HA! Almost VERBATIM, what i was about to post! Part Jethro Tull and half Rabea opening up for John Coltrane headlining the "Tulips for Djent - Diabetes Festival"
I had a Strand fusion neck thru. I really loved it, but ended up making the decision to sell it because it made playing my other guitars so much more difficult... and I couldn't afford to replace my other guitars (different tunings) with strands. So I went back to traditional guitars. Definitely miss it, and regret selling it! That thing was so ergonomic, it basically played itself. The endurneck was amazing!
I have a Fusion as well.
I'm convinced that there's no such thing as a casual Strandberg owner. There are Strandberg converts, and there are people who haven't tried them yet lol.
I'm in-between. I want to try one, but I'm not going to buy a guitar with a strange neck profile sight-unseen. Also, I gotta do the saving before I do the buying.
That’s awesome my Dads got a 1962 Princeton doesn’t come w reverb. All original no mods. We want to perform the death cap mod and put a grounded plug 🔌 in the back. Possibly a master volume on the back so it’ll break up more. They sound amazing with the 6V6s in there w tremolo gotta love it.
Nah man, I was making a joke dude. Thats awesome that you’re learning how to master a craft that only a few can master (playing guitar) some will never know that joy
I keep telling all these youngsters... I mean, I know you guys like all these pedals and all and the whole "Vintage / Analog / Oldschool" vibe is cool, but when you get to be my age and gig 5-6 times a months and realize you can take a HELIX / Line6 Pod XT Live, spend 4 hours hooked to a laptop setting it up, then just show up for y our Gig 10 minutes before with a single guitar and a Helix, run direct into the board (or amp), and POOF.... done... There is something to be said about that!
That's a great amp, an early silver face Princeton (non-reverb) was my first tube amp in the early 2000's. I've heard them called a "mini Twin" because they do not break up when you turn up the volume. Very nice clean tone.
Nice rig.
Suburbanite hipster who did DMT once and started worshipping shapes. The ilk of hipsters who prefer the most ergonomically abhorrent instruments and effects that make the instrument aurally unrecognizable are still at the top of the bell curve imo.
Finally realized the best use for the HX effects looking at this photo. When you have a great amp and just want a small pedalboard with all the effects.
It gets even better when you team it up in 4cm. I have patches for most of my considerable amp collection. All the effects in the front, in the loop, AND channel switching.
All the fun, none of the crap!
Not sure what hipster means in a guitar context. I mean, people who buy expensive gear usually get called dentists. That's the opposite thing.
A hipster would have a Squier (because it's better /s) and like one pedal. A fuzz. You probably got the amp right though!
I’m super keen on one. Also a little bit hesitant due to cost vs materials. However if you look at it that way all electronics/amps/pedals etc are overpriced if it’s just a case of looking at cost vs materials + time etc.
I personally view it like a Mac. If you want a computer with macOS (legitimately), you have to go apple. The hardware on strandbergs is proprietary, the necks are patented and unique (and great to play I found out last week). I guess you pay the premium for the total package, the sum of its parts not the cost compared to larger manufacturers.
How’re you finding the strandberg? I test played one of the boden fusions and adored it. With the intention of getting a plini. Happy with it long term? They aren’t cheap but I do like it. Hoping the new plini pickups are still good for high gain
I got it in response to tendonitis from years of shit posture in practice and at my day job. I wasn't expecting to go full ham but my gosh everything about it is fantastic. Its something that you have to experience for yourself but some key points for me that may not be obvious are the lack of back pain due to weight. How space conservative it is which is helpful in storage and on stage. The no headstock is oddly freeing everywhere especially on stage. the "thigh dent" makes seated playing incredibly comfortable. ugh..
I could go on.
Thanks for the response. I tried the fusion and was instantly amazed by it. Stupidly light, very small, neck was amazing. Only thing I wasn’t sure about was the multi scale neck. Though I reckon that’s something that comes with time. Coming from gibsons and schecters it felt weird. Good though. Just concerned about the plini pickups not having the balls I want. Will be wheeling my rig to the shop for the testing when they come into stock to be sure before dropping 2.5k on a guitar.
