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Best Headstock Design

What is your Favorite 4 strings headstock Design?

  • Fender

    Votes: 116 24.9%
  • MusicMan

    Votes: 106 22.8%
  • F Bass

    Votes: 15 3.2%
  • Lakland

    Votes: 15 3.2%
  • Spector

    Votes: 55 11.8%
  • Rickenbaker

    Votes: 73 15.7%
  • Sadowsky

    Votes: 20 4.3%
  • Alembic

    Votes: 19 4.1%
  • Fodera

    Votes: 36 7.7%
  • Gibson

    Votes: 10 2.2%

  • Total voters
    465
  • Poll closed .
Oh yes! Guarenteed! That bass is the **** man! I got to play on one for like 30 seconds and it felt better than ANY bass I have EVER played before (in my short 3 year bassing career[sp?]). But man, wow, so many different sounds out of one bass, and I didn't even get to play with all the knobs :(. But yeah, it might be graphite, but OMFG, what a nice bass...And amazingly enough, it didn't cut myself on it :D...
Ray
 
Actually I just noticed that Phil's headstcok is different to mine although they are both Classic Vs - so mine has more of a curve like a semi-circle, on each side, immediately above the nut - whereas Phil's is more of a straight line?

Also - Phil's is more like a flat slab of wood, whereas mine has more rounded edges - all the sharp lines have been rolled off quiet considerably.
 
Originally posted by Bruce Lindfield
Actually I just noticed that Phil's headstcok is different to mine although they are both Classic Vs - so mine has more of a curve like a semi-circle, on each side, immediately above the nut - whereas Phil's is more of a straight line?

Also - Phil's is more like a flat slab of wood, whereas mine has more rounded edges - all the sharp lines have been rolled off quiet considerably.

It more than likely distortion of the headstock by the camera, unless you're talking about the part that fans out from the nut, which from the back is very rounded though the front may look more straight.
 
Originally posted by Phil Smith


It more than likely distortion of the headstock by the camera, unless you're talking about the part that fans out from the nut, which from the back is very rounded though the front may look more straight.

That's the bit - it definitely looks different to mine! Overal mine is more rounded and less like sharp edges. I'm not suprised though as they were continually developing - the ones Brad has are completely different!