Kiesel HH2 Holdsworth headless guitar
Channel: Johnny C
Date: 2020-12-30

Check out a video demo of this Kiesel HH2 headless guitar
 https://youtu.be/yLXOct7gnao

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Kiesel HH2 product page
https://www.kieselguitars.com/catalog/guitars/hh2

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Hi from Hong Kong.  I make this video because of a comment from Mr. JP Tyler who watched my video “Dead-end Maze”, in which I played my Kiesel HH2 guitar.  JP asked me to make a video about the features of my Kiesel HH2. Thank you JP for your question and I am very happy to share the things about the guitar!  

This guitar is a HH2 - Allan Holdsworth Headless Electric Guitar from Kiesel.  I ordered the guitar back in 2017 when I wanted a guitar that is easy to carry around.   Here’s an overview of the specification that I have in my custom order.  

I have the maple neck, a chambered Alder body for its lightweight, with swamp ash top.   The body colour is British Racing Green with standard clear gloss finish.  Maple fingerboard,  white pearl dot inlay, Stainless Med-Jumbo Frets, standard 20in Fretboard Radius.  For pickups, I chose the MS22D pickup for the bridge position for its high output, and kept the standard Holdsworth pickup for neck position.  For the electronics I have the Push/Pull Tone Control Coil Splitter. 

Here are some observations that I wish to point out after playing the guitar for a few years.  Since it is a headless guitar the tuning heads are located in the bridge.  The hardware is of great quality and it’s very easy to tune.  You can use regular ball end strings on this guitar and changing string is even easier and faster than a regular guitar.

The contour of the lower part of the body is actually like a les paul.  So when you place the guitar on your lap it does feel familiar.  The neck has got 24 frets and it’s very easy to reach the higher notes.   When standing up the instrument really balance well.  But since one of the strap buttons is on the back and not on the side, it does feel different.  The neck is a bit more farther away from your body as compare to traditional guitar.  Because of the relatively small size of the switch, switching between pickups may not be the easiest especially when you are in a live situation.  

I have slightly modified the electronics - but I can’t remember the details.  It's mainly about the capacitor.  Will need sometime to find out and will keep you guys posted.  

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