slotted headstock .... advantages ...

[wcbeav]

they look great but are there any advantages (disadvantages) to the design? Is there any detectable sound difference or any other reason to go this way? I've spent most of my years playing archtops but lately have embraced OMs and see many with the slotted headstocks.

[HHP]

If you play outdoors in windy conditions, they are much more stable.

[roylor4]

Here's a long thread from just a day or two ago about this subject to a degree:

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...tted+headstock

[StephenHD35]

I don't know that there are any advantages/differences, tonal or otherwise, that can be attributed to a headstock being slotted. I know my slot heads sound different than my guitars with paddle headstocks, but that could be due to any number of other reasons. My slot heads, for instance, are all 12 fret models. Two of them are short scale as well. Both of those features bring, I think, pretty significant sonic differences.

[wcbeav]

I just didn't look far enough back in the threads ....

[Wade Hampton]

The main advantage of acoustic guitars with slotted headstocks, at least for heterosexual men, is that women find them and the men who play them to be totally irresistible.

I had to switch to guitars with solid headstocks in order to preserve my marriage....


Wade Hampton "Don't Say I Didn't Warn You!" Miller

[TOCS]

Since the tuners points towards your body, it greatly helps to perform stuff like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY7GnAq6Znw

[HHP]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

The main advantage of acoustic guitars with slotted headstocks, at least for heterosexual men, is that women find them and the men who play them to be totally irresistible.

I had to switch to guitars with solid headstocks in order to preserve my marriage....


Wade Hampton "Don't Say I Didn't Warn You!" Miller

The slots make a handy means to hang the guitar from the groupie's walker.

[Teleman52]

Originally Posted by Wade Hampton

The main advantage of acoustic guitars with slotted headstocks, at least for heterosexual men, is that women find them and the men who play them to be totally irresistible.

I had to switch to guitars with solid headstocks in order to preserve my marriage....


Wade Hampton "Don't Say I Didn't Warn You!" Miller

Well this for sure

But for me, they're actually easier to string, the tuners all go the same direction, so it's a little more intuitive, and it looks better than a solid headstock

[ewalling]

When we lance our fingers removing the top E and B strings, we are served with a timely reminder of the frailty of all flesh and the wickedness of human endeavor. We are reminded that we came into this world cold, naked and alone, and that, in a flicker, so shall we it depart when we shed this mortal coil.

Aside form that, I can't see any other advantages!

[email4eric]

They don't work nearly as well as a paddle head when canoeing.