PSA: Headless bargain?

streethawk

http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/electric_guitars_detail.asp?stock=12110517154049&utm_source=nlf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=241116

Steinberger Synapse TranScale ST-2FPA
£499 at GuitarGuitar.

Good price? 

EricTheWeary

28-5/8" scale, what's that about then? 

Roland

It's a baritone

carlos

Comes tuned to D and then you can use the built in capo if you want. wasn't a popular guitar. 

A_Particular_Geetar

Where's the rest of the guitar?

Sassafras

carlos said:

Comes tuned to D and then you can use the built in capo if you want. wasn't a popular guitar. 

Looking at it, it's not hard to see why it wasn't popular.

streethawk

Oh shut up.

carlos

I mean it didn't scratch the itch of Steinberger enthusiasts. The body is too big, the long scale kinda spoils the point of its compactness, the neck wasn't 100% carbon, no trem or transtrem option and intonation was hard to set up. This is what they should have done.

JookyChap

I thought this was going to be a Gibson thread

GlacierNine

It's sold now - to me.

I actually found this board and thread while doing the usual post-purchase floating around the internet looking at reviews and info about whatever you've just bought.

It arrives tomorrow.

I think Gibson would do very well to start promoting and developing Steins again, personally. The old guard who wanted fully graphite necks and so on, are largely moved on. With things like Strandbergs and various other new headless designs showing up on the market, Stein are in a good place to recapture a market that Gibson let slip away from them for years.

Sure, it's not a fully composite guitar like the old ones, but that doesn't seem to bother most of the people buying the new wave of headless designs. And the body shape doesn't need to be super compact either for that crowd.

But on spec? £499 for a neckthrough, graphite reinforced, EMG loaded, Piezo loaded, Baritone scale guitar with active EQ and a composite/phenolic fretboard? Well. At that point looks come second to "can I get anything even remotely like this for that money?"

Ravenous

I've been half tempted to go for one of these myself at some stage... (Yes I know the Strandbergs are out these days but they're a bit too "fancy" for my tastes.)

GlacierNine

Ravenous said:

I've been half tempted to go for one of these myself at some stage... (Yes I know the Strandbergs are out these days but they're a bit too "fancy" for my tastes.)

I've been umming and ahhing over this particular model for well over a year myself. The only thing that stopped me was that I was really lusting after a 7 string, and was hoping an affordable headless 7 would enter the market. Alas, many did, but none in a baritone scale.

When this was reduced I realised I couldn't really excuse myself over an extra string anymore.

Strangefan

@GlacierNine you sir have taste!  I play a headless bass live,  steins to me are in the same league as Parker for innovation,  the dad brigade can keep their antique fenders and Gibson's