Hey Hunter. You keep saying you have little to no experience with headless guitars. Weren't you deeply involved in the development of the Harley Benton Dullahan? I would think that qualified you to critique a headless guitar more than most other people, no?
That shipping box though. I've eyeballed the B& Z's for awhile. Heard a decent amount of good on them. Didn't realize this was multiscale! So subtle like you said. Kinda decided this would be my headless once I get around to it with money and not having my wife be upset with me buying another (which is fair). Glad to see another review on these!
To be fair. I bought one of those NO headless models just for the heck of it for like £100 2nd hand and it became a daily guitar for me. Just sits by my desk at work plugged into my interface and play whenever I get a free minute. Lovely thing one it had frets done
Digging the tone of those pickups. I have a customer who is a Steinberger collector, and I've tried a couple of his. This thing is really tempting to me.
I only know two places to leave this and this is one of them. Dean is working with Eastwood on a Baritone. Literally on the other end of the spectrum from what you showed in this video, I know...but...
I bought one of the Eart ( GW2 I think, it's the one with the magnetic tuning handle. ) headless guitars and it's fantastic. Ridiculously comfortable to play no matter if I'm standing, sitting, or stretched out on the couch.
I'd have one as a travel instrument for vacations or if I'm traveling for whatever reason as far as the multi scale thing the low strings don't always have to be above 25.5 inches for example you can make a guitar with the 25.5 on the bass side and 24 and 3 quarters like a Gibson on the treble strings it's so you get a good tension between all the strings
@@zanzabar4ky7 in my opinion why bother? You might as well get a 25.5 guitar at that point considering the difference in tension on the guitar wouldn't noticeable
@@naruto199797 They are cloning a strandberg, and strandberg does it is why. I am not sure it makes sense without the endure neck to shift your hand that way. On the bright side with fanned frets you need a zero fret so the action/intonation in the cowboy region should be great without having to do the nut yourself. You also do not have to deal with a rough slot. I have one of the older swamp ash Plini Strandberg with the same fan/scale and love it. I rarely notice the fan
One of the Amazon reviews says, "But there's no truss rod to adjust, just a steel reinforcement and the neck is set basically flat." That's confusing me.
What happened to all the Dullahans at Thomann? I was getting ready to get one and all of the variations are gone and they only have the black one left.
Allegedly they're refreshing all the lines in the next few weeks. New colours, a few spec changes etc. It could be they've just run down the old stock and don't want to reorder with the new schemes starting soon.
Every headless guitar needs to have a ring in place of the headstock so it can be hung on a wall. Also, instead of or before replacing the pickups, try taking the covers off, then lowering the pickup significantly and compensating the height by significantly raising the pole pieces.
What exactly do you mean with that? They have certain specs that usually headless guitars have? How is the headless aspect relevant when you can have the same specs on any normal guitar?
@porkypile what normal guitar doesn't have the weight of a headstock and 0 neck dive? I play both regular guitars and headless guitars, and for long sessions or more classical guitar style positions for shred headless guitars are amazing. I know they are not everyone's thing, but I enjoy my strandberg alot.
I used to not be a fan of the headless look and I have been digging them more and more. I want a Vito Bratta signature Steinberger but I don’t have like $7k to get one. 😂
@@porkypile No headstock means better tuning stability, no neck dive, and low weight. Also, have you noticed that jigsaw shape at the back? It allows you to play in the (more efficient) classical guitar position. People have claimed to have recovered from wrist injuries and arthritis thanks to switching to a Strandberg. Abasi concept guitars and Klein guitars also do the Classical thing, but without being headless. Ergonomics matters as much as specs.
@@12askerr I don't believe Vito ever had a signature one. He played a GM style, which I believe Mike Rutherford from Genesis had a hand I'm designing.
If they were really ss frets they shouldn't need polishing. I built a guitar with ss frets a while back and the frets have never needed polishing. Maybe there's grades of ss frets?
Hello 👋🏻 Hunter , that was easily worth the 💵 money. That was a really great sounding track you put together! Everything fit together very well on that one. Almost like it’s cheapness Somehow made you want to throw down hard and get decent sounds out of it in spite of that fact! 😄🤟🏻actually a good sounding guitar for that kind of money 💰🎸🙂
Id like to sabotage these cheapo makers, and surprise have like 7 of em show up at once, and tell them the winner IMO has a lot to teach the others. Thats the video not one influencer made, they instead cheap out and do a retrospective and show clips to decide. In person, sometimes you find an advantage you thought one had, wasnt up to par versus something you didnt give a chance before. Anyways, influencers need to do this more, so we dont end up with 7 ok guitars, when we could get to the leader of the affordable pack and skip the lessers, it truly would increase the importance of these types of channels.
