Reverse Headstock - Yes or No?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Baxter and Jonathan discuss the look and feel of reverse headstock guitars. Specifically the Fender variants. Why would you want one? Is it more than just the look or is there a change in the feel and sound?
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Not only do reverse headstocks look cool, but they're more ergonomic as well, since your left hand is already in the right orientation to reach up and tune, instead of having to twist your wrist the other direction first
This video was meant for me.
I always found them cool ever since I used them on a Firebird, and I always thought Hendrix looked bad ass with it upside down. With all that said I prefer it over the traditional styled headstock and wish a lot more non-metal guitars did it.
No is the short answer, hell no is the longer answer.
That’s all fine and dandy for my Fender, but how can I tell if my Les Paul headstock is on upside-down?? 🤔
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Like Yngwie said it facilitates wider hybrid gauging -something that matters even with a locking nut... But what I've loved about the reverse tunerline with a "trem" is how with the standard nut the strings most evenly fluctuate during vibrato use- the lows don't just crash and the plain strings have alot more useful range; That's been my reason for favoring them!
I LOVE reverse headstocks.
You guys are my favorite thing to watch. Info and laughs. You need to sponsor a date night at the movies with your guitar. Where you pick the movie and everyone brings their favorite guitar. Imagine a theater full of guitar freaks and their guitars. What would people think? 😂🤣
They make me wish, a little bit, that I lived near enough to visit them.
I have 2 Stratocasters with reverse headstocks. I got those necks specifically for the look, pickup orientation is standard righty. I don't notice any difference in tone, tension or tuning stability. A little bit of a pain to tune in a hurry, sometimes I reach for a wrong tuner, but just a bit of a learning curve. Definitely looks cool and I always get a bunch of comments about it, mostly good.
I find it easier to tune once I got used to it, the reach is shorter and I don't have to change the position of my hand to tune. I think it changes the sound, and the feel. The Hendrix Tribute is easier to play than a converted lefty, because he fret markers are on the side you can see, and the knobs rotate in the correct direction. You could modify a lefty to be like that. Bending the high strings seems easier with the shorter overall length of the string - behind the nut matters too.
Yes!!!! Big Jimi fan, however I never knew how much I would LOVE a reverse headstock on my own guitar until I actually put one on: Am.Pro Jaguar with reverse small headstock (i.e., lefty K.Cobain Jag replacement neck).
I feel this reverse headstock accentuates the “offset” look.
looks cool 😎 I had 2 in the early 90s but I was always reaching for the wrong tuner. When I went back to my roots I sold all my Floyd Rose guitars.
I have strats with reverse headstock (the big one of course), and i have a couple with the regular, righty headstock.
I also have a lefty Squier strung righty, for the full Hendrix experience (pun intended). I prefer the reverse headstock, but for me, it's purely a matter of cosmetics. I know some people say there is a difference in tone and feel, but i have to say i don't really notice it. In any case, i find the differences negligible.
In the case of the Squier, it's totally different, but that is of course because of everything being totally backwards. It is limiting to play, really, but feels really cool too.
It makes zero difference. The only people that want to pound their fists and say it makes a difference like to hear themselves speak.
I have two reverse headstock guitars. One Strat and an Ibanez with a tilt back. I really like the Strat reverse headstock with staggered tuners and no string trees. I find the reverse headstock suits this set up better than the standard headstock orientation. Cheers!
When I built me Warmoth Strat, I almost got a neck with a reverse headstock. I'm glad I didn't. The neck they made for me amazing.
@@witnessingobscura952 I almost got one of those nuts but I made a bone nut instead
Hell yes! I own 3 Chapmans that all have reverse headstocks and they look amazing
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Have a reverse tele neck and only expected it to be aesthetic but was pleased w the feel and sound…it’s not dramatic but def noticeable…
Reverse tele headstock on a Strat is one of my favorite guitar looks
I dig em for the wow factor. I have a few Chapman guitars that have em. Oh and Absolutely YES on seeing dots.
Somehow I only like reverse headstocks on metal guitars. Chapman’s look great
Love my Chapman.
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I like the look of the reverse headstock.... I've always wanted one and almost bought a lefty once- but the shop raised the price before i got back with the money. ESP makes a model of guitar that looks like a reverse headstock.
