Posts by Ola Strandberg

I have just returned from the FUZZ Guitar Show 2010 in Gothenburg, which was exhausting and energizing at the same time. The interest was huge, and I had people in the booth most of the time. I didn’t have a lot of time to walk around the rest of the show this year, so unfortunately I cannot offer too many insights on the show as a whole, except that it was well organized as far as I am concerned and that there were a lot of visitors – I heard the number 2,500 on Saturday. Many attendees had travelled from Norway, Denmark and Finland to attend. ¨ Our entire room was completely crowded on Saturday but little more quiet on Sunday. On the table, you can see Rick Toone’s neck with the intonation adjustable nut, which he describes further here. I was sharing a room with True Temperament, Lehnert Amps, Lundgren Pickups and Moody Sounds – all great people and all great products. Above are Anders and Per from True Temperament and Ola of Lehnert Amps while setting up. A more detailed picture of the guitar display. Several people who swung by the booth knew of Strandberg Guitarworks already and were familiar with the web site. But I particularly...

Getting ready for an exhibition like the FUZZ Guitar Show means much more than just getting the guitars ready. There are brochures and business cards to print, and dressings for the table in the exhibit hall. Today, I made a stand for the guitars. As you can see, there’s still some work remaining. For three of them it’s just assembly (if I had some hardware…) and adjustment. Luckily, I dropped the new batch of hardware off at the anodizer last week and will pick it up on Tuesday. For the maple/mahogany guitar, there are no frets on the neck. Although I will complete it in time for the show, there is a good reason. Rick Toone and I have partnered up to organize a surprise unveiling at the Fuzz show. Another good reason to...

I am at the point where I am assembling the electronics of the two hollow-bodies. The wenge top guitar will have a 5-position lever switch and the maple top guitar will have a 6-position rotary switch. I came up with the above schematic for the 6-position switch, giving me the following selections: neck neck with treble cut (adjustable through hidden pot) neck + bridge parallel neck + bridge parallel out of phase bridge with treble cut bridge The journey here has passed through several steps over the past couple of weeks. Here, the alder solidbody is hanging to dry with the wenge top. I had to order new binding for the maple top, so it was a little delayed. After binding, it too was oiled. Here is a detail of the grounding of the bridges: And a detail shot of the recessed bridge plates: I have verified correct alignment and action of the three necks on each of the bodies. And shielded control cavities: Now I’m waiting for new bridges before final assembly. I still haven’t finished and fretted the new maple/carbon fiber neck, so there is some work remaining there as...