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(I'm tempted by that Harley Benton all-solid parlour, on the basis that I probably wouldn't pay serious, or even semi-serious, money for a parlour, and it only comes with a slotted headstock.)
Probably takes me a few minutes more to totally restring
The point about traditional design on 12-fretters is probably correct. Many years ago my son took up violin lessons at school. I remember trying to tune the damned thing with those wooden friction pegs and wishing someone would have the sense to fit the violin with geared tuners - might look odd but much more functional.
Each to their own of course
Since the last restring I've found a thread on here that seems to make it easier.
see now to me, that's a walk in the park compared to a slotted................however no longer an issue cos Ive sold my tele
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Thanks
Brilliant, thanks for the info, I'll try to remember that if I ever do get round to getting it!
Clearly I liked it enough to buy the thing but it's neither a parlour or a 12-fretter so it's possibly not quite "right" in appearance. At the time I was liking stuff like the Martin 0-28 Norman Blake and the Breedlove Jeff Tweedy but didn't have the money required for those. I got this as a cheaper alternative and, while it has some of the visual qualities of those two, it's 14th fret body join probably makes it look a bit odd.
Nice guitar but I do find myself wishing it had a regular headstock at restring time.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The geezers in the white coats are coming tomorrow!
A maker can build any desired headstock angle, subject only to giving appropriate thought to the mechanical robustness of the join. (Cough, cough, Gibson.)
Great picture!
But no, that is not something you can trademark or copyright. You could probably patent it, but (a) the patent wouldn't stand up* because the idea is too obvious, and (b) because it would have run out long, long ago. You could patent a particular way of implementing it, but that wouldn't be much help.
Maton in Australia used to make 12-strings with that both-ways headstock. That was in the 1960s, maybe the 70s. From memory, they were semi-acoustics. Not sure if they did full acoustics that way or not. If I remember, I'll check the books after lunch.
* Except in front of a US jury because US juries will believe absolutely anything.
Great prediction!
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
(Matthew 7, 7-8.)