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GAD

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I know this isn't many of what you would call desirable, but I have always wanted one of these and yellow is just crazy rare.

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The best part? It's only $11,000!

And no, there will not be a review. Even I wouldn't spend that much money on a hollow plastic guitar. OK, it's graphite/carbon fiber, but yeesh.

I still want it, though.
 

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Also I'd love to design and 3D print one but the plastics involved simply would not support the tension of the strings. That's why they were graphite/carbon in the first place.
 

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Oh, that's cool! Why so expensive? Are these rare?

walrus
 

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Saw two of these last night... on Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
 

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Oh, that's cool! Why so expensive? Are these rare?

walrus

There's a storied history of Steinberger guitars, and the vast majority of the "Steinbergers" out there are the much cheaper import Spirit models. The original US-made graphite/carbon models are quite valuable, easily fetching thousands when not in near-mint condition.
 

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The thing that bugs me about them is that they require special strings with a ball on both ends. It seems they could have figured out how to clamp regular strings at the bridge end. Otherwise, I could see headless guitars as a reasonable option.
 

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The thing that bugs me about them is that they require special strings with a ball on both ends. It seems they could have figured out how to clamp regular strings at the bridge end. Otherwise, I could see headless guitars as a reasonable option.

Many modern headless guitars do almost exactly that for exactly that reason. I need the pain of the original to get my '80s on.
 

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I got mine back when the folks who bought 'em in the '80s were getting rid of 'em. :giggle: It's a black GL4T (SSH config as in GAD's pic) but came with a replacement top that I guess would turn it into a GL3T (three single coils). Bought a bunch of LaBella double-ball string packs at the time, most of which I still have. Great travel guitar…it's been all over the globe with me.

-Dave-
 

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I used to have the first version of Steinberger guitar - non vibrato. It might still reside somewhere in my circles - have to ask.
 

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last i checked they were closer to 4K than 11K...but that was a while ago.

it has that "trans trem" that locks in both a half-step up, and a half-step down. There's a few Van Halen songs that can *only be played on that exact guitar* (one of them is Summer Nights)- Eddie is a big reason for todays high dollar value on the originals. From what i've gathered, all import and imitation models are basically useless.

 

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Man I had off brand one years ago i should never had sold it . I loved that thing . Lol
 

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Last person I saw playing one of those was Terry Christoffersen. At Buck Owens Crystal Palace. Maybe around 2005
 
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