a scammer is also a possibility. And the homage might just be him trying to console himself.

@aserta

4 жыл бұрын

Don't believe a single word or story that comes out of that show (or shows like it). They're faker than Pam's chest.

@AskOlaftheViolinmaker

4 жыл бұрын

If it was a Strad... even in that condition it would be worth more than 700K... Homage to grandfather... A big mansion and a sports car 😀🏎

@lucaslucas191202

4 жыл бұрын

Guys calling it fake, lol it would be much more interesting if they had played the strad off as being real. The fact they said it was fake is in and of itself proof that the show is real. And i'm telling you. If some of my grandmother's stuff was worth 700k i would sell it in a heartbeat. If it turned out I couldn't then why _not_ hang it up. For sentimental value, or just because it's cool. Nobody ever said it was like a super important thing for him, maybe it was just a little reminder and not anything special.

Why did nobody question the computer printed label? Looked way to new and I guess Stradivari didn‘t have any printer in 1731. And on top of that his name was ‚Antonio Stradivari‘ and not ‚Antonius Stradivarius‘. But I‘m not a violin expert.

@info0

3 жыл бұрын

kind of wrong: Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno -> after Anno (year) there was a date the violin was made in. You can read about it online.

@mandolinic

3 жыл бұрын

As was common practice at the time, the label was written in Latin and his name was Latinised. This meant that his instruments could be exported across Europe and any one who could actually afford to buy one would also be able to understand the label.

@tatewakinew

3 жыл бұрын

Latinized name would actually be "more authentic" for the time if not for the lack of other grammar - they didn't go just "Name Surname, 17XX" as Stradivarius time (other people have already commented on both these aspects). I do also have a very strong feeling of computer printed (or at least 20th century technology printed) label though.

@emmalily3816

2 жыл бұрын

My violin label says: Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1731 LOL And there isn't something like "copy" on it. But it is clearly a not really good copy from the original

One look at the label would tell you that it's not authentic; Strad's labels read "Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno ___" (followed by the year it was made). The labels were clearly made on an old-fashioned printing press, because of the rounded corners and lack of sharp lines in the type. They're old enough by now that the paper they were printed on has deteriorated in color to a point where they are so brown that they almost blend in with the unfinished wood of the back plate's interior. Any luthier worth his salt would be able to take one glance at the violin (without even looking at the label) and tell you that it's a German factory instrument from the mid-to-late 19th century. People bought these violins from a catalog for around $0.25; they were a predecessor to the television. Everyone had a violin in their home, and because of the sheer volume these were produced in, they continue to pop up like weeds to this day. Everyone who has one had it passed down through their family, and the bulk of these people have no idea that what they have is a worthless factory-made instrument.

@Jearbearjenkins

3 жыл бұрын

Very insightful. Awesome answer

@speedwagonshat3133

3 жыл бұрын

Damn

@pianoforte1720

3 жыл бұрын

I'll take that in mind next time I fake a Strad

@mickeymuse2

3 жыл бұрын

It's not "worthless" if it can still be played and sounds decent. It's just not worth $700k. XD

@pianoforte1720

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickeymuse2 well, I don't think this instrument is playable...

The violin expert GUY : Trying to explain the history of Stradavarius The background music : Playing Mozart Horn Concerto No.1, 2nd mov. "6:39"

@feliciachan3876

4 жыл бұрын

Haha I noticed too 😂

@rachelagnello7603

4 жыл бұрын

lol but why does the music in the background matter? 😂

@feliciachan3876

4 жыл бұрын

@@rachelagnello7603 they could at least put a violin concerto as background. As classical musicians we appreciate small things like that

@sisitmae

4 жыл бұрын

@@rachelagnello7603 violin expert, with horn concerto bg music instead of, idk, violin concerto. It's just....funny.

@valynambrose

4 жыл бұрын

Yi-Jing Chen ikr

Eddy: I don’t watch “pawn starts” Bret: **starts smirking**

@orangepotato862

4 жыл бұрын

DRC-Kev *stars

@timothy2491

4 жыл бұрын

@@orangepotato862 if you know what he said why rectify a typo? 🙄

@betternow6755

4 жыл бұрын

3.10

@datnguyen3441

4 жыл бұрын

Timothy not him/her but I was confused by which part is he talking about. So the spelling correction is reasonable. Also, if you gotta quote something, you should quote it accurately.

