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Re: Do I have a Gumbyhead?

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:25 am
by deaconblues
Especially the Combo headstock...
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Re: Do I have a Gumbyhead?

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:53 am
by beatlefreak
dpowell wrote:Yep...I think they only switched back to smaller headstocks in '06 or '07.
Has to be '07. I have a late '06 330DCM with a large headstock. I understand there are DCMs with both types of headstocks.

Re: Do I have a Gumbyhead?

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:50 pm
by cjj
wayang wrote:I think they all look like Gumby...
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Now we just need a GumbyGlo paint job. Hey, maybe that can be the next COY...

Re: Do I have a Gumbyhead?

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:53 pm
by simer4001
kiramdear wrote:My 320 dates from Aug. 82. Do I have the smaller or the larger headstock? I have the last photo for comparison but I'll be danged if I can say with certainty which one I've got.
I'm leaning toward smaller but can someone say for sure?
I've been accused of having a pokey head, but I know that doesn't

Re: Do I have a Gumbyhead?

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:03 pm
by paologregorio
blue330 wrote:Does the small headstock on my '82 330 make its butt look fat? I sort of think so! I know that the big headstocks are seen as sort of gross but now I think that on the hollowbody Rickenbackers they're more in proportion with these pretty big guitars. The large-ish head on my '06 330 looks pretty right, I think. Likewise I'm coming around the to the big, more-Bigsby-like head on the '72 Stratocaster. Headstock sizes seem to evolve sort of like lapel and tie widths, hemlines, and heel heights. Hmm, there's a term paper...
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Good one, Mitch!

Re: Do I have a Gumbyhead?

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:08 pm
by paologregorio
wayang wrote:I think they all look like Gumby...
gumby-smiling.jpg
Now that you mention it Dane, I'd have to agree. :)

Taking the headstock shape nickname theme a step further, does that mean all of the 400X bass and 480/481 headstocks look like Elvis heads? That curve's always looked like a pompadour to me...not that I I don't like those...actually, my own head o' hair often resembles that. Just curious :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Do I have a Gumbyhead?

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:17 pm
by kiramdear
I find the larger head shape most becoming on the 300X and 2020, 2050, 2030GF basses. This one is very shapely:

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Re: Do I have a Gumbyhead?

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:49 pm
by scotty

Re: Do I have a Gumbyhead?

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:54 pm
by Bighouse
Don't feel funny Kira, my 4001 has a Bob's Big Boy head.

Re: Do I have a Gumbyhead?

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:47 am
by jimk
wayang wrote:I think they all look like Gumby...
gumby-smiling.jpg
+1
JimK