It was driving me crazy that the intro tune sounded so familiar but I couldn't remember what it was and days later realized it's New Jeans' Super Shy ahaha
The real 350$ question I think everyone should ask - What is the issue what a youtuber get a guitar from an unknown brand? They can send him a 1 off perfect guitar that pass QC. Who is to say the this will be the product a customer gets? This is my biggest issue with all these amazing and cheap guitars, if the price is too good to be true, there has so be a compromise that we don't know about.
A bad polish job makes no sense to me. No fret polishing makes sense since you're skipping the step altogether to cut costs, but a few minutes with a buffing wheel on a Dremel tool leaves you with a mirror finish. It's too easy to half ass.
The stainless steel they use on those cheap guitars is a very soft grade of stainless steel. They're actually softer than standard nickel silver fret wire. Stainless steel comes in many different grades from soft to very hard. Funny, the Chinese trick players in thinking they're getting the much sought after hard stainless while really getting really soft stainless steel. Try filing or sanding the frets, you'll see what I mean.
Same price as an EART on Amazon in Canada. $519 useless CDN bucks for both. Sounds fine for the $. Playability, action are another thing but you seem fine playing it. Any POS can be tweaked into the sweet spot. This is great. Honestly the first time I've seen you play as I always only ever see your shorts. New sub.
Dumb question and maybe I missed in video: regular strings can be used? I’ve seen “adapter” things for some headless guitars like Steinbergers over the years
Honestly didn't expect much but I was pretty impressed. Might make a good traveler guitar me vs lugging a pricier guitar around when I travel for work.
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You basically compressed Gojiras whole Magma Album into a demo track, love it
Hey Hunter. You keep saying you have little to no experience with headless guitars. Weren't you deeply involved in the development of the Harley Benton Dullahan? I would think that qualified you to critique a headless guitar more than most other people, no?
That shipping box though.
I've eyeballed the B& Z's for awhile. Heard a decent amount of good on them. Didn't realize this was multiscale! So subtle like you said. Kinda decided this would be my headless once I get around to it with money and not having my wife be upset with me buying another (which is fair). Glad to see another review on these!
To be fair. I bought one of those NO headless models just for the heck of it for like £100 2nd hand and it became a daily guitar for me. Just sits by my desk at work plugged into my interface and play whenever I get a free minute. Lovely thing one it had frets done
Digging the tone of those pickups. I have a customer who is a Steinberger collector, and I've tried a couple of his. This thing is really tempting to me.
Thanks for describing you writing process.. that was pretty cool insight!
Man I did not need to see that these things are actually decent. I've been fighting the urge to buy a cheap headless guitar, but I might give in.
I bought a dirt cheap Eart headless on Amazon a couple of years ago out of curiosity and it's great.
I didn't think Boya & Ziqi was still around. Sweet!🤘
Guitar looks decent for the price. Brand name, I could do without lol.
Dude, the demo track was pretty sweet, very well done man.
I only know two places to leave this and this is one of them.
Dean is working with Eastwood on a Baritone.
Literally on the other end of the spectrum from what you showed in this video, I know...but...
I bought one of the Eart ( GW2 I think, it's the one with the magnetic tuning handle. ) headless guitars and it's fantastic. Ridiculously comfortable to play no matter if I'm standing, sitting, or stretched out on the couch.
I’m not much for modern metal but that track was killer! Next: get a Strandberg Boden 😊
I don't exactly get the "headless" thing. It's cool that those that do have more options these days, though. Good for them!
10:20 - “all you wanted” by Michelle Branch
That was a pretty killer jam.
It's a pretty guitar! Especially for a headless.
I would have bought one of these a while ago if I knew my Ormsby was going to take a year to get here.
Playing I want to push you around? Did you just watch Barbie? LOL
Gotta say I dig it.
I'd have one as a travel instrument for vacations or if I'm traveling for whatever reason as far as the multi scale thing the low strings don't always have to be above 25.5 inches for example you can make a guitar with the 25.5 on the bass side and 24 and 3 quarters like a Gibson on the treble strings it's so you get a good tension between all the strings
This one is 25.5 on the bass side and 25" on the treble side. They did everything they could to make a strandberg clone without the endure neck.
@@zanzabar4ky7 in my opinion why bother? You might as well get a 25.5 guitar at that point considering the difference in tension on the guitar wouldn't noticeable
@@naruto199797 They are cloning a strandberg, and strandberg does it is why. I am not sure it makes sense without the endure neck to shift your hand that way. On the bright side with fanned frets you need a zero fret so the action/intonation in the cowboy region should be great without having to do the nut yourself. You also do not have to deal with a rough slot. I have one of the older swamp ash Plini Strandberg with the same fan/scale and love it. I rarely notice the fan
There is someone somewhere who doesn't understand why everyone is playing 3AM lately... and I hope they get better soon.
