IA Eklundh leaves Caparison guitars.

[straymond]

From his facebook

 

[narad]

If anything, the future of caparison will be brighter without the apple horn signature. I mean, c'mon man, it's a signature, but you're still supposed to want people to buy it.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Jeez, be more dramatic.

 

[adriangrizzly]

Signature by Solar Guitars incoming

 

[OmegaSlayer]

Signature by Solar Guitars incoming

Nah, it's a Strandberg with True Temperament
I don't think Solar will provide TT frets

 

[straymond]

Do you think the strandberg trem could cope with IA's wild stuff?

Oh. A strandy with an orginal FR? That would be something else.

 

[adriangrizzly]

Nah, it's a Strandberg with True Temperament
I don't think Solar will provide TT frets

True, that makes more sense. How could I forget Strandberg?

 

[Zado]

Signature by Solar Guitars incoming

I 200% second this

 

[Dayn]

I am shook.

 

[AndiKravljaca]

Interesting! IA always struck me as the kind of guy who really doens't care what guitar he's playing. He constantly goes on about 'I don't know anything about wood, pickups, all I know it these work great' during clinics. So it'll be interesting to see where he jumped to. I mean credit where credit's due the guy's stuck with Caparison for over 25 years. You can hardly blame him for wanting to widen his horizons.

It'll be interesting to see where this ends up.

 

[CanserDYI]

Not gonna lie I've never heard a song by him or Freak Kitchen or whatever that was like "Oh, of course he needs TT frets" can anyone point me in a song direction or project that would change my mind?

 

[Rachmaninoff]

Judging by the picture, I bet he's shifting from guitar to hair dye business.

 

[AndiKravljaca]

Not gonna lie I've never heard a song by him or Freak Kitchen or whatever that was like "Oh, of course he needs TT frets" can anyone point me in a song direction or project that would change my mind?

He does a lot of open harmonics combined with chord voicings, so I can imagine intonation is super important. He goes into it in this video:

 

[StevenC]

Not gonna lie I've never heard a song by him or Freak Kitchen or whatever that was like "Oh, of course he needs TT frets" can anyone point me in a song direction or project that would change my mind?

No one needs TT frets because the gap between what they do and what they claim to do is giant

 

[Andromalia]

You're all wrong, he's gonna sign at Gibson, of course.

 

[jco5055]

No one needs TT frets because the gap between what they do and what they claim to do is giant

yeah iirc the original version of them (with the brass frets) actually were close to it's claim, but it's current version is just "let's make the most common chords sound a little better" basically.

But also, do people here realize Strandberg didn't create/ has the exclusive rights to TT? There's a bunch of boutique options he could consider, and honestly something like ESP wouldn't shock me.

I also think there's a possibility he could go with Sgt Doom Guitars, only because he plays drums in some trio where the guitarist uses them, and they're from Sweden.

 

[StevenC]

yeah iirc the original version of them (with the brass frets) actually were close to it's claim, but it's current version is just "let's make the most common chords sound a little better" basically.

But also, do people here realize Strandberg didn't create/ has the exclusive rights to TT? There's a bunch of boutique options he could consider, and honestly something like ESP wouldn't shock me.

I also think there's a possibility he could go with Sgt Doom Guitars, only because he plays drums in some trio where the guitarist uses them, and they're from Sweden.

IA is at the Strandberg retreat every year. That's why the speculation is Strandberg. Of course, it could be any company but he's had a long term affiliation.

 

[Robslalaina]

Curious about the collective SSO reaction if it turns out he's moving to Ibanez and his new sig is an Indo, 27 fret plain black RG with unbound rosewood fretboard, no SS frets, no Lo Pro and some silly 12 fret inlay

Also curious about the pricepoint if he were to get a Strandberg sig, especially if that's a TT 8 string with a trem

 

[jco5055]

I will say, no matter what I bet when the new Freak Kitchen video comes out Sunday he'll be playing whatever he's endorsed by now.

 

[nightsprinter]

Every time I see true temperament frets, I shudder at the thought of crowning them.