Favorite bass headstock?

[H K]

It'd be a crime not to say the 4001/4003 in my book. Other than that I'm going to have to hand it to the Ernie Ball stingray. Both unique looking but timeless.

Interesting! I noticed earlier today that my 5 bass rack has exclusively 5 tele/51-53 Precision headstocks sticking out of it at the moment Made me realize Im probably subconciously drawn to that.

That being said; The Thunderbird headstock is amazing to me, with the beveling and tilt and all that. Notably the bicentennial or epi 60s. Rickenbacker is ofcourse very iconic, as is the gibson open book headstock with 4 giant tuners poking out.

But lets not forget, the standard Fender headstock. Figurative wars were fought over that

 

[Prodigus Filius]

Play a show and mop the stage afterwards

 

[monsterthompson]

Makes a good bottle top opener

i had a similar thought.

 

[dabbler]

Functional, minimalist and elegant:

Unfortunately, I didn't have a shot of just the headstock.

 

[Pauly 4001]

 

[KidAmnesia]

I don't really have a favourite, I like a headstock that works well with it's body.

But purely from a design standpoint, I like this Cort headstock and Ibanez Soundgears. Both are functionally great (nice angle back and stright string paths), compact but not too small, adaptable to any amount of strings and with few clear lines.

 

[Iristone]

3 pages and no Thunderbird? It's not like they neck dive because of the good-looking headstock design.

 

[monsterthompson]

I do like Acinonyx.

 

[Danny O Danny]

Lindert

 

[Plake]

 

[mdogs]

This.

 

[Flarp Technolog]

One of the reasons I picked my bass was for its cute headstock

 

[songwriter21]

It'd be a crime not to say the 4001/4003 in my book. Other than that I'm going to have to hand it to the Ernie Ball stingray. Both unique looking but timeless.

Tie between the Peavey Cirrus and Spector Euro 5-string headstock (not the paddle-shaped one).

 

[Matt O]

My 2 favorites are tied. Fender and Epi Embassy Deluxe. The batwing might have the edge though. No wait, the Fender.

 

[VeryTallBassist]

The strings pretty much follow their line straight up to the tuner. I love how that's incorporated into the design of Spector 5 string headstocks.

 

[andvari7]

I play headless exclusively, but my favorite is a Spector 4-string. Even though the 6 is a straight-pull, and more functional, the NS-4 headstock is more appropriate for the body shape.

 

[monsterthompson]

Mensinger

Maruszczyk

 

[Londo Molari]

lest we forget.

 

[Rdore2000]

 

[FC Bass]

Not the best pic, but a couple of my favorites: