Strandberg Sälen (Over a Year Later) Review
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Here it is..... My over a year later (second) Strandberg Salen review and demo video. ...lots of interesting things in this one, enjoy.
I created a guide for helping you with setting up your guitar for tapping
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So I created a guide for helping you with setting up your guitar for tapping
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I keep trying your store for the instructional book but says it don't exist nomo
@@Alfreds.Romero It is a zen joke...
I don't care how good the guitar is, it's nothing compared to your playing. This video was a real treat to watch. You've managed to reach up into the ~1% of top players on this planet. That's quite an accomplishment and I know it's been a ton of work. Congratulations, you are an incredible guitarist and what I aspire to be. Cheers!
👋😊... The way you actually coax notes out does make a big difference...
Somebody stick this to Ola Strandberg, pay this woman top Dollar!
came for the review and stayed for the incredible playing. GODDAM... you are an sick player, keep it up!!!
You seriously deserve an own custom guitar-you are in line with the most modern guitarists of our times!
Thanks, .. it's totally not up to me, we'll see what happens I guess,
I just discovered you! Your playing is amazing!
Thnx
Hands down my favorite player on UA-cam. In IMHO the best player I’ve heard on UA-cam. You sound incredible, Very inspiring!
Thanks, so nice
I’ll second that motion, only just discovered you on here too and simply gobsmacked with how versatile and virtuosic your playing is. I hope Rick Beato or someone “discovers” and your music career explodes! Sharing your content far and wide. 🤘🏼
Excellent on every front!
Came for the review, LOVE the playing!! 💚
Absolutely amazing guitar player
incredible playing, great review, also your tapping technique is crazy, i'm really impressed!
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Masterful guitar playing.
Unbelievable playing. I've been salivating about this guitar for a year, but when I hear it played like that, well! Thank you so much!
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I can imagine the deception... buy a strandberg guitar... play it... and 5 minute later, realise you don't sound like Tori Slusher LOL
that two handed tapping is beautyful
This is beautifully outstanding....never heard anyone with as much Holdsworth in their soul....
So all my life I used a Strat and a 335, mostly for jazzy blues, but recently I found that I am crippled with all sorts of back pains after a 2 hr gig. I decided to take a chance on Sälen Jazz and love the weight. However I also love the things I was worried about before the purchase: the weird body shape, the fanned frets (no issue at all), Enduro neck (I don't get cramps anymore!), headless neck (sustain!), superb intonation (plays weird chords high up the neck cleanly!), insanely low action without buzzes and more. So now I also have a Classic NX6 which does my Strat tones! I just finished a complex 3 day theatre variety show in a house band with no back or finger pain!
Yeah, I think they're good guitars in more ways than one. Actually being able to stand up and play with this thing is a lot easier for me as well. I wanted I don't think I could imagine even trying to play live or even do a long practice session with the band holding something like a Les Paul, LOL.
@@TorySlusher I know, I have my beloved 1980s Yamaha SA2000S, but I'm half-crippled after an hour gig... Mind you, I'm a bit older than you! 🤣
Brilliant video, thanks! You've answered all my questions about the Strandberg (and then some). It's remarkable how well the sound just seems to 'pop' off the fingerboard. Also, this is the first video of yours I've watched, and I have to say I absolutely love your playing. Your lines and harmonic movement are beautiful and seriously musical. It's interesting that you mentioned Messiaen near the end because, earlier on, your 'legato' playing reminded me a lot of Messiaen, perhaps with a touch of Bartók. Anyway, I look forward to watching more of your videos and hearing you play. Plus, you've totally sold me on getting a Strandberg. Cheers!
There should be another strandberg review on the way, BTW
@@TorySlusher Excellent, cheers!
So refreshing to hear such a diverse player when looking for a demo, great work!
Some of the most musical and unique playing, taking what other greats have done and taking from something cliche into something that produces an entire musical palette. Superb, instant fan of your playing, it’s so melodic, when most players get technical chops they start to lose sight of creating melodic and harmonic ideas.
Thanks. I literally just try to do things that I would actually want to hear myself these days. Perhaps the tendency is to just come up with a bunch of licks that everybody will think are super cool.... Nothing wrong with that, but it kind of gets to be a bit regimented... I think a lot of people can subtly pick up on what the agenda is with a lot of players going for that highly produced type of attitude... I spent a lot of time trying to develop the cognitive or psychological side of my creative playing vs following what anybody else is doing.
A nice mixture of chops with melodic incorporation and excellent musical textures. Usually when one develops chops to the extent that you have, the musicality and the beautiful lyrical elements disappear. This is not the case in your playing.
