Steinberger Guitars Gt-Pro Deluxe WH

Extremely underrated guitar. Super comfortable, good sounding, decent build quality.

Biggest advantage is the body size. If you don’t mind keeping the guitar high on the strap, it will reward you with the same position both while sitting and standing, which allows for an almost classical-guitar-level of fretboard access and comfort. Great if your back hurts when hunching over more traditional electric guitar body styles. Though it should be noted that the weight of this instrument is almost the same as bigger guitars which is weird considering it having almost no body…

Hardware is good. Pickups sound nice, nothing special. Both the pots and switch feel very good, tactile, smooth, precise. Unfortunately tuners are stiff, tuning sometimes felt harder than it should be. Though it holds tuning well when tremolo is locked, worse when unlocked.

Finish was fine, few rough spots.

Overall, good instrument for both travel and regular use. Recommended!

I bought this guitar a few months ago, as a guitar for trips, rehearsals after work, practice everywhere. I will try to describe most of the pros and cons of this tool.
So, the pros:
It is compact-Yes, this is why you buy spirit, it is not necessary to take it in the Luggage of the plane – it is allowed into the cabin, it is comfortable to move on public transport or a Bicycle / scooter.
Bridge-lock machine - well holds build, after 2-3 hours in road and differential temperatures (have us now winter of until-15C), almost not needs in adjustment. Very competent system.
Supporting stand-it seems to be an extremely simple thing, but it is very convenient.
Good frets, good wood, good hardware. – this is one more plus in the piggy Bank
Bag included – a little plus more
Let's move on to the cons, maybe they will be my quibbles or unfulfilled expectations from the travel-guitar.
Weight-for all its dimensions, it has a tangible weight in combat condition (in bag, etc.), about 4.5 kg, because of the many unnecessary details, but more on that.
Set H-S-H and 5-pos switch –f or travel guitar does not require so many pickups, most often you play in the headphones through the micro-amp or without it. Humbucker at bridge and neck is enough for rehearsal. Because of this, several points suffer at once – this is the weight of the instrument and the quality of the pickups themselves. The bridge humbucker has a rather weak output signal, which does not always give the desired sound on the shred / solo, in addition, the guitar body itself is small and gives little resonance. The ideal solution would be to have a powerful humbucker in the bridge (SD Sh-4 and above for ex.) and a hot rail in the neck tied to a mini 3-position switch.
Tone and volume - not a good location of the volume knob, if you have big hands - you will always touch it. After about 2 months I was able to get used to it. This is a consequence of the problem H-S-H scheme described above, all the controls in this form could fit under the bridge (where there is a tone knob) thereby adding comfort to the right hand.
Lever tremolo - Yes this function here there is, but she always is in blocked able, for guitar minute willingness (get and play) not grinding halt after function, affecting weight tool.
The quality of gig- running is Weak, narrow belt and plastic carabiner. I already replaced it with a metal one, but the belt attachment is not secure. In addition, the zipper on the pocket opens in the wrong direction. For example, if you have guitar stands upright and you open the zipper - all the change will fall out. I will order a cover in the workshop according to my parameters.
Strings double-ball-in goes not goes adapter on single-coil strings, and either you buy expensive double-coil kits, either spend still 20 the Euro on adapter. It is very strange why it is not included with the guitar.

Summary: Like any guitar in the spirit has its pluses and minuses, in many respects, each guitarist will decide for himself that he is important in this guitar. But my choice fell on spirit, and I, in a whole, exasperated their choice.

At this price point I expected quality comparable to a new Epiphone. This falls short.
1. The locking trem doesn't stay locked, it keeps slipping out of lock.
2. The middle pickup is useless - poor sound, and too low output to use with the humbuckers, even after adjusting pickup heights.
3. The worst set-up out of the box of any new guitar I've bought in over 40 years. Weeks after purchase I'm still struggling to get a reasonable action without horribly rattling E and A strings. Every time I come back to it after a few days the neck has moved again.
I don't put the allan keys away now, I leave them next to the guitar.
Not a Keeper.