Overlord of Music Steinberger Clone Headless Guitar Bridge Restoration.

Restoring a bridge on a Stinberger clone guitar.

[@EdKrebs-jb7vo]

Wow! Very informative. I've been having problems with an old Hohner and now I know where to look. Thanks!

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

Is the Hohner the paddle or strat shape? I've had a paddle shape in the past but it had the hardtail bridge.

[@EdKrebs-jb7vo]

It's a Hohner G3T, first year made, I think. Can't seem to get enough tension to hold the bridge flat. I wonder if those big springs can just wear out.

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

I'm sure they do wear out, honestly I haven't had any of these long enough to say. @@EdKrebs-jb7vo

[@EdKrebs-jb7vo]

@@chelseacollectibles8827 They are readily available on eBay. I may have to drop $20 to see if that works.

[@WutipongWongsakuldej]

When your drill got bind I'm concerned a little bit. I was watching a Sprit by Steinberger pickup dissasemble before and that one got bloddy (his hand got cut when removing the resin on the bottom of the pickups). Just thought "not again"! Very informative. I might need to this on my Spirit when it start to show the symptom.

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

I think the Spirit ones are made with better parts. This is a known issue on these off brand imports. Yes all work should be done with caution and safety. The metal is very soft on the bridge and that's why the drill bit was stuck.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Wonder if this is why I didn’t keep my Spirit by Steinberger for any longer than 15 months. Eventually, the pitch of the high E always fell to a C and would tune no higher. It was a nightmare. Such a drag. That guitar was this close to becoming my main axe.

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

Also depends on strings, if you were using double ball strings you could also put a drop of solder on the wrap to keep them from possibly unwinding from the ball. I know techs would do this for pro players sometimes.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I had my model fitted with a synapse headpiece that allowed the usage of single ball strings,@@chelseacollectibles8827. It’s possible that wasn’t attached properly.

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

Not sure, it also could have been too thin of a gauge and the high E was slipping from the bolt down?? These headless are super cool and fun to play but have issues as you know, I never had anything other than copies or lower priced Steinbergers. The only one that didn't give me any issues was a hardtail and I had bought an adapter for that, worked great but sold it off years ago.

[@ferncottageardentinny]

Were you aware that a chap called Bernd Meissner makes excellent replacement posts that are a direct screw in replacement for bent posts. They have an additional; support skirt around the base that stops them leaning over. About 30 euro. Not wishing to hijack Chelseas post you can see me fit them to a Steinberger GR4 on a video on my channel.

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

I didn't know about those.. Now we have two options for these pesky import trems. Thx

[@jeproxbatongbuhay8670]

Very nice 👍 amazing good jobs

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

Thx,

[@rabokarabekian409]

Luv it, here's another guitar fixit channel besides Dave's World of Fun Stuff that operates at my tool and skill level. Yeh, not into STWMAC, etc.

[@alexisawesom3]

I got a DIY guitar kit that had this bridge. The plate with the spring that you mount to the guitar is attached to the actual bridge. Whenever i loosen the screw at the bottom the spring doesn't come out, do you know how i could get these parts separated? Thank you!

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

There is a different type of headless bridge that is on import guitars that I think I had once. You pull on the tuners to tune the guitar, if that is what you have, I think you need to remove pins or something else, its different than this one. With this you just unscrew that rod that holds the spring. But its hard to say without seeing pictures.

[@diltempo7575]

Thanks for sharing! I've been looking for solutions for this bridge for years. Does the tremolo work with this mod? Can the lever be used for vibrato effects? If so, could you make a demo video using the lever?

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

Glad it helped. I no longer own this guitar so I can't make another video. I was not able to get the bridge to work with the tremolo on this guitar due to the spring being too weak, but the few I've had in the past worked fine after the posts were replaced. So you may need to look into getting a new or upgraded spring.

[@Freedom2x462]

My Hohner G3T guitar is exactly looks the same, lately I've been having problem with that Inserts and posts, I think its must be hard metal like a drill bit, It gets detune whenever I do dive-bombing or stretching the strings, after that its out tune, Where can buy that inserts and screw-post? Looks like your mods are very good! Thanks

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

Its hard to say without seeing your guitar. You need to make sure either the posts are moving, the spring that moves the tremolo isn't weak and possibly need replacing or its the strings itself, may be too thick of a gauge of strings. Are you using double ball end or an adapter to use standard strings? if using an adapter, it could also be slipping?

[@user-bh6ux4qg6p]

Where did you get the new posts and bushings?

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

Bought them online, any post bushings will work for guitar. Check any of the guitar parts sites, I'm sure reverb has some for sale or even ebay.

[@user-bh6ux4qg6p]

@@chelseacollectibles8827 Did you resue the original posts. Mine are black. Yours look nickle.

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

I believe they were brass and a steel post, but got them online from ebay, found them all over, you can find black, chrome or many different posts.

[@user-bh6ux4qg6p]

@@chelseacollectibles8827 Thanks. The bushings are easy but I have not found the steel posts profile that you found. BTW I subscribed.

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

Just found, had to search my history. They were Wilkinson bridge posts. But any will do as long as they are the 2 point, for either stray type bridge or floyd rose type bridge. I did buy some in the past for a repair I did years ago on a different headless and I think I bought them from stewmac.

[@baronvonchickenpants6564]

Where did you get the posts and bushings?

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

Bought them online, any 2 point posts will work, from any 2 point trem. Thx

[@themanbehindtheslaughter6598]

hi quick question is it possible to pput a whammy bar on the bridge??

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

These headless guitars are an odd instrument. If your bridge has the whammy bar/bridge like the one in the video then you just use and adjust. If you have a hardtail headless you can't really change unless you route the body and change the bridge. The tuners are at the bridge so you really need to get a correct bridge for the headless and the body you are working on.

[@stephencraig8578]

Does it stay in tune with tremolo use? thx for the video.

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

No. Over the years I believe I have had 3 of 4 of these guitars with this same mod, but I was unable to keep this one in tune using the tremolo. I was never able to figure it out. But others I have had were in tune with the tremolo almost like a FR without issues.

[@stephencraig8578]

@@chelseacollectibles8827 ok, thx

[@Swanlord05]

I dont like that doo hickey sticking out tge back so far can i shorten it

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

I don't think so, you need that for the tension to adjust the tremolo with different gauge strings. You may be better off looking for the hardtail versions of headless guitars.

[@nevv7130]

Does this bridge work on the hohner g2t?

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

I'm not sure, if the size is the same it should but I haven't had a G2T, the one I had years ago was a hardtail without the trem.

[@sansaee2595]

Is it work in 0.10 strings?

[@chelseacollectibles8827]

Yes I believe I had 10s on this guitar, you could use 9s or even 11s. You will need to adjust the springs for the bridge as any floating bridge will need adjustments when changing string gauges. Thx