Awesome! Glad you got it in a climate controlled space before the polar vortex hit!
Congrats!
I love my Strandberg, but it has not heen getting the love it deserves. Going to put on some fresh strings and get to playing.
It's fairly intuitive once you get started. It works the same as my Steinberger when using the single-ball end string adapter.
What German guitars??We here at TGF recognize it is the expensive Czech -> German guitars that are problematic.
It’s not a Gibson.
HahahahaThanks! They're pretty cool and definitely radically different than anything else I have or have had before
I do still hold some little quibbles with the way they're priced considering they're made by cortek, but honestly I've gotta say it seems much more in the league of my USA PRSs and gibson than it does to an SE prs also made by cortek. So maybe it is worth it after all lol
Knowing you you'd probably find one for $150 in one of your pawn shop routs anyway!
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Beautiful guitar, congrats!
As for the maxed out peg from the lower e string, you can adjust the String height in two ways, one way is raise or lower the peg and the other way are the pivot screen.
Strandberg reccomends a combination of both ways.
There also two notches in different heights where you can put the trem in.
How to setup and use the .strandberg* EGS series 5 tremolo system | .strandberg* Guitars
In this fourth installment of our How To series we take a closer look at the EGS series 5 tremolo bridge. As an integral part of the .strandberg* design, our tremolo bridge will give the player vast possibilities of expression and even more so if you know how it works. We begin by explaining...
Had practice with this thing, just awesome. Sounds killer and so precise, and feels amazing while doing it
I’ve almost always been a fixed bridge guy, and even on the handful of trem guitars I’ve had never used it. This trem system definitely seems more diverse than more vintage styles I’ve had in the last though. I’ve figured out one trick that’s pretty cool, but that’ll get old/annoying fast lol. Feel like I have a whole new range of techniques I need to learn in meaningful ways to use a trem
One thing I’ve noticed…. Not quite sure how to describe it well but this guitar is not noisy… if that makes sense. I’ve not determined it that’s a good thing or a bad thing yet. I actually turned off all my input gates tonight. Which I guess could be a net positive to unchain some dynamics you lose when those are pumping
Biggest downside of the Strandberg? Damn it really exposes me for the fat ass I am. Tiny guitar accentuates that big ol gut
That's my Rule #1 for guitars. Big guys + small guitar = fail.
I also once got fired from a sideman gig supporting a singer/songwriter
because I am 6'3" and he was like 5'8". We did a run of shows and I was
locking in with him and his band. I assumed all was going great and the
guys in the band seemed to think so, and then his wife came to a show.
She commented how huge I was and how small it made him look on stage.
That was my last show with him and that band.
Biggest downside of the Strandberg? Damn it really exposes me for the fat ass I am. Tiny guitar accentuates that big ol gut