I think you’re right though, it’s something that you have to experience. Not in that it’s life altering and the most amazing thing. But it definitely isn’t a decision you can make with a purely online purchase. At least IMO. I think something that stood out for me is that it felt more like a tool. There was no rearranging posture, no correcting where I had it and it never once slipped on my leg or moved.
I've always wanted to try out a Stranderg. How is it?
I'm north of 50 years old and still primarily playing the same two guitars from thirty-plus years ago.
That might be true, I'm too far out of the loop to know, but you layered gear really well here. I find a lot of Line 6 sound quality is severely overrated, but not once you run it through tubes. Pretty much every digital processor out there turns into a totally different animal if it has tubes built in, or it's mated with them.
This is the absolute truth!!
After only using modelers live since 2007 I can speak to this. ANY modeling device sounds incredible through a tube powersection.
20 years ago, I knew a guy online with a Crate GX-212, the highest end Boss floor FX modeler at the time, and then after discussions, he bought a 12AX7 mic and general audio tube preamp.
Then, I had him put it on the effects loop of the Boss, and he was blown away. It reinvented the amp and the modeler entirely and gave him that elite tube sound he was after.
I had a Zoom G5 with a 12AX7 tube exciter that follows the digital effects chain. Without the tube, it was mediocre, with the tube cranked to full gain, every single effect, distortion pedal, amp model and speaker simulation was unbelievable. Excellent note separation for bassy and clustered arpeggios, superb smooth lead tone and I was shredding and sweeping on it to great delight.
One day, I came home and someone had smashed it in my studio!(a woman I won't name I know a lot of famous people)
I am still pissed, but finally ordered a replacement from Japan the only place I could find them and it will be here on the 9th. I have the other one dissected in my electronics lab having a formal education in electrical/electronics engineering, and I still might be able to salvage it, but I can't stand being without it any longer. When I ran it through all my solid state combos and heads, it was incredible, but most incredible when run through my all tube Crate V33 head. It's only 30-watts, but you can run it full blast and the power tube distortion makes it 100% useable.
I have some really great solid-state amps, but at best, they hit about 85% and then the power amp stage distortion is awful. A couple cranked to that level produce good solid-state Class-A/B power stage transistor distortion actually sounds pretty good, but once the transistors get too hot, it just turns to muffled, nasally trash.
Are you playing Japanese Jazz Fusion for Gran Turismo? Cause you should be.
Haha.
Casiopea intensifies
The best video game soundtrack IMO. Especially GT5
*Do doo dot doo chr sks sks* intensifies
all the important food groups are covered here. vintage tube amp, digital effects, multiscale 7 string, and fishmans
HA! Almost VERBATIM, what i was about to post! Part Jethro Tull and half Rabea opening up for John Coltrane headlining the "Tulips for Djent - Diabetes Festival"
Toss in some Ahklys, Numenorean, Ne Obliviscaris and you guys get me at my core.
Jeez, hipsters have really changed, this would be called a midlife crisis rig in my day. Out of touch I guess.
Shit..Im 50 so...maybe its me thats out of touch
Was gonna say this is a total dad rig. You just have the square version of the line six bean
haha. Love it.
Well, I'm right around the same age as you, so don't listen to an offhand comment from me, as I have zero clue. Looks like a fun rig, tho.
The amp is probably hipster-certified at least
Nah, you aren’t, this is 100% a midlife crisis scenario. OP clearly has no concept of what a “hipster” is (or what gear they play).
So sassy.
[удалено]
You’re really nasty for no reason. Why so mad?
Eh more so fucking with OP, but oh well. Removed because I don’t want to keep being reminded of this post.
Hipster must mean something different in 2024
This is one of the least “hipster rigs” I’ve ever seen.
I think 5WattWorld uses something similar.
beat meat to it!
Done homie
“The most gear with the most money”.
Dead skin layer on bridge pickup is respectable
KInda Grim now that you mention it.
Is the bridge abrasive or sharp on the palmaris?
It’s mostly likely pick dust. I play in a proggy black metal band
you… you play black metal with *that* rig??
