Angled Headstock

[CyanideJunkie]

How does an angled headstock affect the tuning? Some ppl say tat it improves its consistency but i dun find any diff... in fact i find tat the type of bridge plays a bigger part in tat area... Any thoughts?

 

[popeye]

i also find no difference, maybe we are just two ignorant buggers :lol:
The only thing I can feel with angled headstock is that it feels annoying when being carried on a softcase. It keeps on knocking onto the back of your head :lol:

 

[Praetorian]

What i got off Epiphone is that angled headstocks improve sustain.

I have no idea what the special characteristics of the straight fender headstocks are, though.

 

[hay88]

dangerous design hhaha if you place it horizontally on the ground flat...someones stomps...it's the end...but den again RGs are my favs and they haf slanted headstocks haha

 

[mikemann]

With an angled headstock, the story should goes that the tension is more evenly spreaded.

That's why normally you will find string tree/s on a straight headstock. Where on an angled headstock, the strings goes straight to the tuner peg.

 

[subversion]

What i got off Epiphone is that angled headstocks improve sustain.

I have no idea what the special characteristics of the straight fender headstocks are, though.

this is subjective. brass roller-nut in Fenders have impressive sustain as well. even the non-brass version in Jeff Beck's signature strat has very good sustain.

 

[Vaiyen]

can someone enlighten me on what a roller nut is?
and does the material of the nut affect tonal quality?

 

[pooo]

A roller nut, is basically a nut which has ball bearings to hold the strings, instead of the standard grooves you see in all other types of nuts.

http://www.music123.com/Fender-LSR-Roller-Nut-i45573.music

Here's a link to show what it looks like. And yes, the types of material used for nuts affect tonal quality, though subtle.

 

[Vaiyen]

ic.thanks

 

[subversion]

the roller nut in perspective:

 

[Timex]

i read that he reason tha the strat has a straight head is because Leo Fender wanted the string o return smoothly when the term was used.From an engineering perspective, sloped head would require greater tension forces to keep the string taut.