@gerardgeuss1887

4 жыл бұрын

@@timothy2491 so he can fix it asshole

Seller: I think 700k is reasonable Bret and Eddy: 2 bucks, take it or leave it

@RolandHutchinson

3 жыл бұрын

Not worth 2 bucks. But the bow might be worth something (I'm thinking three figures or less, but you never know and we didn't get a good look at it). I'm surprised that the violin dealer didn't look at the bow for the segment. Or maybe that part ended up on the cutting room floor.

@Nonkel_Jef

3 жыл бұрын

​@@RolandHutchinson The bow probably isn't worth much either. It'd need to be rehaired for about $50 and and I doubt it'd be better than a generic $50 bow.

@RolandHutchinson

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nonkel_Jef True enough! (Still, there's a chance it could be worth a bit more.) In any event, "about break even (to within $50)" with the bow is still better than "go thousands of dollars in the hole" to restore the violin!

@v.sandrone4268

Жыл бұрын

...but only if the case is included.

My father had one of these fake Strads and it had just sat around and gotten dusty. Nobody in the family wanted it, but I took it and I took it to a local repair shop and got it in playable condition. I didn't even know it had the Strad label inside until the repair shop told me. Now it's just a private joke that I got the family Strad.

That "label" looked like it was typed with comic sans.

@MagisterialVoyager

4 жыл бұрын

mood

@ankavoskuilen1725

4 жыл бұрын

And it looked a lot younger and in better shape than the violin itself.

@economicapple2609

4 жыл бұрын

comic sans gud

I used to get phone-calls of somebody finding a "Stradivarius" on a weekly basis. The instrument is clearly a mass produced German violin made in the late 1800's or early 1900's. Even if you compare the label to real Strad labels it is way different, but the biggest difference is in the way the violin was made and looks. My valuation... well the repair would cost way more than the violin will ever be worth... so it is a minus figure :) 🎻

@benedicttambiga7725

4 жыл бұрын

Olaf! I didn't know you had a KZread channel, I've just subscribe to you just now, I'll check your videos later. k that's it, have a fantastic day! Olaf Tryggvason...

@AskOlaftheViolinmaker

4 жыл бұрын

@@benedicttambiga7725 Thank you... I'm not as funny as Twoset, but trying to mostly help out the string community know more about their instruments. 😀🎻

@universeborn

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Olaf 😱 Definitely checking you channel out! 😊

@lu0844

4 жыл бұрын

Subscribing to your channel!! 😊

@da96103

4 жыл бұрын

So Mr Olaf, who put the 1731 Strad label if this is made in late 1800's.

Nice of him to make a commemoration of it for his grandfather. The old guy must have really loved it, the way he kept such meticulous, loving care of it.

@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt

Жыл бұрын

It looks like it was buried with his grandfather and he went and dug it back up! LOL.

Twoset: if you had a strad you would take care of it. Paganini: Hold my beer

What the heck. My family has several instruments that are over a century old, and none of them look like that. You take care of them BECAUSE they’re the tools of your trade. That’s like seeing a computer that’s been smashed up with a hammer and saying “oh it got beat up because it’s someone’s work computer.” What?

@prabhat2763

4 жыл бұрын

it is probably the guitar culture...although most people take real good care of them...the big time guitars get beat up a lot...like the ones you use on stage....take hendrix with a burnt one...townshend regularly broke his...so...and the case can be made for pianos as well....because the keys keep getting hit by your fingers and thus the lacquer easily gets worn off

@allenroisen2386

3 жыл бұрын

@@prabhat2763 there's a culture among guitarists that a lot of them like reliced/"beat up" guitars. I personally don't, but I understand the appeal of them.

@DarkDragon-ck9zz

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha that is really funny

@kepai584

3 жыл бұрын

Cant lie my family guitar got passed down to me and well luckily the electric guitar only had the electrics damaged when i took it in to be repaired apparently the guitar ppl said “thank god the headboard or (he mentioned a specific wood) isnt damaged”. Apparently the wood on the electric guitar was expensive???

@kenz2756

3 жыл бұрын

@@kepai584 You mean the headstock? The wood on anything could be pretty expensive, I guess if the headstock is completely broken, you have to replace the whole headstock which is connected to the neck. Point is, if electronics are broken, you can replace them individually, but if the actual guitar's parts are broken you may have to replace more than just the broken parts.

