Cool thread folks!
This brings me back to many conversations I have had with friends/acquaintance about headstock mass, strings wraps on the post etc.
Great brain food!
I read that slide guys would play the Gibson 12 string necks (335, SG ?) strung six, because the bigger headstock gave a fatter sound and better sustain to the note.
As we see with Wes' spreadsheet, there are cases where this holds true and if course when someone gets a great sound, folks are often bound to follow blindly.
I can't sound like Johnny Winter just by playing a Firebird through his favored amps.
Not until I adopt the proper vibrato and picking technique does the tone approach the master.
Wes, how did you insure the "pluck" of the strings had the same energy applied each time?
Thanks,
John