Steinberger Club

[Bergerman]

I thought about it a lot and searched the entire internet with no luck, and ended up assembling the HeadlessUSA string jaws with the thrust washer sammich intervening the knobs and bridge body. I lubricated the screw with a moly paste grease. The jaws extend just far enough to insert the ball ends without separating from the screws. The tuning knobs now turn relatively easily with no herky-jerky stops.
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That’s exactly how I did mine…so it must be correct

 

[Chickenwheels]

I’d be interested in trading an L2 for a 5 string Steinberger. PM me if interested.

 

[bnt]

I’m surprised nobody has shared this

That looks like a bass version of the Phin guitar that NS has designed with Sankuer Composite Technologies, as seen in this article:

 

[Bergerman]

I don’t normally name any of my basses, but it made sense to dub these “Yin” and ‘Yang”

 

[Upfromthesky]

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/ned-steinbergers-newest-bass-creation.1641069/

Here is a post about my visit with Ned Steinberger to check out his newest bass. Fanned frets, 6 strings and amazing!

 

[jglunt]

I bought my first Steinberger bass used in about 1992 or '93. It's the white 1988 XL-2 pictured below. Which brings me to this question--something I should have learned the answer to long ago. What is the difference (or differences?) between an L2 and n XL2?

 

[bungalowbill]

There are quite a few differences. I took some photos a while ago for reference. There are more differences, but these photos show the most obvious ones.

There's some good information here:
L Series

L2 (left) and XL2 (right)
L2 Bridge
XL2 Bridge

 

[jglunt]

Thank you @bungalowbill. I just noticed that I forgot to post the promised pic of my XL-2. Here is is, better late than never:

 

[bungalowbill]

Very nice!

There are lots of little differences, even among XL-2s. Mine is a very early one (transitional), with the removable leg rest. On yours, there are different knobs, a textured pivot, and a flip down leg rest.

 

[jglunt]

That makes me wonder what the "x" In XL-2 stands for.

 

[Chickenwheels]

That makes me wonder what the "x" In XL-2 stands for.

X stands for bass afaik.

 

[jglunt]

X stands for bass afaik.

Okay. I'll bite...what does "afaik" stand for?

 

[jglunt]

Okay. I'll bite...what does "afaik" stand for?

Dagnabbit! As soon as I sent that post, I figured it out.

 

[BergerXL25]

Thought it was going to be NBD today, but instead it was just the new 'berger hard case from Gibson.

 

[jglunt]

Thought it was going to be NBD today, but instead it was just the new 'berger hard case from Gibson.

Was the actual bass just an option that you forgot to click?

 

[BergerXL25]

Was the actual bass just an option that you forgot to click?

No, it will be here tomorrow. They drop shipped the case from Nashville.

 

[EdO.]

Thought it was going to be NBD today, but instead it was just the new 'berger hard case from Gibson.

Pricing? Link?

 

[Bergerman]

Pricing? Link?

Yes…inquiring minds want to know!

 

[Gabu]

Are spirits ok here? I don't remember if I posted here before. But After going wild on my newer P-bass for a while, I recently started missing my Steinberger. Mine is the wooden one though, bought from MusicYo.com. I took this duder all over California. Now, I'm running all over the house with it, menacing the wife and kids with my bad, though "spirited" bass playing.

 

[Rootzilla]

I soldered in an HBCS that was intended for plug connections. Easy. But that was an XP. I don't know if it's as easy to do with the other models.

If I wanted to change both PU's (have a passive XP2 that I'd like to turn active), would it be easiest to just drop in the entire EMG plug-connected system, output jack and battery connections and all?