The BEST or WORST Guitar You've Ever Seen | .Strandberg* Sälen Classic NX 6 Tremolo Review 

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Yoooo the solo was fire man!!!! You’ve really stepped up your playing in these months, I just love the production behind demos, and your playing is just flawless Julian from Italy 🇮🇹

Toast!! Ha love it. Good to hear strandbergs are helping your hands. I’m still fighting off tingling/pain from also being a desk jockey. Over i get that sorted i am definitely getting boden originally nx 7! Thing is beautiful to play.

Mate so good to see you back, hope you had a good break away. You’re the best reviewer by far and every bit of constructive advice you give to the manufactures are spot on and I really hope they notice the channel at some point to take note… don’t play yourself down you’re totally sick and have got all the skill and passion to become Strandberg endorsed.

Astounding video dude! Well done!

Awesome video my dude! The toast comment had me laughing again. 🤣

This is tempting me to try them out, knowing full well that I'll never be able to afford them any time soon. MUST. RESIST. THE. TEMPTATION! That aside, welcome back, dude, hope you had a fantastic vacation. Nice to see a familiar shape but in a modern style and configuration.

Fantastic video. I have a new (actually used, but very little) Boden Standard NX6 and I love her, but I can relate to your point about the 'elitism' of the brand. It is the opposite of another brand I love, Solar, that is very down-to-earth and centered on having fun by playing. Looking forward to your next video on the subject!

Very nice guitar! I think your point on the company and the insane players they have is legit. I also wouldn’t let that stop anyone from buying one if anyone is reading this. These things rock when playing at a desk too. Great video!!

I just bought my first Strandberg and i absolutely love it. In my humble opinion, i dont feel intimidated or unworthy of playing these guitars. When you listen to guitarists like Vai, Satriani, EVH, Nuno Bettencourt and Zakk Wylde all your life you understand you may never hit their technical level but thats ok, you are on your own musical journey and play for the love of it. My only feedback to Strandberg is they need to branch out to more players outside of the metal and Prog worlds, the Boden Essential will help to expose the brand more to players eho have never considered Strandberg guitars or been able to afford them but the company could look at other music genres to expand the range of players using their instruments. As a lefty I'd love to see more left handed options like 7 string bodens, salens and Essentials introduced but thats just me. I hope Strandberg continue to keep growing. And Jack keep up the good work on your channel

I haven’t played this one yet but it’s my favorite strandberg visually and conceptually. Sounds like the pickups I’d also like. Side note: you are the king of b roll.

Great playing and nice review! I was a little shocked when you said that people hate this T-Style shape, because its the first headless that i actually like. Ive never been into headless guitars and Strat Style guitars are not my favouites too, but when i saw that T-shape in Plinis Videos i got a little GAS. Hope to have a chance to check one out one day as these seem to be perfect for practicing, travelling and so on. But the prices are ridicoulos. Ok on the other hand, if im looking at Musicman pricing.......

What you mentioned about the unrelatability of Strandberg as a brand is something I had felt in the past, and since then I have owned seven Strandbergs over the years and currently still own a few. I think what they're striving for is aspirational, so in that context, it really works. Passionate creatives all aspire to excel at and master what they love, so aspiration plays a huge part in their motivation. Regardless if you will ever attain the knowledge and skill and artistic sensibility you desire, you'll keep striving to be better--that's just how creative people are by default.

Great video! I appreciate your honest opinions. I am wading into the headless, multiscale world for the same reasons as you - ergonomics. I had to stop gigging almost 15 years ago due to joint and muscle issues. I bought a headless bass on a whim one day, and it was night-and-day. I was reluctant to try a headless guitar because of the looks. Strandberg, and now the many clones, have resolved that issue. These are great looking guitars. Now I just need to settle on brand and configuration. After that, many of my traditional shape guitars will be for sale.

i have been playing most stlyes for over 50 years, many guitar brands, lead guitar in 4 bands now that I'm retired and I love my older boden, (it came with a nice set of tools), and my beautiful red Salen. The true wonder of Strandberg for me, is the neck when enables you to place your hand around it more naturally than "normal" necks. You can play with you thumb and the rest of your hand in whatever classical, blues or lazy position you want and play for days rather than hours. The only other guitars I play have scalloped fretboards which are extremely easy to play also, in their own unique way. Thanks for honest review of a true guitar inovation.

Gotta agree about the little tool. It’s neat but I bought metal replacements. That plastic just doesn’t hold up. They need to scrap that as it brings down the brand. That said, this is the most comfy guitar I ever played. Whether practicing on the couch, at the computer, or standing up. And it feels good to play. You can change the pups not a ton else. I don’t care who else plays this guitar. It helps me play better, more, longer.

My next guitar. PERIOD!

