Steinberger GT-Pro Trans Blue

I was looking for a travel guitar and found a couple of people on KZbin raving about this newer version of the guitar with a quilted top. Really solid instrument for the money.

[@ericlynch9560]

Nicely done, Thomas! Good to see somebody with as much grey hair as I have shredding a guitar. Clean playing, nice tone. Good stuff!

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Thank you Eric. And yes, I’m “well on” in my years too. 👨🏻‍🦳

[@zyxwfish]

First video I’ve seen of someone demoing this guitar with some skills. I’ve been on the fence for years on if I should buy one of these or not. I own so many guitars already 😂

[@noelhalvordson6465]

They don't cost too much, I might buy one when they are in stock where I live. They seem like great value.

[@JPTyler]

Go on...get it...it's only "one" more guitar...😁

[@zyxwfish]

@@JPTyler I just got it a few days ago ❤️

[@williammolina9792]

@@zyxwfish Hello. Im interested in buying one. But i need to know is this a thin, or thick neck. ??

[@zyxwfish]

@@williammolina9792 thick neck with fender sized frets.

[@marccuomo2295]

Best review…. Good work

[@AndreiGrozea]

Fine shredding 😍

[@coffeeshopooyama9833]

Nice play!

[@skyhighofficial7367]

Salah satu gitar yang pernah dipakai oleh raja dangdut Rhoma irama

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Wonderful guitar.

[@JakeNKlappy]

Just bought one. You play so well. Seems so effortless for you.

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Thank you so much. I started when I was six years old and I can’t put the damn thing down.

[@arriagadaandres]

great!!!

[@screamingreel8542]

I L❤ve this guitar 👊😎🤙))

[@booshting3520]

Just got the red quilt top one. Surprisingly nice for the price point.

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Hey Boosh, I agree with you as I do feel that it’s a comfortable guitar and certainly gives me a peace of mind to travel with effortlessly. I will say that you’ll get a lot of funny looks from TSA agents as you go through security. Living in the Carolinas I get asked a lot of times “what kind of ‘giiittaarrr’ is that?” 😂

[@robertkesslerTx]

Nice !

[@iki5a772]

Very exelent... Rhoma irama Soneta guitar favorit....

[@rona.9731]

You sound great! I'd love to hear you with a drummer!!!

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Ron, here’s one for you…kzbin.info/www/bejne/o564qopsjcSqm9U

[@alishomad3837]

Gitar yang digunakan H Rhoma irama di film menggapai matahari tahun 1986...

[@ThePrblmKd91Xx]

Anyone interested in this I would thoroughly recommend you check out Ross Elrick guitar, my brother shredding up the same model; GT pro in black and white though over blue.. well worth a watch and listen. 👁👂🏼 Not trying to take anything from this guy, some sick riffs and stuff going on there.. wonder what Ross would’ve made of this. Very impressive chap! 🎸🎶 👏🏼

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Hey man, I checked out your brother's shredding like you suggested. Not bad. Thanks for the accolades either way, I do appreciate it.

[@ThePrblmKd91Xx]

@@thomasdemartino6109 on behalf of Ross; Cheers 😊🤘🏼 seems to be a pretty popular model.. I do love the blue though; I have to say! He sold most of his before he passed, but a few were kept by close family and friends as sentiments to his lifelong passion. Rock In Heaven Ross! 🥲🕊💐💚🤍🎸🎶🌈🕯🪔 xxx

[@thomasdemartino6109]

@@ThePrblmKd91Xx sorry for your loss. He had talent and seemed to enjoy playing which was evident. I sold mine a year ago, and got something a little upgraded since then, but I still recommend it for practicing or traveling.

[@Guitarburt]

Been looking at this one for over a year now. Pros? Cons? Tell us ll how you like it. Anything you DON'T like about it? How well does it handle clean tones?

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Guitarburt The guitar handles very well and as misleading as this may sound, it feels like a Les Paul neck. I would argue that it certainly needs a friend job adjustment on some of the upper French as some notes are rubbing causing some dead spots. All in all, I will say that it’s certainly lives up to its name as the ultimate travel guitar because I haven’t had to worry at all about bringing it on a plane with me. I will also suggest that it is very difficult to buy strings for it because the double ball and strings are double the price of regular. I might suggest you spend a little bit more money and buy a string converter for the top. The one I just bought was for $75 at headless.com. It’s very easy to install but now I don’t have to worry about always keeping a spare double ball and string with me that I could break a string and fit a regular one through as well as tighten it with a wrench. I will also say that the pick ups need to be backed off a little bit from the string height because I feel that they have more tonality when you pull them back a little compared to directly against them. The The pick ups are very hot, yet not much tone with them. I have been reading a lot of articles about replacement pick ups for it from both Seymour Duncan and EMG. That could end up costing you an additional $200-$250 to get it to sound where you want, not including a proper friend job. Total spend, possibly $600.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@thomasdemartino6109 Another video by "Steve from Boston" mentions a $20 brand.

