Building the Ergonomic Guitar

These are the 10 articles folks from around the Net read the most in June 2008. Check them out and don’t forget to leave your comments and observations.

• The Most Ergonomic Electric Guitar Ever? – Little Guitar Works builds a Torzal Twist neck for a Klein electric guitar combining its ergo goodness with that of the Klein’s.
• Strandberg’s Floyd Rose Replacement Tremolo – As part of his vision of an ergo electric guitar, Ola Strandberg has developed this very light weight Floyd Rose replacement tremolo bridge.
• Romano Zambon Guitar Build – Romano not only shares his guitar build with us but the plan drawing he put together. More recently, he also shared his drawing of the ABM headless bridge system.
• The Forshage Hollow Body Electric Guitar – A modern interpretation of the ergo electric guitar, this Forshage model has proven very popular. The latest to be covered is the lovely Redwood Forshage with sound samples provided by its owner Mike Friedman.
• Xavier Padilla’s Torzal Custom Electric Bass Guitar – Another example of Jerome Little’s work over at Little Guitar Works, this highly custom bass for Xavier Padilla helps to address Padilla’s problems with RSI.
• Headless Guitar Design Alternative – Scott French – Scott French’s stub headstock “headless guitar solution inspired Romano’s guitar build above.
• Make Your Own Headless Guitar Tuners! – Making your own tuning keys is certainly an option when considering custom spacing or cost.
• Henry Olsen’s MaSh Acoustic Guitar – Musician Henry Olsen and luthier Dave Dearnaley arrive at this vision of an ergonomic acoustic guitar.
• The Orchid Bass Sprouts An Unusual Neck – Toone’s sculpted bass guitar design includes his unique trapezoidal profile neck.
• Headless Guitar Parts Resources – A growing list of headless guitar parts focused primarily on bridge systems.