Converted my Strat (S-style) to a headless guitar…

[joeguam]

I need to be able to unbolt the neck and have it fit in my 22” carry-on roller bag for travel gigs on a single-prop engine plane. Full size guitar bags sometimes can’t fit in the little planes. In the same 22” roller bag I’m able to fit the neck, body, pedalboard and enough clothes for a 2-day gig. This conversion dropped the weight of the guitar down to 5lbs 11oz, loving the lighter load on my previously-separated shoulder. Oh yeah, I also installed brass inserts into the neck heel to facilitate more removals. It’s a Warmoth body but a Fender SRV neck that I bought used for $50. Cheers!

 

[mayfly]

wow - where did you get the bridge and neck-thingy?

 

[joeguam]

wow - where did you get the bridge and neck-thingy?

This is the one I bought on Amazon, but apparently the same model is sold by different brands:

https://a.co/d/1kzeaWh

Nova has a headless bridge but it’s about $100 more, and I definitely didn’t consider the hipshot $400 bridge either.

 

[Frankencat]

That’s cool! I know this is a diy forum but have you seen the HILS Next headless guitars? I have one that I use for travel and it is tiny and plays great.

 

[joeguam]

That’s cool! I know this is a diy forum but have you seen the HILS Next headless guitars? I have one that I use for travel and it is tiny and plays great.

Thank you, and I would love a HN3! I spent $58 for the bridge and nut piece to convert this guitar, unfortunately don’t have $600 to get a Hils guitar.

 

[Hagwood]

That is very cool. Does it stay in tune well ?

 

[joeguam]

That is very cool. Does it stay in tune well ?

Surprisingly well, no issue with micro adjustments in tuning too.