350V63 Headstock Question

[godber]

The latest 350V63's seem to be sporting the new slim 60's style headstock, but did they used to have the larger "paddle" type?

[paologregorio]

No, that's the way they've been made from the start-the slim headstock is the vintage profile headstock.

[godber]

Sorry, these are the images which prompted my question - it may be the TRC or the photo angle, but the headstock shape and the aligment of the tuners looks different. See what you think -

2007

350V63 HS.jpg

2008

liverpoolH.jpg

[scotty]

Yup id say the new 08 model looks to have more of a curve on the topside (the E A D).Im basing this on the photo tho! but it certainly looks different!

[cmuk]

Looks different to me. Perhaps the vintage TRC implied a vintage shape previously, whereas this was not the case.

[Clint]

The final shaping is done by hand so they will all be slightly different. Mine is a 2001 and it is closer to the bottom picture.

[deaconblues]

Bad angle.

The headstocks before the CNC reprogramming were probably based on the later 325v63/the 325c64, and have always been slimmer.

It's possible that RIC changed them all to the same slimness when they reprogrammed the CNC routers.

An '04.

EDIT: After seeing some '07s, I think maybe that was a big-headed year for some reason!??!