“I sent this to Strandberg to get the wiring done and when they sent it back they included this”: Plini shows us his modded signature Strandberg Boden – but what’s that hiding in the tremolo springs?

Plini poses with his modded Strandberg Boden signature model in a tent, hours before playing Bristol's ArcTanGent Festival 2024.

Plini was an early adopter of Strandberg’s revolutionary headless electric guitar designs, using the Boden as a go-to instrument for his technically radical instrumental compositions. Not that the headless design is even the most revolutionary feature of the Strandberg Boden.

That could be the weight. Give or take 10 per cent, these tip the scales at 5lbs. But most would argue that it is most definitely would be the neck. Strandberg’s EndurNeck profile exists outside of guitar’s alphabetical descriptors for neck shape. Little wonder Ola Strandberg patented it. There’s nothing quite like it – nothing that gives the thumb so many flat surfaces to rest upon.