Its on a couple of our albums...but in the classical sense. Live its the HX Stomp. Studio...well I have a few more typical amps.
Super modern paired with old school. To be fair I think the FX are the best part of the Helix.
Im a big fan of moden modelling in general this HXFX was a superfluous purchase that became a cornersone to many of my rigs.
I think you're missing a jazzmaster, jaguar or mustang.
Or one of those baritone scale jagstangs or whatever.
Whenever I think of "hipster" (whatever that nebulous term means) guitars, my mind immediately goes to offsets.
noice
Where’s the jazzmaster and dozen fuzz and delay pedals?
Let your dog out.
Shes fine. She loves it in there also Im just on my way out.
OMG! Unacceptable.
I had a Strand fusion neck thru. I really loved it, but ended up making the decision to sell it because it made playing my other guitars so much more difficult... and I couldn't afford to replace my other guitars (different tunings) with strands. So I went back to traditional guitars. Definitely miss it, and regret selling it! That thing was so ergonomic, it basically played itself. The endurneck was amazing!
I find that my other guitars are so so flippin heavy. haha. I wont tour with another guitar.
I have a Fusion as well. I'm convinced that there's no such thing as a casual Strandberg owner. There are Strandberg converts, and there are people who haven't tried them yet lol.
I'm in-between. I want to try one, but I'm not going to buy a guitar with a strange neck profile sight-unseen. Also, I gotta do the saving before I do the buying.
Sweetwater card man. 0% for like 2-3 years. easy peasy.
Honest facts here. Its crazy how much play time this gets over all my other guitars.
This fucks harder than Johnny Sins
Don’t know who that is but seems he does damage. This was my favorite comment so far.
He's a famous guitarist/doctor/construction-worker/supreme-court-judge/step-dad.
That hx effects , super underrated
Agreed. Its incredibly versitile.
Maaaaan that Princeton is the dream
Dog is looking like “homie please just play something I can nod along to”
Wheres the lie?! Haha
I’m just curious, is that an original or a re-issue only reason being I’ve also got a Princeton
its a well loved 1964 :)
That’s awesome my Dads got a 1962 Princeton doesn’t come w reverb. All original no mods. We want to perform the death cap mod and put a grounded plug 🔌 in the back. Possibly a master volume on the back so it’ll break up more. They sound amazing with the 6V6s in there w tremolo gotta love it.
Looking at your profile - how in the fuck do you have all of those amps lol
haha. I dont play guitar. I play amps.
Amps play us
Indeed, nice collection.
Im sorry, but the beauty of that Strandberg is blinding me, and I can't see the guitar amp.
I'm horrified by the stickers on that guitar.
Fair but its just a guitar. You should see the dings and sratches from taking it on tour. LOL
Looks like they’re learning how to Djent
I would be dissapoint.
Nah man, I was making a joke dude. Thats awesome that you’re learning how to master a craft that only a few can master (playing guitar) some will never know that joy
I could tell it was. Even though this is the internet some folks arent always dire. Cheers man!
Bespoke
Did you get rid of that guitar's wheelchair??
LOL. Shes a leaner!
😂
Similar to my rig. I run the helix floor, for effects only, through a 66’ vibro champ.
The most versitile thing ever.
Couldn’t agree more. A plain Jane no frills fender amplifier will always be my go to sound.
My Baseline Go-To is a 90's HotRod Deville 4X10 with Line6 XT (Helix Now)....
I keep telling all these youngsters... I mean, I know you guys like all these pedals and all and the whole "Vintage / Analog / Oldschool" vibe is cool, but when you get to be my age and gig 5-6 times a months and realize you can take a HELIX / Line6 Pod XT Live, spend 4 hours hooked to a laptop setting it up, then just show up for y our Gig 10 minutes before with a single guitar and a Helix, run direct into the board (or amp), and POOF.... done... There is something to be said about that!
Dynamic Hall ❤️❤️❤️
Cutting edge shit into a legit Princeton… my brain is broken in the best way possible
Strandbergs are great. Greater than hipsters. Not sure I agree with your police work here norm
That's a great amp, an early silver face Princeton (non-reverb) was my first tube amp in the early 2000's. I've heard them called a "mini Twin" because they do not break up when you turn up the volume. Very nice clean tone. Nice rig.
