NGD: Strandberg Boden NX6

Brio

A month or so ago I avoided buying a nice light Epi Korina V by trying my PRS DGT against it. A fortnight ago I was in Andertons collecting a pedal abd as I was waiting I tried an even lighter Strandberg.
Love at first twang. Managed to collect it today and it is even better than I remember.
Of my 4 current guitars up here 3 are made in Indo. The other is a US made Tele.
Being honest the build on all of them is good from the Chapman to the PRS se.
Very happy and looking forward to some playing tonight 
Oh, and it's green.

BobHillman

Pictures, please!

Brio

I'm sat in The Drummond next to Andertons looking at a pint of Pravha and I can see where Ola got the idea if the Endurneck from.
When I get home I'll fire a few shots off.

digitalkettle

What flavour Boden did you get?

Bigsby

Good move... looking forward to the pics.  

Brio

Boden Standard NX6 in green.
Just like this

https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/electric-guitars/headless-electric-guitars/strandberg-boden-standard-nx-6-green

I'm tempted to sell the baritone and buy a 7 string but I'll give it a few weeks. Very impressed so far though 

digitalkettle

Nice!

HT986M2

Lovely colour!  How is the neck for a thumb-over player?

Offset

Yeah I love that colour too.  Always liked these guitars.  I get the impression they'd cover a lot of genres. 

digitalkettle

I was supposed to be having a very similar NGD today but the DHL guy fell asleep in a layby just outside of Guildford ;-/

andy1839

Lovely colour!

Congrats!

HT986M2 said:

Lovely colour!  How is the neck for a thumb-over player?

I got mine in a trade, I'd been wanting to try one for ages and was curious about the neck.

Im a strictly cowboy chords/basic pentatonic blues box noodler with no technique at all.
I found the neck is extremely comfy for thumb-over playing.

TheBigDipper

If it speaks to you, then it speaks to you. The more people buy these guitars and play them, the more "normal" they will become and cheaper/more choice, etc. 

After 18 months of owning a Boden Original NX6, I've finally stopped moving my left hand up to non-existent tuners when tuning up. :-) 

Bigsby

digitalkettle said:

I was supposed to be having a very similar NGD today but the DHL guy fell asleep in a layby just outside of Guildford ;-/

I had a similar problem with a DHL from Guildford: The 'next day' delivery took 5 days and the 'before noon' delivery on the final day turned up at 4:30pm! Good luck, hope you get yours today!

digitalkettle

Bigsby said:

digitalkettle said:

I was supposed to be having a very similar NGD today but the DHL guy fell asleep in a layby just outside of Guildford ;-/

I had a similar problem with a DHL from Guildford: The 'next day' delivery took 5 days and the 'before noon' delivery on the final day turned up at 4:30pm! Good luck, hope you get yours today!

Thanks...landed this morning!

Andy_Strings

I've got a Sälen, it's the only guitar that I can't carry on my motorbike.  Suhr pickups as standard, holds tune forever and plays effortlessly. 

Brio

The only guitar you can't carry?

digitalkettle

I spent the first hour wandering around looking for the best place to stand it up

Philly_Q

digitalkettle said:

I spent the first hour wandering around looking for the best place to stand it up

On a steep-ish slope, presumably?

digitalkettle

Philly_Q said:

digitalkettle said:

I spent the first hour wandering around looking for the best place to stand it up

On a steep-ish slope, presumably?

I'm going to have to build something out of Lego.

Bigsby

digitalkettle said:

Philly_Q said:

digitalkettle said:

I spent the first hour wandering around looking for the best place to stand it up

On a steep-ish slope, presumably?

I'm going to have to build something out of Lego.

This works perfectly:
https://www.fender.com/en-GB/accessoriesstands/universal-a-frame-electric-guitar-stand/0991819000.html

Though Lego would be more fun, and have a good chance of looking better.  

Jez6345789

I certainly dont fit the Classic technical Strandberg Boden player but love mine and to be honest the Eundure neck works well with the Arthritis and thing sounds pretty good through my usual blues rock and pop stuff and the design is very functional. I am sort of erring on getting  a trem version at some point to cover that side of things off.