Headstock - Nameplate Lengths

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Sat Dec 14, 2002 9:28 am

Check out the headstock/nameplate differences between the Azureglo and Light Show 4005's in this pic.

http://www.tatadoheaven.com/Ric/bass.htm

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 8:33 am

It seemed to me that Mapleglo guitars have a longer truss rod cover than those of other finishes. This is probably a crazy observation, but I looked all around and it seemed true.

rob · Post by **rob** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:18 am

Oh my God! That's a really UGLY headstock on the 8-string! Kinda funny looking in a way.

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 4:46 pm

I have noticed that there have been changes in the size and shape of the headstock over the years. The 70's - 90's often had smaller headstocks that to my eyes just look ugly. The early V series and CS basses have the nicer, bigger headstock, but the later CS basses and V basses have this smaller less curvy looking headstock.

I first noticed the nameplate variations, and then realized it wasn't only nameplate variations, but headstock variations.