Killer riffs, this song is a banger! Tabs?
One of the Amazon reviews says, "But there's no truss rod to adjust, just a steel reinforcement and the neck is set basically flat." That's confusing me.
What happened to all the Dullahans at Thomann? I was getting ready to get one and all of the variations are gone and they only have the black one left.
Allegedly they're refreshing all the lines in the next few weeks. New colours, a few spec changes etc. It could be they've just run down the old stock and don't want to reorder with the new schemes starting soon.
Interesting…not really my thing either but I won’t lie, it sounds pretty good.
Every headless guitar needs to have a ring in place of the headstock so it can be hung on a wall. Also, instead of or before replacing the pickups, try taking the covers off, then lowering the pickup significantly and compensating the height by significantly raising the pole pieces.
just got to the actual guitar unboxing...looks alone i would play it...cool "looking"...now to watch if the yrain derails...aaaaand.....
seems like a solid build ...very nice
I'm a real life luitier fly me out for a weekend and we'll do surgery on anything your guitars need
Ugly as hell but it seems pretty solid for the price
Ain't no way that's Super Shy by New Jeans in the intro
The pickups sounded better than I expected for a budget Amazon guitar. They sounded fairly warm and clear. The split coil tone was decent too.
All pickups produced in the past 10 years sound fairly decent
You could plug a pogo stick into a Mesa and it would sound alright.
@@donbishop6994 Can confirm. I plugged my old Razor scooter into a Mesa and it sounded heavenly.
@@TylerJohnstonGuitar 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@donbishop6994 Don't steal my idea, man.
Is Agufish playing NEW JEANS? Bro. High five.
Times are hard
You should check out novander's cover/remix of New jeans. It's fuckin nuts
Don’t support K-pop man
I think he would make a killing with a riff writing and recording course
8:43 - 8:48 is my favorite transition of all time. I have no idea why but that chug-to-clean-chord switch absolutey wrecked me.
Awesome demo. Judging by the creativity / inspiration you got this guitar is worth the price for sure !!
Or Polaris for that matter.
3.25 and it sounds a little like EVERY OTHER GUITAR YOU’VE HAD ON THE CHANNEL 🤣. Not to worry. I watch anyway 🤙
never expect hunter to play a new jeans song
Get a headless guitar. Play some Matchbox 20. LOL. love it.
Still suprised a kiesel hasn't ended up on the channel yet
it's incredible how no one in the comments got that super shy intro
Headless guitars, as divisive as they are, are some of my favorite to play. So glad other people are giving them a chance!
What exactly do you mean with that? They have certain specs that usually headless guitars have? How is the headless aspect relevant when you can have the same specs on any normal guitar?
@porkypile what normal guitar doesn't have the weight of a headstock and 0 neck dive?
I play both regular guitars and headless guitars, and for long sessions or more classical guitar style positions for shred headless guitars are amazing.
I know they are not everyone's thing, but I enjoy my strandberg alot.
I used to not be a fan of the headless look and I have been digging them more and more. I want a Vito Bratta signature Steinberger but I don’t have like $7k to get one. 😂
@@porkypile No headstock means better tuning stability, no neck dive, and low weight.
Also, have you noticed that jigsaw shape at the back? It allows you to play in the (more efficient) classical guitar position. People have claimed to have recovered from wrist injuries and arthritis thanks to switching to a Strandberg.
Abasi concept guitars and Klein guitars also do the Classical thing, but without being headless. Ergonomics matters as much as specs.
@@12askerr I don't believe Vito ever had a signature one. He played a GM style, which I believe Mike Rutherford from Genesis had a hand I'm designing.
dude opened with supershy HAHAHAHA
Sounded pretty damn good. The tune you came up with sounded very Pertucci -ish. Good stuff Hunter.
That Track Was Filthy!
Your A Rockstar!
Hey Hunter. Very cool to hear you speak in a Chinese accent. Honor your roots. Great demo track.
If they were really ss frets they shouldn't need polishing. I built a guitar with ss frets a while back and the frets have never needed polishing. Maybe there's grades of ss frets?
Demo track's like Lamb of God meets Soilwork.
