dear person who owns this account, if you know ned, would you ask him if hes going to ever make a 7 string or an 8 string steinberger? if it was hardtail, i dont imagine it would be that much harder to make... wider neck, youre already using emg pickups, and adding 2 more slots to the bridge (or 1 more if its 7 string)
he also fails to put his logic aside to see the elegance in art. music is an art, and so are the instruments used. if you take elegance away from an instrument, what you have left is just a noise making machine
You know, he is working FOR the art, the art of the MUSIC, not the art of the visual. He makes guitars that are more ergonomic for players, that sound alot better.
Hell, the man is a genious for making it!
Im a guitarist myself, and im getting one of these for sure.
They are the most beautiful guitars - I have owned many top instruments and had my Steinbergers for 17 years but always come back to them because they sound better,record better,balance better and IMHO look better. Many of my guitar playing friends slag them off....until they play them.
Ned didnt INVENT the first headless guitar. Les Paul made one around the same time he made his famous "Log" guitar- early 40's! Ned was the one who combined the HEADLESS concept with COMPOSITE construction. Also made double ball strings, direct pull tuning, the Transtrem, DB bass bridge(dropped the E string as low as a B), and many other innovative designs. In a industry that is VERY traditional, his innovative designs are second to none!
If he was just copying, then Steinbergers would be as obscure as Gittlers. He wasn't the first in many respects - Leo Fender had tried headless, Modulus and Ovation were using composites. Ned's genius was a careful examination of form and function coupled with the use of (at the time) new materials. The fact that many of his designs are still produced today (Spector NS bass, Steinberger basses & guitars and now the new NS Design electric bowed instruments) is testament to that vision.
these STEINBERGER interviews r jus gett'n bet'r & bet'r! =0)
tornmask 7 months ago
dear person who owns this account, if you know ned, would you ask him if hes going to ever make a 7 string or an 8 string steinberger? if it was hardtail, i dont imagine it would be that much harder to make... wider neck, youre already using emg pickups, and adding 2 more slots to the bridge (or 1 more if its 7 string)
ACDCwarmachine 9 months ago
They're good guitars. But i'm 6'6" 260 lbs. I'd look like the Jolly White Giant playing a leprechaun's guitar
mickiew4 2 years ago
he also fails to put his logic aside to see the elegance in art. music is an art, and so are the instruments used. if you take elegance away from an instrument, what you have left is just a noise making machine
mrJ0N 3 years ago
That's what engineers do
inricheetos 3 years ago
You know, he is working FOR the art, the art of the MUSIC, not the art of the visual. He makes guitars that are more ergonomic for players, that sound alot better.
Hell, the man is a genious for making it!
Im a guitarist myself, and im getting one of these for sure.
Kaoskadosk 2 years ago 7
They are the most beautiful guitars - I have owned many top instruments and had my Steinbergers for 17 years but always come back to them because they sound better,record better,balance better and IMHO look better. Many of my guitar playing friends slag them off....until they play them.
adamg709 2 years ago
That's like saying an ugly person who can sing well is "just a noise making machine"
Looks are important in some senses, but with music all that matters in the end is the sound (and for the player, the functionality of the instrument).
thinkpad20 2 years ago
LOL @ Susan Boyle
mickiew4 2 years ago 2
Not the only example of a singer that doesn't look as good as she sounds...
thinkpad20 2 years ago
or flute! :D
hawkwinddave 4 years ago
Ned didnt INVENT the first headless guitar. Les Paul made one around the same time he made his famous "Log" guitar- early 40's! Ned was the one who combined the HEADLESS concept with COMPOSITE construction. Also made double ball strings, direct pull tuning, the Transtrem, DB bass bridge(dropped the E string as low as a B), and many other innovative designs. In a industry that is VERY traditional, his innovative designs are second to none!
Transtrem2 4 years ago
If he was just copying, then Steinbergers would be as obscure as Gittlers. He wasn't the first in many respects - Leo Fender had tried headless, Modulus and Ovation were using composites. Ned's genius was a careful examination of form and function coupled with the use of (at the time) new materials. The fact that many of his designs are still produced today (Spector NS bass, Steinberger basses & guitars and now the new NS Design electric bowed instruments) is testament to that vision.
1steinberger 4 years ago 2
@1steinberger I'd love to have a Steinberger, but they are really pricey.
DarthKazi 1 year ago