Where's Eddy?
I don't know where he is.
Oh my god, where is he hiding?
*gasp*
Boo!
Surprise!
Did not see you there!
It's 'cause I'm hiding in my Haydn Camo Jacket.
Mmm, so luscious and soft.
Can you guys see?
There you go.
So today we have six sacrilegious violin gadgets.
- That's right. - Mmm!
The six sacrileges.
Time to check out if they are
I N T E R E S T I N G or L A M E N T A B L E .
Let's get started.
Obviously,
some of these gadgets will be applied to a violin,
they're meant to help you practice.
But we're not going to...
...risk hurting our baes,
so we've got...
Let me go grab it.
How much is this violin?
I think it was like 150 dollars,
- and includes a bow! - That will be...
...the poor victim of today's episode.
The bow—
Oh, so in tune!
And look at the bow, it's not even undone.
- This fingerboard feels horrible with this neck. - Play it.
Oh, that's nasty.
Where's the varnish on that?
It's like sandpaper,
- when you shift you're gonna get like wooden files. - They didn't even put—
You can see they just gave up on varnish here.
Can you guys see that?
This part feels very chalky.
- So... - The first one.
The wooden practice violin.
Bro...
- You know, this is just called a toy, - For real?
it's not called a practice violin.
Oh my god!
Oh, dude, look...why—
Look at this!
It's meant to help you maintain interest
as a violinist, bro.
How are you gonna be interested in violin
- when it don't make a sound? - I'm so—
Yeah, I'm so interested now.
Guess how much this is.
Like...
...5 dollars?
Nah.
50 dollars!
(Nani?!)
Discount to 40 dollars though,
'cause they're like, couldn't sell it.
That's the next lo-fi.
I'm pretty sure your kid will lose interest
after they pick this up.
I'm pretty sure kids are going to be like...
"Oongoo oonga boonga oonga booga!"
They'll just be like...
"OONGA BOONGA! BOOM!"
This is the beating stick if you don't...
...if you don't practice.
Wa-pow!
- Wa-chow! Wa-chow! Wa-chow! - Wa-pow! Wa-pow! Chow chow chow!
It's like, "Oonga boonga! Let's make a fire!"
Ohh!
*both ooh-ing and ahh-ing*
Fire!
What would you rate that?
Dude, negative 1.
I rate it a...
Oonga boonga...
(both) Out of 10.
Yeah.
Next one!
Don't Fret stickers.
Agh...
Ugh, let's see.
What is this video?
Loosen the strings slightly, using the fine tuners.
Slide the decal between the fingerboard and the strings,
and place the narrow end flush up against the nut,
aligning its guidelines with the edge of the fingerboard.
- Fair enough. - Yeah.
Gradually, unpeel the rest of the decal.
Actually it looks so satisfying.
It looks like when you're at the airport,
and you need to put the...
...luggage slip, sticker thing.
Oh, yeah...! Like...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The pre-Covid days.
Yeah.
It's a good idea though, because I can see...
Whoa.
Why is there like...
...more than four?
I guess it's for all the fingers.
But every violin is slightly different, though.
- That, that is my con—immediate concern. - Every violin's got a different...
- ...feeling. - Every...
Every violin is different, which means...
Unless it's the perfect match for your violin,
you're actually going to be playing out the tune.
The necks are slightly different,
the lengths are slightly different.
You should just get a teacher with those stickers,
- separate stickers to put it on for you. - Yep.
I'm so scared, it's gonna snap.
Aiya!
I think it's gonna snap.
I'm not gonna do it all the way.
- That's it! - Yeah.
But read this.
Adjust the bridge position so that the string length...
Wait.
Read that again, that's was what my—
That was my reaction, like, "What?!"
Adjust the bridge position so that the string length...
Why would you adjust the bridge?
- Bro, let's just move the bridge. - No...!
Do not do that.
That is a horrible idea!
Wait, unpeel approximately two centimeters of the
paper backing from the narrow end of the..
So you have to start from here, right?
I've aligned it guys.
The sticky part's there,
- and then peel it... - Holding the Don't Fret in place,
- carefully remove the backing. - Holding this in place.
Holding this, so it doesn't...
Okay.
Why am I fretting more than ever?
I know.
Alright. Let's test it.
Oh! That's too sharp!
- That's what it's telling me, dude! - It's too sharp!
Well, it should be...
So according to this,
- I need to move the bridge, bro! - Are we gonna get it, dude? Three—
The idea was nice,
but they're just conveniently ignoring the truth,
that all violins come with different string lengths.
And you can't just shift the bridge.
Because the bridge has to be aligned,
- with the F hole indentations, - Yes.
and the relationship to the bass bar and the sound post
is not arbitrary.
Guys...
Please, if you don't know,
check out the Violin Anatomy T-shirt,
it will tell you all the violin parts.
I'm so T R I G G E R E D !
AIYA!!
But hey, I think this is staying on this violin now.
It's not...we're not taking that off.
Alright, next gadget!
Multi Mouse teaching aid.
