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It makes perfect sense to go headless with guitars that have more than six strings. In practice, this means LegatorвЂ™s seven and eight string guitars sparkle and chime at the top end while remaining mud-free at the bottom. The pups are especially interesting because theyвЂ™ve been developed to remain clear and articulate across a broad spectrum of frequencies. All Ghosts now get a roasted maple neck, ebony fingerboard and Hive 2.0 humbuckers. NowвЂ™s a good time too, because itвЂ™s updated its headless Ghost range for 2022 with some tasty upgrades. Legator is a relatively small outfit based in Los Angeles, so if youвЂ™re hunting for a guitar thatвЂ™s out of the ordinary but doesnвЂ™t cost a fortune theyвЂ™re well worth a look. ItвЂ™s available in a variety of funky colors, from plain black to hotrod yellow.

On the other hand, the GT-Pro Deluxe offers you a whole lot more than many traditional guitars ever will. In some ways, this Steinberger demonstrates that you donвЂ™t get much for a few hundred dollars these days. In SteinbergerвЂ™s words itвЂ™s вЂvirtually indestructibleвЂ™. This, the locking trem, and double ball-end strings make the GT-Pro an extremely reliable and stable instrument to travel and gig with. The вЂalmost not thereвЂ™ basswood body is attached to a three-piece hard maple neck thatвЂ™s pretty much impervious to climatic changes. The first thing youвЂ™ll notice about the GT-Pro Deluxe is that thereвЂ™s very little to it вЂ“ even Steinberger is touting this as the ultimate travel guitar.

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Now, theyвЂ™re back with the Spirit line, which is an homage to NedвЂ™s original ground-breaking series of headless basses and guitars. By then, Ned had already sold the brand to Gibson, which ceased production of the original product line in the 1990s. Ned Steinberger invented the headless guitar back in the late вЂ™70s, a pioneering design that proved quite the phenomenon throughout the вЂ™80s but then slowly drifted out of fashion. Very little tone wood, if thatвЂ™s your thing ItвЂ™s no D28, but itвЂ™s certainly good enough to keep you entertained out on the road, on the beach or in the back country. It even boasts a guitar tuner and an aux in so that you can strum along to your favorite backing tracks. The Escape features a headphone amp, which means that all you really need to pack for your travels are some earbuds, a toothbrush and some clean undies. In the unlikely event that youвЂ™ve hauled your acoustic amp with you on the bus or the plane, you can plug straight in and start jamming wherever you are in the world.ДidnвЂ™t bring an amp? No matter. Get over its quirky looks though and itвЂ™s great fun to both play and listen to.

Second, itвЂ™s an acoustic-electric that sounds predominately acoustic, but needs to be plugged in to get any sort of tone out of it.

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Its tiny, almost uke-like frame is the fraction of the size of a full-blown acoustic or electric guitar, yet it retains a full 25.5вЂќ scale length. Admittedly, at first glance itвЂ™s hard to know what to make of the Escape travel guitar.

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