hamfist Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1405159852' post='2499236'] Clever idea, but shouldn't the tuner circular slots be slightly extended towards the nut to prevent string catching on the circular edge? [/quote] Good point. I didn't spot that in my appreciation of the general aesthetic beauty of the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterfire666 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 (edited) i know they are pretty much seen as a standard headstock but i really think they are ugly as sin (all fender headstocks) at least a lot of the others on this thread are thinking outside the box. Edited July 13, 2014 by winterfire666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 [quote name='gsgbass' timestamp='1402756332' post='2476583'] I've had G&L's with no problem from the head design. I thought it was a final mark of Mr. Fender. [/quote] It was only put there for legal reasons though, Leo still had his fingers in the Musicman pie at the time too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 So much animosity directed at a wee funny shaped bit of wood which never did anyone any harm. For shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 [quote name='winterfire666' timestamp='1405257493' post='2500113'] i know they are pretty much seen as a standard headstock but i really think they are ugly as sin (all fender headstocks) at least a lot of the others on this thread are thinking outside the box. [/quote] When Fender introduced the four-a-side headstock it was 'outside the box'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1405329412' post='2500723'] When Fender introduced the four-a-side headstock it was 'outside the box'. [/quote] The Fender 4-a-side headstock was just a progression of their 6-a-side guitar headstock which was "borrowed" from Paul Bigsby who "borrowed" it from CF Martin, who "borrowed" it from any number of German luthiers before them. Nothing really new at all. Edited July 14, 2014 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1405331255' post='2500761'] The Fender 4-a-side headstock was just a progression of their 6-a-side guitar headstock which was "borrowed" from Paul Bigsby who "borrowed" it from CF Martin, who "borrowed" it from any number of German luthiers before them. Nothing really new at all. [/quote] OK, I didn't mean to suggest it didn't come from the 6-a-side. The rest I didn't know. That's 1830s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 [quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1402586763' post='2475063'] A picture paints a thousand words .... [url=http://www.ephotobay.com/share/-57-10.html][/url] The bass with this monstrosity is on sale for a mere £700 on the bay. I think there's going to be a bidding war. [/quote] What's with the jigsaw :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1405159852' post='2499236'] Clever idea, but shouldn't the tuner circular slots be slightly extended towards the nut to prevent string catching on the circular edge? [/quote] Surely there's no difference betweent the string moving against the edge of that recess or the more traditional Fender string tree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inate_hex Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Dan Lakin, it just looks half finished to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 [quote name='inate_hex' timestamp='1426674900' post='2720522'] Dan Lakin, it just looks half finished to me. [/quote] Yeah I was thinking of those too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlungerModerno Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) OK - I'll bite: The VOX headstock makes me queasy. I also find the Fodera Headstock on page [s]1[/s] 2 pretty awful. The B string is just placed in an absurd position. my 2c. Edited March 18, 2015 by PlungerModerno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I am always surprised at how many luthiers / manufacturers seem to punctuate a realy nice looking instrument with such a fugly headstock... Lindert gets a definite thumbs down from me. This one is just hideous.... But the worst of them all has to be this one: I'll get my coat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1426658943' post='2720335'] What's with the jigsaw :-D [/quote] It's true that life is full of such puzzles (geddit ??) In honesty I have absolutely no idea why my originally posted pic has changed to one of a 4000 piece jigsaw. It will remain one of the interwebs unsolved mysteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) [quote name='winterfire666' timestamp='1405257493' post='2500113'] i know they are pretty much seen as a standard headstock but i really think they are ugly as sin (all fender headstocks) at least a lot of the others on this thread are thinking outside the box. [/quote] I like the look of a Fender headstock. Looks completely out of place (at least to my mind) on an acoustic though. Edited March 18, 2015 by paul_5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1426697835' post='2720976'] I like the look of a Fender headstock. Looks completely out of place (at least to my mind) on an acoustic though. [/quote] Agreed - and not nice on those symmetric double-cutaway semis either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 (edited) Thread revival. Jaydee Calibas. The body isn't far behind with a tribute to many knob and switch variations. Edited December 10, 2018 by spectoremg No pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ixlramp Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Fender P or J bass. Seriously. But then i have weird taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, ixlramp said: Fender P or J bass. Seriously. But then i have weird taste. Absolutely agree. My guitarist thinks I'm nuts because I think all Fenders are as ugly as sin, mostly because of the headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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