The .strandberg* Thread

[vark]

298,000 yen seems like a good price to me...

I've no experience buying from overseas though.

strandberg Boden J8 Standard Flame Maple Purple 2019 Erectric Guitar | eBay

A high-quality model made in Japan has arrived from the male headless guitar, strandberg. It seems to be manufactured around 2019 from the serial number. This is a model that uses solid basswood for the body back.

www.ebay.com

It’s on eBay too, I bought an Edwards through eBay before from Japan and it arrived pretty quick through DHL. Don’t know about this specific seller though

 

[nightsprinter]

strandberg Boden J8 Standard Flame Maple Purple 2019 Erectric Guitar | eBay

A high-quality model made in Japan has arrived from the male headless guitar, strandberg. It seems to be manufactured around 2019 from the serial number. This is a model that uses solid basswood for the body back.

www.ebay.com

It’s on eBay too, I bought an Edwards through eBay before from Japan and it arrived pretty quick through DHL. Don’t know about this specific seller though

Yeah I'd prob still go thru digimart or yahoo auctions based on what the Japanese experts here are trying to teach the gaijin.

 

[Ray-T]

Unsure when Meloria is coming but the Chinese aren't waiting ;-)

 

[nightsprinter]

I'm going to have nightmares now

 

[Moongrum]

Did you guys see Jacob Collier got a 5 string (not bass) signature: https://strandbergguitars.com/product/boden-jc-djesse-limited-edition/
Also comes in 6. I wonder if a 5 string will have appeal outside of his fans.

 

[nightsprinter]

Is this supposed to be a celloblaster type of thing or more like a Max Cavalera "I never use these high strings anyway so I'm taking them off" type of thing

 

[JDB123]

Is this supposed to be a celloblaster type of thing or more like a Max Cavalera "I never use these high strings anyway so I'm taking them off" type of thing

Looks like he plays in D-A-E-A-D tuning, a mixture of fourths and fifths. Holdsworth played a number of songs and solos in a fifths tuning as well.

Jacob Collier Explains Advantages of 5-String Guitars: 'I Wanted to Find My Own Way' | Ultimate Guitar (ultimate-guitar.com)

 

[Moongrum]

Is this supposed to be a celloblaster type of thing or more like a Max Cavalera "I never use these high strings anyway so I'm taking them off" type of thing

Well, if you watch it, he says 5 strings for 5 fingers, and he likes fifthiness of it, but he tunes the top string to a fourth so that he can do this *strums* but he can also do voicings like *strums* and you can really do *strums* and *strums* things like that.
Guy is the most verbal non-verbal person I've heard speak

 

[Alberto7]

Dude's one of those musical savants that thinks in music terms way faster than he can translate thoughts into sentences, but also speaks way too fast

I don't personally see the point of a 5 string guitar. Then again, I often do prefer 6 to 7 strings and 7 to 8 strings, even though the fewer strings are all just subsets of more strings. It also feels like a bit of a purposely contrarian move given the current trends of adding more strings, so it feels a little silly. Feels even more silly because of course it's strandberg doing the weird thing that may or may not be pointless. BUT... it's all fun as long as it lets others make the music they like.

 

[nightsprinter]

Well, if you watch it, he says 5 strings for 5 fingers, and he likes fifthiness of it, but he tunes the top string to a fourth so that he can do this *strums* but he can also do voicings like *strums* and you can really do *strums* and *strums* things like that.
Guy is the most verbal non-verbal person I've heard speak

My phone only loaded half the page so I didn't even see the specs. Doh.

 

[Moongrum]

My phone only loaded half the page so I didn't even see the specs. Doh.

Nah, it's fine, I was trying to say the intro video sucked and you wouldn't gotten much from watching it anyways lol.

 

[Hollowway]

Dude's one of those musical savants that thinks in music terms way faster than he can translate thoughts into sentences, but also speaks way too fast

I don't personally see the point of a 5 string guitar. Then again, I often do prefer 6 to 7 strings and 7 to 8 strings, even though the fewer strings are all just subsets of more strings. It also feels like a bit of a purposely contrarian move given the current trends of adding more strings, so it feels a little silly. Feels even more silly because of course it's strandberg doing the weird thing that may or may not be pointless. BUT... it's all fun as long as it lets others make the music they like.

I ain’t paying more money for less strings, I’ll tell you hwut.

 

[Pingu]

like a Max Cavalera "I never use these high strings anyway so I'm taking them off" type of thing

That's what came to my mind right away, it'd be so cool! Then I saw the guitar... then I saw the price...

 

[Hollowway]

How much are these? I checked the site but it just says they’re sold out.

 

[Ray-T]

Did they use a 6 string guitar and just make the string spacing wider to only fit 5?

 

[Pingu]

How much are these? I checked the site but it just says they’re sold out.

$2995 USD.

 

[StevenC]

Silly guitar with a silly price tag but it's preorders so they can't lose money.

Jacob Collier was the worst live artist I have ever seen.

 

[nightsprinter]

Silly guitar with a silly price tag but it's preorders so they can't lose money.

Jacob Collier was the worst live artist I have ever seen.

Any choice clips from that show? I love a good bad performance.

 

[Hollowway]

$2995 USD.

Way more than I’d pay for it, but that’s not as bad as I was expecting. Strandberg pricing can get crazy.

I WILL say that if they offered this colorway in the regular models I’d be interested. It’s loud, in a Jem kind of way.

 

[Moongrum]

I WILL say that if they offered this colorway in the regular models I’d be interested. It’s loud, in a Jem kind of way.

Agreed, I think it's really cool looking.
And now that you mention it, it would be pretty neat if they did some colorways like an 80s super strat!