Ergonomic guitars (Was: Buying/commissioning knockoffs)

[mathias]

Yeah, the guitars with the Suhr pickups are nice. They’re also all the more expensive models.

[fcknoise]

This one will have Suhr Alnico V tele pickups. The humbuckers they use on the other models never sounded that nice to me in demos, but these seem promising.

It's probably just the neck shape that will make it or break it for me. I tend to play with my thumb wrapped over the top edge of the fretboard and I've heard conflicting reports as to whether the endurneck accomodates that well. Time will tell.

I've played a guitar loaded with some suhr pickups, and they sounded fantastic. But then again, so did probably the amp and the pedals I played so

[backwardsvoyager]

Strandberg arrived today. Actually really impressed right off the bat.

The EndurNeck took basically no adjustment at all. It kind of just conforms to the joints of your thumb, with the pad resting on a flat plane instead of a curve. Really stunned with how natural it feels. Smooth and fast like a shredder neck yet way thicker.

The multi-scale threw me way off at first, and certain chord shapes seem to require more stretching, but the more I play the less unnatural it feels

Tuning stability, intonation, note separation/clarity is wicked good. Frets/nut etc are flawless. Pots feel nice and have a nice smooth sweep. Thing sounds like a tele but a bit louder and clearer/more 'hi-fi'. The bridge hardware is solid and super comfy to palm mute against. Oh, and it's light as hell (2.4kg?).

The only cons are:
- The wood grain isn't very pretty, and the finish on the body is on par with say a MIM Fender. It would pass for MIJ/MIA quality if not for this.
- No forearm contour feels kind of odd since every other aspect of the guitar is insanely ergonomic. Minor gripe and YMMV.
(I won't complain about it being too expensive, because proprietary hardware costs / huge-ass Swedish taxes can't be helped)

I was half expecting to hate it, return it and be happy to have gotten the idea of playing one of these out of my system, but I think it's a keeper

[goroth]

Wooooo!

[mathias]

I ordered a Kiesel Vader 6 string Multi-scale, which is not a Strandberg. But very excited for it. (Ordered a used one on Reverb, not a new custom guitar. It should be here this week.)

[backwardsvoyager]

Oh awesome! I came pretty close to ordering a Kiesel instead but it's not a great time to have stuff shipped here from overseas. Crazy good value since Strandberg charges like a grand extra for their neck thru models.

go ahead and sand that forearm cut down and you're done then

I'll probably wait til the warranty runs out but the plan is to eventually do this and refinish it in a nicer colour (ie purple)

[mathias]

Here’s a picture from the Reverb listing of my new Kiesel. It came today. Big improvement over the Legator headless guitar I had, which was not great.

[Blackened Soul]

Cool fade on the fiberboard, or is that just lighting?

[mathias]

It is stained in the flames but I’m not sure if it is quite a fade. It just turned out that way and there’s darker stripes by the 12th fret.

[Blackened Soul]

I've always liked their necks. Wish they still sold just the necks...

[mathias]

This one is neck thru. It is suitably flat, wide, and satin-y for playing some shred licks on. (And by shred licks I mean slow garbage because I’m not a shredder.)

[Blackened Soul]

This one is neck thru. It is suitably flat, wide, and satin-y for playing some shred licks on. (And by shred licks I mean slow garbage because I’m not a shredder.)

What matters is if it works for your uses not what others think things are to be used for

[backwardsvoyager]

Looks sweet! Congrats!

I'm guessing the multiscale doesn't feel as extreme with the neutral fret further up the fingerboard like that? That'd be 25.5~26.5 going off their specs but it doesn't look any more slanted than mine which is 25.0~25.5

[mathias]

Yeah, it isn’t bad. To be honest, I was playing a multiscale that was 25.5-27” and it wasn’t that hard to play, even for barring.