NGD: Red/Maple .strandberg* Boden OS7

[HighGain510]

Are these not made by Washburn anymore? Been a little while since I've been looking into them, but I thought they were made by the Washburn USA shop?

I really want one of these. I am debating my main guitar purchase of the year and I'm really torn between one of these, a Jackson Misha Sig, or an EBMM JP15 (or maybe the Majesty Artisan if I happen to like it better in person, but I think I'm set on the JP15). Truly cannot decide.

The Boden OS 7 as shown in this thread is the Made in Korea version that gets shipped to the US for final QC by Ed Yoon in California. Not sure if OS stands for "overseas" perhaps, but that is my guess. The "Boden 7" model is still made by Washburn in Illinois, if you go to the Strandberg website it has a link under "Shop -> US Custom Shop" and that lists the models that Washburn will still build in the USA.

If you look on the back of the headstock the Washburn CS built guitars, they stamped "Made in the USA" with the serial number into the wood, whereas the Boden OS 7 has a printed logo and states it was built in Korea. Also that being said, unless it's a typo on the Strandberg site, the scales for the fan of the Washburn-build Boden 7 is 25-25.75" instead of 25.5-26.25 on the Boden OS 7 model so that is another way to differentiate the two.

Serial looks like this on my OS 7:

Basically as of right now (again according to their site, you'd have to check with Ola for the "official word" of course) it looks like the breakdown is as follows:

Washburn USA Custom Shop Builds:

Boden 6
Boden 7
Boden 8
Boden CL7
Masvidalien
Varberg

WMI (Korean Factory building the OS models):

Boden OS 7 (currently)
Boden OS 6 (near future)
Boden OS 8 (near future?)

 

[TauSigmaNova]

Sexy. HNGD

 

[rockstarazuri]

The Japanese versions doesnt have anything on the back of the neck other than the serial number, btw.

 

[FILTHnFEAR]

Not usually a fan of headless, but damn. Love that finish and that fretboard.

 

[HighGain510]

The Japanese versions doesnt have anything on the back of the neck other than the serial number, btw.

Yep, that was the very first run... but they do say OS on the body, right? All runs going forward will likely retain the serial number and writing as shown in my pic.

 

[asher]

So, went to install the 57/66s last week, and some minor bad news:

Somehow, the washer on the g-string tuner has I think cracked, because it just spins in place when the tuner is twisted and does not actually increase tension on the string any more.

 

[superash]

That's pretty poopy dude, any pics of the damage?

 

[JamesM]

Strange. That hardware is rock solid. Email someone (as I'm sure you probably already have) and I bet it will get taken care of.

 

[asher]

 

[cubix]

Have you tried another tuning peg on that string, from the B string for example and see if it tunes? I'm not 100% sure how the tuning works but it seems like a broken thread if it just spins in place...

 

[asher]

It's the fact that the washer has become detached - it shouldn't be spinning in place. It's not the knob or the threads.

They're sending a whole new assembly to me, as apparently they don't have a good solution yet if the washer detaches like that.

 

[Aaron316]

Have you considered adding the EMG RPC swtih to the guitar?

 

[asher]

Have you considered adding the EMG RPC swtih to the guitar?

Instead of swapping pickups? Little late for that now

I'm not sure what it does off-hand though. What makes you suggest it?

 

[asher]

New saddle in yesterday. Will swap today and give the 57/66s a spin

 

[Zinter]

New saddle in yesterday. Will swap today and give the 57/66s a spin

I love them in mine, still looking at swapping it to BKPs long term though

 

[Aaron316]

Instead of swapping pickups? Little late for that now

I'm not sure what it does off-hand though. What makes you suggest it?

Basically it's like a coil tap... But you can roll the knob to add/cut the amount of low freq. I plan on adding it to my jCuston 8.

EMG Pickups / RPC / Tone Controls / For Guitar / Accessories / Electric Guitar Pickups, Bass Guitar Pickups, Acoustic Guitar Pickups

 

[TheShreddinHand]

Guitar is a beaut man! How are the new EMGs working out in it? Did you get the saddle issue fixed?

 

[asher]

Guitar is a beaut man! How are the new EMGs working out in it? Did you get the saddle issue fixed?

They're WAAAAAAAY better. Very clear, much more dynamic. Still quite a bit of thunk out of the bridge, but I can play quickly strummed bar chords on the neck clean now and it sounds nice!

They sent me a new saddle assembly, which I popped on. What happened is that the part of the washer we can see is actually the flared end of a cylindrical sleeve that slips over the part of the saddle that actually moves in and out to tune the string. There's a small hole in the bottom of the sleeve through which a very small screw protrudes from a channel in the bottom of the string piece, which keeps the pieces locked in place and allows the torque transfer. The sleeve had just split running through the hole, so it was rotating around the string piece instead of transferring torque.

 

[TheShreddinHand]

They're WAAAAAAAY better. Very clear, much more dynamic. Still quite a bit of thunk out of the bridge, but I can play quickly strummed bar chords on the neck clean now and it sounds nice!

They sent me a new saddle assembly, which I popped on. What happened is that the part of the washer we can see is actually the flared end of a cylindrical sleeve that slips over the part of the saddle that actually moves in and out to tune the string. There's a small hole in the bottom of the sleeve through which a very small screw protrudes from a channel in the bottom of the string piece, which keeps the pieces locked in place and allows the torque transfer. The sleeve had just split running through the hole, so it was rotating around the string piece instead of transferring torque.

Nice, good to hear it's fixed up and the 57/66 set is working out. They are pretty killer pickups. Sounded awesome in the Loomis I used to have.

 

[TheShreddinHand]

They're WAAAAAAAY better. Very clear, much more dynamic. Still quite a bit of thunk out of the bridge, but I can play quickly strummed bar chords on the neck clean now and it sounds nice!

Do the pole pieces of the 57/66-7s line up with the strings or are they slightly off because of the slant? Do you know if this makes a difference or not?