DIY guitar mod HEADLESS conversion, I SAWED the head off an ebay pawnshop special, CREATE at Home!!

In search of a knock around travel guitar which I could fit in small places as well as plug headphones into and play clandestinely, I hit a wall. all the options were either expensive, fragile, short scale, unplayable, unpractical or some combination of the previously mentioned.
I decided to DIY it, others have done it. So I bought an ebay pawn shop special Ibanez grx20 and a Chinese headless bridge and nut and grafted them together.
watch and see...
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[@icblf]

rough cuts for the bridge are now complete - I can totally relate!

[@karlalton3170]

Nowt wrong with making mistakes here and there bud that's how you learn keep at it 😁😁🤘🤘🤘

[@mars-tronic]

You had me laughing a few times 😂
I wondered about these trems. On my old headless I had a problem with the high E always catching on the housing and snapping as the direct pull tuner was pulled tighter Looks like this design has solved that!

[@SmithBikesX]

Thanks for watching! Yeah the trem is definitely "unique", it holds tune and locks but I don't use it unlocked as it sometimes does not return exactly to zero, I read the original Floyd rose has this problem. But it sure works for my use as you can't knock it out of tune at all when the lock is engaged. Definitely a great proof of concept, I would invest real money in the trems this unit ripped off for a higher budget headless. Thanks again for giving it a watch!

[@mars-tronic]

@@SmithBikesX thanks for putting it up! I’ve thought about making a headless by chopping off the headstock… this may give me the courage to do it haha!

[@1mdlmusic]

Nice build. I own 2 headless guitars, but would like to convert one of my old guitars to headless. I’m wondering if I could leave the old bridge intact, and attach the headless bridge further down and use it just as tuners. Seems like it would eliminate a lot of measuring to get exact bridge placement

[@SmithBikesX]

I had considered that but the guitar I found had a tremelo which complicated alot of it. The Gibson style was what I was looking for. But if you have to deal with a strat style tremelo and don't care about size (I wanted a small tough travel guitar)and you block the trem you could do that, you could do anything. Look up jj cale and his handmade guitars if you are not familiar, I wasnt. Thanks for the compliment and for viewing!

[@thorpenator9148]

It's Alive...lol

[@graou_paou]

What about the truss rod? How will you adjust it if its covered?

[@SmithBikesX]

I had planned to notch the nut for access, and probably will when the time comes, however when I got it together it needed no adjustment so I left it alone for now. Honestly the neck was pretty stout to begin with, now there is no headstock so the stress is all linear, I'm more worried about the screws that attach the nut to the neck as it may crack. It's been good to me so far

[@sons-of-kin]

Good job, do you have any reference for the headless bridge ?

[@SmithBikesX]

It's a Chinese copy of a steinberger I think, all over eBay and Amazon

[@SmithBikesX]

www.amazon.com/dp/B09VDW4V5M?ref_=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_AH33VN63FV63WGCR2A1R

[@sons-of-kin]

@@SmithBikesX Thank you

[@bryandahan239]

Just wondering if you could donate it to me, i really love guitars but i do not own any, please🥺

[@bryandahan239]

Donate it to me please🥺