Les Paul Jr DC question

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realtree71

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If a LP Jr DC type would be on your consideration list, would it absolutely must have a traditional Gibson shaped headstock or would you consider something like a PRS or even a EVH style as an option? Or other........

Obviously this is a legality issue question. We’d love to build LP JrDC but Gibson takes thier headstock to heart. On the other hand we don’t want to build something no one wants.

Thanks guys & gals
 
Depends on the overall aesthetic of the guitar. If it's a more contemporary interpretation, then you have more freedom w/ the HS design. If it's more vintage spec, then people expect a more trad style HS.
 
As long as you don't go all Dean on the headstock, I'm game. I made a Warmoth DC with a Strat headstock years ago.
 
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Lerxst said:
Depends on the overall aesthetic of the guitar. If it's a more contemporary interpretation, then you have more freedom w/ the HS design. If it's more vintage spec, then people expect a more trad style HS.
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Have a guy who wants a aged burst like this. I’m calling it Tequila Sunrise. Aged gold metal.

So body will be mahog with 1/4” AAA flame. Mahog neck rosewood fretboard.
 
I don't care about the shape of the headstock personally. I prefer straight pull through the nut for tuning stability.

That sounds like a sweet guitar. Single bridge pup?
 
I've got a buddy that's a collector with several high end Gibsons and Fenders. He has a visceral response to brands that aren't well known. He won't even play my Anderson because "the headstock just looks wrong" despite it being the best playing and sounding guitar in either of our stables. :grin:
 
I built a Warmoth LPS before Gibson brought the hammer down. A different headstock is fine as long as it's 3+3. Inline 6 would just look wrong.
 
I don't think 6 in line looks wrong at all. It just isn't traditional. I generally hate tradition.

Hate away:
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As long as it looks OK itself, I wouldn't care. I have a Hamer, which some people have a cow over (headstock-wise), and I've finally gotten used to even the Epi clipped-ear headstock.

I used to have a Schecter Tempest Special, and I thought that was a good looking headstock.
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But hell, the DeArmond Jet Star/Guild T-bird headstock is odd as feck, and I have no problem with it, so consider the source.

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Further caveat, I'm set for Les Paul-style guitars, whether single cut or double cut, so don't go by me.

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Brian Krashpad said:
As long as it looks OK itself, I wouldn't care. I have a Hamer, which some people have a cow over (headstock-wise), and I've finally gotten used to even the Epi clipped-ear headstock.

I used to have a Schecter Tempest Special, and I thought that was a good looking headstock.
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But hell, the DeArmond Jet Star/Guild T-bird headstock is odd as feck, and I have no problem with it, so consider the source.

Ruby.jpg


Further caveat, I'm set for Les Paul-style guitars, whether single cut or double cut, so don't go by me.

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The Schecter is like the Mirror Universe version of the Gibson.

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Why deal with the problems that come with a Gibson headstock? If you want 3+3 I'd go with a PRS style, they have a relatively straight string pull.
 
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