Strandberg's new line of basses | Gearcheck | Thomann 

Julia's enthusiasm for these instruments is really contagious. Now I want one, too (and I don't even play the bass).

Julia’s enthusiasm is so wonderful!

Julia: These basses are so awesome! Me: Wow, they seem really cool. *checks price* *sheer heart attack*

that casual Thundercat drop at "let's try some chords" tho.

That is a very well thought out (ergonomic) bass. Julia is a great presenter. She also is enjoyable to hear playing the bass.

"I am from Austria, and my grandfather has like five sheep..." weird flex, but okay.

I love the body shape and love that it can be played on the left thigh! I love the fact that it is really light which saves your back on long practice sessions. I love that it comes in a 4 and a 5-string as i am currently shopping for a 5-string for a more melodic approach to bass playing. Strandberg makes awesome instruments, i might pay them a visit when i visit Germany. Thank you Julia!

You obviously had some pleasure trying these. So cool to see. Thanks Julia

Love to see how excited you are haha. Most videos are restrained and technical.

Every cut and carve on a Strandberg is there for a well thought out reason 🤘🏽 And they ROCK

Very interesting. I follow Sarah Longfield who has several Boden guitars, both 6s & 7s and she loves them. Initially because of the lightness, but she had the same response to the fanned frets. She is quite small and has small hands so the angle of the frets makes it much easier for her. The basses sound great, and it looked as if the action was nice. I used to play a Rickenbacker 4001S so one of these would be only about half the weight! Very nice playing Julia.

Kris, Andy, Guillaume.. Sorry guys, I have a new favorite Thomann host! 😁

3:56 Prog fingered funk 8:08 original both 8:36 original bridge 9:05 original neck 9:38 original muted 9:56 5st original 10:22 5st original neck 10:40 5st original bridge 11:18 5st Prog pick add more in replys if useful

A multi-scale headless bass can be had from Kiesel for roughly half the cost of a Strandberg. I have a standard scale Kiesel Zeus and it's great.

Great review and playing 👍

I've been looking at the bass for a while and watched several reviews. I managed to snag #1 of the 5 Gold 10th Anniversary Editions 4 string. Having played it for several months, every time I pick up my 1960 Fender Jazz it feels so "old school". The neck shaping, body shape & weight make SUCH a huge difference to the feel and playability. Not played it at a gig yet, so no idea about audience reaction..... May need to wait a while as on lock down

Fantastik! What great job in presenting, I stumbled across your channel just the other day, you have some ausgezeichnet schtoff hier! Any of these basses would be amazing to have but agreed with your choice until I heard the last example, what a beast. My son and myself wish we could go still another string deeper! All joking aside these all sound amazing and thank-you for doing such a great job of it.

Thank you for having such a thorough review of this bass. I fell in love with it just from the appearance. My name is Cliff and I'm from The West Indies. Caribbean music is my thing, though I Play other genres. The many things I like about this bass, including the fact that it's light, it's headless, and it's short. Your review has convinced me highly of all other things I find very interesting about it. I'm 67 years old. I've been playing for about 40 years or so - and would love something lighter, something different. I believe the Strawberg is the way to go, Thanks again. You're a wonderful demonstration.

Julia, is now my Bass Goddess ! ❤️❤️

Love the look and sound of this bass, reminds me of my old honer the jack bass I had backing the 80s

Very interesting! The two positions to put the bass in the legs, the neck's and the frets shapes are so surprising! Besides that, they are very beautiful! For sure I'd buy one if had money enough.

Yep, loved the 4 string prog one (the first one you played) it has a fodera twist to it's sound, sounded awesome. I feel like these instruments are about clarity and clean sounding, I don't know what it is but it is something I feel when I hear a fodera, there's a certain "classy" sound to it but maybe it's just because I know the price of these...

Fantastic playing and great video - good job 👍

Thank you for sharing

bring your elbow out for the min7 shape on the high frets (theres room to bring your elbow out to make the angle work). it sounds as good as the guitars do! thanks for the review great playing!

Nice review!!! My favorite was the first one, the Boden Prog 4 string... 👍👍

What a fun review of some fantastic basses. Yes, the shape of the Strandberg looks strange (at first) - but it makes sense.

