Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Jacob Collier started a five-string guitar revolution with his Strandberg and Taylor signature models. He gives Guitar World's Matt Owen his first ever 5-string lesson, and explains how he came to play with one less string in the first place.

00:00 Intro
01:00 Jacob's history with the guitar
06:20 The origin of Jacob's tuning and learning by feel
09:42 The benefits of DAEAD tuning
10:14 Jacob's pivot to the guitar
11:19 How the 5-string was born
15:01 Julian Lage, Chris Martin, Wallis Bird
17:03 Advice for starting 5-string guitar
22:39 Why Jacob dedicated an album to the guitar
26:27 Challenges of the guitar album
29:20 Jacob's new Taylor signature guitars
32:40 Basic 5-string chord shapes
39:20 The Beatles – Norwegian Wood cover
42:12 Breaking down the arrangement

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