Steinberger Spirit Cricket Bat, GM7 GU7 etc wanted

sweepy · February 2018

As the title suggests, after a GM7 Steinberger, MusicYo and Thomann sold a fair few so there ought to be some kicking about somewhere

carlos · February 2018

Hey sweepy, the GM7 wasn't part of the Spirit line. The GM7 is a product name for the original Steinberger line: it has a transtrem, (real) EMG pickups in HSH and carbon fibre neck unlike any guitar in the Spirit line.
If I remember correctly, there was only one full-bodied Spirit in their line, available with a regular trem (R-Trem) and with HSS emg-designed pickups and regular wood neck. It was the Spirit GU.
Best to make a distinction as a Spirit GU will set you back about £300-£400 whereas a GM7 will be at least 7 or 10 times that price.

sweepy · February 2018

Good call, i remember MusicYo doing the GUu with R Trem for @£700 new, thats pretty much what i was after. I previously owned a Newbrough model with Carbon neck etc but it was a bit of a nail and the R-Trem had seen better days

https://en.audiofanzine.com/misc-shape-guitar/steinberger/Spirit-GU-7R-Custom/user_reviews/r.94100.html

That sort of thing

carlos · February 2018

Cool. It's the GU-7 then. Pretty rare to find one of those, specially used.

sweepy · February 2018

Thankfully there is no hurry as I have a Strat and Klein project on the go soon

west · February 2018

I had an orignal GM4 T black for a decade it had emgs transtrem graphite and phenolic neck , it was a fantastic guitar it sold for a paltry £750 when they went out of vogue ....

Gizmo · February 2018

My bro had a GU-7 in blue like the one you linked back in the late 90's as i recall he got it from "purple turtle music" he'ed stopped playing by them and brought it as a kickstart to get him back into playing,it sat on a stand for about 8 years before i ebay'ed it for about £300...i tried to blag it cheaper to keep it but he wanted the cash for his car.

Seems a lot of these get parted out on eBay usa but non of the sellers want to seem to ship out bits to the UK

Ive been picking up Bits here and there for a while now to build myself a Paul Masvidal marbel finish steinberger 'ish (with just HS layout though)

Image: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/6e/e1/4b/6ee14bf2185dd16507e67a9b7edb5a7a--my-music-instrumental.jpg

I got a body (already stripped) Rtrem/Pups ect but a neck eludes me....I was thinking of grabbing a Moses graphite neck off of evilbay all the way from south korea but with the shitty £/$ it would cost about £300 no inc taxes/duty too rich atm

Might be time to just build myself an ebony/maple neck and wrap it in carbon fiber for now...humm

GL with tracking one down btw & if i spot anything i'll give you a shout

guitarmangler · February 2018

There's a few on reverb :

Steinberger GU-7 Trans Green Flame Maple Fernandes Sustainer Hard Casehttps://applink.reverb.com/item/10161121-steinberger-gu-7-trans-green-flame-maple-fernandes-sustainer-hard-case

STEINBERGER SPIRIT GU DELUXE Headless Electric Guitar Green Flame Top +Bag 1926

https://applink.reverb.com/item/10087993-steinberger-spirit-gu-deluxe-headless-electric-guitar-green-flame-top-bag-1926

sweepy · February 2018

The one with the sustainer isn’t a bad deal but the shipping and tax makes them overpriced for what they are, thanks for the links though

Schnozz · February 2018

One of the best looking Guitars out there IMO

sweepy · March 2018

A Monday bump, where have all those Steinbergers gone ?

Bennyboy-UK · March 2018

Gizmo said:

My bro had a GU-7 in blue like the one you linked back in the late 90's as i recall he got it from "purple turtle music" he'ed stopped playing by them and brought it as a kickstart to get him back into playing,it sat on a stand for about 8 years before i ebay'ed it for about £300...i tried to blag it cheaper to keep it but he wanted the cash for his car.

Seems a lot of these get parted out on eBay usa but non of the sellers want to seem to ship out bits to the UK

Ive been picking up Bits here and there for a while now to build myself a Paul Masvidal marbel finish steinberger 'ish (with just HS layout though)

I got a body (already stripped) Rtrem/Pups ect but a neck eludes me....I was thinking of grabbing a Moses graphite neck off of evilbay all the way from south korea but with the shitty £/$ it would cost about £300 no inc taxes/duty too rich atm

Might be time to just build myself an ebony/maple neck and wrap it in carbon fiber for now...humm

GL with tracking one down btw & if i spot anything i'll give you a shout

That Marble Finish looks like Jim O'Connors work - as per my SS1 Custom - he did bluish ones and greyer ones - you see his work on Hamers quite a lot...

Image: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4296/35484738534_713bb61dd3.jpg

Gizmo · March 2018

Not to derail sweepy's thread but yep that's Jim O'Conner's work

from http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Events/en-us/an-interview-with-paul-803.aspx

GM4T - Hand painted swirl finish by Jim O'Conner '90, transtrem and EMG's. My first Stein child! I used this guitar on all my early session work with metal bands and it always sounded amazing. The clean sounds were especially bell like and crystal clear. It's kind of a museum piece to me now that I'm using exclusively for studio work.

Motana do a fake marble spray that might get me close,wait for the shitty weather to pass so i can play with a few test peieces.

Gizmo · March 2018

@sweepy you seen this on the evilbay ?

Image: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2ZwAAOSwfQxas8aj/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Steinberger-Spirit-GU-7R-Custom-Blue-Flame-Headless-Guitar-Excellent-Condition/152962789470?hash=item239d4af05e:g:1SMAAOSw-WFas8XF

sweepy · March 2018

Ohhh cheers, ill post a watch on that one

sweepy · June 2018

Just a little Bump, any out there ? to put it into perspective, Spirt Pros are £305 new and the latest reissue is £390 when it hit the shops this month

rorytaylor54321 · June 2018

I have a Synapse SS-2F that I would part with. PM me if you'd like.

riffpowers · June 2018

one of my mates is selling the cricket bat one if you're interested, he's not on here but I can ask him.

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