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Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:18 am
by WeHuntKings
Does anyone here have one? I've been gas'n super hard for one of the kramer aluiminum necked ones, but I don't really know anything about them. I remember seeing a video of Placebo and David Bowie playing 20th Century Boy together and the Duke was rockin' a headless geetar. Thought it looked super cool and easy to play.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KluhWi8-CuQ[/youtube]
They're also considered travel instruments too, I think?
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:24 am
by skullservant
Headless aluminum Kramer basses are going SUPER reasonable on Ebay. Never played one, but they look rad as hell and are super tempting. I think you'd be killing two birds with one stone if you picked one up!
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:47 am
by metalmariachi
I almost bought a used left handed one like Rhondo sells.
It was less than a stomp box, kind of fun and didn’t sound bad.
Also it weighed nothing.
The having the controls under my arm just wouldn’t have worked out.
If it had been a right hander I probably would have impulse bought it.
MM
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:51 am
by 777mick777
Teuffel guitars, to bad their fucking expensive.

Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:57 am
by skullservant
whoa. THE FUCK. awesome.
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:58 am
by skullservant
PS- WeHuntKings- there is a headless Kramer Duke on Ebay without strings for like $250 right now. I feel like at that price WHY THE HELL NOT
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:40 pm
by snipelfritz
Sweet T. Rex cover.
777mick777 wrote:Teuffel guitars, to bad their fucking expensive.

That is probably the worst design for a guitar I've ever seen. Not because it doesn't look cool (although I'm not too keen on the silver and wood combo), but because the body going up the neck like that would make it impossible to play above the first five frets.
but maybe that's just because I have horrible technique.
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:41 pm
by skullservant
ITS FOR SOLOS BRO. HI STRINGS ONLY
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:37 pm
by 777mick777
skullservant wrote:ITS FOR SOLOS BRO. HI STRINGS ONLY
We should ask Kayzer, I think he owns one.
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:14 pm
by WeHuntKings
skullservant wrote:PS- WeHuntKings- there is a headless Kramer Duke on Ebay without strings for like $250 right now. I feel like at that price WHY THE HELL NOT
Yeah, hence this thread...I would do it if I didn't need a new computer so badly! I am more interested in getting one of the guitars though, even though I do need a better bass than my humble Squier P-Bass.
I like that Teuffel thang, but I'd never play it. The Steinberger's and Kramer's however are just the right kind of 80's retro-futuristic for me. I'd feel like I was in Bladerunner with one of those things.

Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 8:50 pm
by skullservant
Yeah dude. Kramer aluminum guitars (headless or otherwise) have been on an upswing this past month. There seems to be some sort of Ebay sensus that agrees that they should jack the price of any and all aluminum guitar a lot higher than the bass counterpart. You can go and get a Kramer 450 bass for $550, but the guitars go for $400 more. It's nuts dude
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:46 pm
by WeHuntKings
skullservant wrote:Yeah dude. Kramer aluminum guitars (headless or otherwise) have been on an upswing this past month. There seems to be some sort of Ebay sensus that agrees that they should jack the price of any and all aluminum guitar a lot higher than the bass counterpart. You can go and get a Kramer 450 bass for $550, but the guitars go for $400 more. It's nuts dude
Yeah, I was wondering about that...super weird.
I really need another guitar so can stop using my strat as a sludge machine. It seems wrong somehow...I need something more suited for the job.
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:51 pm
by skullservant
Heh I've been using my Jazzmaster with single coils. I almost like it better than my Jaguar with Humbuckers. Its fucking weird dude
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:52 pm
by Achtane
WeHuntKings wrote:skullservant wrote:Yeah dude. Kramer aluminum guitars (headless or otherwise) have been on an upswing this past month. There seems to be some sort of Ebay sensus that agrees that they should jack the price of any and all aluminum guitar a lot higher than the bass counterpart. You can go and get a Kramer 450 bass for $550, but the guitars go for $400 more. It's nuts dude
Yeah, I was wondering about that...super weird.
I really need another guitar so can stop using my strat as a sludge machine. It seems wrong somehow...I need something more suited for the job.
You should push it even further...get the Hello Kitty strat.
Or a glittery Daisy Rock.
SLUDGE IS IN THE HEART AND ADJOINING ARTERIES.
Re: Headless Guitars/Basses
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:09 am
by WeHuntKings
It's not the looks, I just don't think the strat snap works for the sludgey stuff I always do. And like I've said in other threads, the neck annoys the shit outta me right now haha.
I may tune it back up to standard and take the lace sensors out in favor of the noiseless strat pups I have and use it for the twangies.