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Totally addictive to play, I find it hard to put down. After 5 minutes I didn't notice the fan frets or the neck shape.
I do find myself wearing the guitar higher as that seems to make the most of the above features. The thing i do notice is the comfort of the body shape when sitting down. It really encourages to use a more 'classical' position.
The bag that came with it is pretty neat too.
The only fault I could find was a tiny ding in the 13th fret that looked like something had smacke a sting into it even though it was between the D and G strings. A few minutes with micromesh pads polished that out.
The 5 positions on the switch all sound really clean/wide/separated. Somehow you can pick out the individual strings and yet they all sound right and balanced, probably because of the multiscale concept. The high E is PRS scale at 25" and the low E is Fender at 25.5"
The pickup switching is:
I see you got the official strap. Same here as I knew I’d need it super short. The strap ends seem to be the squeakiest thing ever (a tiny dot of vaseline fixed that).
…and that’s all I have to complain about! I’d read about some QC concerns so I knew I was taking a bit of a punt, buying unseen, but it’s flawless
They appear to leave the factory with a dead low action so I kept nibbling away at that: put a few tweaks on the truss rod and ended up lifting the action by 1.5 to 2 rotations across the board…top E is still under 4/64”.
I made a pretty quick adjustment to playing it considering it’s an 8-string but I’m a long way off doing something really useful. The weirdest thing was when I went back to my regular guitar: the neck was like a pencil Very disorienting…a physical/optical illusion…took fifteen minutes to get through and I dare say I could repeat the experience! Have you had anything similar with your 6-string?
Normally I'd say it's just to give another style option. However, I know Ola has a very engineering-orientated mind so I'd have to assume he wouldn't make a change for the sake of it and that it has a reason behind it?
I'm now starting to play my PDS DGT SE a lot again. It feels and sounds different and that is great, there is little overlap.
Still very happy with the playability of the Boden. It tends to be the first thing I pick up and I can certainly play complex chord stretches around the nut a lot easier on it. I can get a shock transferring stuff to the PRS or Tele but that soon eases.
Overall a great purchase.
I now realise I have bought two of the most influencer hyped guitars of the last few years, but fuck it, they're both excellent guitars.
Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
Stockist of: Earvana & Graphtech nuts, Faber Tonepros & Gotoh hardware, Fatcat bridges. Highwood Saddles.
Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
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Strandberg should be seeing that as a prized endorsement (though they're probably mostly interested in influencers - just a sign of the times).
I'm already modding it - flush mount straplock on rear of horn
Swapped the A5 magnet in the Suhr bridge pickup for a ceramic
and added Anomaly pickup surrounds - pickups are still direct mounted but have protection now
Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
Stockist of: Earvana & Graphtech nuts, Faber Tonepros & Gotoh hardware, Fatcat bridges. Highwood Saddles.
Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
Expert guitar repairs and upgrades - fretwork our speciality! www.felineguitars.com. Facebook too!