"Hockey Stick" headstocks

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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by RumorsOFsurF » Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:11 am

flatfiver wrote: Ahem...

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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by 1946dodge » Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:44 am

flatfiver those are probably the only guitars that work with a hockey stick headstock.
I had one and gave it to a kid who really wanted it. It was a Hondo copy of that guitar (or something like it).
I got it for 15 bucks and fixed it for him and he still has it.
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by the older brother » Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:34 pm

RumorsOFsurF wrote:
flatfiver wrote: Ahem...

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Im a fan (sort of)

I love the RD and the explore is the "last" Gibson I like. I wouldn't buy one though.....
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by northern_dirt » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:17 pm

RumorsOFsurF wrote:
flatfiver wrote: Ahem...

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Me neither, though my name isn't James Hetfield
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by the older brother » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:19 pm

I guess the Explorer is the Mother Of Evil....  ;)
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by uvacom » Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:23 pm

I love the "hockey stick" headstocks on the yamaha SGV series (as illustrated below), but not much else.

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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by flatfiver » Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:33 pm

That headstock looks more like a ninja sword to me. :P
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by RumorsOFsurF » Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:31 pm

flatfiver wrote: That headstock looks more like a ninja sword to me. :P
+1  :k
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by northern_dirt » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:14 pm

RumorsOFsurF wrote:
flatfiver wrote: That headstock looks more like a ninja sword to me. :P
+1  :k
Sorry.
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by MrWizard44 » Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:53 pm

northern_dirt wrote:
RumorsOFsurF wrote:
flatfiver wrote: Ahem...

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Me neither, though my name isn't James Hetfield
I'm a fan.  I've got the cherry one.  They look a lot better with pickup covers.

That said, the Explorer hockey-stick is the only one I like, but that's probably largely due to the fact that it just really fits in well with the rest of the guitar.
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by mynameisjonas » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:10 am

i find it mind boggling that gibson released the explorer in the late 50s. i really can't picture anyone back then not looking totally weird playing one.
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by Orang Goreng » Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:20 am

I still can't picture anyone in any period SINCE the 50s not looking weird playing one. This is one of my ultimate "OMG what were they thinking" guitars.
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by TheodorJ » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:16 am

mynameisjonas wrote: i find it mind boggling that gibson released the explorer in the late 50s. i really can't picture anyone back then not looking totally weird playing one.
Same with the Flying V.
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by mynameisjonas » Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:35 am

Orang Goreng wrote: I still can't picture anyone in any period SINCE the 50s not looking weird playing one. This is one of my ultimate "OMG what were they thinking" guitars.
yeah i pretty much agree... but give an explorer to a guitarist in an 80s metal band (like metallica) , and it fits in with the general image. give it to the guitarist in an early 60s rock 'n roll / pop band and it just looks totally out of place. this applies to the flying V to some extent, but to me it's a more time- and genreless design.
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Re: "Hockey Stick" headstocks

Post by Superfuzz » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:26 am

Did someone here have that gretch with a hockey stick headstock?
Very nice for what I recall.. :?
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