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that's pretty impressive looking

"Am I the only person who find's that headstock absolutely hideous?"

No.

ditto


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I wonder why RIC didn't make the 4008 headstock like the 12-string headstock.

I love it,at first I thought it was a little strange the more you look at it ,its ingenious

Far better to my eyes that the later elongated 8 headstock which just looks far too big for the bass.

As ever, beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

I bet at the time RIC wished they could have made it look like the 12-string compact headstock, but it wouldn't have worked due to string thicknesses and tensions. The Spudstock(r) seems as if it was designed for the constraints of the tuning pegs used, and for minimal weight. An anomoly of RIC design, IMO... elegance is conspiciously absent...it has the vibe of a prototype ...where's Roger Rossmeisel when ya need him, eh?

...or a longer 4001 style headstock if the 12 string compact headstock idea wouldn't hold?

I prefer the Mr. Potatohead 'stock to the newer one. The newer one is just too darned long. It wouldn't keep me from buying one, though!

I think it would look gorgeous if they used a design similar to the 12-string guitar headstocks that they make. *That* is a brilliant design.

The enlongated cresting wave headstock must make those basses quite neck heavy, I'd imagine. I think it's clever the Spudstock uses guitar tuners for the octave strings....why use a bigger and heavier bass tuner if you don't have to? The 12-string style headstock requires the two long routs on each side of the headstock-- i'd imagine that'd make a bass weak in sustain, and too fragile. I think the ideal headstock would be a slightly enlonged cresting wave headstock, with heavy-duty banjo style tuners handling the octave strings. This design would look like a regular bass from the front, and the octave tuners would be accessed from the back of the headstock, giving the advantage of knowing exactly what string you are tuning.

Potato head?

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Hahahah! Darth Tater!

I wonder where the Entwistle 4001/8 went...?