how to protect your pointy headstok?

[ramon_jr]

man that long wing on my Rhoads just wants to hit walls and desks and all sort of stuff. i have to be very careful.

[Jacksonguy666]

Yea they do take getting used too.

[toxikdeth]

For the wings on mine around the house or practice or whatever... I use these (see pic). I got em off ebay quite a while ago... When playing live I took em off, was careful, and immediately stuck the guitar back in the case... as for the headstock - just be careful.

Damn thats nice

[SlaytanicDude]

It's a guitar, it's meant to be played, not kept all minty. If it gets a little dinged in the line of fire, it's mojo, the guitar still works. Besides, even Marty used a damaged Kelly



If it gets damaged while you're not playing then that just sucks balls.

[Jacksonguy666]

Yes, The back of my explorer has a lot of buckle rash, and on the lower protrusion there are a couple white spots where it hit the wall (after that though, I have never scratched a guitar again). And I LOVE it. It shows it's an instrument that has been played hard and loved and been gigged with. Of course if you bought like a model from like a special edition limited batch of 25, then thats different.

[Charlz]

Stop showing off that CS KV. You know full well I want a WR1 in that finish!

Oops! My bad!! I fully apologize... I forgot...

Oh yeah, check this out!!!

[guitarsjb]

just be careful? you all say that, but how many dinged up charvel/jacksons headstocks have we all seen with dings on the tip
of the headstock? that kv with the tips protected is the answers iam looking for. i dont know about the wall puddy might discolor raw maple

I owned a RX10D, a RR3, RR5, and a RR1. Never dinged any points or headstocks. Once you get used to them, you realize where and how they sit on your body and how much play you have to move in an area. So I guess a better answer would be PLAY IT..in a safe environment, and learn your limitations. There, ya happy now?? :ROTF: Not giving ya a hard time..just trying to tell you it's possible to own pointies and not mess them up.

[djford]

well i guss i will leave the new usa sl1 in the case and jam my model 1(witch ups chiped the headstock ,along with poor packing. the chiped
wood was still in te gigbag so i was able to fix it cant even tell its there) and wolfgang.

[Tommie]

What to do with the Rhoads is hold your hand round the long point when you're walking through doorways or threading your way through backstage or rehearsal room detritus, and hold the guitar more or less vertical in front of you, so the headstock is near your face.

That's my technique anyway, devceloped after I just finished sorting out a wee chip on the headstock of a V, and then smacking the bottom horn on a doorway seconds later.

[Sunbane]

It's a guitar, it's meant to be played, not kept all minty. If it gets a little dinged in the line of fire, it's mojo, the guitar still works.

Quoted for truth.

However, I really don't know what some people do to their guitars. I'm not particularly careful with my guitars, as I play them with reckless abandon. I have dinged them all, but not to the point where wood comes off of them - not even the Vees and RRs. You'd have to really stab them into something for that to happen.

I think most of the time, the biggest "accidents" happen when the guitar is on a stand and someone knocks it over.

[VitaminG]

I'm not super careful with my guitars either and I haven't added any significant gashes to any of them. Any chunks of wood missing from points were missing when I got them. Unless you're running through hallways while you're playing, just exercising some common sense will keep your guitars in decent shape.

[djford]

been playing them for like 7 years now never ding one just always a concern of mine!

[ramon_jr]

Yes, The back of my explorer has a lot of buckle rash, and on the lower protrusion there are a couple white spots where it hit the wall (after that though, I have never scratched a guitar again). And I LOVE it. It shows it's an instrument that has been played hard and loved and been gigged with. Of course if you bought like a model from like a special edition limited batch of 25, then thats different.

i agree i had a guitar tech say once that a guitar had character (dings)

[ramon_jr]

Oops! My bad!! I fully apologize... I forgot...

Oh yeah, check this out!!!

i did not know that STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN played guitars. cool

[Chad]

For the wings on mine around the house or practice or whatever... I use these (see pic). I got em off ebay quite a while ago... When playing live I took em off, was careful, and immediately stuck the guitar back in the case... as for the headstock - just be careful.

What are those things actually called and who makes/sells them? Awesome guitar btw.