Dirty Lead Demo ua-cam.com/video/gFI4U3_2QF0/v-deo.html
Country Licks ua-cam.com/video/gFI4U3_2QF0/v-deo.html
Slapping ua-cam.com/video/gFI4U3_2QF0/v-deo.html
Baroque style counterpoint ua-cam.com/video/gFI4U3_2QF0/v-deo.html
Isolated Lead Tones ua-cam.com/video/gFI4U3_2QF0/v-deo.html
Jazz / 2 handed / rhythm changes ua-cam.com/video/gFI4U3_2QF0/v-deo.html
Flamenco strums ua-cam.com/video/gFI4U3_2QF0/v-deo.html
Up close and personal ua-cam.com/video/gFI4U3_2QF0/v-deo.html
... And here is the first review I did on this guitar ua-cam.com/video/sdMv04EJ1f8/v-deo.html
Amazing. LOVE your jazz playing at 23:35. I have a Salen and a Boden 6 Original, which are my two favorite guitars.
excellent playing style, what a great musician ❤
Actually, a flatter fretboard radius doesn't facilitate lower string action. You can get low action if the neck is straight (not bowed) and the frets are all level but the flatter radius facilitates larger bends before fretting out as compared to a larger radius. So, if you want to bend the strings AND have lower action, a flatter fretboard is better. I think I like a 16" radius which is fairly flat but not totally. I think the compound radius idea is a compromise to try and get a comfortable chording position then get flatter as it goes up the neck toward the bridge which is going to let you do larger bends up there anyway. Larger strings also help if you want lower action since they don't vibrate as wide because they have to be tuned tighter, etc. Never heard of this brand you play but it sounds really good in the vids I watched. You play really well and some of that tapping stuff is really amazing. I can't use my picking hand to just tap like that. I'm stuck in Eddie VH mode using only my first finger of picking hand and 3 on the fretting hand. Keep rocking! Listening to the "blues" jam. I definitely hear some Greg Howe in there. You mentioned Ron Thal. He's become great on that darn 6 string. He used to be good. Man, he lost weight and now he's REAAAALLY good. People talk about Guthrie but I think Ron is definitely up there with most anyone. Anyway... very nice chops/runs/licks.
I think the general consensus is that a flat fingerboard means ....action very low + able to do bends without any fret outs.... Whereas if there's any kind of curvature you run the risk bending a string and it cuts off ...
@@TorySlusher I agree. So the end result is that you can get lower action with flatter radius without worrying about that fretting out noise if you bend say 3 or 4 frets up. My only point was that you can get the same low action on a very rounded fretboard but if you try to bend that... you will get buzz. :) I actually looked up that guitar you play and I didn't see the tele model with the pau ferro fretboard. Maybe they don't make that one anymore. I like a dark fretboard, personally. Not keen on the maple ones. thx!!
I really love your finger style approach. Really articulate and warm along with that amazing technique. So 🎶 musical!
Thanks, I originally started doing this fingerstyle lead playing, as well as the regular fingerstyle approach on electric, because I was moving between two-handed tapping and conventional playing with a pick. ... Needless to say, having to either Palm the pick or put it down or something... it's kind of a problem.
As it turns out it's like a whole other methodology of approaching the guitar in and of itself, not to mention the fact that it allows you to have more or less the same volume as the tapped note.
Playing the electric guitar with your fingers also gives you a lot more control over volume and it makes doing really weird intervallic things or even arpeggios much easier, I think. Playing lead this way, honestly, very satisfying on an aesthetic level as well. There's so many little ways you can adjust and rearticulate...
@@TorySlusher Would love if you would make a video about your right hand technique, how you developed it, how you think about it now, and any tips for aspiring players :)
Your playing is extraordinary! I read a bunch of the comments so I thought I was properly prepared, but nope still blew my mind.
Been watching a lot of reviews and honestly didn't want one until I heard YOU play one.
I'm sure they (the co) will like that 🤗😁
Fabulously informative and great playing, thanks!❤🎉
This has been some of the most incredible playing I have ever seen. You've inspired me. About 15 years ago, playing guitar was my life. However I gave up on it as a career prospect and ended up pursuing a career in a completely different field so that I could support a family. Over the years, I've gone back to playing guitar here and there, but it's one of those lost dreams. Life gets busy and I have to drop it. You've inspired me to get back into playing and make it a priority. Maybe I'm not too old yet. On a side note, you and your channel need some exposure and marketing to get seen. The world needs to see that you can play!
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I still have mine. Been about 2 and 1/2 months, have not tweaked it as much as you have. This is a Fabulous video. Your a super player in that Holdsworth rhealm.
like the embodiment of Pat Matheny, Steve Hackett, Robert Fripp, Stevie Ray Vaghan and so so may others...at their peak....in one package wearing low top sneakers....just simply amazing.
