good looking 3 on a side headstocks?

ohyeahfuzzbear · Post by **ohyeahfuzzbear** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:23 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:

I'm with ends on this one.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:24 pm

this gets my vote...

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:40 pm

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:14 pm

I love the headstock on my ovation tornado....except for the fact that tuning the D and G strings feels a little cramped with the beveled edge coming out like that.

Rickenbacker headstocks are always my favorite though....but if I was going to do a custom build, there's a good chance that it would have that teisco headstock posted earlier.

cur · Post by **cur** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:43 pm

ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:
I'm with ends on this one.

The church key!

But that has to be neck heavy.

James · Post by **James** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:52 pm

cur wrote:But that has to be neck heavy.

Not noticeably so from what I remember of playing a couple, but the guitar as a whole weighs a ton anyway.

James · Post by **James** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:02 am

As with 6-aside headstocks, it really depends on the body style. An explorer headstock looks great on an explorer, but would look shit on a jazzmaster and vice versa. The large epiphone headstock is cool, but only suits the semi-hollow style and acoustic stuff.

6-a-side headstocks that make a nod to Fender but try and do something a little different almost always look clumsy. Mostly, the same doesn't apply with Gibson and 3-a-side. I think there's quite a bit more room to try something similar but new.

One thing that can define how flowing a 3 a side headstock looks is the line the strings form as they go from nut to tuner. There are plenty that look clumsy because the tuners are too widely spaced. The Ibanez Artist and Martin headstocks both have nice lines in that sense.

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laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:18 am

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:16 am

Matching truss rod cover

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:58 am

After looking at all these, I think I like the Rickenbacker headstock the most, and only that. All the others don't look as good to me.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:15 am

I never noticed that the truss rod cover on the Esprit matched the headstock. That's actually really cool.

GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:23 pm

My only 3 a sides:

Boab · Post by **Boab** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:27 pm

Or a Univox one. 6 and half a dozen

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:47 pm

i may get shit for this but i dont care, i love these.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:50 pm

portugalwillie wrote: I like the Epiphone headstock. Probably my favorie

slightly better with the body colour accenting the curves.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:26 pm

do not like.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:54 pm

Richard wrote:I never noticed that the truss rod cover on the Esprit matched the headstock. That's actually really cool.

Yeh, they are really good quality guitars. Same factory Japanese factory that built the law suit Ibanez Les Paul. My Flame only cost $200. They still make the Esprit, at the US Custom Shop for bout $5,000+ under the Robben Ford name.

cur · Post by **cur** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:08 pm