I've played this bass recenly (4 string original). It's amazing! Cool neck, light body, very crisp rich and clean pickups If I'd had 3300-4000EUR, I'd take it for sure since I'm struggling with the regular bass weight during commute

the 5- string sounds amazing. I have a 5 - string peavey myself but the B-string is missing the clarity of the other strings, which the b-string of the strandbergs absolutely delivers

Great vid Julia and thanks for bringing something a bit obscure, yet funky to our attention. Agreed, the 4-string Prog had the best sound, all things considered. The 'Darkglass' price-point however, kinda joy kills the travel-ability edge imho...still nice to know what's out there, and dream a bit. ;-) Keep the vids coming girl!

Beautiful appearance and tone. Great presenter. I like the tone of the prog 4. The tone of the prog 5 isn't as punchy. Both worth owning. Great shape and features.

Great review, enjoy these alot! But about the major 7th chords up on the high frets, couldn't you just bar it intstead, with just one finger? I've never tried a fan fretted bass but it looks possible instead of doing it with the standard 3 fingers :s Cheers from Sweden :)

Because of her introducing this bass i need that bass soon.!

Looks great! Thanks for the review! :)

Love your video. Saving up to get a prog 4 :)

Yeah, I like the body design for sitting positions. Perhaps a little out of my price range at the moment but it would be a consideration. Does it come in Left-Handed variant too?

I'd go for the Original 5-string. I'm usually much more into vintage-style instruments, but I also appreciate progressive approaches like this very much! And this somehow strangely reminds me of the vintage Guild B-302! 😄 Recently I checked a Dingwall, and it felt really nice and smooth! I'd wish Strandberg took it up a notch and also put 3 pickups inside, the Dingwall pickup switching is really nice and versatile!

Boden Prog 5 is my dream bass

alquien puede decirme que es el reloj que esta atras. Arriba del amplificador fender! que dice DBA. Es un medidior de decibeles? Para que sirve? saludos y gracias

Nice clarity sound from the low B. Btw how much the weight and what kind of wood in the body of those?

No big tuners and head stock means the balance point is further back so it is interesting to see how comfortable it is resting in the knee. A lot of instruments, I can't get the fret board where I want it, because the lower curve in the body is wrong, when it rests on my knee.

What is the weight and the price? A proper link to a page at Thomann for this bass (and a 5 string model?) would be very useful. Dank!

Her english is so cuuuuteeeeee!!!!! 🥺

I love the shape, great for seated playing on either leg. Still hesitant on headless, though.

Those basses are gorgeous and sound great too!!😊❤

Would be interested if they made one without the fanned frets. I’ve played other fan frets and they don’t work for. Sound great though.

They make great instruments. Two things that make me wonder... Some of their own signature artists don't use the Strandberg design neck. Also, they have the pickups at strange angles. They aren't angled in between the angles of the bridge saddles and the frets. Maybe they are angled this way due to experimenting with tone relative to position, but I've never seen angles like these, relative to the bridge and fret angles. I don't doubt that they are really nice, and sound very good. I think all the body shapes in the video are nice looking, and would all feel very good n my large hands. Is this the company that closed its original shop and has all their instruments in Asian facilities? I don't recall. If so, then it's good to hear that they are still making higher quality basses.

I would like to know more about the hardware, setting intonation, adjusting. and if flatwounds work with the system

Great demo Julia!! Love those basses - wow! Ok, actually really like the “I speak music” T shirt - is that out there somewhere pls?? Thx 🙏 Actually after looking at the new Ibanez headless bases on the Internet this one actually sounds a lot better and looks a lot better and more ergonomic and easy to hold.

Julia, you're so funny! (In a good way.) You always make me laugh. The accent and the heavy rock part was perfect! Thank you! And of course, I like how you play. I hope I'll see you live someday.

I agree, the prog 4 string sounded best to me. What do you think of the fan frets? Do you have to think about where you're putting your fingers or do they fall more naturally in the right spot? I've never played anything with fan frets.

Looking at Julia'a impression of metal bass players at 7:06, are we sure she is not trolling us and in reality she is an Austrian Classical Musician?

Very nice presentation. Great bass, all in for the ergonomics and weight. If this one's price is too high, you can choose the Ibanez now. :)

So no neck dive? How does the weight compare with the Hofner violin bass? The Hofner has neck dive depending on where you hang the body. The Epiphone Viola has terrible neck dive.

To answer the question at the end of the vid, my fav bass is the one giving me good vibes. Which might be all of them -- provided a virtuous bassist like Julia is performing.

