Steinberger Guitars GT-Pro Deluxe BK

Nagyon jó gitár, kis helyen elfér.
A tremoló jól tartja a hangolást. a humbuckereknek szép hangja van. Kinézetre aktív pickupnak tűnnek, de valójában ezek passzív pickupok.
A közpéső single coil-t feleslegesnek érzem. Hangerőben rendesen alulmúlja a két humbuckert. Így nem is használom. Double ball húrokat lehet csak rárakni, de ez áthidalható, ha ebay-en veszünk hozzá egy kiegészítőt. Gyakorlatilag a nyak végén lévő húrlábat kell lecserélni. Pár ezer ft-os cucc. Olvastam valamelyik fórumon, hogy rossz minőségű gitárokat gyárt a Steinberger, de szeritnem ez csak a régi Kínában gyártott szériákra igaz. Az újakat már Indonéziában gyártják, sokkal jobb minőségben.
A gyári setup egyébként kicsit magas húrokkal érkezett, de ez beállítható.

Első sorban azèrt vàlasztottam a Steinbergert, mert kis mèrete miatt, könnyen tudom szàllítani. Csak felkapom ès viszem magammal "mindenhova".

Elkèpesztően kènyelmes, hogy se feje, se teste nincs a gitàrnak. Minden olyan dolgot lefaragtak róla ami felesleges. Akàr egy kènyelmes fotelben is elfèr az ember ölében.

A húrok kissè magasan voltak, de egy szakember segített beàllítani mind a húrmagassàgot mind az oktàvokat. Mindenkèpp èrdemes elvinni beàllítatni egy szervízben mert sokkal kènyelmesebb lett a hasznàlata a beàllítàs utàn.

Összeségèben nagyon szeretem ezt a gitàrt és bàr az én pènztàrcàmhoz mèrve elèg dràga volt, mègis úgy gondolom megèrte az àràt. Abban a nem várt esetben, ha összetörne vagy tönkremenne, újból ezt a tipust válsztanám.

Wow, what a great instrument, almost like a "concept" guitar! Two hum-bucking pickups sound fantastic. There is one single coil pickup which is only alright and the five-way switch (middle position is the single-coil only, which is a bit unexpected) and two controls (one is master volume and one is master tone, perhaps two for each would have been nicer, but given the small size of the guitar, I can understand why they didn't provide the two other ones). This bridge and the tremolo system are very unusual, yet very very good and useful (you can fix the brind and release it in order to use the tremolo, as you wish, with very little effect on the guitar's tuning, if any you can also retune your strings all at once using the bridge lift screw). It's probably one of the best and most stable tremolo systems out there on the market once you get used to it, in fact. Tuning the strings individually can sometimes be a bit more difficult, due to the orientation of the tuners and their size, they are a bit hard to turn. They guitar is well-built, very nicely balanced in terms of weight and doesn't feel too small. It's fantastic for traveling, playing around and even for beginners and well worth the price!

I bought this because I needed a small, lightweight backup guitar for gigs. Unfortunately, it's not really suitable for gigging, but as a travel guitar or something to keep next to the sofa to noodle around on, it's a great buy.

The guitar arrived in good condition and was set up well (the action was a tad high for my liking but it was easy to adjust). The intonation was good and there were no sharp fret edges. The neck width is very small at the nut so, if you have large hands, chords may feel a little cramped down there. Personally, I don't have an issue with this and find the neck quite comfortable to play.

Despite not having the carbon fibre neck of the original Steinbergers, the guitar holds its tune very well, however, when you do need to make tuning adjustments, the compromises that needed to be made to get the guitar into the 250-300 price bracket become clear. The tuners are really bad! They are difficult to turn (especially with the tension on the low E string) and the gearing seems a little imprecise, making it easy to over/under shoot the pitch you're going for. To make headless guitars work, you really need good quality materials for the bridge/tuners, which this guitar does not have. Having said that, the tuners are functional and are adequate for situations where there aren't fluctuations in temperature and you don't need to tune-up in a hurry!

Materials aside, the design of the trem system is fantastic: it's easy to adjust and the ability to lock the trem, turning it into a hard-tail, is a great feature. It does not have the ability to drop-tune like the original, but it is a great system and you can divebomb to your heart's content without affecting the tuning too much.

The pickups are ok and the switches and knobs feel good, with no hums, pops or crackles. There is a very noticeable volume change when switching between pickups, which can be mitigated by changing the pickup height, but it would have been good to have a better balanced set installed.

The position of the volume knob is very close to the strings and for my playing style, it really gets in the way and is a bit annoying to keep hitting off it. For other players, this won't be an issue but it might be something to consider.

All in all, it's a solid little inexpensive guitar, it's just let down by the fact it can't easily be tuned. I played it at a couple of gigs, and it was quite stress-inducing when the tuning started to wander. I have decided to keep it around as a convenient practice instrument and will gladly chuck it in a suitcase next time I go on holiday.