Attention all .strandberg* guitar or hardware owners: Some batches of hardware have had an issue that will lead to breaking strings (generally, the 1st string) in gauges .009″ – .010″. The root cause has been determined to be a combination of the size of the set screw and the head of the Pozidriv wood screw seen in the picture. The fix is to simply unscrew the set screw, remove the string, drop our newly developed small plate inside, and replace the string and set screw. It has been tested successfully on a variety of guitars and has worked in 100% of the cases. If you are suffering from this issue, please get in touch and we will send you the plate free of...
Learn MoreAs you will have seen the past few months, the delivery pace of Made-to-Measure guitars is starting to pick up just a little bit. We have had deliveries of #33, #37, #39, #41, #44, #45, #48, #53 and #54, as well as #59, which was the prototype for Per Nilsson’s Singularity signature model. We are now working hard on filling the gaps in between. At the same time, the material collection is going on for the next batch, which encompasses #61 – #75, in order for the materials to be purchased and acclimatize themselves in the dry Scandinavian climate before being processed. Here are some of the materials that have been purchased: #61 top #62 top #64 top #65 top #66 top #67 top #69 top #72 top #73...
Learn MoreAs noted earlier, I have been part of a collaboration project with Parsons The New School for Design, and specifically, the Center for Transformative Media, and Mannes College of Music. In the fall of 2013, our first guests in this project included some of the most internationally recognized and innovative guitar designers of recent decades (in addition to myself): Ken Parker, Ned Steinberger, and Gary Lee. Each lecture was accompanied by panel discussions, performances and demonstrations by internationally acclaimed artists including Allan Marcus, Charlie Hunter, Fred Hand, Charles Yang, Barry Salmon, Dom Minasi, & Ratzo Harris. The full lecture that I did, titled “An insight into innovation in Guitar Design” is available on UStream. The Radical Future of Guitar collaboration is continuing during the spring of 2014, with several additional lectures by Ezio Blazetti, Joe Ravo, Michihiro Matsuda, and Florian Vorreiter. Additionally, I have donated scrap (but usable) parts from the Boden 7/8 production, for a group of students to instrument with sensors and assemble into complete guitars. As work progresses, we will make more announcements regarding what will become of them, but suffice it to say that there are lots of exciting plans for them! I have participated via Skype during a few of the classes and I...
Learn MoreMonths ago, I had an e-mail from a gentleman called Ed Keller, with some general questions about some of my work. We exchanged a few messages and pretty much brought the thread of discussions to an end. But his e-mail signature had caught my eye: “PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN”. And “Director | CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE MEDIA”. I associated to Project Runway, which is one of my favorite TV Shows. I’m sure the show doesn’t have much to do with the school itself, but instead of ending the e-mail thread, I opened up for a new one with “I’m intrigued by your day job! We should brainstorm about some cool collaboration.” Here we are, roughly 6 months later, in the final preparation stages of a lecture at the school and a workshop collaboration for the spring! More details will be provided later, but I can promise that there are some very interesting things in store. The September 30 lecture is planned to be open to the public and held in the evening (exact arrangements TBA) so start planning to attend if you can. For more details, see the Parsons website at...
Learn MoreChris Letchford of Scale the Summit recently appeared on EMG TV to coincide with the release of their fourth album, the Migration. We are very proud to be working with Chris and his signature model guitar, the Boden CL7, is now available for order through Astral EXR...
Learn MoreWe are very pleased to have re-vamped the development web site in an attempt to consolidate shared information with the main guitar site strandbergguitars.com and make information that people use the most (the downloads and the buying sections) more apparent. The intent is that the Facebook page will be used for announcements, the main site for information about purchasing guitars, and this site for continued development and prototyping...
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