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Vs the prototype
I know people hate the flying can opener, but it's clear from this prototype they were well ahead of their time in terms of ergonomic guitar design.
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But even so, I did make this template a few weeks ago
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Steinberger started in 1979. Gibson purchased them in 1987. Clearly they were paying attention to Ned from the start.
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At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer Watson, SS2, Vintage S, T62.
* Music Man Luke 1, Luke II
Please drop me a message.
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I've never seen the prototype before, though. That little vestigial headstock looks revolting.
The effect is somewhat ruined from the front by the pickguard though, and especially the clumsy way it goes under the top strings, as well as being far too large for just two knobs.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've never seen another source that Gibson actually did it which didn't link back to that.
The forum did a corvus build off in 2009, and a few headless versions were made. The challenge was to take the worst Gibson design and make something good with it. I didn't actually build one... but i designed an updated guitar and bass version.
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In that context the mini-head shape is perfect. The production version headstock is much more crow-like.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein