Headless guitars: yay or nay?

[dubkitty]

true, but that was about the most normal-guitar-looking headless ever produced. IIRC that was Steinberger’s compromise attempt to attract less radical guitarists. i can see how one of the Strandberg types and such could be comfortable, but how much would i have to adapt my technique (such as it is) to their various differences? what would that do to playing seated or standing? this is why i wouldn’t just order one on spec out of curiosity. it’s an extreme example of having to play before buying. i suppose one could order from someplace with 30-day returns.

[Pepe]

Headless? Oh God, please, no! Not for me at least. I already have difficulties playing a guitar that has a capodaster attached. I definitely need to know where the head of my instrument is.

[Gone Fission]

The GL is the original boat paddle Steinberger shape.

To be fair, I hear people who those don’t work for talk about the nearly non-corporeal aspect being weird to adjust to—if you’re used to a certain size and weight of using certain spots on the instrument for leverage for particular playing techniques, you could be in for a readjustment. The Klein Guitars appropriation of the Ovation Breadwinner body shape is usually identified as enhancing ergonomics with the contours positioning the body and giving the right arm a place to rest. But it might have also gotten taken up because it still felt more like the guitars people had been used to.