[@NoNo-sv2fo]

Fucking sick playing!!!! Just ordered the same exact model!!! Wanted a "normal" guitar cause I'm use to 7 and 8 strings (headless also haha). Keep on shredding and keep it headless!

[@thomasdemartino6109]

travis thomas thanks so much Travis as I appreciate it. You’ll enjoy it and it won’t take that long to get use to it either.

[@NoNo-sv2fo]

@@thomasdemartino6109 I love headless guitars and yeah I use to have the black spirit, a gu7r and a gm4s (musicyo). Kinda miss them now lol. Been playing strandbergs the past four years and fell in love instantly!

[@thomasdemartino6109]

travis thomas strandbergs look amazing and although I’m nit sure about the back of neck profile, I hear they are comfortable. And really expensive. Either way, when are you going to publish videos of yourself playing?

[@NoNo-sv2fo]

@@thomasdemartino6109 The neck profile has caused me to get rid of all my "normal" guitars lol. Yeah they are expensive and idk how some people afford the custom models lol. Idk cause I dont want to embarrass myself hahaha

[@jamesprice6381]

KOOL, I LIVE IN MORAVIAN FALLS NC !

[@thomasdemartino6109]

James, thanks for the note, as I just noticed it. Great guitar for traveling. Not sure I’ve ever heard of your town, but will look it up.

[@mb1982poland]

One question abut the fretboard. Does it look more like ebony? People rosewood but the board is really dark in many videos, including yours. Thanks for your feedback.

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Kramer the '84 www.steinberger.com/Steinberger-GT-PRO-Quilt-Top-Deluxe-Outfit.html. According to their site, it’s made of “Hardwood”. The original ones were made with Ebony fretboards.

[@mb1982poland]

@@thomasdemartino6109 Yeah I know but was asking about the color of your fretboard, is it more brownich (rosewood-like) or blackish (ebony-like). Specs listed onSteinberger site are another story.

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Kramer the '84 Black, really dark too, but I feel the wood surface drags a little on my fingers when playing fast, so when gigging, I use Finger Ease on it. If you don’t have one, you should get one. Great tonal options with it for the price.

[@educationchanel2539]

H.Rhoma Irama guitar😁

[@johnlopez3996]

How does the tone sound in comparison to the older graphite Steinberger models? I enjoyed your playing.

[@thomasdemartino6109]

John Lopez John, thanks for your comment. I have never played the graphite version of the Steinberg but in looking at the prices of it on eBay, they look like they are a portly around three to $4000 in some cases. That’s way too much money I would spend for an instrument like this as I was only looking for a travel guitar. My main instrument is in Ernie Ball JP 15 my music man. That’s the most I would ever spend for a guitar but I use it for local shows near home. I’m very nervous traveling with that guitar in a hardshell case on an airplane. This guitar travels very well and fits beautifully in the overhead case. I mentioned to another person recently that you might want to look into getting it a proper rest job did you buy it, and if not interested in them consider new pick ups because these are a little bit rough but have to be pulled down away from the string a little bit to get more tone. Also, please know that, although it is a floating tremolo bar, it is very rigid. It does keep its tone as well as its tuning, but to divebomb if you would feel like you’re about to break it off. Since there are no traditional springs for this type of tremolo there’s nothing that you can do to loosen up that action. Perhaps they will come to some conclusions about that in the future but for now, not so much. I’ve been reading a lot of articles about replacement pick ups from Seymour Duncan for EMG that seem to be pretty good tone wise, but at the same time you’re looking at an additional investment of perhaps $250.

[@thomasdemartino6109]

The cool thing about this guitar is that it can be any level of instrument to anybody. If you don't like the stock pick-ups, you can change them out to meet your sound needs. The body, and the double-ball end stability is there already. If you were preferring something more rock, EMG's are great for that and that alone. If you're a utility player, and have a band playing top 40 songs, you might not want to go with the EMG's. Anyway, if you build it the way you want, I'm sure you'll keep it for a long time...