That dude was sweating so hard and looked like he was gonna cry when the expert was inspecting the "Strad" xD G A M E O V E R

@shurikencookies

4 жыл бұрын

probably because he did the damage to get on the show lmao

@FredtheDorfDorfman1985

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, I hate to think of what those producers did to that poor instrument.

@sharkPause1

3 жыл бұрын

Task: Survive

Instruments made by Stradivarius were widely recognized as high quality instruments in his own day. They were priced accordingly, and their price kept going up as the hype grew. My point is that only wealthy people could afford a genuine Strad, and that gentleman's grandfather would have had to been rich to get his hands on one. I'm not saying it's impossible, just unlikely. Furthermore, a man who owns a Strad makes sure that his family understands its value, so they can liquidate it for the correct sum when he dies. Nobody who knows its value would let it hang around, falling apart. As an aside, virtually all Strads have had their original necks removed and replaced, or heavily modified. If I remember correctly, that was done in the early 1800's by instrument dealers because the standard neck design in Stradivarius' time was not as good as later ones.

@McCRBen

3 жыл бұрын

Violins have servants. It’s called practice.

@SilentlyWe

2 жыл бұрын

@Austin Haladyna Some lucky graverobber's going to be very rich someday

Can we just appreciate they were trying to sell a “” Stradivarius “” while there were people looking at muskets in the background?

@henryD9363

2 жыл бұрын

This is a popular American television show. It's produced, cast, and edited for viewership. Occasionally there are some genuine owners with genuine stuff. Mostly it's an act. A clue is that most "owners" don't get very upset or show any disappointment when they're told it's worthless. They're going to get paid anyway for being on TV.

lol! Look at the font used on the label!! Stradivari must have run out of ink for his quill that day so he just ran the labels through his inkjet.

@duxfo

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

Play bumblebee on that and it will still sound more acceptable than Ben Lee

@venuschan2191

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Budd ahahahaha Da ScaRiLeGiouS boi😂🤟🏻

@cracknblast8247

4 жыл бұрын

No shit Sherlock

@thuyschmitz1091

4 жыл бұрын

And Vov Dylan 😂

@thebigcheese8966

4 жыл бұрын

😂🤣🤣😂

Twoset: You would take care of your strad Paganini: Gambles his away

If he really thought it was genuine he’d bring it to an auction house, just saying

@Cattus_Maximus

2 жыл бұрын

auction house takes a cut out of the profit though and pawn shops would try to scam you, I feel bad for the people trying to sell authentic antique items.

"This violin has been in my family for a long time" 2 min later "Yeah my ganddad baught it" .....That's nor really a long time XD

@homiej2548

4 жыл бұрын

Well that violin has been in that family for at least 40 years likely so it is a decent bit of time.

@elisabetbenson

4 жыл бұрын

Do consider the fact that it's an American show, shrugs in European...

@MollyMalone1983

4 жыл бұрын

@@homiej2548 The difference between Americans and Europeans is that Europeans think that 200 miles is a longe distance whereas Americans think that 200 years is a long time"

@zokoravonyensloh

4 жыл бұрын

@@elisabetbenson ah yes if you look at it like that it makes sense XD

@tausenrico126

4 жыл бұрын

@@MollyMalone1983 indeed

2:20 “That crack is in every worst possible place: Down the f-holes, in the center.”🤭

@frannyb99

4 жыл бұрын

No stAhp

@Adam-lq1yn

4 жыл бұрын

Ok?

@queerchaos13

4 жыл бұрын

Stoppiiiit

@angelylopez6199

4 жыл бұрын

😏😏😏😏😏

@ugnug

4 жыл бұрын

@@Adam-lq1yn rip ur intelligence

At 5:59 he could’ve just said “To me it looks like it far from 700,000 dollars but like i dont know this is Just what the producer told me to say”

'if you had a strad, you would not let it get in this condition' but saying that, beethoven carved a large "B" into his violin

@emily_nelson

4 жыл бұрын

Not on the same level as Beethoven or a Strad, but Marty Stuart, one of the great bluegrass mandolinists, plays an instrument that is absolutely covered with scratched-in signatures from other musicians. Apparently Johnny Cash did the first one without asking permission, which is the kind of thing you can really only get away with if you're Johnny Cash. :D

@Gheebert

3 жыл бұрын

I just thought of Trigger... oof

Oh my... All that damage... The violin must have had a hard life. I almost feel sorry for the violin. Everyone should care about their instrument whether It's strad or not...