Reverse headstocks rule. I enjoy them most on guitars that I down tune, due to that slightly longer string pull. Most of my guitars are 3x3 headstocks (Gibsons) but I have a Jackson Dinky that I really love and it has a reverse headstock. Looks aggressive, which is a bonus as well.
Jackson’s should only be offered in reverse headstocks at least the ones with the classic Jackson shape, and I will die on that hill .
@@brandonjackson5865 I couldn't agree more. Where can I sign this petition? Haha
@@ERiCtheBuLL We should start a petition if there isn’t one .
That extra string after the nut doesn’t matter.
I have 5 Solar guitars all have reverse headstock.
For me it’s now normal 😎🤘🎸
"Reverse Headstock - Yes or No?" Then I saw the 12 and a half minute runtime. After having watched you guys for so long, the thought wasn't how can you talk about this for 12 minutes? It was "how did you keep Baxter from talking for 15 minutes?" Love the videos as always, fellas.
If Leo originally put tuners on the bottom edge, would we be saying reverse today for tuners on top?
I’d always loved the way Hendrix looked holding that upside down Strat so I finally got a lefty 1994 American Strat and strung it righty. I love it. Only issue, the weight is distributed differently and makes it neck divey and a little uncomfortable after a hour or so of playing.
I’ve wanted to do that for years, just cause I’m a Hendrix fan. I assume that I’ll hate it and never play it but it’ll look cool next to my posters and records!
@@honkytonkinson9787 get yourself a cord with a 90 degree end. Makes it much more comfortable than getting poked in the under arm!
@@Bona-Who I’d never even thought of that. Makes me wonder how many guitars Jimi turned down because of the jack placement
I love reverse headstock. I got a Washburn Bettencourt N1 way back when and have been hooked on them since. That guitar has sustain for days! Never had an issue figuring out which way to turn the keys. My friends at college had way better (read: more expensive) guitars and they kept asking to borrow mine. I have a Strat and the N1 is still my ride-or-die.
Hopefully, the next axe is the Fender Hendrix, so right body with reversed headstock.
I agree. And is very easy when you change the chords. Just start with higher E instead of low E
@@SandBoy408 Wut? That's not how that works.
@@TribalGuitars I said that i agree with all of your points PLUS that is easy to change chords with no issue figuring it out wich way to start (because low E is the longest now)
@@SandBoy408 Chords are chords regardless of the length of strings, and all the strings are in the same place and order unless one plays like Eric Gales, who truly plays a guitar flipped upside down.
@@TribalGuitars But when the headstock is reversed the low E is longer that high E, so you may be confused when you want to change them. Just it
The other thing you didn't mention is the position of the volume and tone knobs. I read a book called "Excuse Me While I kiss the sky" when I first started playing in the early '80s and in it they said Jimi liked the volume knobs on top because he could adjust them with his thumb while playing. Makes sense especially for a musician who uses the volume control on the guitar a lot to get those subtle crunchy low volume Fuzz Face tones.
I read that book too. I still have it somewhere.
I find reverse headstocks more difficult to restring. I know that's a minor point, but I still just thought I'd mention it.
It could be a Major point if you change position. 😀
Many years ago, I had a Firebird with a reverse headstock. But it also had those banjo tuning keys that went straight back. It was a cool set up. A few years ago, I was without a guitar and a dear friend gave me a Washburn Nuno Bettencourt with a reverse headstock (not the kind of guitar I would have chosen but who says no to a free guitar?). It had normal tuners and were kind of a pain to use. I'll stick with 6 on the top, except for my one and only Les Paul Studio.
Nice ! A friend of mine has a Firebird like that which I enjoy playing on occasion . His has banjo tuners which are also locking , something I hadn't seen before.
The most common problem of reverse headstock, it is harder to stretch/pull string 0-1-2:( it is good for Drop C drop B tuning I returned my Grgr131ex (black ) reverse headstock and took the grgr131dx (red) reg headstock
I might be wrong, but as far as I know Fender Jaguars are built with a 24.34" scale, like a Les Paul?
