“I remember watching the first Star Wars movie … The band was playing what looked
like Fender-type guitars and basses, which had been designed in the 1940s and 1950s—well
before the advent of the space age. This struck me as all wrong, and it got me to thinking
that it would be exciting to design more modern-looking instruments for the future.”
—Ned Steinberger on the genesis of his designs
The first carbon-fiber Steinberger
prototype featured a scapula-shaped appendage that swivels
down to function as a leg rest, or
up for use with a strap.
