camcool Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 can u have a tilted headstock and still have a tremelo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 Absolutely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky1 Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 (edited) Edited September 19, 2004 by lucky1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalluthier Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 can u have a tilted headstock and still have a tremelo Uhh, yea. It's better to have a tilted headstock and a graphite nut. If you had a flat headstock, it would usually require string trees, which (With a tremolo) would wear out your strings a lot faster. Most guitars with tremolos have tilted headstocks......Jackson, Carvin, Ibanez, ESP, Kramer etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted August 8, 2004 Report Share Posted August 8, 2004 graphite nut. that is an opinion,not a fact...i prefer the standard locking nut with floyd rose trems because they do not wear out like the graphite nuts.... for fixed bridges,i prefer a graphite nut but look...the reason you tilt back the headstock is because of the way the locking nut is shaped...if you look at one closely you will see that it slopes back towards the headstock and that is the angle the headstock should be if you don't want to use string trees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camcool Posted August 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 so the only point of a tilted headstock it so you don't need string trees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britrock Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 What is the purpose of string trees? They seem a little pointless to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jabsco Posted August 9, 2004 Report Share Posted August 9, 2004 to put downward pressure on the strings after the nut, so they dont flatten every time you play a note within the first 3 or 4 frets. Its also nice for bassists to like to slap and pop thier strings, so non of the strings jump out of the nut, which is unlikley anyway. camcool- Yes, and also as I understand it a scarfed headstock adds a bit of strength. hell, it also just looks cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.