Where are the tuners on headstock less guitars?
ccfuser asked:
those guitars that people thought were really cool in the 80s with no headstock. how are the strings attached past the nut and how do you tune one?
thx guys, interesting. I hardly ever see anyone using one, kinda weird looking.
those guitars that people thought were really cool in the 80s with no headstock. how are the strings attached past the nut and how do you tune one?
thx guys, interesting. I hardly ever see anyone using one, kinda weird looking.
The strings are attached the other way around (in reverse) and the tuners are located at the bottom end of the guitar.
This is in fact not a bad idea at all and some instruments are still built like this. makes for less weight and often times well balanced instruments.
Steinberger still makes headless guitars and basses. (I own one) they use a unique bridge that has the tuners built into it. These types of instruments use double-ball end strings that have a ball on each end. Unlike normal strings that are designed with a certain amount of extra string at the end, Double -ball end strings are a specific length to precisely fit into the special nut and at the bridge of the guitar. It is actually much faster to change a string on one of these instruments since you literally just set the string in place and give a few quick turns of the tuner and viola’ you are in tune! Several companies make double ball end strings for these instruments.