NGD: Strandberg Boden Standard NX6 Trem

[paisleywookiee]

This one felt like the body was made from lead.

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Yeah, they’re actually “ass-heavy”. The last one we had in was 7 pounds. Not heavy by normal standards, but the chambered Warmoth strat we have in back as well is 6.8.

 

[V|J]

The weird thing with Kiesels is that they all seem to be pretty heavy for a headless. Every one I’ve seen has been 6.5 to 7 pounds.

This one felt like the body was made from lead.

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I’ve read that too.. especially if you add a trem.
Also, their bodies are smaller than every other headless and the weight apparently feels very concentrated.

 

[Achilles]

Nice cosmetic contrast!

 

[Los-D]

Congrats on the Plini!

I wonder why there’s almost no 24.75” headless guitars. Even the Salen Jazz has 25.5”.

Only headless with a smaller scale length is a Kiesel Zeus that you can option that way.

Kiesel Leia too. But I agree, I want more short scale headless

 

[Los-D]

Nice cosmetic contrast!

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So how does it compare to the NJ? Also, is the nut width about the same?

 

[Achilles]

So how does it compare to the NJ? Also, is the nut width about the same?

Apples and oranges. Compares great with the Plini as far as being quite different in tones and feel of the fretboard.
Gotta put some Elixirs on in the morning and tweak the intonation a hair but loving it so far.

It's always fun trying to find the blem that knocked 15% of the price.
I looked high and low and couldn't find anything at first.

A free cookie to the first eagle eye.

 

[Achilles]

Can't feel it with a fingertip so

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

I have a couple "strats" that are around 9.5 lbs each so 8 lbs doesn't sound that heavy to me.

I think most of my Fender Strats are stupid heavy.
The others not so much.

The reverse for Tele.

For me the weight of the Strandbergs are important since I spent like 20 days a week going to the subway and train and that averages out a 2-4km walk a day which I rather have a lighter git fiddle on my back in addition to the other crap I carry.

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

Apples and oranges. Compares great with the Plini as far as being quite different in tones and feel of the fretboard.
Gotta put some Elixirs on in the morning and tweak the intonation a hair but loving it so far.

It's always fun trying to find the blem that knocked 15% of the price.
I looked high and low and couldn't find anything at first.

A free cookie to the first eagle eye.

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Btw, with the fanned frets I found that 9,5-46 string sets work way better for me than 9s or 10s.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I think most of my Fender Strats are stupid heavy.
The others not so much.

The reverse for Tele.

For me the weight of the Strandbergs are important since I spent like 20 days a week going to the subway and train and that averages out a 2-4km walk a day which I rather have a lighter git fiddle in my back in addition to the other crap I carry.

Yeah, if you're gonna do a headless might as well get one light and balanced as possible. Only makes sense.
Not gonna lie, after some of these headless threads I've been eyeballing a few online.

Always wanted one of those Kiesel Holdsworth models... but also thinking of modding an old Yamaha I have laying around into a headless.

 

[Achilles]

WTF? I didn't know that Holdsworth was involved in the Strandberg neck design!?!?

 

[Achilles]

For the record, a String Swing works great with a
Strandberg once you bend the hangers in a bit.

 

[Eagle]

WTF? I didn't know that Holdsworth was involved in the Strandberg neck design!?!?

He wasn’t

 

[Achilles]

He wasn’t

That's a pretty young Ola with an early Boden.
Impossible to imagine him not asking for input from Holdsworth knowing Allan's intense scrutiny all of things gear.

 

[Eagle]

That's a pretty young Ola with an early Boden.
Impossible to imagine him not asking for input from Holdsworth knowing Allan's intense scrutiny all of things gear.

He gave one to Allan but he almost never played it and didn’t input anything.

 

[Achilles]

So the Standard is going back. I have no idea how I hadn't picked up on it earlier but it's got a pretty dead sounding fret - high E at the 12th

Was playing wet thru a lot of gain and then after picking up the Nano started playing some quieter stuff and then picked up on it.
Then you know how it goes - it gets stuck in your head and seems to get worse each time you land on it.

And I really do enjoy jamming the Plini/Prog version a lot more. So bye bye Standard.



Hmmmmmmm............

Haven't owned a neck thru since the Ibanez MC300 back in the 80s...

 

[LeftyLoungeLizard]

It's always fun trying to find the blem that knocked 15% of the price.
I looked high and low and couldn't find anything at first.

A free cookie to the first eagle eye.

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Well that's obvious:

The frets are all bent!

 

[Achilles]

Well that's obvious:

The frets are all bent!

Even worse with my other one. No fret markers and only one knob!

 

[V|J]

So the Standard is going back. I have no idea how I hadn't picked up on it earlier but it's got a pretty dead sounding fret - high E at the 12th

Was playing wet thru a lot of gain and then after picking up the Nano started playing some quieter stuff and then picked up on it.
Then you know how it goes - it gets stuck in your head and seems to get worse each time you land on it.

And I really go enjoy jamming the Plini/Prog version a lot more. So bye bye Standard.



Hmmmmmmm............

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Haven't owned a neck thru since the Ibanez MC300 back in the 80s...

That sucks.
Someone had a dead spot issue on a Suhr and apparently, you can move it around but never fix it.

I have one on my 14th fret too; live with it.