Favourite Headstock Design/Shape?

[Bassic Playing]

Reverse tele headstocks are always cool.

 

[BassHappy]

I am partial to this one:

BassHappy
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[2saddleslab]

More scroll love.

 

[wild4oldcars]

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[GBassNorth]

I'd have to go with the headstock on my Rainsong Graphite AE bass that was custom built for John Entwistle for obvious reasons...

 

[RedMoses]

Lutarius

2003 Thumb LTD

Marco Bass TFL

 

[ctmullins]

Well, my ideal headstock would keep the strings straight, not pull them left or right and be angled so that the break angle was consistent from string to string and so as not to need string trees.

I agree 1000%. The string tree is a kludge that betrays deficient design.

Hard not to like a Fender headstock.

I completely despise Fender headstocks, as well as all imitators. The absolute worst is "the original" - completely hideous in every way, both objectively and subjectively.

The original.

My current favorite:

 

[SickAura]

Though Fender is often copied and I do appreciate its perfect-ness - lately I have been digging the Warwick. I even bought one so i could stare at it more often - LOL

 

[Toolmybass]

Thats an easy one!

 

[kenfxj]

I'm a Fender guy but I think the nicest is the Dingwall Super-J

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[ICM]

I'd say specifically the Rickenbacker 4001C64 S. Love the vintage style rickenbacker headstock, love the reverse even better: (totally complements the body horns)

Also, totally forgot to mention, I love the hofner headstock as well. Just perfect.

 

[nostatic]

 

[Jeff Scott]

I'm in for Rickenbacker having one of the best looking headstock shapes.

 

[Revolver]

German cousins ... the "Gumby connection"

 

[SnoopyCurtis]

 

[Thrust Meatnozl]

Music Man or Thunderbird. No contest.

 

[NeroJazz]

all of them !

Are those custom headstocks? I've never seen that shape before, but they sure look nice!

 

[fretno]

Those are Warmoth "Warheads"

 

[Jeff K]

Fender; Guild; and Ric. I love the classics...

 

[JimmyThunder]

I love the ESP/LTD variant of the fender classic