New Strandberg. 5 string Guitar

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

How do you manage to rip off Alex Gregory of all people

Also I see Guitar World is still in peak dickriding/clickbait form

 

[chipchappy]

Yeah I respect that he's some kind of musical genius that people much more musically educated than me respect and enjoy, but his music hits my ears wrong every time I try. Sometimes it's just like... stop doing so much. Or in the words of Devin, "Shut up, we know you can play! Jesus!"

He's definitely not a musical genius. He's a dude who's doing a lot of the same stuff thats been done by insta/youtube music education channels but does so while leaning into his quirkiness as an aesthetic. There's nothing groundbreaking or interesting about him, he just knows how to capture the attention of the musically inept (and when things are slow he just takes stabs at people who do categorically different stuff than him, like Rick Rubin)

Hell, the guy admitted he tunes to relative notes in his head instead of to conventional guitar tunings, which is just silly and lazy. Have you heard his playing on announcement vid for this guitar? It sounds like ass, he's not a good guitar player.

Don't let him fool you, I'm sure most of us here on this forum are better musicians than him. Berklee College of Music around the corner from me is filled with idiots like this guy, he's a dime a dozen.

 

[crushingpetal]

Shrinkflation.



(Sorry, that's the best I've got.)

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

BOLD. I love the aesthetic, and would assume that they’re fully expecting this to be a niche-seller. I sure as hell won’t be a customer at that price, but a mild-multiscale 5 string would be a great platform for CGDAE noodling.
Nothing but respect for Collier as a musician, his fluency across multiple instruments is impressive, even though his output isn’t what I would call “my bag”.

Who's/what bands music can you completely with that tuning?

 

[PerfectCandor]

Famous guitar maker makes signature guitar for "star" solely to get visibility with Tik Tok generation.

There was once a time when luthiers made signature guitars for true innovators - Les Paul being the best example. Now it's product placement.

Probably rage bait, and if anything I'm a Jacob Collier hater, however this is just how business operate in the current era. I'm not sure what your problem is with Instagram crossover posts or whatever, it's the same as a page with Slash playing a Les Paul in a late '80s issue of Guitar magazine...

There was once a time when people were excited to see what new and unique features guitars would have next instead of whining about who got a signature guitar - don't push a unique guitar to the side because you wouldn't play it since it isn't what you're used to if you want to see "true innovators". This is horribly ironic and why we don't see "true" innovation in the guitar circle.

 

[Nightside]

Maybe we need a Reduced Range Guitars section for these and the Loogs and the BCR Pentatones and the Schecter 5 strings and tenor guitars and such.

 

[StevenC]

Who's/what bands music can you completely with that tuning?

King Crimson. Fripp has been tuning in fifths since the late 80s and transposes all the older material, as if it wasn't hard enough.

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

Maybe we need a Reduced Range Guitars section for these and the Loogs and the BCR Pentatones and the Schecter 5 strings and tenor guitars and such.

fivestring.org

 

[StevenC]

Maybe we need a Reduced Range Guitars section for these and the Loogs and the BCR Pentatones and the Schecter 5 strings and tenor guitars and such.

Not while people still post their 6 string guitars in the ERG section

 

[Rubbishplayer]

Since you're based in London, I'm assuming you're probably sick of hearing about the guy and can't stand him out of spite.

You assume a lot, don't you?

 

[M3CHK1LLA]

Anyone else getting Jason Becker vibes with the color scheme and fret markers?

 

[Surveyor 777]

Anyone else getting Jason Becker vibes with the color scheme and fret markers?

Yep. That's what I was thinking.

Six string version doesn't look too bad. Wonder what the price will be - too much for me, I'm sure.

 

[groverj3]

Why on Earth would anyone want this?

Fewer than 6 strings for more money than a standard 6. I'm apparently old and out of touch with the youths.

 

[technomancer]

Love the aesthetic really don't care about the artist or a 5 string guitar

If it had 6 strings and a tuning I was ever likely to use I'd be way more interested.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Why on Earth would anyone want this?

Fewer than 6 strings for more money than a standard 6. I'm apparently old and out of touch with the youths.

I guess if you need the really wide string spacing. Otherwise just get a proper 6 and add an extra high note or double up the highest string if you're dead set on that tuning

It's once again reminding me of Alex Gregory. His claims that his special guitars are NECCESARY for his "unique" tunings due to reasons and vibes

 

[slim231990]

I know this is a signature model and all but........3G for a guitar that has 2 less strings than it's supposed to have???

 

[SalsaWood]

Well, now 6 string players can have a mostly arbitrary reason to feel superior to anyone else.

Dude's music is cringe, though.

 

[Thesius]

How do you manage to rip off Alex Gregory of all people

Also I see Guitar World is still in peak dickriding/clickbait form

Surprised the Maestro wasn't the first comment in this thread. We're slacking SSO

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Surprised the Maestro wasn't the first comment in this thread. We're slacking SSO

When I read its a 5 string baritone tuned with fifths I thought "it's a fucking celloblaster" :lol"

 

[Crungy]

Why on Earth would anyone want this?

Fewer than 6 strings for more money than a standard 6. I'm apparently old and out of touch with the youths.

You're just "stuck in the box" man... You have to open your third eye and push the envelope of music, maaaaaan