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Steinberger – American Guitars, Part 3
This is a Japanese produced documentary, part of a series on American instrument manufacturers. Filmed sometime after the Gibson buyout in late 1987, it includes extended interviews with Ned, an interview with Reeves Gabrels, and an interesting factory walk-around. Narrative is in Japanese, but the interviews are in English.
Duration : 0:4:25
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July 31st, 2009
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I played headless …
I played headless guitars since 1980 and they re my favorites. Once I had three honners, and sold two, a decision I regret since i lost the only one I kept. I can’t afford to buy one now, but I’d get rid of my les paul and rickenbaker if I could and get one.
there was a …
there was a Steinberger demo here that showed a guy making it sound like a pedal steel guitar-changing the pitch accordingly
they are so so very …
they are so so very nice to play and the tone is absolutely amazing but call me shallow but i really dont like the look!
Steinberger didn’t …
Steinberger didn’t compromise sound at all.
I think the ideas …
I think the ideas behind these guitars are certainly ingenious, but personally I love the ineffeciency of traditional guitars. Its all of that “unneccessary” stuff like solid wood, fixed bridges that don’t carve large holes into the body and obsolete tube driven amps that make guitars sound great and fun to play.
Les Paul got …
Les Paul got laughed at for his ideas too
Do they use phones …
Do they use phones inside of the guitar. I saw the one on the band saw
Isn’t great how the …
Isn’t great how the big guns think they know what players want? They are so out of tuch with players. Thank God for companies like Carvin and Steinberger.
Great vid.. love …
Great vid.. love the factory walkthrough. I wonder who Ned’s OH&S guy was in Newburgh.. love the phone sitting on the band saw lol.
What year was this …
What year was this filmed?