The Gibson Headstock Thread........
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Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
the problem isn't Gibson. the problem is the buyers. this is what they want. so this is what they get. i guess that's why the slogan is "only a Gibson is good enough." hey, if it's good enough for those retards, then who the hell are you?
FenderPusher
Beardcore Apologist
Just make sure nothing ever brushes against that end of the guitar and you should be fine...... 
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Here's another good idea.
Don't drop your guitar.
The guy with the first guitar... said it was only a light bump that made the headstock crack like that.
When the strings angle over the nut and then angle off to the tuners, that point gets a lot of compression from the strings.... and mahogany is a great tone wood but is much softer and more porous than maple.
I own two Les Pauls and have never had a problem. And I'm not very careful with them, either. I'd be most nervous about an SG.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
why? it's exactly the same headstock design.
jaxn slim
Your Worst Nightmare
My SG got a bad crack in it. 
A wannabe-diva singer stormed out of the room one time and knocked it over with her hips. I never got a dime out of her or her keyboardist boyfriend.
It wasn't a light fall, though. Fell face-first off the stand and landed right on the nut. Any of my Fender's could have taken it, but the Gibby didn't stand a chance. :(
A wannabe-diva singer stormed out of the room one time and knocked it over with her hips. I never got a dime out of her or her keyboardist boyfriend.
It wasn't a light fall, though. Fell face-first off the stand and landed right on the nut. Any of my Fender's could have taken it, but the Gibby didn't stand a chance. :(
telecaster911
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Just don't knock them about... that's all. There is a lot of wood removed around the truss rod nut which doesn't help. They are easily repaired, so don't fret (pun intended) about it.
Because I haven't seen a broken Les Paul in over 20 years but I see SG's on an almost regular basis.
telecaster911
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I know lots of people with lp's. The kid that keeps knocking his over is the only broken one I've seen
Jbird
Kick Henry Jackassowski
The 'Peter Green' LP that Gary Moore owned for decades broke at the headstock too didn't it?
I remember reading in one of those Brit guitar magazines an interview with Moore where he said after it broke, and he had it repaired, it just didn't play or sound the same any more, and was the main reason he was selling it.
(It was in the 'boot' of the car he was riding in, and someone rear-ended them, thereby crunching the guitar
)
I seem to recall seeing a pic of the guitar after the guy who bought it was trying to re-sell it for much more money than what he paid Moore for it, and they showed a back view of the repair. Broken at the headstock, plus some damage from the crack at the headstock running down the neck to maybe the 5th fret or so? (I'm going by memory here, which isnt as good as it once was
)
I remember reading in one of those Brit guitar magazines an interview with Moore where he said after it broke, and he had it repaired, it just didn't play or sound the same any more, and was the main reason he was selling it.
(It was in the 'boot' of the car he was riding in, and someone rear-ended them, thereby crunching the guitar
)I seem to recall seeing a pic of the guitar after the guy who bought it was trying to re-sell it for much more money than what he paid Moore for it, and they showed a back view of the repair. Broken at the headstock, plus some damage from the crack at the headstock running down the neck to maybe the 5th fret or so? (I'm going by memory here, which isnt as good as it once was
)
Chad
Slender Hobbit
When I was in college, the guitar player in the band I was in saved up all of his gig money to buy a LP standard. We were at his house warming up before a show the day he got it and he set it down against the coffee table and the headstock snapped . This was the early 90s a few years before the interwebs and I always thought he must have just got a lemon. Now I see it is more common than I thought at the time.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Look at this cutaway where they show how little wood there really is in the middle of the headstock where the truss hole is cutaway.
One other thing gibson could do instead of the volute on the back...
... notice how little wood is removed for a Fender (or most other makers) style truss where an Allen Key goes INTO the end of the truss compared to the NUT style where a big socket end has to go OVER the nut to adjust the truss.
One other thing gibson could do instead of the volute on the back...
... notice how little wood is removed for a Fender (or most other makers) style truss where an Allen Key goes INTO the end of the truss compared to the NUT style where a big socket end has to go OVER the nut to adjust the truss.
reverend1
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Look at this cutaway where they show how little wood there really is in the middle of the headstock where the truss hole is cutaway.
One other thing gibson could do instead of the volute on the back...
... notice how little wood is removed for a Fender (or most other makers) style truss where an Allen Key goes INTO the end of the truss compared to the NUT style where a big socket end has to go OVER the nut to adjust the truss.
That seems like a terrible design flaw that would be easy to fix. If I spent that kind of money for a Gibson the ended up with with cracked headstock I'd be furious. Especdially since it seems to be a well know problem that they are unwilling to address.