stageleft Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 OK, I know this is crazy, but a friend wants me to try this. He has a steinberger type guitar and wants me to fashion a fake, removable headstock for it. I have a few ideas, but I thought i'd throw it out here to see if anyone else has heard of such a thing. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 how would you attach it to the neck?? the only thing i can think of is glue, or screws and thats going to be destroying the neck Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headless Phil Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 the only thing that springs to mind is to make a bracket which screws on with the screws which hold the head string retainer on. It would work, but if you hit it on something you might screw up the threads holding the string retainer on the neck. As an alternative, as it is purely for show you could make it out of a material you would not normally associate with headstocks.....like rubber? or hard foam? Personally, i will leave my headless......headless ;-) Phil http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v292/phil_catnell/Stratus_full_view.jpg]My Webpage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 for some reason headless guitars look horribly visually unbalanced to me, so i always like ti when they have a headstock on it, even if its not used for anything besides aesthetic balance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I think I would make a headstock with tuners and all, and then stick it to the guitar with velcro. During a gig I would ask someone to tune the guitar, rip the headstock off and toss it to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 That would be well funny!! Good one Jehle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I love the look of most headless guitars. That one, I'm not so keen on. I like the cricket bat ones! Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Moses made (maybe still do) necks that work the same as headless necks (with the strings held just beyond the nut) but with a blank, "functionless" headstock. No tuners, no nuthin, on the headstock. In your situation I would find a doll's head and stick it on there. Preferably a doll that blinks it's eyes and starts talking to you, when you least expect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpaw rocker Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 B.c. rich makes a couple guitars that have a headstock with just the logo on it (no tuners or tuner holes) and the strings feed through the nut to the trem. I'm not a fan of headless guitars but i consider this a viable alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Add a rare earth magnet, inlaid into the end of the fake headstock. It will not come off easily. The steinberg hardware will also suit this idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Add a rare earth magnet, inlaid into the end of the fake headstock. It will not come off easily. The steinberg hardware will also suit this idea. wow, now that's really good, such a "why didn't i think of that?" idea although jehle's idea sounds funny too... heh, just cause it's velcro!!!!! lol hahahha... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Add a rare earth magnet, inlaid into the end of the fake headstock. It will not come off easily. The steinberg hardware will also suit this idea. Pure graphite supposedly conducts electricity. But I don't know if it would transfer that strong magnetic power through the neck and affect the neck pickup. If the magnet is touching metal which is touching the strings, I'd be worried about what problems that might cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headless Phil Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 I love the velcro idea - when I play live that would be great - I get asked all the time 'is it a sawn off?' & 'when are you going to finish it' oh yes, drummers ask how the f**k do you tune it ;-) as for balance, I have no problem as the top horn is much longer than a strat the strap position sits nice - & I dont bang the head on anything (like I did before when I originally built the guitar it had a Jackson style head on it) Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stageleft Posted June 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Thanks guys, I knew I could count on you for a few new ideas. I was thinking about useing the screws in the end of the neck, but now I may just have to go with the velcro idea. Its worth a shot, and can't really mess anything up. We had planned on doing a full on fake with tuners and all, and doing a lefty strat style headstock (my friend is not lefty so that will add to the gag) I'll try to post before and after pics. For the record its a Burnside Crossbow by Guild. Interesting looking guitar to say the least, but sounds great. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefm Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 You could make it faux broken and use duct tape to hold it on.... depends on what your friend is into..if he likes the whole beat up punk guitars it might fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted June 27, 2004 Report Share Posted June 27, 2004 I'm not sure what the point of this is, unless your band is gonna be playing " everybody was kung-fu fighting ", and your singer karate kicks the headstock off your guitar to scare the motorcycle gang members in the audience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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