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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: hunter on July 29, 2009, 10:41:11 AM

Title: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: hunter on July 29, 2009, 10:41:11 AM

I so want one of these!

http://www.hugeracksinc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59959
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Ben_W on July 29, 2009, 10:57:43 AM
Wow, those guitars are lovely.

And yeah, those headstocks look amazing. Really original, although i'm not sure if the novelty of it would wear off.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Philly Q on July 29, 2009, 11:09:30 AM
I must admit I was surprised to see it was Tyler you were going on about!

I quite like the headstock myself, but most people seem to hate it.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: hunter on July 29, 2009, 11:14:57 AM
I must admit I was surprised to see it was Tyler you were going on about!

I quite like the headstock myself, but most people seem to hate it.

Probably liked only by guitar players if at all.

Cannot explain why, but I loved it from first sight. And then it fullfills a purpose I guess by adding more mass to the neck.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Philly Q on July 29, 2009, 11:30:47 AM
Ah, but is more mass a good thing?  There seem to have been endless discussions about lightweight vintage tuners vs. heavyweight cast tuners, etc etc...

I think more mass in the sense of a fatter neck is good, but does that also apply to a skinny neck with a big headstock?  I don't know.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: badgermark on July 29, 2009, 12:02:35 PM
Oh god it's hideous. It burns my eyes just to look at that monstrosity!
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Roobubba on July 29, 2009, 12:07:17 PM
Oh god it's hideous. It burns my eyes just to look at that monstrosity!

I never, ever, ever thought I'd say this, but I'm with badger on this one :)

Roo
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: gwEm on July 29, 2009, 12:49:38 PM
not keen
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: maverickf1jockey on July 29, 2009, 12:54:44 PM
Is is just me or do Tylers just look like a corrupted MS Paint picture of a Strat?
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: blue on July 29, 2009, 12:59:25 PM
i love the finishes on Tylers, and everyone that's played them seems to rave about how good the necks are, but i just can't get past the sheer hideousness of that headstock!  what demented fool ever thought that was an aesthetically pleasing alternative to the Fender?  yes, it's distinctive, but only because no one else would be daft enough to use anything like it!

sorry Hunter, only my opinion ;)
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Plexi Ken on July 29, 2009, 02:10:22 PM
I'm not sure what I dislike more, the unbalanced headstock shape or the hideous logo  :?
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: hunter on July 29, 2009, 03:42:54 PM

Haha, I quite enjoy this :O)
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: _tom_ on July 29, 2009, 03:51:07 PM
I hate it so much, it just looks awful. Needs to be burned!
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: d1dsj on July 29, 2009, 04:06:18 PM
I'm not fussed either way about the headstock but I really like the finish on those multi coloured guitars..... wonder how they do that?? 
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: shobet on July 29, 2009, 04:12:26 PM
Never played one, so I've no idea if I like it or not. Some of the bodies kind of remind me of those swirl JEMs they used to make, but only more muted.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: FernandoDuarte on July 29, 2009, 04:14:30 PM
Oh god it's hideous. It burns my eyes just to look at that monstrosity!

I never, ever, ever thought I'd say this, but I'm with badger on this one :)

Roo

And I'm with both!! :D
I like the finishes, etc... but that headstock makes me blind...
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Afghan Dave on July 29, 2009, 04:32:22 PM
Disgusting, Vile, Monstrosity, Carbuncle of a headstock....  :rock:

Provides space for vomit to drip off that 70s Logo font...
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Crazy_Joe on July 29, 2009, 04:58:21 PM
The headstocks look rank but the rest of it is good.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Mr. Air on July 29, 2009, 05:33:13 PM
I really like how people aren't holding back on this subject. I never heard so many people say so many negative things in one post at this forum  :D