@makeda6530

4 жыл бұрын

It looks like they just left it under something else for year, it's so sad the little thing.

@InXLsisDeo

4 жыл бұрын

This should apply to every musical instrument, even modest ones.

@dalairem

4 жыл бұрын

​@@InXLsisDeo yes! It's why I got my old 1977 student Artley flute overhauled and the lip plate re-plated. It deserves the best for having been tirelessly there for me from the start.

@ashleyiveson8697

4 жыл бұрын

RANDOM exactly. If my cello gets a tiny little knick on it I worry. I don't let anyone touch or breath around it because it's old and fragile. I'm very protective of it as I think most musicians are

Title : man tries to sell fake stadivarius Me: * looks at my $100 keyboard * want to be sold as a grand piano? Jk

@usedcar74

4 жыл бұрын

I actually laughed out loud

Some time back one of two people in the US qualified to authenticate Stradivarius' violins for insurance purposes told me that a label on a violin is meaningless. Violins made in eastern Europe (non-Italian) had fake labels of Italian violin makers. I myself have one with a Balestrieri label but it's a fake. It's still a good violin worth about $1,000 but if it was a real Balestrieri it would have been worth upwards of $60,000. I also have a certificate of authenticity which is also a fake. I was also told that there are more fake violins than fake paintings. Buyer beware.

9:37 I 100% agree. If that guy was scammin’, good he got shut down, but if he actually thought it was made by Stradivari, I have an immeasurable amount of sympathy for him.

@dont-want-no-wrench

7 ай бұрын

he thought it was original, and took it to a pawn shop? nope.

@TYsdrawkcaB

7 ай бұрын

@@dont-want-no-wrench idk, if you have no need for it, then that’s what a lot of people would do

Ling Ling: “I want you to go practice 40 hours a day.” Rick: “Best I can do is 12, and I’m taking a huge risk here”

@soorajmusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@dennisfaizriev9566 welcome to #lingling40hrs

THE SUBTITLES ARE BACK! I finally don’t have to deal with the autogenerated captions - which I also switch off ‘cause KZread can’t understand their awesome Aussie accent. Lol

@emilia1911

4 жыл бұрын

I feel with you 😂😂

@eileithyiakudo460

4 жыл бұрын

Yesss i'm both surprised and happy when i saw the subtitle! It helps a lot since english is not my first language. I'm pretty good with reading and understanding but i'm suck at listening, especially when people have accents :)

@angeladominique5846

4 жыл бұрын

eileithyia kudo Me too! So the subtitles are a huge help! If only they could also have subtitles during their concerts. Lol

@stellwyn

4 жыл бұрын

I'm hearing impaired and rely on subtitles! So I'm very grateful 😍

@anitac3086

4 жыл бұрын

Same

I have never seen true and actual pain coming from an inanimate object.

They're about to get demonetized for being Australian 😂

Suggestion: every time you curse and put a violin over the mouth, you can bleep it out with a bow sound or pizz.

@DocuzanQuitomos

4 жыл бұрын

I can see it: Get the [pizzicato] out of here XD.

@ChorevanBeethoven

3 жыл бұрын

Rather a Bartók pizzicato.

In a real appraisal setting, the expert would probably say "Nope" as soon as he walked into the room, if not on the phone.

As a cellist, I, on a daily enjoy smashing my instrument. Its a hobby and how I make a living thank you very much. Good day to you sir

@MusicWisp

11 ай бұрын

I smash my trumpet all the time too. It improves the sound

0:12 *coughs* "fake" LOL THE FACT EDDY JUST SAID IT OUT

I would love to see Olaf’s face of horror when he sees this XD

@andrewhcit

4 жыл бұрын

Olaf has commented on this video!

5:27 Yeaaah, my computer and graphic tablet also are tools of the trade and I regularly beat up and smash them around a lot because... well... I'm living off them... sure...

@makeda6530

4 жыл бұрын

What you don't slam them against the wall constantly? A good steward of your things, insane.