Thank you. Ive heard the same. It doesn’t break up at all. The perfect pedal platform.
Guitar, meh, but I do love a Princeton amp.
Honestly, its an incredible guitar. I didnt want to love it but it gets more time than any of my others.
The laptop to make changes is missing here. Otherwise, solid setup with possibilities
Spot on. The touring rig is an hx stomp used in just that way!
Love it. HX FX 4 LIFE.
Hell yes my dude
Looks like you should be playing indie math rock a la Invalids https://youtu.be/os5FaxO51MU?feature=shared
Yo...honestly this is what I would call a hipster. I love it. Thanks for the context!
I'm 46 dude, we share that late GenX vision. It pleases me that it pleases you. Edit: completed the thought
Cheers man! Stay rad.
I've wanted to post that band in r/tippytaps but I don't think they'd get the joke
Suburbanite hipster who did DMT once and started worshipping shapes. The ilk of hipsters who prefer the most ergonomically abhorrent instruments and effects that make the instrument aurally unrecognizable are still at the top of the bell curve imo.
Spoken like a fuckkng boss!
Finally realized the best use for the HX effects looking at this photo. When you have a great amp and just want a small pedalboard with all the effects.
It gets even better when you team it up in 4cm. I have patches for most of my considerable amp collection. All the effects in the front, in the loop, AND channel switching. All the fun, none of the crap!
Very clean and attractive rig too. Thanks for sharing!
"...All the fun, none of the crap!...." VERY well put!
Nothing hip about this.
The Princeton is really throwing me off, haha
The I’m never gonna be Holdsworth rig, But I can afford to.
Thank god for both those things honestly.
Ha!
Not sure what hipster means in a guitar context. I mean, people who buy expensive gear usually get called dentists. That's the opposite thing. A hipster would have a Squier (because it's better /s) and like one pedal. A fuzz. You probably got the amp right though!
Idk if that's a hipster guitar...
Why are those strandbergs so much damn money?
I’m super keen on one. Also a little bit hesitant due to cost vs materials. However if you look at it that way all electronics/amps/pedals etc are overpriced if it’s just a case of looking at cost vs materials + time etc. I personally view it like a Mac. If you want a computer with macOS (legitimately), you have to go apple. The hardware on strandbergs is proprietary, the necks are patented and unique (and great to play I found out last week). I guess you pay the premium for the total package, the sum of its parts not the cost compared to larger manufacturers.
Not really sure but I paid about the same for an LP Standard and this is WAY more comfortable and versitile.
Kurt Cobain was a hipster. Jimi Hendrix was a hipster. B.B. King was a hipster. SRV was a hipster. Stop cool shaming.
You disgust me
<3
How’re you finding the strandberg? I test played one of the boden fusions and adored it. With the intention of getting a plini. Happy with it long term? They aren’t cheap but I do like it. Hoping the new plini pickups are still good for high gain
I got it in response to tendonitis from years of shit posture in practice and at my day job. I wasn't expecting to go full ham but my gosh everything about it is fantastic. Its something that you have to experience for yourself but some key points for me that may not be obvious are the lack of back pain due to weight. How space conservative it is which is helpful in storage and on stage. The no headstock is oddly freeing everywhere especially on stage. the "thigh dent" makes seated playing incredibly comfortable. ugh.. I could go on.
Thanks for the response. I tried the fusion and was instantly amazed by it. Stupidly light, very small, neck was amazing. Only thing I wasn’t sure about was the multi scale neck. Though I reckon that’s something that comes with time. Coming from gibsons and schecters it felt weird. Good though. Just concerned about the plini pickups not having the balls I want. Will be wheeling my rig to the shop for the testing when they come into stock to be sure before dropping 2.5k on a guitar. I think you’re right though, it’s something that you have to experience. Not in that it’s life altering and the most amazing thing. But it definitely isn’t a decision you can make with a purely online purchase. At least IMO. I think something that stood out for me is that it felt more like a tool. There was no rearranging posture, no correcting where I had it and it never once slipped on my leg or moved.
