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(More customer reviews)I've always liked the efficiency of the minimalist Steinberger. I mean, why have more guitar than you need? The day I got my Steinberger Synapse it already had problems. An annoying buzz from deep in the guitar. I contacted Gibson who referred me to one of their local warranty luthiers. He removed the buzz after a week in the shop. Since there's so little to the guitar, I wondered how they could miss something so fundamental. I wanted to go a guage lighter on the strings. Double-ball end are hard to come by, so I loaded regular single-ball end into the guitar. The hex screws that were supposed to hold the strings didn't. The head-end has a design flaw so that any string under a certain gauge will wiggle right out of the clamp that is supposed to hold the string. The last straw came when I went to adjust the action and intonation. There is a hex bolt that keeps the bridge pieces from flopping around. I needed to loosen that to do anything that moves the bridge, like adjusting action and intonation. The problem is, the hex screw was half-way underwater, that is the head of it was so low perpendicular to the body of the guitar, that in order to insert a hex wrench you would need to drill a divot into the guitar body to insert the wrench. I can only assume this is problem of execution, because the instruction manual pictures show the screw head above the guitar body. Now I have to pack up a a brand new guitar for RMA at Gibson. Who knows what I'll get back. Support from Gibson has been slow. I don't think they care too much about their Steinberger brand. Now that I know how poor their execution is on making a guitar, there is no way I would buy a Les Paul.
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Designed by Ned Steinberger, the Synapse guitar is a HYBRID instrument combining the strength, rigidity and clarity of graphite with the warmth and beauty of wood.The result is a guitar of unequalled performance.At only 31.75" in length, this full-size instrument makes the ultimate travel guitar. Low-impedance EMG USA humbuckers offer a broader bandwidth for unique and robust tone and are mounted on stabilizers that keep them from tilting. Improved intonation from a zero fret. Unique Steinberger Combo headpiece improves balance, ease of tuning, and tuning stability while the patented Direct-Drive double-ball bridge lets you change strings in seconds then tune up once and not have to tune again until you change strings.
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