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Headless Club???

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The '83 L2 I rescued from the Ebay lunkhead who did this to it, then misrepresente the amount of damage he did so I'd buy it. Pic 3 is th ebridge disassembled for cleaning. The blurry last pic was an attempt to show the fret and fretboard damage. Somehow when strung up it doesn't buzz like mad, and is actually very playable.

I've gotten excellent advice from the steinberger-world Yahoo group on how to take the bogus "factory" white paint and the shameful "RAMPAGE" scrawl off, but I'm still not sure I want to risk doing it myself. Lack of funds prevents any pro work at this time. I spent most of my disposable cash buying the metal shop I needed to get the frozen, corroded bridge screw out so I could adjust the intonation and action.

It plays like a dream. Sound not at all like the slightly scooped, ultra modern (for the early 90's) XL2 which was the only Steinberger I'd heard in person before this. This one's very warm, my guitarist called it "woody" sounding. First amazing thing I noticed was the tuning stability. Not only does it stay in tune, but while tuning I noticed the note does not waver at all, unlike every other guitar or bass I've ever owned or even just seen being tuned. Next was tha evenness of the string volumes; I'm used to using my playing technique to compensate for a perceived volume difference on the thin strings - they just don't jump out like an E string does. Not this bass. Runs on the high strings come through clear even against loud drums and heavily distorted guitar.

I can't believe I waited so long to buy one.
 
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BartmanPDX said:
Very nice, Alvaro!!! :hyper:

How do you like the tone? Of all my basses, my XL-2 has my favorite tone live, but I usually play the Sadowsky as I find the string spacing a lot more comfortable. The band loves it though. I might bring it out this weekend. :)

GREAT bass.
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Last night I played my first gig with the Steinberger. I have no words to describe the experience, putting aside the process of getting used to the instrument. Simply awesome and unique. BTW, I've heard that many players find its string spacing too narrow and the neck too chunky. I can't say that (and I don't like basses with narrow string spacing). As I've said before, the only comfort issue I'm having is getting used to the lack of a place to rest my forearm, but no problem. It's just a matter of practice and patience.
 
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Alvaro Martín Gómez A.;8038543 said:
BTW, I've heard that many players find its string spacing too narrow
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yes, that is fact, this is the main reason why steinberger is not my gig instrument.. But i ve got it for sometimes practise and recording..

btw i ve got quite small hands and short fingers, however the feelinin when i play it is little bit more "academical and terse" ..;)
 
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Why not?

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Sorry. Here it is.

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Here is a custom headless. Steinberger original neck, drop D bridge, EMG pups and pre. The body was made by Dan Ransom guitars and setup with a neck Plek in San Francisco. Notice there is not cut out at the bottom of the body. Instead it is scooped so your fingers can fit in there for access to the tuners. The body is one piece mahogany with oil finish. Plays like butter and sounds great.
 

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