Bernth

Latest Updates

“One of their absolute cheapest guitars”: This YouTuber played a beginner Ibanez at a sold-out arena show – and he didn’t even get to soundcheck with it

By Matt Owen published 11 December 23

Travel delays meant Bernth didn't get his humble entry level Ibanez until after his band had finished their soundcheck – but that didn't stop him from using it to shred on stage

Bernth behind a three-neck-long acoustic guitar

The world’s longest guitar? YouTuber builds a beastly three-neck acoustic – and somehow makes it playable

By Matt Owen published 18 September 23

Another day, another wild Bernth experiment – and another impressive original single to put the plucky player’s crazy build through its paces

YouTuber Bernth plays a neckless Ibanez guitar

“I never thought I could actually play a solo on this thing”: YouTuber creates a ‘neckless’ guitar – and even manages to record a song with it

By Jackson Maxwell published 15 August 23

Djenty-crunch, "extreme vibrato," whammy-like bends... Bernth Brodträger gets a surprising amount of range from his crazy Ibanez in this original composition

Bernth with a guitar that has dental floss as strings

Dental floss as guitar strings? It works – but only just

By Matt Owen published 13 June 23

On paper, the ultra-light gauge floss shouldn't work, but experimental six-string stuntman Bernth has found a way

YouTube guitarist has (incredibly bad) idea to record his amp underwater. But how does it sound?

By Matt Parker published 3 April 23

Bernth is back with a watery stunt for his new track Drown

Guitarist plays $90 acoustic for headline set at Guinness World Records’ largest-attended music festival

By Matt Owen published 30 March 23

Bernth took to the stage at the Donauinselfest – which once reached a record-breaking attendance high of over 3.3 million people – and performed in front of 120,000 people armed with a humble $90 Ibanez

Bernth playing a rubber band-stringed acoustic guitar

Bernth recreates everybody’s childhood music experiment by using rubber bands as guitar strings – but somehow manages to make them sound decent

By Matt Owen published 28 February 23

After setting off fireworks in a soundhole and flooding an Ibanez acoustic, Bernth is back with another outlandish experiment, which culminates in the form of new track, Elasticity

This is what an acoustic guitar sounds like after you've drilled dozens of holes in it

By Sam Roche published 31 January 23

Bernth Brodträger continues his six-string killing spree in his latest video, in which he showcases his newest mesmerizing composition, Airflow

Watch Bernth Brodträger put fireworks in his guitar and set them off – while playing it

By Sam Roche published 15 December 22

In this high-risk sonic experiment, the Austrian YouTube extraordinaire has placed sparklers in the soundhole and at both ends of his guitar, making for spectacular viewing

This is what an acoustic guitar sounds like when you fill it up with water

By Sam Roche published 6 October 22

Watch YouTuber Bernth Brodträger pump litres of water into the soundhole of an Ibanez acoustic, making for some incredible sonic results

KHDK launches Shred signature pedal for Bernth Brodtrager, complete with “magic frequency” mid boost

By Michael Astley-Brown published 26 September 22

The YouTube speed demon demonstrates the power and clarity of the metal-focused pedal’s tone through a $90 amp

Tool invite shred star Bernth onstage for guest solo spot during Opiate performance

By Matt Owen published 25 May 22

Watch the Viennese virtuoso set off some fretboard fireworks of his own during the rendition, before shredding in tandem with Adam Jones for the track's show-stopping finale

Bernth: "Maybe blowtorching my guitar was a bit dramatic, but it was a statement about all these articles saying 'guitar music is dead!'"

By Gregory Adams published 24 September 21

The Austrian shred whiz takes blazing the fretboard literally on his new six-string spectacular, Elevation

Watch Viennese virtuoso Bernth shred through Paganini’s notorious Caprice No. 24

By Richard Bienstock published 23 April 21

The master shredder and YouTube sensation releases new album, Elevation, in May

Watch Bernth Brodträger tear through David Hasselhoff-led CueStack shred-a-thon Through the Night – with onscreen tabs

By Sam Roche published 5 January 21

The Viennese guitar virtuoso invites you to play along with this super-catchy heavy metal playthrough

1
View Archive