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#17 – Tosin Abasi
Posted by ola_strandberg on Aug 23, 2011
When Tosin Abasi received #8, he was astounded at the possibilities of the baritone hybrid concept, which has led to several new compositions in a tuning of C#AEADGBE. For existing song material, he tunes it DGEADGBE and places a capo on the 0-fret for an effective tuning of EAEADGBE. To overcome having to use a capo, we created #17, which is similar in specs but a regular 28″-26.5″ mixed scale. He also wanted some extra “growl”, which is provided by the solid Swamp Ash body and a somewhat more pronounced treble response obtained by using a bolt-on neck. Like #8, this guitar features the Intersecting Plane Neck Profile(tm) licensed from Rick Toone but also another innovation from Strandberg Guitarworks. The GrooveNeck(tm) finish of the neck radically reduces the surface area that is in contact with the palm of your hand and provides a slicker feel and less friction.
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