Great playing!
wonderful, amazing musician. your technique is superb, but it's clear that it serves only as a tool to let flow out the beautiful music that you have inside.
One of the greatest in all of history!
Aww shucks
Definitely agree to tweak the setup to your preference. I do setup all my guitars, but for some reason hesitated to mess with my Strandberg. Basically it was setup very nicely when it arrived. After playing for a while I started to realize there was some things I wanted a bit different. Changing string gauge to 9’s is was started the journey. At 59 I have developed some bad arthritic issues in my wrists and thumbs and I’m slowly switching all my guitars from 10’s to 9’s in hope it will help.
Thanks for sharing and great playing.👍
Thank you for the video! Your playing is phenomenal! Please keep em coming!
Very best review of this guitar by far. Thanks so much for sharing! 🤙🏼
beautifull tory thank you for the video ,
You're so, so talented.. .SOOOOOO GOOD OMG.... INCREDIBLE
just found this great channel
Thank you so much for this video, seriously. It's great to see a strandberg demoed with multiple genres of music - I'm super interested in trying a strandberg for all the ergonomic benefits, and I would love those benefits to carry into all the genres I play. Your playing is incredible and this is hands down the best demo of a strandberg guitar out there!
Hey, thanks a bunch, really glad you're getting something out of the content. I might actually want to take the same model and do a video sometime where you are playing through all these different amps to see the variations in tone and response etc. .... Of course that would require me shooting in a music store or something....
@@TorySlusher oh that would be awesome. I'm curious - have you tried the salen jazz model? I would love to hear you rip on one of those. I absolutely love the tones you're getting out of the single coils here, and most of the demos of the clean tones on the boden models with the suhr pickups haven't been my taste - they sound super compressed. I might just have to stick with singles and get better at dialing in a noise gate for the heavy stuff haha
No, I haven't tried that model yet, but hope to sometime in the future here
Brilliant playing, god bless you.....
You won the genetic hand lottery for a guitar player. Congrats on that!
Thanks, but I really don't think that it feels that way on my end. It's been a constant uphill struggle
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I saw you on instagram. Better camera, lighting, and background and you could certainly be a hit in the modern guitar community.
Thanks, I'm not entirely sure that having a better camera or setting is going to suddenly make me become a big hit however... The success factor seems to be based on some type of .. I don't know what... LOL
Found the channel while I was searching for strandberg, thinking of getting an Boden Original NX8. Nice review, I stood for the playing because you play really really well! In my opinion, with a good video quality and production this channel will grow so so fast! Congrats and thanks for the review :)
Thanks, they're really nice guitars all the way around. I don't really think any model you choose is going to do you wrong...
Your playing, versitality, chops and, well everything you can do (even at the same time lmao) are all astonishing. Thank you for doing what you do. Is there any album or record of yours (and/or a band you're in) out there ?
Thamks
toryslusher.bandcamp.com/album/advanced-circus-music
Outstanding!
Very cool! I get a strong Stanley Clarke and Roy Clark vibe for some reason. Loving the jams. Subscribed. Best Regards and Best Wishes!
This great, Tory!
I sort of view Strandberg almost like King Arthur and excalibur.
I found my mythical (musical) weapon which I will use for the rest of my life.
Amazing playing and tones. Your baroque counterpoint improvising is awesome.
Yep
Thats some serious shredding damn!
You deserve a Tory Slusher signature made by Strandberg!
Danke!
Hi Tory, one of your video popped up on my phone yesterday and I couldn't believe what I was witnessing. I've watched a few more since and, of course, subscribed.
OMG! Has Rick Beato heard of you yet? hopefully you'll be showcased as one of the unknown greats out there. Hopefully I'll get the courage to sell my guitars and pick up a hobby I can actually master, like watching youtube videos or something like that. In all seriousness,I have no words to properly describe how advanced you are. Thank you for sharing your gift.
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I dig your vibe, yes M'aam! At the very least I did it the most!
Never heard anything like this playing. Strandberg, give her an endorsement now before someone else does.
Fantastic playing!
When I follow up to try …u are insane 😬😬💕🎸
I really like the tones and especially the delay/reverb you are using.
Great video!
Your playing is insane!!
right hand tapping level = buckethead 🔥🔥🔥
I think I love her. Oh, and yeah - nice guitar.
Wow.... I mean c'mon! You've sold me on the Salen. Who are you? Where have you come here from?
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A great guitarist like you should have the guitar that inspires her.
