Steinberger

Ned Steinberger's headless bass arrived in 1979 made of moulded composite rather than wood, with the tuners at the bridge, and it looked like nothing before it. The design solved real problems — balance, tuning stability, size — and the headless idea has since been taken up widely. Steinberger appears in our archive in features on unconventional instrument design and in the recurring revival of headless guitars.