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Steinberger Club
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You mean this?Its the one bass Ill probably never sell. I build my own Rics these days, but CF construction is a whole other skillset. If you want to see a truly amazing build, check out the home-built XL bass by @MPU . I dont have a link, but if he sees i flagged him, maybe he'll post one.He's doing a carbon fiber wrap on a custum "Q" shaped Steinberger body build now.
Winter 2017 build off- carbon headless bass
I just re-read the whole thread, highly recommended for anyone who owns an XL style bass to see the level of craft required to build in these materials. Ned used different techniques more suited to factory production, but you can see why they were expensive to build originally.
They were very labor intensive, which made them expensive then (and way out of my reach). That's why you won't see any more and existing ones continue to climb in price.
Superb basses, but I really miss the pivot plate.
well, i did it... and it's awesome....
What do folks on here think of this model? I've never owned a Steinberger but this is tempting... is this the "better" XQ version? It's apparently lighter than the earlier v1 model and it looks mint but that's all I can tell. I asked the vendor if it has a truss rod.
Update: it does have a truss rod.
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There are no truss rods on any Steinberger models that have graphite necks.
I prefer this design to the older Q models, and honestly, the XQ is my favorite of all the bolt-on models. But I've never owned anything except the L-2 and XL-2, so take my opinion with a grain of salt...
I prefer this design to the older Q models, and honestly, the XQ is my favorite of all the bolt-on models. But I've never owned anything except the L-2 and XL-2, so take my opinion with a grain of salt...
Oh… I was under the impression from my reading that this did have a graphite neck but also the truss rod which was supposedly a nice extra feature to allow for added adjustment. No? Is this actually a wooden neck?
The XQ has a graphite neck, but there is no truss rod as far as I know.
There's nothing in the ad mentioning a truss rod?
There's nothing in the ad mentioning a truss rod?
It didn't but I wrote to him and he said it does have one. It looks like this generation of XQ (most likely it's a XQ-2A) has a graphite neck with a truss rod. For example... this post...
SOLD - FS: USA STEINBERGER XQ-2A 4 String Bass with case and string adapter
This is not entirely correct. Steinbergers made between 1981 and 1998 (Brooklyn, Newburgh and Nashville era) do not have a truss rod. Those Steinbergers made during the Music Yo era (2002-2008) do have a truss rod, and the composite necks were made by Moses Graphite for Steinberger. The XQ2 bass discussed here is such a model.
Yep, this is the model I asked about a few weeks ago, because it has differences from my '94 XQ2.
see this post
see this post
I've seen a few non-Spirit basses with different style jaws, not the rounded type but square. What's going on here? Is this original equipment?
Images from: STEINBERGER 1988 XL-2A-BLACK- Used Electric Bass | eBay
Images from: STEINBERGER 1988 XL-2A-BLACK- Used Electric Bass | eBay
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No, not original. Only the 5-string wide bridge had square jaws, all others were rounded.
I have a related question - anyone used a double ball flat wound string set on a Steinberger X-2 (Korean)? What did you use and would you recommend them? I've seen some folks say some sets (e.g., Rotosound) were not long enough. I'd like to avoid that problem. Thanks
