Favorite bass headstock?

[monsterthompson]

I think the headstock needs to work the body design. For example, I don’t dislike the BC Rich headstock, but also find it conflicts with the body designs.

I’m a big fan of the F Bass shape.

I also like the D Bird

For the OP’s love of the Ric 4001/4003

 

[Dincrest]

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[SpiderBass1965]

Fender Precision and Fender Jazz head stock.

 

[Iridescentone]

I like 4-inline tuners. If given a choice, a tele-esque headstock shape would usually be my first pick.

 

[Passinwind]

Travis Bean.

 

[LowWay]

I prefer 2+2. I like both of Cliff Bordwell’s designs.

 

[andvari7]

Is that real? A unique costom shop design or what? Looks fantastic and almost too good to be true (AI).

No, it’s legit. In 1976, Fender put out a guitar called the Starcaster, as a competitor to the Gibson ES-335. They made 5 or so prototype basses, and they released a reissue in 2013.

 

[BeyondFiredUp]

 

[Watchootognbout]

My two favorite shapes of headstock.

 

[Gervais Cote]

This is a masterpiece of a headstock in my book :

 

[Gervais Cote]

I also really like this one from Warmoth that is an in between the Fender and Peavy Fury headstock :

 

[12BitSlab]

Back in the olden days (Julius Caesar was The Man) we used to play clubs - 6 nights per week. If I needed to tune my bass mid-set, there was no time whatsoever to do that between songs. As soon as the last note of a song was played, the drummer did four clicks and we were off on the next song.

To tune up mid-set, I hammered the notes with my left hand and used my right hand to reach across and make small tuning corrections. Doing that was much easier with a 4 inline headstock than a 2x2 headstock.

Because of that, I always preferred the Fender headstock. It was well suited for the times.

BTW, Julius’ favorite song was “Introductions” by Chicago. His second favorite song was one of his own compositions - “Et Tu?”

 

[DJ Bebop]

Ibanez Black Eagle​

 

[BeyondFiredUp]

Ibanez Black Eagle Black​

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Sweeeeet!

 

[ac100X]

 

[monsterthompson]

Jerzy Drozd

 

[ac100X]

Jerzy Drozd
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Makes a good bottle top opener

 

[HueyFreeman]

Another vote for Warmoth Warhead.

 

[DJ Bebop]

The goofy SX “Fishhook” headstock

Probably because it reminds me a little of the Ibanez Black Eagle

 

[fnp5150]

For 5 strings, Lakland is my favorite, don’t care for 4/1 headstocks