Thanks, I actually wish some luthier or someone would build me some type of straight scale, carbon fiber neck, telecaster pickup configuration kind of an instrument... Maybe with a similarly traditional shape telecaster body, but just smaller scale or something, maybe chambered... Headless would be nice too. ... I actually did put in for a fender endorsement sometime ago, LOL, I'm sure they get probably 10,000 emails a day...
Sick, you are so good -- earned a Sub here.
You’ve got another subscriber.
Hey there, I really like that Ted Green baroque thingy, I’d pay you for a tabbed out manuscript ?
Uh... I might just end up riding some miniature pieces or something, and then you know the sheet music is to go along with it, I've just been busy doing other projects... What I mean is I might just write some totally new pieces, this is all improvisation
Great review. What do you think about the Endurneck* carve shape profile?
Thnx. At first I was a little like... what? Now I kind of find it to be very tactile, it sort of feels normal, like it's supposed to be like that. Playing a regular neck honestly feels weird at this point. Also, the fan seems to lend itself to better intonation, and perhaps inadvertently, making right-handed chords up high easier to do as well.
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The drummer is swinging!
Hydrogen drum machine, actually
You meet this girl in a bar, you start to speak about music and as all guitar players, you try to impress her with your blues licks on your fender player tele, she gently smile and you think its in the pocket ans suddenly she picks your guitar and start to play the way you didn't even suspect it exists and at this moment you feel sooooooo small....
Either Tory was born to play the Strandberg Salen, or the guitar was un- intentionally designed for Tory, or both. Probably both. Amazing performance disguised as a review demo.
IDK, seems like some type of weird synchronicity, lol
The only question I have is will the signature model be called the Tory or the Slusher?
I think that if I did a signature model it would be named something completely different... It would be a salen... So probably the salen ----- fill in the blank
Tory, it's been another year and I don't see the Strandberg in the line up lately. Is there a reason?
I sold it sometime ago. It was a financial decision
More reviews yo
As soon as they start sending me more stuff to review
Gorgeous phrasing. With my eyes closed I thought you had a term..
Tremolo?
@@TorySlusher ha, yes! Clumsy fingers
In the video you state your amp is a Boss GP-10, but when I looked it up it is a multi effects processor. My question is what actual amplifier do you use?
I don't use an amp, everything goes direct into the computer. And if I do use an amp and a life setting I just plug into the house or use something like a monitor or keyboard amp which is full range
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I'm super excited to have found your videos; I love the Streetwise interview feature with playing that you did; fascinating journey; I highly recommend anyone who likes this video to check that one as well!
Anyway, I hope to buy some recordings of your music, and can't wait to check out all your videos and stay updated on your amazing guitar/music journey! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I forgot to mention that you're probably the only person who could sell me on the Strandberg. I had gone back and forth about the strange neck shape, and got used to the idea that Kiesels are better for the money; with lots of nice options for headless in the mid teens to low $2000s, but I also love light weight headless guitars with ergonomics that allow the multiple seated playing options, and your tones are amazing; endless hand problems made me really perk up about the neck as you spoke of reduced hand fatigue; a very hopeful thought indeed!
Anyway incredible playing and great, generously informative review; thanks for that! You've joined the top ranks of my favorite UA-cam guitar players!
Mildly off-topic... If you have any custom GP10 patches available somewhere, I'd love to try them.
I don't, I thought about doing that, but I never got around to it
@@TorySlusher if/when you do, I'll be ready! Thx Tory!!
Do you like Adrian Belew's playing (King Crimson)?
Of course
Stanberg Salem mmm sounds like something good to eat like Salisbury Steak mmm yummy mouth 👄😺 watering already
Holy shit
Have you ever done the tune Lawns by Carla Bley? Or anything by her?
No, but I know of her
@@TorySlusher you should definitely check her out
At 31:10 is the music played inside a UFO, the intergalactic shuffle 👽
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@@TorySlusher ❣️👽❣️ these gorgeous futuristic shreds came not from an outer world.. but emanated out into the cosmos of deep space from a silver strandberg on planet earth. Infused with charm and magic it was heard and revered by distant beings afar. 🧝🏻♂️✨
Outstanding! sounds like Jeff Beck and Allan Holdsworth had a love child!! Do you use standard tuning?
Yeah it's standard
@@TorySlusher awesome playing! Thanks you.
you're really good! (and I hate most guitarists!) EX: you're much better and more creative tha a Joe Satriani.
Lol, nice handle
I'm selling all my shit! lol
Oh come on, don't do that..... Unless you're selling it to buy Strandbergs... haha.
@@TorySlusher And a salesperson! lol
i love you
SHE IS AMAZING^_^
I'm sure that there's a lot of us.
You are awesome....Thanks for all the riffs
I want to express something... but I can't! I feel it. I need to speak out! Alas... There is nothing I can say that could.... 💜🤍🖤