Welcome back, bro! Damn that guitar is gorgeous! 😮 It's exciting to see a Strandberg with a whammy bar woo! 😆 the Tele bread 🍞 joke has got me too. For anyone wondering, Strandbergs are the best guitars I've ever played. Only next to Ibanez Quest and high-level Charvel and ESP guitars. A lot of people have no idea how helpful an ergonomic guitar is for your body, and for me it has reduced most tension and keeps my back, shoulders and arms healthy. The EndurNeck is genius ! I hope your time off helped, man :)! The Multitool is an absolute joke, damn it Ola 😂. They need to fix that. I hope they'll replace your tool. Listening to your playing, and I can hear you've been practising your phrasing and composition ! Damn , that's some smooth and buttery soloing. Dude!! The main riff is awesome, too ! I love the sound of the guitar . Yes! I do love the Fishman pickups on my Strandberg but I'm keen to try the models without active pickups too . But I think I've become addicted to active pickups because they have a lot of output and they sound freaking awesome. I can't stand how the brand Strandberg is so elitist and I agree with you 100 percemt bro. It gives me the shits that on Instagram, Strandberg is soley focused on insanely skilled guitarists. I mean, yeah, that's cool, but there's a lot of musicians who just don't want to be a virtuoso. I consider myself a decent guitarist but I do feel a bit unconnected to the Strandberg brand too. And I actually do not like the social media presence of Strandberg and the fact that they do not send that many guitars to Australia. Also, the markup of their guitars in Australia 🇦🇺 is freaking ridiculous. They start at around 3,000 dollars, and that is totally unaffordable unless you're rich. Anyway i just wanted to share that. I Love my boden 7 string but I'm more likely to pickup another Ibanez Quest and spend a bit more on installing either bareknuckle pickups, fishman or something active. Ibanez quest are about 1,500 which is much more affordable. I mean, okay it doesn't have an EndurNeck, the pickups are awesome but not ideal . But all in all they are high quality guitars that actually feel like they should be well over 2,000 dollars to me.

IS hard to imagine a true musician that would dislike this instrument, pickups can be replaced to taste

Bro, your final thoughts are exactly how I feel. I own an older version of the Boden Standard and it's the best guitar I have, and I tried to learn Papelillo by Plini just to end up feeling extremely discouraged (I'm as self aware as you are, and I know it's not the guitar's fault). I even feel like I play better since I've corrected many posture and fretting mistakes (I no longer do the Jimi Hendrix thing of playing the bass note with my thumb) and it's way more comfortable to play both sitting down (because of the ergonomics) and standing up (because of the weight). The Boden literally made me sell half of my arsenal since it can do so much. Everytime I see a Strandberg demo, its some polyrythmic, ultra proggy metal and it bums me out to feel like I don't deserve to have a guitar like that one. On the other hand, it's funny to sit and play some Metallica or Muse on it.

Perfect size for small studio and double couch 😅🤘

Thats my next guitar, being in the waiting list for more than 6 months ...

I am on the waiting list for his exact model when it comes back into stock.Wont be my first Strandberg [9]

hello! I've been eyeing this guitar myself for a few weeks and wanted to hear your opinion: while you said the pickups weren't to your specific tastes, I am primarily drawn to fusion and mid-gain tones with the occasional venture into more intense metal territory. I love a pickup that feels touch responsive at middle gain tones ie, pick lightly and it cleans up, pick more intensely and it starts to get a bit grittier. Would you say the stock ones on this guitar fit that description? Thank you also for doing such a thorough review on this instrument, and I really dig your more metal-infused playing style. Cheers from the States!

Interesting review. You could have played clean tones, demoing all the configurations.... Ah well, you know what you like. I think I'll buy one!!!

I love it. I'd swap for the brushed-metal Fluence aesthetic though

How are they at holding drop tunings?

Not really into headless guitars but that one looks pretty good I'd have to play a stranberg before buying due to the neck never played one and id rather see if i like it or not first

I love the toast line 😅

Mid heavy? I mean, for metal, its kinda the point? Cuts through the mix? It's fun to turn every dial up to 11 and scoop the mids but to me it goes against best practices for leaving plenty of room for bass and drums and vocals

I had to quit jits, wrecked my little fingers. Currently have a Q series and the ergonomics on headless guitars is second to none, can only imagine Strandbergg are even nicer!

for this kind of guitar design they should have tried 3-way instead of their typical 5-way switch

Not a fan of Strandberg guitars. As i've said on a previous video i hate headless guitars but i'm happy you like them. Also i can totally sympathise with you injury situation. I spent the vast majority of my 20's learning Ju-Jitsu, Judo & Karate. Jean Claude Van Damme & Steven Segal movies have a lot to answer for lol but now that i'm in my 50's it's come back to haunt me. My neck & right shoulder & lower back are banjaxed & require careful management. Luckily the guitar strap goes on the left shoulder. I only recently started to learn to play despite it being something i've wanted to do since my teens, if you find that time machine could you drop me off in 1985 lol.

Strandbergs have no thumb access...for no reason...? I love mine, but think I'm gonna make a new SOLID body...move the vol too...and that horrible output jack. Feels too much like a strat body...no room, stings too high off face, ergonomic issues. No p/u rings, hit it all the time...silly stuff. Fixable though. Currently the options are weak, but if they just wanted to....