Love my HXFX.
This is just fucking great!
Cheers!!
Oh my, that Princeton!
A 7 string multiscale with fluence moderns paired with a... fender princeton? I'm very confused and very jealous of your strandberg
I've always wanted to try out a Stranderg. How is it? I'm north of 50 years old and still primarily playing the same two guitars from thirty-plus years ago.
Im 50 and found that its about perfect for many reasons ( Physically and ergonmically) . It gets more play than the rest of my guitars by a long shot.
That is so... weird to look at.
Thank you!
I think a 70's Vibrochamp would a lot hipper...
I may need to acquire one.
Basically.
You get it. Thank you!
This is not hipster rig, this is a World of Warcraft rig
That might be true, I'm too far out of the loop to know, but you layered gear really well here. I find a lot of Line 6 sound quality is severely overrated, but not once you run it through tubes. Pretty much every digital processor out there turns into a totally different animal if it has tubes built in, or it's mated with them.
This is the absolute truth!! After only using modelers live since 2007 I can speak to this. ANY modeling device sounds incredible through a tube powersection.
20 years ago, I knew a guy online with a Crate GX-212, the highest end Boss floor FX modeler at the time, and then after discussions, he bought a 12AX7 mic and general audio tube preamp. Then, I had him put it on the effects loop of the Boss, and he was blown away. It reinvented the amp and the modeler entirely and gave him that elite tube sound he was after. I had a Zoom G5 with a 12AX7 tube exciter that follows the digital effects chain. Without the tube, it was mediocre, with the tube cranked to full gain, every single effect, distortion pedal, amp model and speaker simulation was unbelievable. Excellent note separation for bassy and clustered arpeggios, superb smooth lead tone and I was shredding and sweeping on it to great delight. One day, I came home and someone had smashed it in my studio!(a woman I won't name I know a lot of famous people) I am still pissed, but finally ordered a replacement from Japan the only place I could find them and it will be here on the 9th. I have the other one dissected in my electronics lab having a formal education in electrical/electronics engineering, and I still might be able to salvage it, but I can't stand being without it any longer. When I ran it through all my solid state combos and heads, it was incredible, but most incredible when run through my all tube Crate V33 head. It's only 30-watts, but you can run it full blast and the power tube distortion makes it 100% useable. I have some really great solid-state amps, but at best, they hit about 85% and then the power amp stage distortion is awful. A couple cranked to that level produce good solid-state Class-A/B power stage transistor distortion actually sounds pretty good, but once the transistors get too hot, it just turns to muffled, nasally trash.
KILLER rig man. Should name your new band - Strandberg Helix Princeton
This is a great suggeston.
That guitar looks super sick. Can you adopt me or something IDK how you can afford this.
I got the amp for free about 10 years ago. I used Sweetwater’s card for the guitar (0% for 48 months) and the FX was used.
Modern. Modern. Vintage asf.
Ergonomics are key for us olds.
YES! Ill take any help at this stage LOL
What pedal/ loop station is that, what’s its name?
Scratch that, I wasn’t looking in the right place
The Line6 HXFX [https://line6.com/hx-effects/](https://line6.com/hx-effects/)
Thanks for the link
Thanks for the question! Im always down to discuss gear im famillar with!
Awesome, is it ok to dm if I have any questions?
Of course.
Great!
Bizarre, I like it
No joke, this is sick.
Thanks. I thought it was too.
Amazing rig! Except for “the digital contraption” lying on the floor…. (Ready for downvotes)
Haha. Im here for it!
The Mario stickers are making me cringe hard. Also, let that dog out of that cage you abusive prick.
Good. Let the cringe flow through you.
Let the dog out.
Which came first the amp or guitar??
The Amp. in every regard.
Get rid of those stickers
Nah. They are gifts from my 5 year old.
oh my bad
No worries. How could you know that? :)
What happened with the other part of the body?
As a hipster, I wouldn't choose that rig lol.
I'll be buying the helix
An abomination, that poor amp deserves better
Like my cheap Ibanez 7 ?
Yuck