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Allan Holdsworth: checking out the Strandberg |
Fast forward to October 2012, when he played Uppsala International Guitar Festival, and I had a chance to meet him again in my hometown. He has just come from a gig in Oslo, where he had been exposed to True Temperament by a journalist who interviewed him there. Luckily, I still had #26, which I brought along with #35, my Varberg Tremolo demo guitar. He enjoyed the sound, weight and feel of both guitars very much, but the stumbling block was the clearance between the E-strings and the edge of the fretboard, which was too small on both guitars.
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Allan Holdsworth with Ola Strandberg |
He also commented that he liked the tremolo construction. Many conventional tremolos have a tendency to not return exactly to the neutral position when released. The Steinberger construction with a single pressure spring does suffer from this, whereas my needle-bearing hinged construction with conventional pull springs is less susceptible to it.
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The 36 - she's a beauty |
So we agreed that I would build him a guitar that featured my patent pending EndurNeck(tm) with his preferred neck width, the True Temperament fretting system, and a Seymour Duncan 59B pickup. That was the entire design brief. I promised delivery by NAMM 2013 time, i.e. less than three months away.
Full story of this incredible instrument:
http://strandbergguitars.com/36-allan-holdsworth/
Check Allan's other amazing guitar - Allan Holdsworth: describes the Gonan DeLap Baritone guitar
http://www.truthinshredding.com/2012/05/allan-holdsworth-gonan-delap-36-inch.html
Needle bearings? Ever heard about the Vigier patent?
ReplyDeleteVigier is gonna have your a*s for lunch!
this was back in 2012. Holdsworth went to Cavin / Keisel for his signature models
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