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Headstocks... it it just me ?

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twistedlim
Posted 2010-08-02 11:12 AM (#367151 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?


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Location: Michigan		There is something special about the old slotted headstocks...

...................UTE...........................................1767......................................1115..............
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2ifbyC
Posted 2010-08-02 11:32 AM (#367152 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast		I consider this design the most eloquent of all!

I think this may have been mentioned before (sorry, Patch ), wind your strings to the 'outside'. This will minimize the chance of the D and G strings rubbing the headstock (circled). <OK, OK... how would you word that?>

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Mr. Ovation
Posted 2010-08-02 12:52 PM (#367153 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?


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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest		twistedlim, the pictures like that really drive home the point. Totally different headstocks... yet still the same.
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ProfessorBB
Posted 2010-08-02 1:11 PM (#367154 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?



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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains		They don't get much cleaner than this (custom VXT) . . .

or fancier that this (OFC-I No. 5) . . .
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Patch
Posted 2010-08-02 1:59 PM (#367155 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?



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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent
Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
[QB]
I think this may have been mentioned before...
Okay, okay!

Is it my fault the guy at the factory wasn't a nylon stringer? :rolleyes:

But as coincidence would have it, I received from Al yesterday a lovely set of buffalo horn tuner buttons. (They look nice, and I prefer full-size buttons on my slot-heads, not the mini ones.) So I can finally put this one to rest.





I also re-tied the strings around the bridge; another slight factory tech faux pas.

BEFORE...


AFTER...


See?

There's a little traditionalist hiding somewhere in this Ovation nut. :p :cool:
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MWoody
Posted 2010-08-02 2:19 PM (#367156 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?



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Location: Upper Left USA		Even when wounded in action they can retain their dignity and virtue!




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2ifbyC
Posted 2010-08-02 2:40 PM (#367157 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast		Woody,

That fourth pic really dings da heart... The rest are great 'recoveries'.


Patch,

One day I'd love to try out that beaut!!!
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Old Man Arthur
Posted 2010-08-02 3:11 PM (#367158 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?



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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Woody,

That fourth pic really dings da heart... The rest are great 'recoveries'.
Call that one "Stumpy" :p
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MWoody
Posted 2010-08-02 9:01 PM (#367159 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?



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Location: Upper Left USA		Apparently it was undergoing chemo...
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muzza
Posted 2010-08-03 4:29 AM (#367160 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?



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Location: Sunshine State, Australia		Nice thread, lovely pictures of the world's most elegant headstocks, then someone comes along and ruins it by posting one of these monstrosities.
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Captain Lovehandles
Posted 2010-08-03 5:32 AM (#367161 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?



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Location: GA USA
Originally posted by dark bar:
Gibson and Guild I find too big....unnecessarily BIG.
That's the one thing about Hamers that puts me off. The head just seems too large and kind of like a boat paddle.
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Slipkid
Posted 2010-08-03 7:00 AM (#367162 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?



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Location: south east Michigan		Love that seafoam green headstock.
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Omaha
Posted 2010-08-03 9:29 AM (#367163 - in reply to #367126)
Subject: Re: Headstocks... it it just me ?


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Location: Omaha, NE		I love how the arch on the headstock is evocative of the bowl. No accident there. I also love how the design is ever so slightly asymmetrical. Not so much as to be distracting...just enough to keep it interesting.

I also think the headstocks are attached to great guitars. That matters a lot too.
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