BassTractor Posted June 16, 2014 Posted June 16, 2014 [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1402914793' post='2477743'] The prettiest is the Music Man 3-1. [/quote] Of course you had to ruin a perfectly nice thread with your negativity! Quote
glefty Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 [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] The perfect avatar for hamfist!!?? Quote
Ghost_Bass Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1402824136' post='2476985'] [/quote] This should be fun to tune... or not... WTF Fodera, why?!!! Quote
Telebass Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 It's awful, as are the Tylers. Most of the rest are merely meh... Quote
EssentialTension Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1402824136' post='2476985'] [/quote] That is so bad it has taken me three days to work out how bad it is. Quote
Cosmo Valdemar Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 [quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1403175690' post='2480442'] [/quote] Ha ha, I forgot about that one! Quote
Maude Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 That made me recoil from the screen when I scrolled down! What is it and is it broken? I was going to offer up the Line 6 Variax but it all seems pretty pointless after seeing that half sucked lump of toffee. Quote
BigRedX Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 [quote name='Maude' timestamp='1403434983' post='2482587'] That made me recoil from the screen when I scrolled down! What is it and is it broken? I was going to offer up the Line 6 Variax but it all seems pretty pointless after seeing that half sucked lump of toffee. [/quote] It's a [url=http://www.laurus.it]Laurus[/url] as it says on the badge. Quote
tauzero Posted July 7, 2014 Posted July 7, 2014 Much though I like the necks, Wood & Tronics have a headstock that's not only been hit with the ugly stick, but also if it's strung B-G, the B gets pushed to the edge of the fretboard around fret 1. Quote
margusalviste Posted July 8, 2014 Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) What about Skjold basses? Well, not just the headstock, the overall design is kind of... https://www.google.com/search?q=skjold+bass&client=ms-android-samsung&source=android-browser&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=oqO7U7WuNsa60QWCiIDoAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=360&bih=592&dpr=3#facrc=_&imgrc=qFGfSXSY1I-WDM%253A%3BZ6Bv1rjrzQV8mM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.bassdirect.co.uk%252Fbass_guitar_specialists%252FSkjold_SS_Whale_5_files%252FWhalefront.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.bassdirect.co.uk%252Fbass_guitar_specialists%252FSkjold_SS_Whale_5.html%3B4612%3B1434 Edited July 8, 2014 by margusalviste Quote
lou24d53 Posted July 8, 2014 Posted July 8, 2014 So what [i]should[/i] a headstock look like then? Whilst I agree there are a few downright dogs on here, it would seem that any manufacturer who is trying to come up anything unique or radically different from the norm is getting slated. But yet those designers who stick with the tried and tested Fender-esque shapes also get slated often on here for not coming up with anything radically different. Quote
UglyDog Posted July 8, 2014 Posted July 8, 2014 [quote name='margusalviste' timestamp='1404806373' post='2495775'] What about Skjold basses? Well, not just the headstock, the overall design is kind of... [url="https://www.google.com/search?q=skjold+bass&client=ms-android-samsung&source=android-browser&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=oqO7U7WuNsa60QWCiIDoAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=360&bih=592&dpr=3#facrc=_&imgrc=qFGfSXSY1I-WDM%253A%3BZ6Bv1rjrzQV8mM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.bassdirect.co.uk%252Fbass_guitar_specialists%252FSkjold_SS_Whale_5_files%252FWhalefront.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.bassdirect.co.uk%252Fbass_guitar_specialists%252FSkjold_SS_Whale_5.html%3B4612%3B1434"]https://www.google.c...l%3B4612%3B1434[/url] [/quote] Yes, absolutely. I can't get on with the shapes of the Skjold instruments at all. It's an uncomfortable mix of curves and straight lines -- almost as if the body bouts and horns were designed by two people who never met, and the headstock by a third. [quote name='lou24d53' timestamp='1404823078' post='2496022'] So what [i]should[/i] a headstock look like then? Whilst I agree there are a few downright dogs on here, it would seem that any manufacturer who is trying to come up anything unique or radically different from the norm is getting slated. But yet those designers who stick with the tried and tested Fender-esque shapes also get slated often on here for not coming up with anything radically different. [/quote] I like all of Jon Shuker's standard headstock shapes, and I quite like the Status headstock too. They are all compact, functional and smart without being "look at me!". I also agree that the MM 3+1 is nicer than the Fender 4. Quote
tauzero Posted July 8, 2014 Posted July 8, 2014 [quote name='lou24d53' timestamp='1404823078' post='2496022'] So what [i]should[/i] a headstock look like then? Whilst I agree there are a few downright dogs on here, it would seem that any manufacturer who is trying to come up anything unique or radically different from the norm is getting slated. But yet those designers who stick with the tried and tested Fender-esque shapes also get slated often on here for not coming up with anything radically different. [/quote] Tony Tsai's old style of headstock is great. I don't need stands, I can just hang them from the washing line. Oh, and the tuner placement means that the strings pass over the bridge in a very nearly straight line - are you taking notes, W&T? Quote
JimBobTTD Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 That looks like a Paul Reed Smith headstock with an extra swoosh of wood. Nice. Quote
hamfist Posted July 9, 2014 Author Posted July 9, 2014 This thread has convinced me even more thoroughly that some bass designers are completely nuts and/or blind. Oh, and possibly deaf too. Quote
Captain Codpiece Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 gotta admit tylers headstocks are terrible! the one on the JTV-69 guitar i have is particularly bad.... though the bass one on the 1st page is truly appalling. its almost enough to make me wanna switch necks for a nice maple board strat neck LOL Quote
BigRedX Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 [quote name='Freddy Le Cragg' timestamp='1405076034' post='2498555'] [/quote] That's awesome looking! Quote
Ghost_Bass Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 Not too bad but i would struggle to get on with the tuning in the first weeks... Quote
UglyDog Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 [quote name='Freddy Le Cragg' timestamp='1405076034' post='2498555'] [/quote] Oh yes, what a cracker. Although I could happily lose the bit with the bird. Superb bit of design overall though. Quote
hamfist Posted July 12, 2014 Author Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Freddy Le Cragg' timestamp='1405076034' post='2498555'] [/quote] IMO, that is beautiful, and looks like a quality bit of design and engineering too. Edited July 12, 2014 by hamfist Quote
EssentialTension Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 [quote name='Freddy Le Cragg' timestamp='1405076034' post='2498555'] [/quote] Clever idea, but shouldn't the tuner circular slots be slightly extended towards the nut to prevent string catching on the circular edge? 1 Quote
barkin Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 That's what I thought too, and there's not much wound on the pegs afaics. Looks like a solution looking for a problem to me, and when they couldn't find one they created one. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted July 12, 2014 Posted July 12, 2014 (edited) [sub]Surely that's part of the design so the wooden headstock does not get " grooved"? That said, it could be suggested it's a bit "over-engineered" with 3 different string guiding mechanisms twixt Tuner post and first fret![/sub] Edited July 12, 2014 by yorks5stringer Quote
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