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I took some photos of my Strandberg Plini Edition Neck-Thru. They were shot with the Sony A7RII and the 85mm f/1.8 and 55mm f/1.8 lenses.
I added the higher frets markings with acrylic paint, and they stay put because the strings don’t scrape them during bending at the positions I painted them. Although I like the aesthetic of the clean fretboard with just the crescent moon inlay at 12th fret, I’m so used to having the staggered markings at the higher frets that I just feel more comfortable with them. This is especially true because at the higher frets, the multi-scale fan-frets become more severe, so the side dots don’t help as much.
Originally I wanted a Strandberg Prog Neck-Thru, because it has far more tonal options than the Plini Edition, with the 5-way switch and push/pull voicings, but it is currently out of production due to Covid-19. When I saw the Plini Edition Neck-Thru on sale, I went for it, because it’s the only neck-thru available currently that’s still in production. But I was told that the Prog Neck-Thru will return to production at some point. I’ve been thinking about rewiring my Plini Edition with a 5-way switch and push/pull volume pot to get those additional tones, or maybe when the Prog Neck-Thru is back in production, get that and sell the Plini Edition.
As for the neck-thru design, it makes upper frets access so much easier and comfortable, and was one of the main reasons why I got this guitar. I still like my Strandberg Standard 6 Tremolo because of its single coil tones, so I’ll probably keep both, unless I can get really good split-coil tones out of the Plini Edition with the rewiring.
