Who I am

Hello! My name is André Heiji Kozuma and I have a channel on YouTube dedicated to music and guitar tutorial videos.

Here you can watch a few of my videos:

The Project

My next project is a complete "Stairway to Heaven" tutorial video. In particular, the live version from The Song Remains The Same. 

As it's one of my favorite pieces of music ever, I really want to do it right - as accurate as possible.

The only problem is that the song was originally performed by Jimmy Page on his Gibson EDS-1275, a double-necked guitar - one neck is a regular 6-string and the other one is a 12-string.

Why do I need help?

While I don't actually need a double-neck guitar to make the tutorial video, the 12-string parts present a problem, as I cannot showcase the 12-string parts properly on a 6-string guitar - even more problematic, I cannot be 100% sure if the parts I'm teaching are actually accurate without checking them on an actual 12-string, as it's a very different instrument that produces more notes than a 6-string

So I decided to buy a 12-string guitar - the cheapest model I could find - which turned out to be a Dean Boca 12-string

The guitar costs R$2970 (shipping and soft-case included), which is around $540USD. Keep in mind instruments here in Brazil are usually more expensive vs the US market due to high importation taxes.

As such, the main goal of this campaign to fund the purchase of this guitar in order to make the tutorial video as accurate as possible.

Regardless if we actually reach the funding goal or not, I will still purchase the guitar - I'm just trying to minimize my losses because otherwise, I will be using bank money to pay for it (with interest...).

This guitar will also open up many possibilities, such as future tutorial videos for "The Song Remains The Same" (the actual song), "Hotel California", or any other song that requires a 12-string.

Rewards

If you are kind enough to help me with this project, I will keep you updated on each step of the process.

You will also gain access to the final PDF tab file, which is usually only available to my Patreon supporters.

You will also have early access to the video as soon as it's done.

Thank you in advance!