Show us yer headstocks!

[prowla]

An extra string to yer bow?

 

[MM Stingray 62]

[jd56hawk]

Half of them.

Edited January 14, 2022 by jd56hawk

[Stub Mandrel]

On 08/01/2022 at 06:08, prowla said:

Thought I'd drop in some Rics...

 

 

[Grahambythesea]

Add this as my newish acquisition.

 

[Rich]

[Stub Mandrel]

[songofthewind]

My bitsa Jazz headstock:

[blyn]

[Kazan]

 

As with sparkle/metal flake finishes in general, hard to photograph and looks different at different angles:

 

 

 

 

[jazzyvee]

On 26/05/2020 at 01:38, Kev said:

Does the same apply if I send my own topwoods? 

That has been done. 

[PaulThePlug]

New TRC to be sorted...

Edited May 25, 2022 by PaulThePlug

[prowla]

[Sardonicus]

The latest addition to Team Sardonicus...

[SamIAm]

My MCR-1 upgraded with Hipshot Ultralites

[Basvarken]

Headstock on my latest creation, the ThinLine Telebird.
Colour is Seafoam Green, same as the top of the body.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

 

Before and after pics of the headstock on my PB50

 

[Stub Mandrel]

4 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

 

Before and after pics of the headstock on my PB50

 

 

"Naughty, naughty. Very naughty!" 🙂

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Ackshewerly, I rather like this...

 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

"Naughty, naughty. Very naughty!" 🙂

 

Nah! Its only naughty if I sell it.

 

It told me that it identifies as a Fender due to the Fender pickup cover and Fender HiMass bridge which together cost me more than the bass.

 

 

Edited May 26, 2022 by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[MrSpace]

My old Washburn (p-style) from my university days

 

My new HB fretless J-style

[PaulThePlug]

Edited June 5, 2022 by PaulThePlug

[Woodinblack]

9 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

 

Before and after pics of the headstock on my PB50

 

 

Personally prefer the left, its a better shape and it is not pretending to be something it isn't. I never liked tele headstocks, even on tele basses!

[Baloney Balderdash]

And my Harley Benton GuitarBass (heavily inspired by the Fender Bass VI) has now officially been named:

 

Edited May 29, 2022 by Baloney Balderdash

[Baloney Balderdash]

On 27/05/2022 at 00:42, Woodinblack said:

 

Personally prefer the left, its a better shape and it is not pretending to be something it isn't. I never liked tele headstocks, even on tele basses!

 

In fact as far as I am concerned the Harley Benton headstock even looks better than any original Fender headstock.

 

Also removing the original logo, which from a purely graphical aesthetics point of view by the way looks better too, to replace it for a Fender one to me is just cringe worthy. 

 

What is it that makes advertising for Fender for free, even false advertising too, so desirable?

 

I just don't get it...

 

Why I personally usually remove the brand logo from my gear is because I feel stupid paying to get the questionable privilege of being humbly allowed to do free advertising for a company.

 

If it was an unique artfully crafted custom instrument by an independent luthier, then sure, the only right thing to do would be showing the decency to honor it's maker (ironically though those are actually less likely to leave obvious urinal marks on their instruments than big corporate companies), but a mass produced tool, just what the flip... 

 

Obviously I don't actually know their reason for doing it, and not saying they ought to ashamed of them self for changing the headstock and logo, to each their own, but the above is honestly how I feel about it and how my immediate reaction to such is going to be.

 

 

Edited May 29, 2022 by Baloney Balderdash