Favourite headstock design? Just for fun...

[BassAgent]

 

[Woodinblack]

57 minutes ago, Dood said:

Not gonna lie, I love this bass sooo much! I remember playing it at the London Bass Show and falling in love with it then and there, but sadly my pockets aren't deep enough for even a tuning peg these days. How's it getting on? Still playing beautifully I am sure! 

 

I also fell in love with it at (presumably the same) London Bass Show and I also couldn't dream of affording it, but luckily the following year when had done a lot of gigs and my gigging drawer was actually fairly full I looked on Shukers website and there it was, £1k cheaper than the london show, and although still not cheap, I managed to justify it to myself. It is still a thing of beauty, it plays very well and sounds good. And it still looks impossibly slender with that long front horn!

[Rich]

12 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

They did do some basses @Rich

Strangely, I don't like it on their basses, or their solid body guitars. But it's absolutely perfect on their jazz guitars, as they have so many other little art deco cues too. If I was rolling in dough, I'd buy one just to hang on the wall.

 

[MacDaddy]

Shuker no. 3.

 

[lemmywinks]

Like Fender but better:

 

 

Honourable mentions to Bolin and Warwick. Always liked the original Zoot headstock too, nice and dinky.

[tauzero]

If we've got to have a headstock:

 

Antoniotsai - how many bass brands can you hang from a washing line?

 

 

Sei:

 

 

[NickD]

Someone had to... But it is a classic!

[Dad3353]

1 hour ago, NickD said:

Someone had to... But it is a classic!

 

Bu...bu... but... That's got five strings..! 

 

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[NickD]

26 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Bu...bu... but... That's got five strings..! 

 

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I know, I know... Bottesini only needed 3. 😂

[Killerfridge]

8 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

I also fell in love with it at (presumably the same) London Bass Show and I also couldn't dream of affording it, but luckily the following year when had done a lot of gigs and my gigging drawer was actually fairly full I looked on Shukers website and there it was, £1k cheaper than the london show, and although still not cheap, I managed to justify it to myself. It is still a thing of beauty, it plays very well and sounds good. And it still looks impossibly slender with that long front horn!

As someone not familiar with it, can we see a photo of the full thing?

[Skybone]

Rickenbacker 4001/4003

Gibson Thunderbird

MusicMan StingRay

[Woodinblack]

2 hours ago, Killerfridge said:

As someone not familiar with it, can we see a photo of the full thing?

 

 

[Mykesbass]

Always thought this was rather pleasing. Either that or one of MDP's masterpieces...

[Grahambythesea]

Classic shape, works on bass or guitar.

 

 

[SteveXFR]

1 minute ago, Grahambythesea said:

Classic shape, works on bass or guitar.

 

 

 

Gibson 5 string? What model is that?

[Grahambythesea]

Just now, SteveXFR said:

 

Gibson 5 string? What model is that?

2013 EB. 

[bassbiscuits]

33 minutes ago, Mykesbass said:

Always thought this was rather pleasing. Either that or one of MDP's masterpieces...

That’s lovely that is 

[Killerfridge]

1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

 

 

Wowzers!

[prowla]

This style works for me:

 

 

This one as well:

 

 

Generic shape, but the colours pop:

 

 

And, nobody's quite matched this one.

 

 

[Yorkshire Bottom End]

12 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

Shuker no. 3.

 

What is that? Looks like some sort of Kubicki Ex-Factor bass thing going on with the extra fret. Have you got a photo of the whole guitar?

[greentext]

Easy 

 

[NancyJohnson]

Obviously some bias from current ownership and past glories.

 

Hamer

Mike Lull

Gibson Thunderbird

Spector (I still maintain you could put an NS headstock on any bass and it would look better)

Travis Bean 

 

I really feel the headstock of Anderton's East Coast basses looks decent.

[LowB_FTW]

 

Mark

[MacDaddy]

On 03/12/2024 at 00:56, Yorkshire Bottom End said:

What is that? Looks like some sort of Kubicki Ex-Factor bass thing going on with the extra fret. Have you got a photo of the whole guitar?

 

It's one of my custom Shuker's.

It's actually based on the double bass extended fretboard 

 

 

 

Here's the full bass

 

 

 

[Dad3353]

3 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

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Here's the full bass

 

It seems to have survived the fire. When is the re-fin due..? 

 

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