Steinberger Spirits - Quality Guitars?

barry maginn · #1 04-29-2002, 01:26 PM

i was looking through the mucisyo site, as i am interested in getting a bass. *i was going to get a dean or warwick, but love the look of Steinbergers. *i cant afford a real one, but am quite impressed by the spirit range, they even have EMGs i think, and they are so cheap.
does anyone know if they are any good, i would love a steinberger, i even saw a guitar, bass doubleneck,how cool would that be, doing a billy sheehan and steve vai at the same time.

JESTER700 · #2 04-29-2002, 04:26 PM

I suspect the EMGs are "selects" - crappy passive pups for cheap guitars.

These are NOT your father's Steinberger. *Nowhere near it - more like the old Hohner copies. *Personally, I'd look at them as second guitars or travel guitars. *Not made to be a person's main axe. *But then, people HAVE chosen cruddy axes as main players before, so what do I know?

barry maginn · #3 04-29-2002, 04:55 PM

i thought it was to good to be true. *there must be somewere to find proper steinbergers then, i used an internet search, and all it could come up with was ed roman yapping about how it is hard for him to find stienbergers, what is that guys problem, i have never known of him before, but he seems to have a real problem.

**jono** · #4 04-29-2002, 05:45 PM

There's loads of stuff about Mr Roman on the forum, do a search and read up all about him. Or visit Harmony Central Forum for the Leprechaun caricatures

Read, but imho don't buy.

ibanez otaku · #5 04-29-2002, 07:09 PM

The proof's easy to see out there on **** - any post buyout Steinberger goes for pennies, where the pre buyouts still shift for decent money. The world of corporate acquisitions shafts the consumer once more! Yay! :thumbsup:

I looked into it during my Garsed & Helmerich phase but decided that, Steinberger or not, I was never going to develop enough fingers to sound like them.

Gray

barry maginn · #6 04-29-2002, 08:07 PM

i checked out ed's site, he really hates ibanez, bit of a racist if u ask me, but he seems to have loadsof guitars for some nice prices, why do u advice not *to buy frrom him? *
this whole thing is a bit wierd to me, i have never heard of this guy till today, but every one hates hm,

YJM · #7 04-29-2002, 11:48 PM

Guys, you might want to check out some of these models (which are available in Japan - dunno about US, though):

http://www.rockinn.co.jp/maniac/steinberger/index.html

Their prices seem very reasonable. Trouble is, the shop doesn't ship outside of Japan. I might ask Ishibashi if they stock Spirits. I believe they do.

-Bill

Anonymous · #8 04-29-2002, 11:59 PM

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barry maginn on 7:07 pm on April 29, 2002
i checked out ed's site, he really hates ibanez, bit of a racist if u ask me, but he seems to have loadsof guitars for some nice prices, why do u advice not *to buy frrom him? *
this whole thing is a bit wierd to me, i have never heard of this guy till today, but every one hates hm,

do a search in the forum. in short, the guy is an a$$hole and treats his customers like ****. noone really understands him. but that's for another thread