Eastern Europe and Russia seem to be producing some interesting multi-scale, headless guitars lately. Padalka Guitars is one such maker from Russia, with the Neptune being their headless model. It has strong design similarities to the *strandberg. The proliferation of makers of headless guitars bodes well for this style, and hopefully will make a comeback from the Steinberger days. Here’s Neptune No 77, an 8-string model:
the model – the Neptune
scale – 27 “-29.5″
number of the frets – 24,
number of strings – 8
Body:
construction – solid body + chambering, 2 pieces
material – the White Ash
top – of Maple Figured
Neck:
construction – bolt-on, 3 pieces + 2 veneer of material – of Maple / Wenge veneer of
thickness – 19mm (1 fret), 21mm (12 fret)
the fretboard material – Pao ferro-
the fretboard the radius – 20 ”
the frets – Nickel Silver Jescar 2.3 × 1.4mm
the markers side – 2mm plastic dots
inlay – 4mm abalone dots
Graphtech of Black TUSQ nut
Pickups:
Fokin Pickups Custom Set
Electronics:
1 volume
5-way switch
Hardware:
headpiece – Mera GuitarsDroplet
bridge – Mera Guitars locking tuners headless Submarine 2
Dome-style knob
Schaller-style straplocks
Finish:
Polyurethane, satin
Weight:
3,8 Kg
