Best headstock shape (except fender)?

[Guest]

Don't think the G&L 3+2 has been shown yet, much nicer than the 4+1 on the JB5

 

Edited December 31, 2020 by Ricky Rioli

[Silvia Bluejay]

6 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

I really like that - what does the whole bass look like please?

It's an NS NXT5 upright, and it looks like this.

(The look is a bit compromised by the not too elegant tripod. They also sell a normal endpin as a separate accessory.)

 

[Cuzzie]

16 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

It's an NS NXT5 upright, and it looks like this.

(The look is a bit compromised by the not too elegant tripod. They also sell a normal endpin as a separate accessory.)

 

That’s great - I would love that headstock on a non EUB - would be a sleek machine

[ped]

1 minute ago, Cuzzie said:

That’s great - I would love that headstock on a non EUB - would be a sleek machine

https://thebassgallery.com/products/bolin-ns-5

[TheGreek]

I really like the ForteVio EUB - some may remember the designer Valentin Hristov brought one to The Herts Bash.

Edited December 31, 2020 by TheGreek

[EBS_freak]

29 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

I really like that - what does the whole bass look like please?

[Silvia Bluejay]

4 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

That’s great - I would love that headstock on a non EUB - would be a sleek machine

 

2 minutes ago, ped said:

https://thebassgallery.com/products/bolin-ns-5

The problem with applying that design to a bass guitar is that the headstock has to be larger in proportion to the whole guitar than it is in proportion to the upright, so it loses some of its elegance (and possibly balance, if the body is small). Steinberger bass guitars do without a headstock altogether...

[Cuzzie]

Cheers chaps and chapess - good looking machines them - the NS is my fave with the bevelled curved to it

[Cuzzie]

1 minute ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

 

The problem with applying that design to a bass guitar is that the headstock has to be larger in proportion to the whole guitar than it is in proportion to the upright, so it loses some of its elegance (and possibly balance, if the body is small). Steinberger bass guitars do without a headstock altogether...

We posted at the same time - but I see that now and makes sense

[AndyTravis]

4 minutes ago, Cuzzie said:

Cheers chaps and chapess - good looking machines them - the NS is my fave with the bevelled curved to it

Samick did this too - early 1990s SAKB model

[Lfalex v1.1]

Yup. Liking the NS headstock. Seen here on my NS CR5.

So no bias at all! 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I really like the shape of the headstock on my Guild Starfire bass.

The thunderbird headstock is also one of my favourites, but the extra long version on my Epi vintage pro with added Gotoh GB640 tuners makes it look even better.

[Monkey Steve]

I quite like the Warwick headstocks- functional and a little understated, rather than “look at me, look at me” like a lot of them on this thread

[Stub Mandrel]

For those who like neat and understated without being overly crowded.

[Guest]

4 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

For those who like neat and understated without being overly crowded.

Neat? Not crowded? Ah.....

[meterman]

I always liked the wonky old Burns / Baldwin Vibraslim headstock design. I bet I’m in a minority of one here though. Great sounding basses as well. 

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, Ricky Rioli said:

Neat? Not crowded? Ah.....

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[Guest]

11 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

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That's not how you spell how wonderful to see another Westone Thunder! Those strings are vintage, you know.

[4000]

Never ceases to amaze me how much people’s tastes differ. 99% of the headstocks posted here would be in my worst ever. 😂

[Stub Mandrel]

17 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

That's not how you spell how wonderful to see another Westone Thunder! Those strings are vintage, you know.

Believe i am a fan. But whoever strung that up should be... strung up?

[Guest]

Just now, Stub Mandrel said:

Believe i am a fan. But whoever strung that up should be... strung up?

I was about 16. You should see what I did to the active electronics 🤯

Many many many years later the neck is still in exactly place. I might have had a foolish streak a mile wide, but at least I instinctively recognised decent quality.

[Stub Mandrel]

13 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said:

I was about 16. You should see what I did to the active electronics 🤯

Many many many years later the neck is still in exactly place. I might have had a foolish streak a mile wide, but at least I instinctively recognised decent quality.

Some new strings (wound on the right way) would be a kindness 🙂

[Guest]

14 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Some new strings (wound on the right way) would be a kindness 🙂

First of all its innards need the tender hand of a competent surgeon. iirc I attempted to bypass the active electronics at the very least. Probably the neck pickup too. I had no idea what I was doing, it's a miracle it still makes a good crunchy noise. The action is unbelievably low.

I took it out of its box a few months ago, for the first time in half a lifetime, and was bored of it within half an hour. Once the world is a bit more open, I'll have a go at finding it a happy home, or at least someone who can get it vaguely as it should be and find it a happy home.

[Bleat]

Narrow and sleek version of the open book headstock... mini novel maybe? 🤘 

[Stub Mandrel]

No love for the MM Bongo headstock?

That's a surprise...