But I'm with the majority on this one. It is a quite ugly headstock. I think it would look better if they hadn't written Tyler all over it, but even without it would still look bad. The last headstock on the orange guitar is far the prettiest/less ugliest because of the missing logo IMO. Part of my disliking is because I'm much more fan of 3 on top 3 on bottom headstock (or what you call 'em). They just look more harmonical to me.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: dave_mc on July 29, 2009, 06:44:39 PM
i've only tried one tyler, but if it was anything to go by... it was nice enough not to worry too much about the headstock (assuming you had tons of spare money to blow on one). I don't hate the headstock as a lot of people seem to do, but it's not exactly amazing either.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Philly Q on July 29, 2009, 07:00:51 PM
Haha, I did say I thought most people hated that headstock.  :lol:
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: hunter on July 29, 2009, 07:10:25 PM
Disgusting, Vile, Monstrosity, Carbuncle of a headstock....  :rock:

Provides space for vomit to drip off that 70s Logo font...

Hahahahaha, dude, you get the first price in rant-innovativeness  :lol:
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: 38thBeatle on July 29, 2009, 07:18:38 PM
Having played a few, although it aint a pretty headstock shape, I'd live with it . I thought those that I played were superb to play and sounded great too.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: ash96 on July 29, 2009, 08:00:30 PM
I'm not a fan tbh. However i'm not sure if its because of the headstock shape or the logo!
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on July 30, 2009, 12:45:30 AM
Disgusting, Vile, Monstrosity, Carbuncle of a headstock....  :rock:

Provides space for vomit to drip off that 70s Logo font...

Is it the "UGLY STICK" which I hear some people get whacked with?
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Afghan Dave on July 30, 2009, 12:53:29 AM
Is it the "UGLY STICK" which I hear some people get whacked with?

Bloody Brilliant!  :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: HTH AMPS on July 30, 2009, 01:05:45 AM
Tylers do play very nicely - like buttah (as they say), very much in the Tom Anderson vein of 'Strats for bankers'.  It's that super-clean Strat thing - pingy tone, super-easy action etc... I like a guitar to fight back and make you work for it.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Lew on July 30, 2009, 01:08:58 AM
hmmm looks like he ordered a bunch of Warmoth uncut paddle necks and forgot to shape them.

I jest, they're great lookin guits idd. Hope to try one someday.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: CaptainDesslock on July 30, 2009, 02:53:50 AM
gadzooks man!

that is that mutant freak? I would never bring something that hideous on stage!
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: hunter on July 30, 2009, 08:07:45 AM
Hmmm, guys, you gotta up it a notch, coz I still want one  8)
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Twinfan on July 30, 2009, 08:42:17 AM
It's a Strat, made ugly.

I hate it.
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Roobubba on July 30, 2009, 09:58:25 AM
Disgusting, Vile, Monstrosity, Carbuncle of a headstock....  :rock:

Provides space for vomit to drip off that 70s Logo font...

Is it the "UGLY STICK" which I hear some people get whacked with?

I presume you're referring to a telecaster neck there...
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on July 30, 2009, 02:37:26 PM
Disgusting, Vile, Monstrosity, Carbuncle of a headstock....  :rock:

Provides space for vomit to drip off that 70s Logo font...

Is it the "UGLY STICK" which I hear some people get whacked with?

I presume you're referring to a telecaster neck there...

It's like a double telecaster headstock - how does that make you feel!
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: hunter on July 30, 2009, 03:08:09 PM
Disgusting, Vile, Monstrosity, Carbuncle of a headstock....  :rock:

Provides space for vomit to drip off that 70s Logo font...

Is it the "UGLY STICK" which I hear some people get whacked with?

I presume you're referring to a telecaster neck there...

It's like a double telecaster headstock - how does that make you feel!

Inside the Tyler headstock there are hidden several tele headstocks :O)
Title: Re: DAMN I love that headstock SO MUCH!
Post by: Roobubba on July 30, 2009, 05:16:03 PM
Disgusting, Vile, Monstrosity, Carbuncle of a headstock....  :rock:

Provides space for vomit to drip off that 70s Logo font...

Is it the "UGLY STICK" which I hear some people get whacked with?

I presume you're referring to a telecaster neck there...

It's like a double telecaster headstock - how does that make you feel!

Inside the Tyler headstock there are hidden several tele headstocks :O)

Exactly.

That's how bad it is.


:)


Roo