I mean, I can only go off my own experiances, but in those experiances, I found there was a noticable difference, but only on 7 strings. When I first picked up a 7 string in a store, having never even thought about if the direction of the headstock effects the string tension, my first thought was the high E was a lot tighter and more difficult to bend then on any 6 string I'd played (it was an Ibanez GRG 7 string with a 25.5" scale, so it wasn't the scale length), and the low B seemed a bit floppy. Same thing when I played a Kramer 7 (I think, it's been a while, it was a very similar guitar to the first) On a hunch, I went online and bought a second hand LTD M17, all the specs lined up, 24 frets, 25.5" scale, it was just the reverse headstock. Instantly felt better. Of course, that could be pure confirmation bias, and I'm willing to except that. The only way any one would ever know for sure is a blindfolded test between two identical guitars besides the headstock, that the person playing knows nothing about. But to my, possibly biased hands, a 7 string needs a reverse head if it's going for an in-line design, because of the length of the string outside of the speaking length effecting the tension.
I mean, I can only go off my own experiances, but in those experiances, I found there was a noticable difference, but only on 7 strings.
When I first picked up a 7 string in a store, having never even thought about if the direction of the headstock effects the string tension, my first thought was the high E was a lot tighter and more difficult to bend then on any 6 string I'd played (it was an Ibanez GRG 7 string with a 25.5" scale, so it wasn't the scale length), and the low B seemed a bit floppy. Same thing when I played a Kramer 7 (I think, it's been a while, it was a very similar guitar to the first)
On a hunch, I went online and bought a second hand LTD M17, all the specs lined up, 24 frets, 25.5" scale, it was just the reverse headstock. Instantly felt better.
Of course, that could be pure confirmation bias, and I'm willing to except that. The only way any one would ever know for sure is a blindfolded test between two identical guitars besides the headstock, that the person playing knows nothing about. But to my, possibly biased hands, a 7 string needs a reverse head if it's going for an in-line design, because of the length of the string outside of the speaking length effecting the tension.
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Guitars with a reverse headstock look more evil in my opinion
Bunch of useless opinions. People always talk about string thru and tune o matic bridges having more tension.