volverine

Cool stuff Volverine! I am building tuners of the exact same principle:

Check out this company J-Custom who also have a store on eBay called Headlessresearch.

Do you have a good source for CNC work? If this mini-series turns out well, I will need to get hold of someone who can make a larger series at a decent cost.

Are You thinking of doing the metalwork on the CNC or the whole axe? I think I will be able to help You...

write me on marynowskhy@gmail.com

Bassisgreat,

I'll give You my job for a US visa, how's that?

I think there should be a "will hire/work" thread on this forum....

It will surely be a great instrument and I really like Your tuner design!!

Still here Guys

I'm glad that someone is still visiting this topic. Unfortunately my little guitar repair business went bust two years ago... I'm stuck in a boring office for now ( forever ), but I'm planning to return to axe building. I have a few new ideas I'd like to put in my new project. As for the tuners , I'll try to make some better photos, and find drawings.

thanks guys

Oh and I forgot, there are some pictures of the tuners on http://buildingtheergonomicguitar.com/

Nice work Phil!

I would stick to the single truss rod too - they seem to work better

I always use a 6mm diameter rod in a fender- esque manner

the woods look stuning - it should be a killer

looking forward to more details

Yeah I know they're ugly:D

I made them in my basement man, they're prototype in a guitar thats only for my use. The next model was a professional job by a CNC machine and it's waiting to be installed in my new axe.

Anyway thanx for a constructive opinion

Hello

was just changing strings and took a photo for some of you who wonder how the tuners ( or rather do they ) work.

I used a round piezo transducer - from the electronic store ( it's flat on the bridge ) and electronics made by artec. It all seems to work OK. the EQ is controlled by a single tone knob ( lack of space )

Ok

Here You go, it's got guitar tuners - they work so good that no fine tuning was nessesary(lower string tension than guitar). The body is made from Badi, fingerboard - ebony of course, and the neck is from flamed maple. It's got active electronics and I can make the most terrible noises with it,because I really can't play it.

No I'm not Dutch just happen to speak a little ( of everything )

OK I'll make a photo of the tuners, just have to wait for a string change - then you can se what they're all about.

By the way, I know it's off topic but I just finished building an electric violin with a strange headstock.Let me know if anyone wants to see them.

cheers

Yes it's kinda funny

I misspelled about ten years ago and I decided to keep that nick.

groetjes uit Polen Phil

I made them myself, they work pretty good.Now I'm looking for a steinberger R-trem for my newest guitar - any clues where I can find one??

It's a schaller roller bridge actually, like this one

but originally it had threaded axles to change string spacing - I replaced them with real rollers wich stay in their place.

On the headstock we've got a standard floyd rose locking nut ( because it's almost impossible to get double ball end strings in Poland) and the tuners, well I must find a picture of them or make one - they're very,very simple

the string actually goes thru the tuner - thats the only difference from steinberger

Thanks guys

I wasn't expecting so much comments. Thats very nice of You. The guitar You saw is actually a prototype mainly home made, now I've got a small workshop. I've been working for a luthier for 3 years and I decided to start m own brand - and then built this guitar with a budget close to 0. And no the center isn't ebony - it's painted due to my change of mind - the neck pickup was at first supposed to be a humbucker, so the cavity had to be hidden to fit a single.Anyway I've got more coming up :

this is a picture of another one of this kind during building

and this is a drawing of the body inlays I'm making right now with 4 kinds of wood and two kinds of abalone- I want it to be my flagship, I hope

Once again thanks for your comments and by the way: I live in Poland (sorry for bad english) - thats why I had to make my own headless system - otherwise I would probably buy a Steinberger, I even tryed to have the company send one to me, but they don't seem to cooperate, sooo : Nessesity is the mother of broken patent laws as they say

Hey thanks for the comment on my guitar, I would use a steinberger bass bridge in your place - especially if I were in U.S. where it's pretty available.

Keep up the good work - headless guitars rule

Hello

I just wanted to know what do you think of my guitar. I made it all by myself using african woods and schaller hardware wich I modifyed for "headless" construction. The single knob is also a push/push switch enabling either the single or the humbucker.

the axe really rocks and stays in tune for weeks!!