Headless guitars have been with us for decades, since Eddie Van Halen and Allan Holdsworth first flew the flag. Even so, the unorthodox constructions were often met with derision in the years since. That was until recently – in 2025, the story couldn’t be more different.
Paul Masvidal played a Steinberger GM4T with Death in the ’90s, and later spent 10 years working with Ola Strandberg to refine his headless recipe. At the time, Strandberg was a lone wolf producing just 20 guitars a month. Today it faces a raft of competition.
