Pressure to elect headless type from The Bar, as will be useful for pulling a few strings perhaps (8)
I believe the answer is:
plectrum
'the bar as will be useful for pulling a few strings perhaps' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'pressure to elect headless type' is the wordplay.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'headless' means to remove the first letter.
'type' becomes 'rum' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'elect' with its initial letter removed is 'lect'.
'p'+'lect'+'rum'='PLECTRUM'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for plectrum that I've seen before include "It's used to pluck, a guitar say" , "Device for playing guitar" , "One for plucking guitar" , "It's used to pluck guitar strings" , "Guitarist's implement" .)