A cute and highly versatile teaching aid.
For advanced concepts!
Shifting and vibrato.
Uh...
I don't know if I want a mouse on my violin.
Train the hand to position by building muscle...
...memory.
- Agh!!! - Ayy!!!
Well...
Let's see if it works.
Oonga-boonga!!!
Yah!!!
Anga-boonga oonga-boonga!!!
Wha...
Aiya!
It's like a mouse trap.
- Can I try your wrist? - Yeah.
Alright, harder.
A I Y A ! ! !
So it seems like there's different ways to use it.
- Let's just go off these photos, right? - Yeah.
- So put it on your wrist, - Keep the...
now it'll magically give you...
...a straight wrist.
Whoa!!!
I think your hands are too big.
It doesn't work.
- It doesn't work! - The mouse is too low.
The mouse is meant to be here,
- forcing you to... - It stops me.
Otherwise I'll do this.
But...
- Nah, my hand is too big for the violin, it's a bit... - Yours...
- It has to for...two-year-olds. - Beginners, yeah.
And then apparently you can put it on the fingerboard,
to shape your hand.
Fingerboard?!
Yeah.
Can you imagine just walking around public like this?
Dude, that'll be the next fashion statement.
It's like, "Hello!"
Aiya!!!
So you take it off,
and you just go...
Whoa!
The perfect hand position bro!
But you can't play!
Yeah! But you can't play!
What's the point?
Oonga boonga!
Bro...there's all these different ways to use it,
- but none of them look legit. - Nah, nah, nah...
Bow stopper?!
Nani?!
Oh, we got two bow stoppers here.
- You wanna stop a violinist? - Two?
Just give them the bow stopper!
Place the bow stopper close to the tip
to help develop a tremolo...
Wait, what?
You know,
like what the traditional way teachers do this?
They just put a sticker,
- So they can see it! - so you can see it,
- but you're not meant to have something to stop it. - Yeah, don't—no stopper!
That's so bad.
What, so everything...I'm gonna...
It didn't even stop my bow...!
See? It went...
It went...it went past it!
Wow, stop me bro.
Oonga boonga, stop me!
Whoa, stopper! Bow stopper!
You know what this is?
This is when like, you know,
the main character in an anime is too powerful,
- and you have to have a limit. - They need a limit, yeah, yeah, yeah...!
Like a limiter!
- Tremolo, man, you gotta practice tremolo. - Oh, oh, okay, okay, I'll practice tremolo.
Dude, go.
Dude, you can't practice tremolo!
Dude, no!
You're training the person to keep going until it stops.
- Yeah. - So once you take it off it's gonna go...
Anyway, guys.
Not approved.
This is like,
oonga boonga out of 10.
Wait, you gotta ask the mouse.
What do you rate it?
Oonga boonga!
Oh, here we go.
Peeking Cat!
Oh my god!
Cat?!
Agh!!!
Bro...
Whoever wrote this needs to check their...
It's like my spelling.
I...I wrote the webs—
I wrote the description for them, guys.
You...you want the G strong?
You put it on the G string and you...
The kid cannot play on the G string.
Why?
Apparently so they bow closer to the bridge.
- Just bow closer to the— - You don't need a frickin' cat.
You don't need things to stop you from...
Oh my god.
It just moves anyway!
It doesn't even work!
The poor cat died!
Oh! Oh, we got a cat and mouse!
Bro you're dripping, you geared out!
- You got everything! - Yeah.
See? This is it, guys.
This is how you become a great violinist.
What do you rate this?
I rate it a...
Meow-ma Mia!
Out of 10.
The sixth one is Wrist Rascal!
Dude!
What is that?!
Wrist Rascal solves the problem of collapsed wrist.
- Oh my... - Are you serious?
Wait, how does it stay? Do you use—
Ah, you use this.
Aiya.
- I guess that's... - I mean, it's a cheap instrument.
Do you wanna try?
Does it help your wrist?
Dude, you can't even shift!
(both) Whoa!!!
This...
Did you see that?!
That could have killed someone!
Alright, no...
No more rubber band, because it's dangerous.
- Yeah. - I'm just gonna hold my wrist here.
But how are you supposed to shift?
Nah...
This sucks.
- I can't get past...second position. - And even if you're in first position,
what's the point?
- If you're in first position, there's no point. - You don't even need it!
If anything, I'm going to do this.
I'm just gonna be in first position
and have a collapsed wrist anyway.
I am in shock, of how
L A M E N T A B L E
...these products are.
That's so lamentable.
Oh, what would you rate this?
I rate it a...
Oonga meow-me...
...out of ten.
Oh, you should put them all together dude.
Dude, it's a frickin' infinity glove.
- Yeah, give it...go, go, just... - The six infinity stones.
Oonga boonga, oonga boonga!
- Oonga boonga, invisibility cloak! - Oh, I'm destroying...
Oonga boonga! Oonga!
Dude I'm so tense playing this.
My whole body is tense.
Alright guys, that's it.
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- next time. - Oonga!