|
Parts, Sales, Service, Repair, Advice
Below, Custom LSR Guitar built for
Rick Derringer 2002
STEINBERGER Shut down their entire USA manufacturing operation about 10 years ago. They are currently importing low cost, Korean made products that
resemble the real thing, if you stand back about 10 feet and squint a little.
These guitars aren't
the worst guitars I have seen. If you are a beginner or someone who just
wants a travel guitar to putz around on they are an OK deal. If you are a
serious player and you are truly interested in acquiring a fine USA made
instrument I suggest you look elsewhere. If you expect any kind of decent
resale value in the future, I also suggest you look at Real Steinberger or
LSR.
I think that Hohner builds about the best lower
cost licensed Steinberger available today. The construction is heads and tails
better than the Music Yo ones and the feel of the neck is much more stable.
(Hohner's German Engineering must be the reason)
(Just say "No" To Music Yo)
LSR Guitar's, has acquired several hundred thousand dollars of Original
Steinberger guitars and parts. LSR has no affiliation with the Gibson Guitar
Company, Gibson has acquired the trade name Steinberger and LSR is
most definitely positively not affiliated in way whatsoever with “Music Yo”
which is Gibson’s Sales vehicle to sell the imported product on the uneducated
consumer market.
LSR did at one time offer Gibson $250.000.00 to purchase the Steinberger name
and trademarks. This offer was made when the company was completely shut down
and not delivering any product at all. Gibson declined the offer at that time.
LSR was only interested in purchasing the American rights, LSR would
have not been involved in any importing. Gibson probably did not realize that at
the time the offer was made. It is this writers opinion that if Gibson had
realized that to be the case they would have probably accepted the offer.
The slick very well done advertisements for “Music Yo” depict all the
familiar Steinberger body shapes. Be aware these are very definitely NOT
THE ORIGINAL MODELS and as far as we can tell absolutely none of the parts
are interchangeable, not even the strings.
Recently, Music Yo has put out a new supposedly American Made Model. I
have not seen one up close but I have been told they are all using imported
parts with
an American made Moses neck. (Be aware the Moses neck does not fit on a
real original Steinberger.) Be aware it is 100% legal to call something
USA made if it is simply assembled in the USA. Harley Davidson & Fender
have been doing that for some years now.
LSR is affiliated with Ed Roman’s World Class Guitar's, Abstract Guitars, Quicksilver Guitars,
Scorpion Guitars, Pearlcaster Guitars.
LSR is an American Company, LSR products are all American made and normally
LSR has no involvement or interaction with Korean or Asian companies.
There are certain situations where it becomes unavoidable & LSR must deal with
Asian companies for certain parts but LSR does that strictly as a last resort.
LSR will be manufacturing products to fit the real USA Steinberger guitars as
soon as patents expire. LSR also has a new stop tail piece bridge
and several other new items that will fit LSR Guitars and retrofit on
Steinberger Guitars. All LSR parts will retrofit on original real
Steinberger Guitars. Music Yo products do not.
LSR is dedicated to keeping the original Ned Steinberger guitars alive &
well. LSR is planning to try and reduce prices on many of the hard
to find parts as soon as possible so that the cost factor will no longer be
quite as high.
LSR will be manufacturing over 100 different body styles for LSR Guitars,
these body styles will retrofit on all Steinbergers made in the USA from
day one to the last days of production in the 90’s. LSR will offer over 20
different kinds of woods and a multitude of wood combinations on all LSR Guitars
and of course these will retrofit on original Steinbergers also.
|