Travel headless jazz guitar

[Kmatuhin]

Cool guitar concept... and beautiful music!

[kris]

nice!
great sound!

[GuyBoden]

I think the guitar is this:
Zaletelj headless guitar Amelia

[mr. beaumont]

Might be the best looking headless I've ever seen, and sound to match.

[kris]

I think the guitar is this:
Zaletelj headless guitar Amelia

[stevus]

This one sounds great too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs5PYdZ7U5Q

[stevus]

Maybe the novelty is that high-end headless guitars from boutique luthiers like Zaletelj, The Arch Guitar, or Soulezza have now found their way to modern jazz guitarists like Yotam Silberstein, Lionel Loueke or Jonathan Kreisberg.

[YOGA64]

Wonderful instruments, would love to own one!

Do you know of something along those lines which is quite a bit more affordable?

Thanks for your help.....

[mr. beaumont]

Wonderful instruments, would love to own one!

Do you know of something along those lines which is quite a bit more affordable?

Thanks for your help.....

Strandberg has a "jazz" model that goes for just under 2k I think.

I like looking at these, but then I remember my tele is pretty darn portable too. Maybe if I was traveling on planes more often I'd bite the bullet...I like the ergonomics of the design too...

[kris]

expensive toys...

[stevus]

Strandberg and Ibanez have some. Among the headless boutique jazz guitars The ArchGuitar offers the cheaper ones. Still a lot of money, but not for a fully handmade guitar, I think.

[kris]

I have Frameworks nylon guitar...but Amelia by Zaletelj cost about 6000 Euro...twice as expensive as my Frameworks.

One Note Samba on Frameworks Modern Classic guitar #jazz - YouTube

[Cunamara]

Carvin, or whatever they're called now, has several headless options at much more affordable price point. I think they all come standard with 24 fret necks, however.

[JGinNJ]

I was curious about the Strandberg Jazz, looking for an alternative to the bulk and weight of an archtop.
The local GC had a couple of the 7 string models, so I had a look. I didn't bother to plug it in, the ergonomics were terrible. So light, it didn't seem to balance anywhere, and the neck was literally like a 2x4, squared off in the back. No thanks!

[stevus]

According to their website handcarved headless guitars at TheArch guitar are around €3200-3500. So that is not too bad.

[339 in june]

I have the Hohner G3T
More than acceptable jazz tone when you roll down volume and tone pots

[IbanezAS100]

There are quite a few luthiers with similar designs, one of them being Emerson from São Paulo, Brazil (Instagram emerhand_luthier, EmerHand Headless JAZZ Model – EmerHand). Ordering and shipping from Brazil are not the easiest, but if you have any local friends, links or access it's a great option for a very, very good price. No affiliation, just a happy customer. Here's mine in action played through a tiny NUX Mighty Air:

https://youtube.com/shorts/9Ub7HUJtO...RrBQHbILc5bLwj

[Cunamara]

Whenever I see somebody playing jazz on a Steinberger, I somehow expect Allan Holdsworth as the primary influence. That was a nice sound for straight ahead jazz!

I remember playing a Steinberger in the early 80s at a music store. I thought it was remarkably articulate, lively and responsive guitar.

[GuyBoden]

Obviously, Mick Goodrick was associated with using a headless Hohner.

Edit: I tried the inexpensive Steinberger Spirit, but couldn't get it to sit correctly when playing seated. Fine when playing standing up.

[Wolfie175]

I coveted a Steinberger for the longest time, and yes of course due to an intermittent Holdsworth obsession.
The GLs are so expensive and like hen’s teeth in the UK. Finally got a GM on tour in Japan, but it didn’t take me long to realise the guitar wasn’t going to help me sound like Allan. Those EMGs with the HazLab preamp are so powerful. Too much for my “style” of playing. I toyed with the idea of putting passive pickups in it but couldn’t bring myself to mess with its original state. Had it for sale (not here) for a few months now and the kids aren’t biting. They all want Strandberg, Kiesel, etc, not the OG.

[Alter]

Funny thing is the original is probably a much better guitar.

[jads57]

Okay so I actually owned the original Steinberger headless with Alan Holdsworth Duncan’s. Heavy as all get out and felt like a lifeless Banjo.
I have owned way too many guitars, but I recently revisited Alan Holdsworth models HH2 headless and the Fatboy as well(Thanks Jim Soloway) I’m not crazy about the 24 frets essentially moving the neck pickup out of the sweet spot 22nd harmonic spacing.

I have a work around which involves using either a single space Blade DiMarzio Tone S on the HH2. And a Lace Sensor Dually Blue/Gold for the Fatboy in the neck positions.

I Would love to try some of the above headless luthier builds.But I’m not sure how much of an improvement over my Carvins it would make. Especially since it uses the same type of bridge and both my guitars are basically chambered Hollowbody builds.