Will the Real Gumby Please Step Forward

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Sun May 06, 2007 11:56 am

I keep seeing people refer to the 'Gumby' headstock when they're talking about the modern RIC guitar headstock. I always thought the gumby was the nickname for the gumby-looking headstock from the late '70s - roundish & gumbyesque vs. the modern one with nice curves and dimensions?

What's a gumby?

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Sun May 06, 2007 12:02 pm

I thought the gumby headstock was the early 70's bound headstock?

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sun May 06, 2007 12:28 pm

"I thought the gumby headstock was the early 70's bound headstock"

+1

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Sun May 06, 2007 12:39 pm

"I'm Gumby dammit"?

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Sun May 06, 2007 12:44 pm

That's the one! But I thought it was fatter? More gumbitious?

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Sun May 06, 2007 12:45 pm

Gumbacious?

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Sun May 06, 2007 12:46 pm

Man, you guys are making me hungry!

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Sun May 06, 2007 1:01 pm

"But I thought it was fatter?"
No its quite skinny. So is that fat one that I thought was Gumby called the Phat Elvis? It needs a name...

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Sun May 06, 2007 1:20 pm

And here I thought Gumby was just Pokey's friend.

8mileshigh · Post by **8mileshigh** » Sun May 06, 2007 1:22 pm

Step aside skinny................I'm the REAL Gumby..................

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Sun May 06, 2007 1:27 pm

Ahh! That's the fatty I was originally thinking about, except unbound...

Was it late '70's too? Or just early '70s with the grovers?

robbo63 · Post by **robbo63** » Sun May 06, 2007 2:50 pm

I knew Gumby, and let me tell you Rick, you're no Gumby!

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Sun May 06, 2007 2:51 pm

Well, you can go back to 1960 if you wanted to with the paddle-shape on the pegheads, they seemed to be abundant on many guitars in 1963 as well. But the 24-fret 360 in the above pic was from the era I originally posted the 'Gumby' reference to, yes....both bound and unbound.

These guitars had the Grover Rotomatic tuners and I suppose that was the main reason as to the having the bigger peghead. Guitars with Van Ghents face the same need for a larger mounting surface, but they didn't always get it.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun May 06, 2007 4:27 pm

Man, you guys are making me hungry!

Hungry, yet?

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Sun May 06, 2007 4:53 pm

That's not a bit like Gumby...