yamsa2000 Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 A friend gave me a guitar neck that he had scrounged that has the head stock broken clean off.I recognised it as an eko acoustic neck because of the distinctive flat heal and zero fret (12-string as it turns out) and the fact that I've owned and dismembered a few ekos in my time.Eko necks are bolted to the body like a solid-body so apart from the missing head it's in good nick and can be used. I plan on bolting it to a solid piece of wood and sticking the tuners up the other end, like a Steinberger, so it will still remain headless. If anyone has tried doing this, how'd ya go? And I'd like to check out some other headless guitars before I start - would appreciate being pointed in the right direction. I seem to remember John Fogerty's baseball bat shaped guitar having the tuners up the wrong end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demarc Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Oh Man, Zero Fret AND Headless? You got my attention! You are singing my song! Check out my website posted below for some pic's of headless guitars. If you need more info, let me know. Check out some handcrafted guitars: http://home.mindspring.com/~grus/guitars.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamsa2000 Posted December 13, 2003 Author Share Posted December 13, 2003 Ha! Maybe I should go one up and make it headless, zero fret and 12-string, since the nut is already spaced for 12-string. Enjoyed seeing your guitars - I'm impressed. Congratulations Hermey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demarc Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Wow! a 12 string!!! I never did a 12 string. That is an awful lot of tension to deal with... but hey, what's a little more tension Seriously, though, that sounds like a cool project to me! I can't wait for a new/next project. Thanks, demarc Check out some handcrafted guitars: http://home.mindspring.com/~grus/guitars.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Why don't you guys collaborate on this twelve-steo, er, I mean, -string headless zero-fret axe? "Hermey" obviously has the experience here (it wasn't that you wanted to be dentist after all, was it, Santa's helper?) and you two should work out the design and hardware details to make that twelve-string gritsFIDDLE. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demarc Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Thanks, Caevan, it wasn't that you wanted to be dentist after all, was it, Santa's helper?Nah, I'd rather build guitars! But hey, this day job pays the bills. Besides you should see some of my MOP inlaid bicuspid work! Just give a dremel and let me go! Check out some handcrafted guitars: http://home.mindspring.com/~grus/guitars.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerJay Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Hey, it's Christmastime. Throw it in the fireplace and burn Santa's ass. That's the XMas spirit! Sissies... If you use tubes, well then, I might forgive you. Might... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demarc Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Hey, it's Christmastime. Throw it in the fireplace and burn Santa's ass. That's the XMas spirit!or would that be burn Santa axe.. Check out some handcrafted guitars: http://home.mindspring.com/~grus/guitars.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamsa2000 Posted December 14, 2003 Author Share Posted December 14, 2003 Hollld yr horses thar pardners - ain't gonna be no axe burnin' today - now get along home to yr kinfolk nice and quiet like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demarc Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 But Sheriff.... I can't get home to my kin folk, they're 2000 miles away! And they ain't nice, and they sure as hell ain't quiet! Check out some handcrafted guitars: http://home.mindspring.com/~grus/guitars.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Originally posted by RangerJay: "Throw it in the fireplace and burn Santa's ass." "Sissies... " "If you use tubes, well then, I might forgive you." "Might..."WHAT in th' wide, wide worl'o'sports's goin' on here? I don't know about anyone else here, but I use whatever works, whatever I feel like, maybe even whatever will p!$$ off a posse. If you can forgive me, I didn't finish the job. If Albert King could use that solid-state rig with the blown horn-tweeter to apply the pinch to your girly, if B.B. King could pay the cost with those LAB Series SS amps, if Johnny Winter and Michael Hill can ride all over your @$$ as headless horsemen, if SRV was just as particular about the SS part of his chain as the tubes in his amps (Tube Screamer, pardner?), then all that bull$h!t is just bull$h!t. (Thanks, Dougsthang') Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamsa2000 Posted December 14, 2003 Author Share Posted December 14, 2003 While we're on the subject of SRV. I've just read the article about number one (or #1 to his friends)in the latest Guitar Player. The headstock had been broken off and repaired.Shock horror! If Stevie had opted to put the tuners at the other end of the guitar instead of glueing a headstock back on........just imagine - there'd be a whole cavalry of headless SRV wannabe's out there. Ps Only someone else with a fetish for Eko guitars would understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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