I love your videos. I have a too hesvy 5 st Sire P7

The 5 string prog has such a Doom sound, very nice

I am also digging this neo-styled bass with the eccentric body shape, headless feature, and light weight material. So refreshing to see a brand new bass that is not modeled after the P Bass!!! Would love to see future Strandberg basses in pastel colors!

where do you adjust the truss rod.

sounds good～alien's looks nice!!!

As a guitar player with fan fret experience looking at basses the "traditional" fingering for some chord shapes are less effective depending on where on the neck you're playing. I have yet to try playing chords on a bass but I wouldn't be surprised if that minor 7th voicing you were struggling with would be easier to play entirely inverted as in index on G, middle on D, and ring on E.

I like Peavey Cirrus it's also very light.

The B string is LOVE 11:17

I couldn't tell from the video but I wondered whether the strings were clamped at the "head" end, because if they're double ball ended like the Steinbergers, you'd be limited in choice to the manufacturer's range, but if they're clamped, you could use any. That aside, really good and engaging demo, Julia. If you like 'em light, you wouldn't be too keen on my current favourite bass: a Peavey 5 string Grind bass - it's a real neck-bender, weight wise. I might just have to hollow out the back with a router. 😱

Very good review

I like the shape of this bass.

I've been watching the Boden Prog 5 String for a while as they are out of stock, Im dying to get one.

I've had a hard time getting one of these (at a normal price) for this past year. I guess I'm too lazy to order one and just wait for them to be in stock to get one. I finally got my hands on one and it comes Friday. I'm a .strandberg* nutcase and this will be my 4th instrument from them.

How do you tune those?

How do you tune that bass?

I WANT ONE NOW , THANKS JULIA

I didn't know ya were from Autria, I searched that ur official language is German!!! Ya've got a beautiful accent I thought ya were English actually!!! I hope I could visit ur country any day!! 💞💞

wonderful congratulations, how cool bass, and you are a great bassist

It sounds great, but what's the purpose of the fan frets?

When is the frender bass expected?

Great crafted Basses!!...sound fine but l’ll bet require special care to keep’em in top playing condition...😒✨🎸I also wonder if those Strandberg Bridges can be used to replace the ol’ Stineberg Bass bridges???....🤔✨🎶🎸

I'm really excited to see the Harley Benton's affordable version of this bass ! It's wonderful but a little bit expensive ...

really interesting bass , but every demo ive seen of it online the low B is buzzing thru the amp

i love it

Beautiful bass, but if they were cheaper I’d honestly consider it. But for something like this, your investing for a unique sound (which you could with with literally any other bass) and just the added comfort of a headless.

I own the prog 4 string and she is totally right, it is an incredible instrument. What she missed about these basses is the push pull knob that allows you to switch from active to passive mode. It allows for an amazing tonal range for the instrument. Great review!

Check out S. Martyn custom basses from Brazil they are very light and amazing too.....

I would say Prog5, and yes I do love the shape.

Cool design with great electronics.

Okay, i have some issues with the statement that the Strandberg is "much" smaller than the P-Bass. If you compare the fret board, it is way larger than the P-Basses'. This makes the overall difference in size just about 10cm...

Which is the best 5 string for more Latin and jazz

I’d be curious to hear how these stack up against the new Ibanez EHB models, which are a fraction of the price.

I liked the Prog 4...!!!

This is great

Great video! I’d go with the 5 string, but I can’t justify the price since I’m not a pro. I get cheaper basses and put nordstrand pickups in them

I totally dig the design aesthetic of Stranberg's guitars and basses. That so many other builders default to variations on the Fender design for their products show a lack of innovation and confidence. Does the fanned fret provide tonal string balance on the 5 string model? Many basses are thin on the G string, and lack articulation on the B string. Its hard to tell on this video, so I would like to hear how someone who has played this instrument (preferably in the context of a band) perceives this instrument's tonal balance.

Espetacular!

I want the Prog 5. I love the body also.

Nice bass What is supposed to be the advantage of having the slanted frets ?

Great demo. Thanks so much. Great concept and sound. However for an Indonesian built instrument the pricepoint of any Boden bass is just ridiculous and leaves me puzzled.

Are those pickups the same size as EMG 40hz.

I've been salivating over a Boden Bass for a minute, but it'll take some time until I can afford it...

Very similar to the new ibanez headless ones that were at namm this year (2020)

How much does the “Light “ bass weigh?

Love your review, but the darkglass preamp has no high knob, its low, low mids and high mids.