REMBRANDT SKY – (Family: Pegasus Sky Guitar)
General Description:
The Rembrandt Sky is the second ever Sky Guitar with 7 strings. Built as a successor to Mighty Wing, it was the 5th Sky Guitar and the last of the original Demetriou built prototypes.
It was also the first ever Sky Guitar made from mahogany. That was an important distinction. While Mighty Wing was all about taking virtuoso guitar playing to new heights, Rembrandt was built for a different purpose. This also is reflected in the string spacing, which is wider than the original Mighty Wing, but still slightly narrower than on a standard 7-string.
Wood & Specs:
- Number of strings: 7
- Mahogany body
- Flamed maple neck
- Position markers: lack dots/spirals
- Long scale (Strat style – 25 inch – 65 cm)
- Neck width at saddle: 5.1 cm
- Neck width towards bridge: 6.8 cm
- Neck join: Emperor
- Medium scalloped all the way
- Number of frets: 32 (the top 4 frets are whole-tone steps, counting as 2 frets each)
- Super-Jumbo fret wire – smaller in the higher regions
- ABM super smooth floating tremolo with 3 gold-plated springsSound & Tone Engine:
- Mega-Wing III System with 18-volt power supply
- 2 pick-ups: 2 humbuckers – 1 single coil middle pick-up
- 5 bottom control knobs:
1) volume – 2) treble-range – 3) Mid-range – 4) bass-range – 5) master gain - 5-position toggle switch
- 2 humbucker to single coil switches
- Cyan Magic – 12 blue/turquoise lights with dimmerFinish & Colour:
- Overall appearance: gold theme – light blue 3-pronged spiral on black
- Polyurethane
- Body: black
Decoration & Symbols:
- 2 brass scratch plates – 24 Karat gold plated
- Turquoise/light blue galaxy spiral on body, multi-layered, soft edges
- Oval brass brooch with blue stone under glass
- Unique identification back plate – 24 Karat gold-platedExtras:
- Tronical Powertune Self-Tuning System with App
- Black UJR Sky Guitar case with black velvet interior
Tone:
Creamy, rich, singing, warm - Sky Guitar Type:
Pegasus Sky
Jamming with Michael Schenker in 2001
Although a 7-string does not easily lend itself to playing Jimi Hendrix style, Uli chose the Rembrandt Sky because of its phenomenal tone for his appearance in a television show which featured Jimi’s music. Cologne, Germany, 1991
At the Monsters of Rock Festival, Turin, Italy 1998
The Rembrandt Sky is also featured strongly in the Legends of Rock DVD from 2001, where he used it during his performances with UFO as well as Jack Bruce.
The Rembrandt Sky was also one of the two main protagonists on Uli’s album “Transcendental Sky Guitar”, which came in two sides: “The Phoenix and the Dragon”. The Rembrandt Sky was assigned the role of “the Dragon”.
Uli with Mighty Wing & Rembrandt at Tan-y-Bwlch beach in Wales
UJR poster with Rembrandt Sky
