Strat head VS Pointy head

[jhale667]

Re: Strat head VS Pointy head

...That tilt-Strat head looks like the old-school Warlock headstock from the '80s...pretty cool. Always thought that was a good idea though.

[zx12r]

Re: Strat head VS Pointy head

Did you know that tilt-back headstock design contributes to guitar sustain? [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[Chuckracer]

Re: Strat head VS Pointy head

How?

[txcharvel]

Re: Strat head VS Pointy head

I think it has something to do with the way the headstock is tilted back [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[Chuckracer]

Re: Strat head VS Pointy head

Go on...

[wfhawk007]

Re: Strat head VS Pointy head

hmmmm i too have an uncle.... -Peter Griffin (the family guy) [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[diablomozart]

Re: Strat head VS Pointy head

from a physics standpoint, the tilt back headstock increases the downward pressure on the nut...i, too, have heard this somehow increases sustain but i'm not sure how...maybe the extra pressure gives a more stable surface for the string to ring longer?...d.m.

[wfhawk007]

Re: Strat head VS Pointy head

i have a esp george lynch serpent that has a 13 degrees tilted back headstock and it has similar sustain to my las paul. i guess, coming from a bolt on guitar the angled stock must contribute something.

[RacerX]

Re: Strat head VS Pointy head

Originally posted by deviltronix:
Fender won't license it out to builders or what .... consider "competition".

Guitar makers are competition.

All parts is not.

-Rich-

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Originally posted by diablomozart:
they only license out to replacement parts companies...and those companies cannot put a logo on the headstock...d.m.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, technically, Fender is licensing the strathead to Charvel now...that is a guitar company. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img]

[mudkicker]

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Racer,

FMIC now owns the Charvel name, and the strat head shape. So technically they aren't licensing another builder to build them, one of their inhouse divisions (jackson/charvel) are building them.

[shreddermon]

Re: Strat head VS Pointy head

No, actually I believe RacerX is correct. As I understand it, Jackson / Charvel is not a "division" of Fender. It is still a separate company, albiet one wholly owned by FMIC. Hence, FMIC authorized J/C to use the strathead shape pursuant to a licensing agreement. A legal technicality but, unfortunately, an important one with respect to using stratheads.

F'n lawyers. [img]graemlins/eyes.gif[/img] ...j/k! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[RacerX]

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Thanks, shreddermon, you clarified it well!
Mudkicker, I saw the licensing agreement in person - it's on the back of every Charvel stratheadstock now.

Too many people are forgetting that Jackson/Charvel is still an independent entity, just with a different owner.

Officially, they are now JCMI -
Jackson Charvel Manufacturing, Incorporated.