I love these Allan Holdsworth guitars, they are beautifully made and play so well.

With its headstock-free design, all-in-one bridge, tailpiece, and tuner assembly affixed to its tail end, the HH2 will evoke thoughts of Steinberger for many. But where Steinberger guitars were made from graphite- reinforced epoxy, the base HH2 model is built entirely from wood—a chambered alder body with a white birch top, along with an Eastern hard rock maple neck and an ebony fretboard. Tonewood connoisseurs will be glad to hear that the neck, body, and top are also available in various combinations of figured maple, koa, walnut, and mahogany. The fretboard is also available in varieties of maple or rosewood.

The standard bridge on the HH2, a JCustom Headless Research hardtail with knurled-knob tuners, closely resembles that originally made by Steinberg

This one has the Tremolo version with a locking lever for conversion to a hard tail.

The HH2 is equipped with a pair of humbuckers designed specifically for the guitar. The neck reads 7.3k Ω and the bridge 8.6k Ω, and each pickup has a whopping 11 adjustable pole pieces—a cool feature for the obsessive tone tinkerer. The guitar comes with black coils and bezels, but any combination of black and crème can be ordered. Perhaps due to the diminutive size of the guitar, the pickups share a master volume and master tone control and a metal 3-way mini selector switch specifically requested by Holdsworth.

The 24 frets are meticulously done, cleanly seated and polished, and the ebony fretboard has been sanded to silky smoothness. The finish is rubbed to a faultlessly even gloss, and it’s entirely devoid of any orange-peel effect, even in tricky areas like the neck-to-body joint.

The guitar comes in a perfect fitting G&G hard case.