@nataliarezendemarini9488

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr? I'm always smashing my violin while practicing, and scratching and hitting my piano👍 you know, just living off them

@debleb166

4 жыл бұрын

Pro tip: the harder you yeet your tablet, the better the artwork comes out

@ElTovarish

4 жыл бұрын

Osu! Player?

@LagMasterSam

4 жыл бұрын

@@debleb166 That's some post-modern technique right there!

i'm american and we say pawn VERY different from australians

@QuantumKayos

3 жыл бұрын

i hate being australian and saying pawnstars is on tv XD theres absolutely no difference between pawn and porn Q-Q

@artemis477

3 жыл бұрын

@@QuantumKayos same as an English person... Some conversations get confusing really quickly

@madhouse6422

3 жыл бұрын

@@QuantumKayos i was like why they are saying porn stars,then i realize it was they accent,as a Foreigner it was weird,confusing and funny at the Same time.

@aceatlasska4343

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Scottish and we say it the same as Americans, English/Aussie/Kiwi accents just change the pronunciation of the letter "r" quite a lot 😂

man I feel like if he was smart enough to think up a scam to sell a fake strad, he wouldn't be dumb enough to run the scam in such a haphazard manner.... Which just makes me feel like this dude legit thought his grandpa bought a strad and he was sitting on a gold mine, which man... My heart goes out to him lmao

From just the opening of this video: How far is the fingerboard off the table? Its virtually touching it. The wood is cheap, this is an American collonial violin, its immediately obvious from the wood. I've burnt better wood than this. And that label - its printed!!! After watching the rest: Cringe - my God, that was the cheapest PoC fiddle. What a waste of the 'expert's' time!!!

@chibibble

4 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: It's what some of us in the repair industry call an ISO: an Instrument Shaped Object. They're basically what you just described.

@metamaggot

4 жыл бұрын

low fingerboards are a characteristic of older violins actually..it's because of the angle of the neck

@kunchenliang8772

4 жыл бұрын

@@metamaggot so... you mean you think it's legit?

@metamaggot

4 жыл бұрын

@@kunchenliang8772 of course not..it just means it's an old copy

@hengineer

4 жыл бұрын

@@metamaggot his grandad bought a Faux-Varius, knowingly or unknowingly. Walking the streets of Dubai you hear from the Indian/Pakistani gentlemen "My Fren My Fren You want to buy DVD Moobies Fake Rolex watches?"

Once i was taking a picture with a froup of students from my orchestra before a concert. One kid had to go to the bathroom so he jumped down off the ledge. His violin slipped out of his hand and fell on the floor. It cracked and was really put of tune. We tuned it to the best of our abilities and then had pur concert. About 3 months later at an afterschool jazz strings meeting, he told me and my friend (who play viola [the best instrument]) that he had named his violin Gandalf becuase everyone thought it had died. We could barely keep from laughing. 😆😆😆

@stevenpuckitt212

3 жыл бұрын

I was holding my trumpet by the mouthpiece just before getting on stage for a concert. It dropped 3 feet to ceramic tile and was unplayable. I had to fake play the whole show. Thank god I didn't have a solo. It's fixed now, but the damage is noticable.

@jacobkim3690

3 жыл бұрын

Nice story, oh what me?, I guess I do have a story like this.... I played the piano at school... what you didn’t imagine this? Fine... I played the piano and than I missed a note and it sounded awful and than my teacher looked at me shocked THERE now there’s drama? What not enough wdym? There’s drama and UGH FINE: After the piano miss note, I was shocked and scared and got more pressure but at the end everyone clapped and thougth I was an expert at piano What do you mean?!!!!! That’s a good story!!! You want more? Well your damn wrong

@kylianlol13

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacobkim3690 that sounds like the kid that never believes in his own abillities and keeps pushing him/herself

That guy can count himself lucky for not having gotten arrested for attempted fraud!

I love the idea of selling a Stradivarius at a pawn shop. I mean, c'mon. Craigslist at least.

Me: "wow how old is this video? They look so young." Publish date: yesterday

@jessicapeyton5444

4 жыл бұрын

I was literally going to say, why in this video from 4 months ago does it look like they're 5 years younger?

