strat headstock?

George · Post by **George** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:28 pm

i mean yeah, it wouldn't affect my decision on whether or not i'd actually but the strat or not. if i had a wishlist i guess it would be the big headstock

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:36 pm

My '73 is a bighead; I guess my '08 isn't but it doesn't bother me.

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:57 pm

Dave wrote:
Big head for the win. I think my all time favourite is an Oly Strat with maple neck, big stock and bullet truss. Preferably well aged. I love Teh yngwie malmstain

Agreed on the bullet truss rods and maple fretboards; tres sexy stuff!
And fat headstocks all the way! Baby got back, or headstock...

markarkark · Post by **markarkark** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:20 pm

Big ol' bighead.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:45 pm

BobArsecake wrote:

Do like that on Daphne Blue/Sonic Blue Strats.

I prefer the small headstock though.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:47 pm

timhulio wrote:Hey! It's the 'play loud' strat! Because 'play loud' is scribbled on a tiny piece of masking tape. Hairspray tosser.

LAL.

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:12 pm

big but hit small on the poll by mistake

Paradigmforcosmos · Post by **Paradigmforcosmos** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:57 am

timhulio wrote:Hey! It's the 'play loud' strat! Because 'play loud' is scribbled on a tiny piece of masking tape. Hairspray tosser.

Careful there! It's a national tresure you're talking about.

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 1:58 am

I'm partial to either a small headstock, or an early Jazzmaster one

jbuonacc · Post by **jbuonacc** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:31 am

definitely the larger headstock overall, but the smaller one looks very classy itself most of the time.

i used to think i liked all of the large Fender headstocks, but i grew to hate the one on the Mustang ('65 RI at least). it's just too damn big and "pregnant", looks like a goofy ass paddle from certain angles. oddly enough, it's pretty much the same as the big Strat headstock, but the body shape of the Strat makes it look more proportionate.

turns out that my favorite Fender headstock is on the Jaguar and Jazzmaster. bigger (longer?) than the traditional Strat, with a graceful curve and not that funny bulge. the mid-60s Hagstrom headstock is like this as well, though sometimes they rounded off the "heel" too much.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:32 am

There was a third strat headstock. Check it.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:00 am

You mean the one discussed at some length in the attached article, Timothy?

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:12 am

Oh come on... the incorrect small one is mentioned two thirds the way through. In an article about headstocks.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:49 am

when the cake's talking the crumbs stay quiet

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:58 am

My all time favestrat:

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sat Dec 21, 2013 10:45 pm

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Another one I've enjoyed over the years. I also have never seen another matching headstock 1966/1967, bound neck, stratocaster let alone in this color.

As it is today.

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 7:06 am

I like them both, but prefer the classic small headstock. The larger one reminds me of Bigsby's headstocks, which is who Leo Fender copied despite his denials over the years.

strat headstock?

which strat headstock do you prefer?