I Want a Headless

[Los-D]

Looks like HILS has new strat and tele-style headless guitars:

NEW! HILS HNS1 S-Style Headless Electric Guitar (Pre-Order)

The first batch of these guitars will ship in early April, reserve yours now by pre-ordering. Quantities in the first shipment will be extremely limited! Ultra-Comfortable Body Design The HNS1 features the sleek new HILS NS body shape — ergonomic, compact, and designed to feel natural in

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NEW! HILS HNT1 T-Style Headless Guitar (Pre-Order)

Pre-order your HNT1 now to reserve a guitar from the very first production batch! These are expected to ship in early April. The initial shipment will have extremely limited quantities so reserve yours now before they are sold out! HILS HNT1 — Classic Single-Coil Character in a Modern Headless

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[FrankyFire]

Looks like HILS has new strat and tele-style headless guitars:

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NEW! HILS HNS1 S-Style Headless Electric Guitar (Pre-Order)

The first batch of these guitars will ship in early April, reserve yours now by pre-ordering. Quantities in the first shipment will be extremely limited! Ultra-Comfortable Body Design The HNS1 features the sleek new HILS NS body shape — ergonomic, compact, and designed to feel natural in

hilsamerica.com

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NEW! HILS HNT1 T-Style Headless Guitar (Pre-Order)

Pre-order your HNT1 now to reserve a guitar from the very first production batch! These are expected to ship in early April. The initial shipment will have extremely limited quantities so reserve yours now before they are sold out! HILS HNT1 — Classic Single-Coil Character in a Modern Headless

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Thanks for the info! They also introduced new 4 string Multiscale headless basses. Had to inform our bass player right away!

 

[Jynx]

Looks like Cort have thrown their hat in the ring.

I wish the HH had the tremolo and straight frets instead.

I'm still searching for a nice, inexpensive, headless with tremolo I can get a Sustainiac installed on to.

Of course, if someone just made a headless with Sustainiac already on ut that would be great.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Looks like Cort have thrown their hat in the ring.

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I wish the HH had the tremolo and straight frets instead.

I'm still searching for a nice, inexpensive, headless with tremolo I can get a Sustainiac installed on to.

Of course, if someone just made a headless with Sustainiac already on ut that would be great.

Any word on pricing?

 

[Jynx]

Any word on pricing?

€685. And €708 with tremolo.

 

[Jynx]

I didn't realise you could get a single coil size Sustainiac.

I guess I could get the tremolo one, and my guy said he'd install it for 50 quid. Whole thing would come in at around €950.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Looks like Cort have thrown their hat in the ring.

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I wish the HH had the tremolo and straight frets instead.

I'm still searching for a nice, inexpensive, headless with tremolo I can get a Sustainiac installed on to.

Of course, if someone just made a headless with Sustainiac already on ut that would be great.

Interesting! I wonder if these come off the same production line as the strandbergs without the strandberg tax

 

[Oddguitar]

Interesting! I wonder if these come off the same production line as the strandbergs without the strandberg tax

From what I could glean from watching this Phillip McKnight video

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there are two areas at the PT Cort factory in Indonesia where Strandbergs are made, one assembly line for the Essential line and another for their higher-end models. Certainly, Cort has learned a lot about making headless guitars & basses from making Strandbergs and Ibanez's headless guitars and basses, so it doesn't surprise me that they came out with this line. A lot of value for the money, but I'm still sticking with Strandberg

 

[Jynx]

I put my two six-string GOCs on the ads today. I miss my Schecter SLS Elite. I'm buying another. The colour I had was discontinued though.

Funny how it can take losing something to realise how much you loved it sometimes.

Keeping the 7 string one, though.

 

[Jynx]

This is a hard one for me to admit. I've almost completely gone off headless. The two six string GOCs have gone up in my local ads.

Will probably get a Reverend Drop Z.

Keeping the 7 string, though.

 

[Eagle]

Interesting! I wonder if these come off the same production line as the strandbergs without the strandberg tax

They have factories in factories that are basically separate. Strandberg use totally different materials and high end electronics. It’s like different cars out of the same factory. The specs are important part .
Fender standard versus custom shop , same site but everything is different.

 

[paisleywookiee]

From what I could glean from watching this Phillip McKnight video

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there are two areas at the PT Cort factory in Indonesia where Strandbergs are made, one assembly line for the Essential line and another for their higher-end models. Certainly, Cort has learned a lot about making headless guitars & basses from making Strandbergs and Ibanez's headless guitars and basses, so it doesn't surprise me that they came out with this line. A lot of value for the money, but I'm still sticking with Strandberg

The reviews on Cort's own headless guitars are pretty mediocre though. Issues with tuning stability, unremarkable electronics, etc.

 

[Eagle]

The reviews on Cort's own headless guitars are pretty mediocre though. Issues with tuning stability, unremarkable electronics, etc.

Hardware matters more on headless. The lock is super important.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I tried a few headless at GC the other day. Used Strandberg which was actually surprisingly fine given how whacked out that last S-berg neck felt for me first time I picked one up? There was some weirdo fanned fret Ornsby with dolphin shaped f holes that seemed to play itself by just looking at the strings

The best headless I have tried remains to be that fairly recent Ibanez I tried last year on the way to our Ozarks gig. I would grab one of those, at least on playability alone.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I tried a few headless at GC the other day. Used Strandberg which was actually surprisingly fine given how whacked out that last S-berg neck felt for me first time I picked one up? There was some weirdo fanned fret Ornsby with dolphin shaped f holes that seemed to play itself by just looking at the strings

The best headless I have tried remains to be that fairly recent Ibanez I tried last year on the way to our Ozarks gig. I would grab one of those, at least on playability alone.

Yes, I'd fancy one of these, with Dimarzio double-cremes:

 

[Eagle]

Anyone considering a budget headless should probably avoid a trem. Also watch out for string clamps cutting the strings even when not particularly tight.
On a Strandberg style clamp it worth making sure the clamp end of the grub screws are not sharp edged . Round them off and smooth them out on the edge.

 

[gearJunkie]

Anyone considering a budget headless should probably avoid a trem.

Definitely. I actually regret getting the trem on my Strandberg. It's a pain to tune when each turn causes the bridge to deflect. That's why I installed a Mag-Lok on it, to make tuning easier and more reliable.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Definitely. I actually regret getting the trem on my Strandberg. It's a pain to tune when each turn causes the bridge to deflect. That's why I installed a Mag-Lok on it, to make tuning easier and more reliable.

Yeah while I like the trem I'm not enough of a trem guy to not be annoyed by the not so fun parts. Might need to look into a mag-lok

 

[Progressive_disclosure]

Definitely. I actually regret getting the trem on my Strandberg. It's a pain to tune when each turn causes the bridge to deflect. That's why I installed a Mag-Lok on it, to make tuning easier and more reliable.

I’m a bit in the same boat. Loved the looks of the Prog 7 NX in grey so had to get it when they had a big ass discount on them. I’m thinking of blocking the trem but don’t want a tremol-No or put screws in the guitar either.

Every time I try to use the trem it sounds cheesy as hell and I’d rather be able to drop tune or go down a half step quickly.

 

[Jynx]

Strandberg have a new trem though.