I love reverse headstocks for no locking guitars with tremolo bridge. Reason? It makes the strong break angle much more even across all string and no need for string trees!
On Strats it doesn’t bug me, but I absolutely hate it on Teles. I think it throws the entire shape off.
I have a reverse headstock parts-caster! I love it!
I'm a lefty player. I recently picked up a Squier Supersonic, which is basically a jaguar which is reverse offset and reverse headstock. It only comes in righty...so I strung it lefty, and now it looks sort of normal...but not really. I also flipped a righty single cut guitar, (a gibson L6-S)---It looks weird, but sounds cool.
I own several upside down or reverse headstock guitars, none of them are fenders but i love them all. Honestly my favorite headstocks are Dean v heads
I have a Chapman ML3 with a reverse headstock….there is definitely a different string tension where I can string it with 12-56 Not Even Slinky strings and tune it to Eb Standard with perfect tension
I made a promise (to myself) that I would never buy a Chapman guitar as long as Rob Chapman is in any way associated with them. Some look cool, but he's a d#@£ so I'm boycotting them. I hope yours is a good one though. ✌️
Lower “E” is now longer from nut to tuner. Length from nut to tuner is reversed. Like old grad piano. No effect to tone?
I just bought an Epiphone Firebird that has a reverse headstock. I didn't buy it because of that (I wanted a mini Humbucker guitar and it looks cool) but now I have it, it makes me smile because it's different. The guitar rocks too, more importantly :-)
I hadn't even thought about the distance to the tuning pegs change on the strings giving it a jangly feel and changing the tone a bit. That's very cool and hadn't occurred to me. I've seen other videos where they use the so called "Jimi" string gauge which is supposed to give you that jangly feel too if you want that and tuning down a half step adds to that feel as well.
I don’t like the way it looks on a strat, but I don’t mind it as much on tele. A reverse headstock wouldn’t be a deal breaker if I loved the sound and feel of a guitar though.
Chapman's are reversed Tele headstocks and nobody bitches.
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The only reverse headstock I have is one I dont really have to deal with too much because it has a locking nut. I only have to worry about string changes.
Great topic you don’t see every day…Thank you!!
To your side note on Johnny Cash… I help run a festival in Bon Aqua on his farm. Would love to have y’all come by sometime and show you around. The festival is called “Lifest Music City”
Yep, reverse headstocks are pretty cool 😎. I’ve got two reverse headstock Martins…… 🤔
According to my calculations, that would make it an airplane paddle.
I have 4 with reverse headstocks. Ergonomically it’s actually better for me for tuning purposes. I broke my wrist years ago and it’s harder for me to tune Palm down. I really don’t notice any difference in the playability or the sound.
I don’t mind them on tilt back headstocks, but not on a Fender style, where you need a string tree. Wound strings and a string tree is a recipe for binding.
I’ve got a 2004 squire Showmaster with a reverse headstock. Love it
loved this examination of the reverse headstock- thanks for the good good goodness.
but... if you really want your brain warped, check out the right-handed guitar played as-is by lefty gunslinger Doyle Bramhall III. seeing him play with Roger Waters was transformative.
Another advantage for a Floyd or any tremolo with a locking nut: You can just use the fine tuners at the bridge and not worry about the tuners on the headstock Being upside down.
That candy apple red looks gorgeous! My favorite guitar color by far
I live in Sydney and my son worked on the film Australia and everyone in the family hates that film.
On the reverse head stock idea. I am building a partscaster and I may go reverse headstock. Strat body and 2 humbucker size P90’s in a hard tail.
I have a Squier Super-Sonic, one of the coolest looking guitars ever. Sports a reverse offset downsized Jaguar body and headstock. A great playing and sounding instrument.
Reverse Tele headstock FTW! (I just love how it makes some folks soooo uncomfortable.)
Plus staggered locking tuners because I'm not an animal.
I got a Chapman ML1 because it was cheap, like all my guitars! Got a little confused what end to start tuning from compared to the other 'normal' headstock guitars I own!
I still have an original '97 Squier Supersonic in the blue sparkle. The reverse headstock works on that...at least in my opinion it does!
Does the Silver Sky count? But yeah, I think they’re cool.
An acoustic bari changed my whole game, that's the truth.
