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11-13-2012, 02:28 PM
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11-13-2012, 02:41 PM
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11-13-2012, 03:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver | | | Headstocks I like:
- All 3 companies Leo got involved with have classy headstocks (Fender, G&L, MusicMan). Although I have to say the pointed G&L headstock looks better on 4 strings rather than 5
- The RIC headstock is a classic and iconic
- Spector's also got a good design
- Thunderbird
Headstocks that don't quite do it for me:
- Warwicks
Headstocks that I just don't like:
- Alembic
- Flying V
- BC Rich Warlock + Beast |
11-13-2012, 03:50 PM
| | | | One of my pet peeves about headstocks are the ones that don't have a sufficient angle to ensure the proper break of a string against the nut. Having a string tree or similar device just seems like a bandaid to fix something that shouldn't be an issue. I also agree with several posters in not liking pointed headstocks. Having the finish on the headstock match the body seems like a good thing. |
11-13-2012, 06:20 PM
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this one for me GETCHA PULL
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11-13-2012, 07:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Western Washington | | | Buckeye Burl. I think burl is bitchen. My wife says it looks like a Flintstones bass. I never liked the fender straight 5 design. I also agree with the opinion that a headstock should have a decent angle to it.
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11-14-2012, 01:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Moscow, Russia | | Tune headstocks are great IMO, they look good and contribute to the awesome balance of Tune basses. 
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11-21-2012, 08:51 AM
| | | I still have to say fender jazz headstock...
Especially in sonic blue
but only in 4 string. 5 string just looks like they drilled an extra hole.
Which is what they did i guess.  |
11-21-2012, 09:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Perth, Scotland | | | I'm not hugely bothered by them unless they are truly hideous or just don't fit the bass they're attached to, however...
Favorites: Fender (even better when they match the body), Lakland, Gibson's RD headstock and Specto/Warwick. Special mention to the Warwick Buzzard, the only pointy headstock i like.
Least favorite: Avella Coppolo boat paddles and anything pointy
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11-21-2012, 09:18 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Worcester, Ma. | | I kind of like these: 
And these are kind of Danelectro meets Alembic:  
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11-21-2012, 09:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Harstad, Norway | | | Spector US/Euro 4,5,6
Lull 5
Pedulla Thunderbass, Nuance
Zon
Sadowsky
Fodera, but not the broad paddle, as in Monarch
Modulus Genesis
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11-21-2012, 09:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Worcester, Ma. | | RT is very classy and very reminicent of his Alembic roots: 
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11-21-2012, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by seansbrew I like the headstock on my Modulus Quantum 5; though it could be funkier.  | I have a Modulus Q4 and as much as I love the bass I have always thought that although the headstock design is distinctive, it is not very attractive or in any way pleasing.
In fact, IMHO it is rather goofy looking. |
11-21-2012, 11:49 AM
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Endorsing Artist Mike Lull T Bass pickups | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Seattle Washington | | Big, with big tuners please.   |
11-21-2012, 12:01 PM
|  | Conform or Be Cast Out.... | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Central Ohio | | | Obviously via my Sig I am biased, but
the standard Fender P/J/Strat (fiddle) shape is the first thing I think of when I think of "guitar" and/or "bass". That headstock just says "rock" to me. It is like saying "Coke" when you mean any type of soda...classic
after that, the Charvel/Jackson headstock is my next fav. To me this says "thrash" in the best way.
I tend to not like small headstocks, especially when they are crammed with lots of tuners. Or oversized head stocks like Deans or BC rich's (even though I love some of the classic BC Rich body shapes). The headstock has to look like it balances the bass physically for me to like it
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11-21-2012, 12:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Belleville,New Jersey USA | | | Gibson my favorite
followed by BC Rich warlock
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11-21-2012, 01:14 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nanaimo, BC, Canada | | | Fender headstocks (Classic or Tele), not a fan of CBS oversized ones
Spector headstocks are gorgeous, too.
Not a fan of Sadowsky or the new SX, though.
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11-21-2012, 01:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Northampton, UK | | | Personally, my favourites are probably the Fender (or Fender-style) headstocks, followed by some of the headstocks offered by BC Rich (although I can't put up with the other styles that come on their basses). I also quite like the headstocks on ESP and MTD's offerings.
Edit: I also quite like the headstocks on Zon basses. Pretty tasty.
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11-21-2012, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Cney | Awww man! I've been wanting one of those Sonic Blue RI's for a long time. You never find 'em here though. |
11-21-2012, 01:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oregon coast | | | Ric bass headstocks with the alternating walnut wings have always been my favorite. But i also like this: | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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