@wubbie8152

3 жыл бұрын

27 and 28? More like 18 and 19

@ILikeBirds

3 жыл бұрын

euphoria yeah

@ILikeBirds

3 жыл бұрын

euphoria they looked 28 when they were 18 😂 They’re aging, just backwards

There are pianos surviving from the 1920s. Violins in perfect condition from the baroque era. And this man tries to sell a broken violin.

The violin inspector looks like Al from Toy Story 2

Legend has it that expert died from asphyxiation due to his ever shrinking vest.

@mickeymuse2

3 жыл бұрын

That man's vest was epic.

Love the stradi-VARIOUS levels of anaylsis you guys do ♥️ k I'll go now

@popojelly1895

4 жыл бұрын

:'(

@Laura-gb1jv

4 жыл бұрын

This deserves more 👍 than I can give it.

1:47 "There's a massive crack dude" - Twoset Violin, 2020

This guy probably found it and looked up expensive violins 🤦‍♀️

"it had a particular sound" i bet it did

10:36 Turn it into a viola and than make it firewood at least you will get the satisfaction of burning a viola

Patrick: "Is mayonnaise an instrument?" This guy: "Is this broken tattered piece of firewood an instrument?"

This is a real show called "pawn stars", on A&E. The store, that the show is based on, is located in downtown Las Vegas, Nv. But don't be fooled, it is a reality TV show.

@aceatlasska4343

2 жыл бұрын

A&E? As a British person I thought of "Accident and Emergency", the American equivalent of which is the ER (emergency room) 😂

2:55 "If you had a Strad, you would not let it go like this" Rob Scallon: *Sweat in BYOB"

Who else misses their old intro - where Brett (or sometimes Eddy) pops out of nowhere? Because I sure do!

He : "sTRadIVaRIuS" Me: Laughing in Allegro Moderato

1:15 It's not plastic it is ebony. Your pegs, tailpiece(it depends if your tailpiece is really made out of ebony), endpin, and finger board is made out of ebony. BTW it is called an endpin.

@ryannguyen17650

Жыл бұрын

No, he was referring to the tailgut which is the thing that wraps around the end pin

Man tries to sell fake Stradavarius Violin for $70,000 Ling Ling would be proud of his dedication

@notthechosenjuan2413

4 жыл бұрын

Ling Ling would be more proud if he asked for $700,000.

@christophe6315

4 жыл бұрын

Ling Ling would be proud if you let your mustache grow

@jimphaldiahanwashcanzarqui1039

4 жыл бұрын

I hate you

Whenever they say ‘pawn’ stars, i hear smth else.............nevermind

@nanwijanarko1969

4 жыл бұрын

English and its phonetic inconsistencies smh. Not your fault.

@user-xx3di7wj3y

4 жыл бұрын

especially with the australian accents lmao

@TheKb117

4 жыл бұрын

I see... you are also A Man of Culture :D

@austininflorida

4 жыл бұрын

That's the point. The name of the show is a pun. There is a similar show called "Hardcore Pawn".

@Shirley36

4 жыл бұрын

I mean... That's the whole point of the show's title...

Omg. Tailpiece looks like it's glued to the violin

8:13 iM nOt A ViOlin ExPerT Me: Why the f- u Lying why you always lying?!

Concidering that this is an episode of a reality tv show, I find it highly duplicitous that the man selling the violin believed it to be a Strad in the first place. Pawn Stars actually has a history of creating dramatic little back stories for some of the objects shown to increase the interest of its general audience. There is a pretty famous example involving a spider brooch (a pin, essentially) that was allegedly made made by the famous Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé, but when showed to experts of Fabergé, which I might add where not involved in the show, they pretty much debunked it as such because visually it didn't match ANYTHING in regards to quality of such a piece. Its just to increase or manufacture drama which isn't actually there, unless the person selling the object genuinely believes that they have a bona fide object, which does happen. But, as with most American "reality" TV, they go to great lengths to make it palatable for an audience who might have heard about something famouse, be it a piece of jewellery or an instrument, but who don't have a great enough interest to go and find out if what they watched is true. I'm not sure, but I also wonder if some of the people who appear on the show are paid to go along with these little skits, and make an easy $50 for it.

