Great! I also made a headless guitar by myself cutting a spirit GU model. Since the body and the neck are separable, it is convenient as a travel guitar.
Hey man, i have the same tailpiece on my guitar. I want to remove it to repair something but it dont seem to go off. Do you have any tips to remove it safe?
Thank you. I used a green stain on the body and then used an epoxy clear over that. Since I have done this guitar I have discovered leather dyes which are available in multiple colors. See the video re Firebird Clone to Mexico, I show some of the colors there, also tried a new method of finishing that was shown to me at a knife making class.
I have this exact same kit, and the bridge cutaway is also too far to the right - just as in this video. I guess the template they use to make these kits is wrong!
Apparently so. Lucky for me i am by trade a machinists, so I could fix the problem. IF I would have spotted it sooner before paint etc. it could have been corrected by routing the pocket over correctly. But it was off by quite a bit, approximately 1/8". Oh well, a person often gets what we pay for. I have some ideas for making a headless guitar from scratch using this bridge assm. I have found the exact one for sale thru ebay and they are quite reasonable. But right now I am up to my eyeballs in guitar's for customers with the holiday season upon us.
I read some where that with overload headless bridge (copy of steinburg design) you will need to smoothen the rough corners and properly oiled the parts and it should be ok.
after you have the guitar strung the strings will hold the saddles in place, I used a popsickle stick to gently tap the string saddle to adjust the intonation, after you have all six adjusted you tighten the screw on the side of the bridge, which puts pressure on all the saddles and keeps them in place. Not the greatest engineering scenario, but it does work. I had the screw adjusted just light enough to keep some tension on the saddles as I adjusted intonation. Then tighten when all intonation is completed. Hope this helps.
All this effort for a non-guitarist. Did he know someone who does play? In any event, the challenge of anybody playing this type of Steinberger is to keep the guitar in tune if you decide to loosen the screw at the bottom end. Did this Ivan dude ever get back to you with the translation of the binary code?
I just got the guitar. It looks and plays great! Nice job.
Great! I also made a headless guitar by myself cutting a spirit GU model. Since the body and the neck are separable, it is convenient as a travel guitar.
thanks, ingenuity at its best. I have been really busy with other projects, but eventually have some more guitars up, mostly electric/acoustic.
Hey man, i have the same tailpiece on my guitar. I want to remove it to repair something but it dont seem to go off. Do you have any tips to remove it safe?
Hello,
Nice project. Could you plese tell what paint is used ?
Thanks
Thank you. I used a green stain on the body and then used an epoxy clear over that. Since I have done this guitar I have discovered leather dyes which are available in multiple colors. See the video re Firebird Clone to Mexico, I show some of the colors there, also tried a new method of finishing that was shown to me at a knife making class.
I have this exact same kit, and the bridge cutaway is also too far to the right - just as in this video. I guess the template they use to make these kits is wrong!
Apparently so. Lucky for me i am by trade a machinists, so I could fix the problem. IF I would have spotted it sooner before paint etc. it could have been corrected by routing the pocket over correctly. But it was off by quite a bit, approximately 1/8". Oh well, a person often gets what we pay for. I have some ideas for making a headless guitar from scratch using this bridge assm. I have found the exact one for sale thru ebay and they are quite reasonable. But right now I am up to my eyeballs in guitar's for customers with the holiday season upon us.
It’s now been years since your above comment. Have you gotten close to your own headless project?
with overlord of music.? My Chinese Steinberger copy has that bridge and it does not stop giving me headaches.
True, it is certainly not a great design.
I read some where that with overload headless bridge (copy of steinburg design) you will need to smoothen the rough corners and properly oiled the parts and it should be ok.
What's the secret to intonating this bridge? I just can't seem to do it.
after you have the guitar strung the strings will hold the saddles in place, I used a popsickle stick to gently tap the string saddle to adjust the intonation, after you have all six adjusted you tighten the screw on the side of the bridge, which puts pressure on all the saddles and keeps them in place. Not the greatest engineering scenario, but it does work. I had the screw adjusted just light enough to keep some tension on the saddles as I adjusted intonation. Then tighten when all intonation is completed. Hope this helps.
+hrodd2 thank you!
You need to do something about that annoying hum in your audio.
All this effort for a non-guitarist. Did he know someone who does play?
In any event, the challenge of anybody playing this type of Steinberger is to keep the guitar in tune if you decide to loosen the screw at the bottom end.
Did this Ivan dude ever get back to you with the translation of the binary code?