The Sälen NX is the .strandberg* take on the legendary first solidbody electric guitar from the 1950’s: not a mere copy of this iconic guitar that changed the history of music but a thoughtful and innovative design that balances the best of the tried-and-true traditional with the thoroughly modern concepts that our guitars are known for. The Sälen NX is at once familiar and strikingly bold, vintage-and-futuristic, yesterday-and-tomorrow.
Sälen Ventures into A New Realm
THE SÄLEN JAZZ NX
WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL?
The Sälen NX Jazz takes a whole new direction with Mahogany woods and a dual humbucker setup to produce a warm, rich, and clear sound that is also versatile and ideal to cover a wide range of playing styles and techniques. All the beloved features of the Sälen are maintained but the Jazz goes further with a chambered Mahogany body with a solid Maple top, F-hole, Mahogany neck with Rosewood fretboard and a set of our new MF Classic humbuckers that provide both vintage-inspired humbucking and single-coil tones for the utmost in sonic versatility.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
One of the most versatile guitars that we have developed to date, the Sälen NX Jazz stands out in our lineup with its unique ability to get certain classic sounds that are only possible from Mahogany body and neck with dual humbucker configuration. The Sälen Jazz will produce tones that are thick, warm, and rich with an emphasis in the mid-midrange while maintaining the renowned clarity, definition, responsiveness, and articulation that all of our guitars are known for. Although ideal for use with clean and low-to-medium gain sounds, the Classic humbuckers still provide plenty of kick for classic 70’s hard rock and 80’s metal sounds.
WHO IS IT FOR?
The Sälen NX Jazz is for the serious and open-minded player whose musical taste covers the gamut from clean jazz and roots-oriented music to earthy blues and hard rock sounds. The look, in both Natural or Trans Burgundy, accents the beauty of Mahogany and Rosewood, two of the greatest tone woods ever used on either the electric or acoustic guitar. This guitar is for the player who really wants to hear the tonal qualities of the woods, not the pickups. The MF Classic humbuckers are based on a genuine ’59 PAF but with more kick, clarity and harmonics to faithfully convey the natural sonic character to various amplification systems. Whether you are a working pro or a tone connoisseur hobbyist, the Sälen Jazz delivers the flexibility and inspiring tone for endless musical enjoyment.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The Sälen NX Jazz takes a whole new direction – both visually and sonically – with chambered Mahogany body capped with solid Maple top and Mahogany veneer, Mahogany neck with Rosewood fretboard, F-hole, and a pair of the new .strandberg* MF Classic humbuckers. One of the most versatile .strandberg* guitar models ever with its unmatched ability to explore various shades of clean and low-to-medium gain sounds, the Sälen NX Jazz can also bark and roar like a true rock-and-roll machine in high gain settings. Hyper responsive to your picking attack and touch, the Sälen NX Jazz covers a wide spectrum of classic and modern electric guitar sounds to suit a wealth of playing styles and musical genres.
MEASUREMENTS
Width: 315 mm/12,4”
Length: 800 mm/31,5”
Thickness: 42 mm/1.65″
Long Scale: 25.5”
Short Scale: 25”
String spread at nut: 35 mm/1,38”
String spacing at bridge: 10.5 mm/.41″
Neutral fret: 0
GENERAL
Bolt-On Construction with new sculpted neck joint heel
Chambered Mahogany Body with Torso Carve
Solid Maple Top with Mahogany veneer
Available Finish: Black satin finish
Approximate Weight: 2.3kg / 5 lbs
Manufactured in Indonesia
HARDWARE
.strandberg* EGS Series 7 fixed bridge & string locks
Black Anodized Hardware
Original Luminlay™ Green Side Dots
Original Luminlay™ Green Inlays
NECK & FRETS
Mahogany neck, Carbon Fiber reinforced
EndurNeck™ Profile
Rosewood Fretboard
20” Fretboard Radius
24 Frets
Jescar 51100 Stainless Steel Fretwire (57110 for zero fret)
D’Addario NYXL 10-46 strings
Standard tuning EADGBE
ACCESSORIES
Standard Gig Bag included
NX Multitool and Allen Key Kit included
Strap optional
Deluxe Toolkit optional
SONIC PROFILE
H-H Pickup Configuration
Neck: .strandberg* Classic Neck
Bridge: .strandberg* Classic Bridge
5-Way Pickup Selector
Bridge Series Humbucking
Neck Inner Coil + Bridge Outer Coil in parallel
Neck Humbucking and Bridge Humbucking
Neck Partial Split
Neck Series Humbucking
Master Volume + Master Tone
