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“The pickups are so often the Achilles heel of more affordable guitars, and that’s no different here”: Cort Space G6MS review

Cort has been making headless guitars for Strandberg for years, so has its learning translated into a must-have budget axe, or is there work to be done?

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“My only frustrations are with its unstable tuning, which dampens an otherwise fantastic playing experience”: Cort Space G6TR review

Cort's well-spec'd Strandberg rival capitalizes on the headless guitar renaissance, but it's not without its flaws

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“Venture into a world of alternate tunings and non-guitar sounds to break new musical ground”: Strandberg collaborates with Jamstik for the Chameleon – an ergonomic, software-controlling MIDI guitar

An ergonomic-focused Starndberg at its core, it comes loaded with a high-performance MIDI pickup for a new world of sounds

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“The ultimate modern headless guitar”? Donner’s $330 ergonomic headless build seeks to undercut Strandberg and Ibanez

Boasting an HSS pickup configuration and an asymmetrical neck profile, the HLX-500 could be the new entry level headless guitar to beat

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“The Stratocaster has been around for 70 years and it’s perfect. Now we come along and say, ‘You’re wrong!’ They don’t like it”: True Temperament wants to disrupt an industry built on heritage, but do its necks actually fix the guitar’s biggest flaw?

Crooked frets, designed to solve the instrument’s biggest intonation issues, have won over some big-name players (even if they’re keeping quiet about it). Is it a revolution or just a fad?

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Platinum Award-winners, forward-thinkers and new classics from our favourite guitars, amps, effects, plugins, bass gear and more

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“That’s the last barrier we have to tear down”: The one thing stopping headless guitars being embraced by traditional players, according to Ola Strandberg

Strandberg instruments have been pigeonholed as metal guitars, but the company wants guitarists to realize they aren't just for prog players

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“It’s taken 3 years, but a more affordable spin-off of one of the 21st century’s most advanced guitar designs has finally landed”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the most extravagant acoustic you will see all year

A $99,999 SJ-200, two Randy Rhoads tributes, and some visionary electrics from Ibanez – here are all the gear launches that you might have missed from the past seven days

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“My father was a big Pat Metheny fan – hearing him started to make me obsessed with the idea of playing music”: Berklee-educated and endorsed by Strandberg, meet Camilla Sperati – the fusion phenom hand-picked to open for Steve Vai

Is Sperati the next big name in fusion? Here she discusses moving to America (maybe), why she loves digital amps, and life as an educator

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“Aggressive cutaways, an ultra-thin body, and extreme arm bend”: Kiesel launches the Kyber – a futuristic metal guitar that’s its answer to Strandberg and Abasi Concepts offerings

With a seriously lightweight and almost paper-thin design, the customizable axe puts modern needs at its core – and it's reasonably priced too

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“I think people are cottoning on to the fact that it’s just a good idea”: Why are so many players turning to headless guitars? We asked Plini, one of the biggest names in the game, to find out

Ibanez, Kiesel, Schecter and Strandberg are all flying the flag for headless electrics, which have reached an unprecedented level of popularity in recent years

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“I was impressed how the DNAfx stood up against my bandmate’s Kemper”: Can a budget Harley Benton prog metal rig rival a Strandberg and Kemper? I took both to a rehearsal room to find out

As the budget gear market continues to make strides, I pitched my high-end live rig against the cheapest alternative rig to see if the 94% price difference is justified

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“This unique model captures Jacob’s boundary-pushing musicality”: Jacob Collier’s wild five-string Strandberg signature, the JC Djesse, has finally hit the market – and it’s been joined by a six-string option

Melding Strandberg’s ergonomic headless guitar designs with Collier’s perception challenging D A E A D tuning, the guitar is one of the most intriguing guitar concepts in years

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“You could write your own Stairway to Heaven on an instrument like this”: The hottest guitar gear launches of 2024 – from Wolfgang Van Halen’s long-awaited semi-hollow signature to UAFX’s Dumble-in-a-pedal

There was an onslaught of new guitar products released over the past 12 months. Here are the ones that had us all talking (and checking our bank balance)

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“A new model as limitless as the artist with whom it was created”: Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess has a new signature guitar – and it’s a stunning Sustainiac-loaded Strandberg

The Boden JR Sorcerer is a limited edition release, loaded with signature Strandberg flourishes, a Sustainiac humbucker, and inlays designed by Mr. Fastfinger

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"This might be the most affordable guitar from Strandberg, but you wouldn’t notice": Strandberg Boden Essential review

Want to get into the headless game but are wary of spending big? Strandberg just might have the gateway drug for you

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“Dependability and durability baked in”: Cort takes a leaf out of Strandberg’s book and begins its True Temperament experiments with the KX700 TT

With looks to kill – and tuning and intonation that promises to withstand even the most aggressive of play styles – Cort’s new high-end model drags the innovative fret design to a slightly more accessible price point

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“Unparalleled playability with a fuller, more robust metal tone”: Strandberg extends its Boden Metal lineup with new finishes – and a series-first spec

The innovative Swedish luthier brings some new hardware and suitably spooky colorways to the series for the first time

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Ibanez doubles down on its quest to conquer the headless guitar market with four of its best-looking Q Series models to date

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“The first thing they’ll try and do is make one of the six-string guitar shapes work. It's a car crash!” Jacob Collier on how his 5-string signature Strandberg guitar is forcing guitarists to rethink their approach to playing

Collier sees his off-kilter five-string setup as a vehicle for guitarists to push beyond their limits

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“This 5-string electric guitar is a literal dream of mine”: Strandberg launches Jacob Collier signature model – headless and tuned to DAEAD, it’s like nothing we’ve seen before

Collier's Boden JC 5 Djesse is accompanied by a six-string in standard tuning, but there is nothing standard about these banana yellow limited edition Strandbergs

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“Asuser-friendly as a guitar can get”: Strandberg Boden Essential review

The groundbreaking sound and feel of Strandberg's future-forward guitar designs arrives at a price more of us can manage, but does this craft translate to a more affordable instrument? You bet

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5-string Strandbergs and 11-minute djent epics: this week's essential guitar tracks

New face-melters from Jacob Collier, Tesseract, Cherry Glazerr, Dan Auerbach, Demi Lovato + Slash, Svalbard and many more

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Plini’s new signature Strandberg Sälen is here and it pairs “super-twangy single-coil neck sounds” with high-gain muscle at the bridge

The Australian prog maestro says the future-forward six-string is everything he wants in a guitar, and is the first Sälen to be equipped with a whammy bar

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Plini's new single-cut signature Strandberg has arrived – and it is seriously sleek

The ultra-ergonomic axe is a refurbed take on the Swedish brand's Sälen Jazz, bringing some Plini-approved prog flair to proceedings

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