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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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5. There Are Cheaper Models, But...

Reply to marble falls (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 2, 2024, 07:41 PM

Nov 2

...the original models are still very much in demand. Hence, the price.
They were made of a graphite/carbon fiber composite so the were light but rigid.
I finagled a ticket to NAMM Chicago one year, and went by the Steinberger booth.
Their demo was a guy standing on a scissor oift about 12' up. He was playing, then he unplugged and dropped the guitar to the floor. A guy on the floor, picked it up, plugged in and the thing was still in tine!
It also had a super vibratory unit with separate tensioners for each string so the could be set to keep the strings in tune while dropping an entire 5th.
Gibson bought them a long time ago, then sold off the label so the newer models are 1/12th of the price, but they're not special like the old ones.

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Rick Derringer ProfessorGAC Nov 2 #1

This was our class song in high school, the previous class got the cooler song, Louie. Louies. Bastards ... marble falls Nov 2 #2

When We Saw Him... ProfessorGAC Nov 2 #3

Nice guitar. Yowser, they aren't inexpensive. marble falls Nov 2 #4

There Are Cheaper Models, But... ProfessorGAC Nov 2 #5

Live and learn. Some guitar nerd came up them originally, I bet. marble falls Nov 2 #6