Headless Guitar Kit

[fdesalvo]

Chinese, yes, but looks like it has some potential.  Anyone consider this?  They have assembled/finished ones, as well ~$300 US.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Headless-Electric-Guitar-DIY-Kit-No-Solder-ASH-body-maple-Neck-and-Fingerboard/263698683103?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D44039%26meid%3D59435f20103740d8ab654500b38334be%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D263760423876%26itm%3D263698683103&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982

 

[PJ Potamus]

Almost looks like an Ormsby Guitar ripoff - except $1200 cheaper...
https://www.ormsbyguitars.com/goliath-headless-gtr.html

 

[fdesalvo]

Almost looks like an Ormsby Guitar ripoff
https://www.ormsbyguitars.com/goliath-headless-gtr.html

<Seinfeld Newman Voice> China!

 

[Sovereign_13]

Interesting that the bridge is a top-mount.  I think most or all of the headless guitars I've seen usually have the tuners basically hanging out past the bottom of the body, or into a huge cutout routed into the body.  I wonder if that'll need a shim?  The kit doesn't seem to come with one.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I've seen those here & there. 
The boxy shaped Steinberger has caught my eye.  Just basically to use as a template for another idea I have.  I know a luthier in Concord, Ca who built my TFS6 who also built a new faceplate for the old square Steinberger 4 string base in the shape of a Hohner Beattle Bass.  It was really cool seeing a carved top headless Beattle Bass with binding, F-holes, and EMG pickups on it.
I thought of getting one of these to do a knock off of that, & use these parts as reference points to doing the Steinberger bridge cut.

 

[swarfrat]

i'm not a big fan of the Cort lawsuit avoidance body shapes, but the M-series clone is interesting.

 

[DangerousR6]

Never been a fan of headless necks, but I like the fret marker layout... :dontknow:

 

[AirCap]

Tempting at that price....

 

[Logrinn]

Almost looks like an Ormsby Guitar ripoff - except $1200 cheaper...
https://www.ormsbyguitars.com/goliath-headless-gtr.html

Which in turn looks like a Strandberg ripoff ...

 

[amigarobbo]

Never been a fan of headless necks, but I like the fret marker layout... :dontknow:

Talking about Ripoffs of other designs;

Since everyones else is doing it...

 

[AirCap]

I am reminded of the motto of the great designer Raymond Loewy - "Most advanced, yet acceptable". There is a finite number of guitar designs that people will spend money on. Some are great, some not. But since they have to fit the human body, they can't be too weird. I like nearly all of them. Even the Explorer was hated in 1958. Now it's normal. This headless is not so weird to me.