I thought the clean tones were actually really nice. The heavier chugs sounded a bit flat. On a side note, im definitely getting a Digitec Whammy
Seems like it would be perfect to play some Protest the Hero riffs.
that Supershy lick at the beginning 👀 lol
Hello 👋🏻 Hunter , that was easily worth the 💵 money. That was a really great sounding track you put together! Everything fit together very well on that one. Almost like it’s cheapness Somehow made you want to throw down hard and get decent sounds out of it in spite of that fact! 😄🤟🏻actually a good sounding guitar for that kind of money 💰🎸🙂
Id like to sabotage these cheapo makers, and surprise have like 7 of em show up at once, and tell them the winner IMO has a lot to teach the others. Thats the video not one influencer made, they instead cheap out and do a retrospective and show clips to decide. In person, sometimes you find an advantage you thought one had, wasnt up to par versus something you didnt give a chance before. Anyways, influencers need to do this more, so we dont end up with 7 ok guitars, when we could get to the leader of the affordable pack and skip the lessers, it truly would increase the importance of these types of channels.
Because they don’t actually care about you lol
They just need to keep churning out the videos man
🗣I'M SUPER SHY‼️
now wait a minute while i make you mine
the super shy intro 👌👌👌👌🤌🤌🤌🤌
You should try headless NK Guitar. Check it out!
It looks like they raised the price by $40 just like they did to KYG. How was it in Classical position? That is the whole point of that shape.
Is it just me or was that Super Shy and then some Matchbox20? You rule, kid.
And then some Stones! Keep on killing it, man.
Kinda cool..ya wanna sell that thing?
Bro watched Barbie hehehe
It was driving me crazy that the intro tune sounded so familiar but I couldn't remember what it was and days later realized it's New Jeans' Super Shy ahaha
super shy by newjeans at the start omd wasn't expecting that lol
NEWJEANS MENTIONED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now compare it to a Strandberg!
Hearing you play Matchbox Twenty in the end threw me for a bit of a loop, haha.
The real 350$ question I think everyone should ask - What is the issue what a youtuber get a guitar from an unknown brand? They can send him a 1 off perfect guitar that pass QC. Who is to say the this will be the product a customer gets?
This is my biggest issue with all these amazing and cheap guitars, if the price is too good to be true, there has so be a compromise that we don't know about.
A bad polish job makes no sense to me. No fret polishing makes sense since you're skipping the step altogether to cut costs, but a few minutes with a buffing wheel on a Dremel tool leaves you with a mirror finish. It's too easy to half ass.
Cool Axe ..... Not sure why but i would rather pay $100 bucks more and get the rest of the guitar.
Can you change the bridge to a bridge with trembar? Just asking cause i wanna put some upgrades on my guitar also.
Holy shit, idk if that bass in the demo was recorded or programmed, but that tone is so sick
The stainless steel they use on those cheap guitars is a very soft grade of stainless steel. They're actually softer than standard nickel silver fret wire. Stainless steel comes in many different grades from soft to very hard. Funny, the Chinese trick players in thinking they're getting the much sought after hard stainless while really getting really soft stainless steel. Try filing or sanding the frets, you'll see what I mean.
Anybody know what's going on with Randall Amplification?
Bro that looks really good imo
It's pretty obviously a ripoff of Stranberg, but cool nonetheless. Especially for that price
Overall, pretty sick I'd say.
Honestly for 400 bucks that's a pretty impressive sound
First off, shorten that damn strap, that ain't no Les Paul.😂
Are you going to be demoing the new schecter triple coil guitars?
The only thing I'd modify on it for me is give it a head i like guitars with head
heyy i own a shirt like that, whats the chances - mad
I stayed cuz you said "periphery" ❤
I HAVE WATCHED U FOR 4 YEARS NOW U U DONT DISAPOINT
What does it weigh?
Okay that whole harmonic section of the demo song was pretty sick!!!
Sounds real nice, too bad for the neck
that super shy tho
The demo sounds really good
Hello Hunter
i love the intro riff being super shy by new jeans LMAO
Kinda sounds like TooL
You made an erra song
Same price as an EART on Amazon in Canada. $519 useless CDN bucks for both. Sounds fine for the $. Playability, action are another thing but you seem fine playing it. Any POS can be tweaked into the sweet spot.
This is great. Honestly the first time I've seen you play as I always only ever see your shorts. New sub.
🤘
Dumb question and maybe I missed in video: regular strings can be used? I’ve seen “adapter” things for some headless guitars like Steinbergers over the years
I Love headless guitars. Never going to buy a headstock-ed guitar again.
dude the intro is fucking SICK 🔥🔥
Honestly didn't expect much but I was pretty impressed. Might make a good traveler guitar me vs lugging a pricier guitar around when I travel for work.
I'd be interested to hear what you think of the J&D DX-100 guitar. It looks very solid for the money with some nice modern additions
My cat loves Amazon and their silly over-sized boxes!
Not sure about that bridge? It looks identical to the one on the HB you designed, no?