Despite its relative infancy, Strandberg has already revived the fortunes of headless guitars, worked with the likes of Plini, Jacob Collier and Jordan Rudess, and become the de facto go-to axe in the progressive metal world. When I was young I read an article about Allan Holdsworth, my guru, who explained how he’d had a guitar built from jelutong – a very non-traditional material. For the third guitar I took the hardware of a Honer headless Steinberg-licensed guitar, and I built a Strat-type body for that.”Ergonomics is a big focus for Strandberg instruments, alongside the headless design, of course. (Image credit: Future)“A lot of other brands are making headless guitars, but it’s just another model in their lineup. I sometimes say, with some level of seriousness, that other people make guitars without headstocks, while we make headless guitars.