Gratuitous Bass Post

[Hemisaurus]

I dig the neck pickup, but I'd rather have a reverse headstock, better for string tension, good when downtuning.

It struck a chord though, it's almost the same as those Dean basses, they're like $199 or $299

[Corey Y]

I like Dean instruments, I have a Dean Rhapsody 8 that I love, but that headstock shape makes me want to smash something (in a bad way). Nothing a jigsaw and a sander couldn't fix though. I could do without all the little billy badass furnishings though, knobs and fret markers I mean. I just really like my Reverend Volcano guitar, I would rock a bass version in a hot minute. The front binding on all their bass models has put me off trying any.

If those pickups in the Dean are EMG 35 sized there are split single coil pickups, similar to that Reverend style, in that shape.

[Hemisaurus]

I can relate, I dislike those Dean headstocks too, bloody stupid looking. Eh, horses for courses, some people like 'em I'm sure.

There are Epi and Gibson V's with the triangular headstock, and Hondo's with pointy ones.