I like that look on Jimi Hendrix. I don't think I have a need for one myself but if I owned tons of guitars I'd probably branch out and buy one
5:32 I recently got a very cool 60s Tiesco Telecaster style and it has no dots on the side and it drives me nuts. I'm definitely going to have to make some alterations.
Jefferson starship plus reo speed wagon = Jefferson speed dealer. Also need an Ike Turner fender acoustic like he played on that Nut Bush performance
This might be a stupid question but what did Jimmy do with the nut. Did he spin it around or did he file them. If he filed them he still had a high e riding in a low e string slot etc etc
One thing you guys didn't mention in this video is that the tremolo bar position changes to the top instead of the bottom. This makes it closer to your hand and easier to use in my opinion because it's right there and you don't have to reach down to grab it. The SRV strat doesn't have a reverse head stock but does have a left handed bridge for this reason. I've never had a reverse headstock strat but I did add a Washburn wonder bar tremolo system on a guitar when I was a kid and you could put the bar on the top or the bottom so I put it on top instead.
Is Reverse fender trats available?
Big John "The Bell" and Baxter the "GQ Dark Wizard" my names for you lads! reverse headstock def cool! also love the gruff Baxter sir, but just commit and grow that awesome man beard! plus both of you have great feel and touch on the git-fiddle!
I thought they were for soloists. It makes some things easier/possible with the high strings you wouldn't have otherwise.
my favorite thing is the tuning love not reaching to the top ot the headstock
I own a Hendrix Strat and a Dick Dale Strat and love them. They are a nice departure from my regular Strats.
Wasn't Paul before Jimmy. The reverse headstock is awesome and definitely adds a coolness factor in the arsenal. Although I don't have one I take the time for putting a bur under my saddle.
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I say yes to reverse headstocks. I'd also say that I prefer the reverse Gibson Firebird. The non-reverse ones look weird to me, and not nearly as cool.
Weird that we automatically think of the reverse body shape whenever Firebirds are mentioned, but I agree non reverse firebirds look weird and I’d even say ugly. Funny how some shapes look killer standard or reverse, Paul Gilbert’s Fireman is a reverse Iceman and both look incredible to me.
@@brandonjackson5865 Totally agree about the Fireman!
Yeah to reverse headstocks in fact some brands should only be offered in reverse the classic Jackson pointed headstock should only come in reverse in my opinion. I’m not a big fan of the CBS headstock in reverse ( or regular orientation ) I used to love the CBS headstock but prefer the smaller fender headstocks now and the smaller version looks great in reverse . I think the Ibanez standard 6 on one side headstock looks incredible reversed too. I’ve never had a guitar with a reverse headstock and I can imagine that tuning mind be a little adjustment. I would think for a standard fender scale and someone who prefers 9s and tuning a half step down the extra tension on the wrapped strings would be nice. I usually play light top medium bottom but the last time went to standard 9s and tuned 1/2 down the wrapped strings are almost too loose for me. I have pretty heavy hands both fretting and aggressive picking attack and probably prefer more tension on my wrapped strings than most. Reverse headstocks are a big yes for me, but I love relic guitars, both natural and brand new relic jobs, so what do I know.
Yes to the reverse and as for Conway Twitty, "Tight Fittin' Jeans" is a love song for the ages.
Conway Twitty is the best. I like the reverse headstock but I think what you guys are talking about here is an inverted Strat, specifically.
I love reverse headstock!!! Especially the fender style
I hope Baxter is ready for his arm wrestle against Jonathan, getting close to 50,000 subs! May the best man win!!
I guess that’s one of those intangibles that have drawn players to the Firebird… I never thought about that before you guys mentioned the difference in string length .
I just know my Firebird 1, besides being my favorite guitar, just has that “something “ different from my Telecasters and my one Esquire
I’ve never liked the look of reverse headstocks, but I never thought about the difference in string tension so maybe I should try one. Ironically, I’m a lefty but I learned to play right handed because I learned on my brother’s guitar and he is right handed so I couldn’t restring it reverse.
In 1963 Gibson did the reverse headstock on the Firebird. Way before Hendrix...
NO!