@dalairem

4 жыл бұрын

Never watched this genre, never will, but I love how you explained this. "Reality" TV is lowest common denominator programming, pulp fiction for the mob, who sometimes watches just for background noise, but there are far too many who actually buy into this stuff and never verify. It's a pervasive problem in general.

@izumi5304

4 жыл бұрын

I agree! It’s more about making a fool of the people that come in, not to actually show a pawn shop lol

@ankavoskuilen1725

4 жыл бұрын

Disgusting!

@HermanVonPetri

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Even if the man with the violin was the real owner and not just a paid actor, he would absolutely have been coached about everything that was said on screen before they even started filming. No one involved in that filming was surprised about anything that was shown. It reminds me of the stories from couples who were on HGTV's "House Hunters" who are supposed to be filmed in the process of being shown around different houses to buy. But people who were on the show said that they can't even be on the show unless you've already closed on a home, and the "other options" they are shown looking at are not actually on the market at all.

@da96103

4 жыл бұрын

Reality TV is almost always scripted. There are probably multiple takes of each scene.

Me: (About to turn in for the night.) Also me: *sees TwoSet upload* WHAT IS SLEEP?

@gigglesofficial777

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, yes!

@1567wesley

4 жыл бұрын

This is me right now

@gigglesofficial777

4 жыл бұрын

@WhoAreYou like HMMMMM, Spill the tea!!!😏

That violin can be repaired! I've seen totally smashed violins being repaired, I mean top actually dismembered.. like a puzzle! and I've seen it be repaired by an expert in restauration of bowed instruments.. but It was not a strad.. not even in his wildest dreams... that label was ultra fake haha

@Quicksilver_Cookie

4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't just not a strad, probably not even a very high quality violin to begin with. Not worth repairing, unless for sentimental value.

@mr.string4490

4 жыл бұрын

Quicksilver_Cookie agreed, but im just clearing the fact that it can be repaired, just that 😅

@deloceanophoto

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, even repaired to perfect condition which would cost around $4000, this is a German trade instrument from the late 1800s and would be worth about 1000. Not worth repairing from that condition.

Biggest sign it was a fake? The fact a bass riff played when he opened the VIOLIN case.

@5:09 PAWNSTARS: It's got some cracks down here BRETT: No ****, Sherlock!

me : is early in twoset videos also me : late in school my grades : *chuckles* I’m in danger

Lets be real guys twosetviolin videos never get old we watch them more that once Please don’t tell me Im the only one

I love hearing your guys' commentary! So funny, too. I LOL several times an episode and am smiling or concentrating the entire while. Continue to change the world (like deleting 'fastest violinist' from the GWR)!!

"Just make it into firewood." -Brett LOL HAHAHAHA!!!! That one got me!!

We have an old "fiddle" like that in my family that someone once said *might* be a Stradavarius. It would have been bought in the late 1800s to early 1900s. And me knowing nothing about it looked it over and could instantly tell it wasn't the real deal. The label inside is as follows: Antonius Stradauarius Cremonenfis Faciebat Anno 1713 (makers mark here) None of it is hand written, and it's in a comparably modern font, almost looking like this default font on KZread. It's in about the same condition as that guy's, though maybe *slightly* better. I won't go into all the gory details about all the damage... I know it's a completely worthless, mass produced copy. But I am also somewhat curious about how much a luthier would charge to get it into playable condition (if it's even possible) and then in turn, how many half decent violins I could buy for the cost of those repairs. XD

@tttITA10

4 жыл бұрын

Not even the latin is right hahahaha By the way, it probably said "Cremonensis", rather than "Cremonenfis". Turns out the old way of writing the "s" in the middle of words was different from the way of writing the final "s"s, and... it kinda looked like a modern "f".

@mousetoad7040

3 жыл бұрын

Anything can be fixed, even if means making a new top plate for the violin in the video. But with today's labor costs, not everything is cost effective to fix. If it has sentimental value, that is another thing. I have repaired and restored many things that were not worth fixing, but it was because I wanted to. It was my own labor/time. Sometimes. for the challenge, sometimes because I had more time than money...easier to fix than to afford to have it fixed or buy another one.

5:32 I know musicians that would risk bodily harm to protect their instruments.

Says “f holes” My dumb brain : snickers for no good reason

Ben Lee’s “viola” : Am I a joke to u? Oh sorry, nobody wants your viola or violin thing even u’re selling it.