Headless guitars have become very popular since the 1980’s when Ned Steinberger first introduced the design into popular music culture. Since then many professional musicians have gone headless and the trend continues as Ned’s legacy lives on.
Communities like GuitarSend.com support the headless lifestyle, and give members an opportunity to learn more about their headless habit. Perhaps one of the downsides of a headless instrument is that very often they are only able to use a double ball end string set. Although some newer guitars like the Synapse by Gibsons modern Steinberger brand offer a built in string adapter, however the rest remain incapable of playing normal single ball end strings with an adapter.