Jonathon quietly saying “would it?” At 6:35 made me crack up. Highlight of the video!
I can't say I am a fan of how it looks, but it does change the tone and performance of the Strings by extending the bass String and shortening the Treble strings, its just one of those things you need to play to see if you Like it or not, that or Get an Ernie Ball Guitar with 4 x 2 headstock, The Best REO Show ever was Tampa Ft Homer Hesterly Armory, REO was the Opening Act, followed by Cactus( was initially conceived as early as late 1969 and originally featured former Jeff Beck Group members lead vocalist Rod Stewart and guitarist Jeff Beck, xylophone player/vocalist Adele Smitchell, and former Vanilla Fudge members bassist Tim Bogart and drummer Carmine Appice) and headliner was Spirit with Randy California, Right after Cadillac Cowboys came out as the Follow up to 12 Dreams Album on June 2,1972, and before you Slam the Venue, The Doors, Blue Oyster Cult and many others played there
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I like my Charvel Reverse Headstock. Certain guitars look better than others 🙂
I like em. I have 4 with reverse headstocks. I put in dots in mine.
Just got a Reverend with a reverse headstock. It looks very cool. It is *really* odd to tune.
I’ve always wanted to get a left handed strat and restring to play right handed; my own Hendrix guitar.
I assume that I’ll hate playing it but still want one to hang on the wall. Otherwise I’ve never really cared about the headstock, beyond anxiety of it possibly breaking off of my not Fender guitar
Ask Richard Fortis about the reverse headstock he talks about it in depth. Also you should ask Laura Cox as she plays 2 guitars with the reverse headstock a Flying V and a Firebird & plays them well.
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REO- Roll with the Changes has some of my favorite guitar work
I want a reverse headstock
Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet is a 90s classic. And the soundtrack is great.
Came across this video by accident and within 45 seconds I put ice picks in my eyes and a mossberg to the side of my heads. GRINS
They a look cool, but I find it awkward to tune
I do have a 12 string with 6 a side tuners, and the 6 high strings are also awkward
But I have spoken to people who love reversed headstocks, and so it’s cool to have both for variety
Love reverse headstocks!!
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my main squeeze has a reverse headstock.had to put a string tree on the E & A to keep 'em in the nut.
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No issue. Want it get it. Don't want it get other.
I own a Mexican Jimi Hendrix Strat . After years of ownership, I still have to think before turning that tuning key !
I feel like the reverse headstock is that "other people cool". It looks good when certain people use it, but I don't like it enough to buy one, and I'm also not sure I could pull it off. Same goes for evh stripes. It's an iconic look, just not one I can pull off
I love them.
Jimi liked it, and poly finishes, and upside down body with knobs and switch above strings. If Jimi liked it, then it's good enough for me, so I bought a 1997 Hendrix Tribute strat ~15 years ago, which is a period correct mirror image of Hendrix's two favorite 1968 models, so a righty-handed player can have the same "experience". I like everything about it, except the reach on high notes is more difficult, although with His fingers HE could reach them anyways. Fender was given a cease and desist order by the lawyers of Hendrix's family's estate, because they didn't want Fender profiting off His name without the family getting a cut (and the lawyers of course). So in 1998 Fender made the guitar but couldn't call it a "Hendrix Tribute" and had to take his face off the neck plate, where it's etched into the 1997 model. Sales went down as a result, and the following year Fender phased-out the only period correct mirror image of Jimi's 1968 faves. The black one He called "my black beauty", and the so-called "Woodstock" blond strat he likely called "blondie"? I don't know, but the black 1968 model was his favorite guitar to play. The pickups are lower-wind, and have more clarity as a result, and the poly finish makes the guitars much more durable, the neck has a "glassy" feel I kind of dig, and the neck shape feels wonderful, but I have a medium sized hand - His hands were huge (as were other body parts as evidenced by the "plaster casters" work!). Cheers!
I have a Jaguar in Les Paul scale. Check out the Blacktop Jaguar. I love mine.
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YES!!!
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"Reverse headstocks, yes or no? And now... here's Conway Twitty."
The string tension is the same whichever way the headstock is. Otherwise the tunung would be out (for strings of equal thickness. What changes is the elasticity of the string