[@marcusmofield5815]

What amp are you plugged into? Your tone is excellent man!

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Back then, I was using a fender mustang, 100.

[@mctwishvonnoodles9793]

How well does the trem keep tuning?

[@thomasdemartino6109]

I’ll say that you could probably step on the tremolo bar and it will still come back in tune. It is definitely because of the double ball and strings that helps this cause, but the steel tremolo bridge doesn’t hurt this cause either.

[@chunto29]

good test

[@thomasdemartino6109]

chunto29 Thank you. Are you considering buying one?

[@chunto29]

I bought it from japan

[@mariadipky8535]

ok cool

[@ColtraneTaylor]

I have a question based on something I read about this guitar on another video. Is this true? "One major flaw worth noting is that the tremolo bridge has an adjustable tension screw which can get stripped, at which point it no longer functions as a tremolo. You have to lock the bridge, at which point it's just a fixed bridge guitar and all that mechanism down there is wasted."

[@thomasdemartino6109]

I imagine that might happen if used incorrectly but I never experienced it.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@thomasdemartino6109 Ok.

[@thomasdemartino6109]

@@ColtraneTaylor one other thing is that, if you don’t like it, they do have a 30 or 45 day return policy on them. I got mine through www.zzounds.com/ originally as they had more color options then Sweetwater.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@@thomasdemartino6109 Actually about a week ago I went and ordered a Chinese version of this. Money being an issue. Time will tell how that goes.

[@vitobratta_WL]

@@ColtraneTaylor I have 2 of the chinese versions of this bridge, "overlord of music" Had it for ages and the screws dont strip. Just use a big screw driver tip and it'll be all good. It mainly just scratches the paint off. So these steinberger ones are much better since they use actual steel

[@prozaccowboy]

Which string adapter did you buy

[@thomasdemartino6109]

I don’t remember. If you look it up, there are really only a couple of manufacturers.

[@markmalonson7531]

Get it !

[@christiangerardin]

Ça serait mieux avec un fil conducteur que juste de beau effets de guitare mais enfin ?

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Cher Christian, merci beaucoup pour votre note. Je ne suis pas sûr de ce que vous suggérez si les personnes qui commentent garderaient le fil "commun", mais je suis content que vous ayez aimé mes effets de guitare. J'ai hâte d'entendre quelque chose de plus de vous, car j'ai beaucoup aimé votre chanson "SOLENZARA". Cordialement Tom D.

[@jguitar23]

I like the body but the absence of recognizable headstock is too painful to the eyes. Even a modest nub would be welcome. Sounds good though.

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Thanks as it’s really only good for traveling purposes. I was just happy to dial in a good sound that day.

[@williammolina9792]

Needs to work on your bendings and vibrato...

[@thomasdemartino6109]

I’m great at it, just not with that guitar. The bar is too stiff and doesn’t bend like my Music Man does. Thanks for the sentiments though. Send me an example of your level of bending, so I can see what you’re looking to get out of me. Challenge accepted.

[@nateonearth]

There is a terrible curse of the same add over and over on every fricken video!

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Yeah, for me, I'm apparently not getting enough fiber in my diet...

[@AdiAsaf]

Simply horrible. You weren't able to play a single know piece??

[@thomasdemartino6109]

Nope, that wasn't the point of this video. Every other video that I've seen with this guitar only seems to be plucking something that's either too thin, or the sound quality isn't great. If you're interested in hearing me play "songs", you're welcome to go to my Instagram account, (instagram.com/gtrtom423/) and listen. In looking at your profile, I see that you've been a KZbin member since Jul 2, 2009, but you only have 2 subscribers, and have posted no videos since then. If you play guitar, please upload them, as I've love to hear you play a song for us. Good luck. Tom D.

[@AdiAsaf]

@@thomasdemartino6109 noted. I'm only saying that playing a 'known' piece, adds a lot to the impression that a particular instrument, in this case the Steinberger makes. Not trying to underestimate your tech playing skills definitely in comparison to mine which are very poor to say the least.

[@thomasdemartino6109]

@@AdiAsaf well, thank you again. So let me ask you, what song would you like to hear me play? I’m happy to attempt that request. Name it. I love a challenge from time to time.

[@AdiAsaf]

@@thomasdemartino6109 Tarzan Boy by Baltimora would be great

[@thomasdemartino6109]

@@AdiAsaf That was fantastic. Give me a week and I’ll come up with an acoustic version of that because I think it’s a great song to add to my repertoire