Comments on: ABM Headless Bridge in Detail

By: Rick Toone

Rick Toone — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:24:00 +0000

Calen â€” keep checking back. Within a month I’ll be unleashing a headless tuning system (also for bass) you might find worth waiting for. It will be easy to use, ergonomic, and premium quality.

Let’s stay in touch.

By: calen

calen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:16:42 +0000

hey folks, I am attempting to build a four string headless bass and i was wondering how i go about ordering some hardware for it. any help would be much appreciated!

thx,
calen

By: Gregor

Gregor — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:07:56 +0000

How does one go about adjusting the intonation? In your picture, I see six philips head screws that look related, but I can’t see a way to move a saddle back and forth.

Thanks,
Gregor

By: Carel Goos

Carel Goos — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:43:23 +0000

IÂ´m building a heaadless guitar with a tailpiece/tuners unit by trying to modify a tremolo unit with fine-tuners. The one thing I canÂ´t quite figure out for sure is how much travel the fine-tuners need in order to tune the guitar to pitch (strings clamped at the head). I tried on a strat copy, and went from slack to pitch in about 5 millimeters. Anybody has a tuning tailpiece to measure this on? Any help would be aprreciated

By: Nuxuk

Nuxuk — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:07:49 +0000

Thanks Romano that helps a lot!
Fortunately I purchased a “log” of birdseye of abt 30 mm thick, so no need to laminate! Although I have finished shaping the neck, I left the “rough” headstock on, now I’m glad I did!
Anyway, thanks for your quick response!
Nux

By: GPW

GPW — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:01:56 +0000

Gentlemen , we believe this to be the same headstock we’ve used on all our ergo’ Lobster guitars…I think they’re the same ones we’ve purchased them from All Parts for many years …They work incredibly well , easily mount at 90deg. and really increase the sustain in the head area due to their density at the string end… this headstock mated to a rather thick (old school)neck of dense wood (Bocate our Fav’)sustains for days …We use regular tuners on the back of the Lobster so this end just holds the single ball end ..string changes are quick with common strings… We certainly recommend this headstock to potential builders…

By: Romano Zambon

Romano Zambon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:05:20 +0000

As far as I can tell it should be mounted 90′ degrees tilted backward. However be careful, If you plan on purchasing a neck with a “paddle” headstock (the paddles are typically about 1/2″ ~ 13mm thick) you will need to laminate additional material on the backside and then shape the rear of the headstock to match the contour of the headpiece.

Hope that helps..

By: Nuxuk

Nuxuk — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:49:11 +0000

Thanks Romano for the ABM headless units plan! Very helpful! I’ve ordered one at ABM’s but they’re not too detailed with regard to installation instructions. A Question about the headpiece: is it mounted 90′ tilted backwards or just ” as you see it” ?
Thanx in advance
Nux

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:05:31 +0000

Hey Romano, thanks! This is exactly the type of information a do-it-yourself guitar builder needs to help make design decisions.