rushfan33
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What makes those tiny Steinbergers sound so good? Is it just the pickups or is it the materials they used to make the body and neck?
Thanks,
RF
Thanks,
RF
crosstudio
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if you are refering to the old steinbergers made by Ned Steinberger and not the Gibson licensed steinbergers made in Korea and distributed by MusicYo:
what made them sound so good was that poxy compound or whatever it was that comprised the entire guitar combined with great pickups and a slick fretboard.
i don't even have a real stein. i've got a hohner clone and i still love to play it live, but alas i've got to get the electronics re-done because the old girl is getting on in years and is starting to crackle and pop.
go here and read about steins
http://www.edromanguitars.com/guitar/stbhist.htm
what made them sound so good was that poxy compound or whatever it was that comprised the entire guitar combined with great pickups and a slick fretboard.
i don't even have a real stein. i've got a hohner clone and i still love to play it live, but alas i've got to get the electronics re-done because the old girl is getting on in years and is starting to crackle and pop.
go here and read about steins
http://www.edromanguitars.com/guitar/stbhist.htm
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Spike Vincent
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It was the graphite construction and the electronics.
64Firebird
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I didn't like the Stens. They sounded great, but when I played one it was so small it felt like I was play a toy guitar. I don't think I could get used to it.
I feel the same way about the Laser guitars like Johnny Winter has been playing for the last 10 years or so.
I feel the same way about the Laser guitars like Johnny Winter has been playing for the last 10 years or so.
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Phyl
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I owned a 1988 model GM4T, it had the strat body style (hard rock maple) and a H-S-S pup configuration. The sound, IMHO, was due to the active EMG humbucker in the bridge (Emg85?) and that stiff epoxy neck. I used the guitar mostly for rock and it had a very sharp attack that right through the mix when using distortion.
If I had to describe the sound (clean, no distortion) I'd say it was very tight, focused, very little coloration.
I ended up selling the guitar 13 years later but it still played as good as it did when it was new. The trans trem is the most stable and smooth tremelo system I've ever played.
Ned Steinberger is a genius.
If I had to describe the sound (clean, no distortion) I'd say it was very tight, focused, very little coloration.
I ended up selling the guitar 13 years later but it still played as good as it did when it was new. The trans trem is the most stable and smooth tremelo system I've ever played.
Ned Steinberger is a genius.