Question: Reverse headstocks - yes or no ?

The head stock is arguably the most aesthetically crafted thing on the guitar imo, and it is a dealbreaker for me.

The standard Esp headstock is 100% perfection, even when reversed

Gibson's quality may be slipping but I have to agree. The classic open book headstock is just beautiful with binding.

You should have added the Kramer headstocks( they have a few) The different Fennder Strat headstocks(Size) etc... I can see how this could be a VERY long discussion. Really liked the vid!! You should have a pt-2.

That was really funny. I'm also glad Ibanez headstock got justice on this tier list.

The dean headstock paired with the v body looks totally badass!

Please do more tear lists with Glen.

PRS is C tier? It should be at least A tier! It's a great design that combines the tilt of the Gibson open book with the straight-through-the-nut aspect of tele and strat headstocks.

For me, the Gibson Les Paul headstock is the most beautiful one that has ever existed. Awfully designed when it comes to being functional and strong, but beautiful as hell.

Sad to see the 70s strat headstock (much better than 60s I think) miss out, along with Ormsby, Firebird and my personal favourite of the Danelectro coke bottle Also, reverse only works on reverse Tele Style headstocks I think, it's slimline enough to pull it off without being goofy.

You guys are insane. The PRS and ESP headstocks are absolue perfection.

To me, any headstock that makes the strings go straight past the nut in a row for maximum tuning stability (like fender, ibanez) is the best, but the overall coolest one is still the ''mega ultra metal'' headstock of the bc rich.

PRS has the ultimate headstock, combining style and function perfectly.

The regular ESP headstock (horizon/MH) should have an entire tier for itself above S

For me, straight string pull, no or non dramatic break angle, and no pointy stuff sticking out is the winner :)

In all honest, you should start a podcast with Glen... There are many great possibilities to discuss not only guitar shapes but a lot of different topics, man!

Love reverse headstocks. You made an excellent point in a vid recently about how you don't have to turn your hand over to reach the tuners. They also hypothetically improve sustain of your lower strings as they are elongated further past the nut. Even more so if there is a straight string pull e.g. reverse Ibanez hs.

I got a Manson a year or so ago and the more I play it, the more I appreciate their ability to not only give a Telecaster headstock a perfectly straight path for each string from nut to tuner and perfect break angle, but to also make it not look like a foot... or something. S tier headstock.

your point about reverse headstocks is good, but even disregarding convenience: it's better for string tension/tuning stability to have the thicker strings be a bit longer.

reverse headstocks sometimes work, it kind of depends on body shape and the color

i like both normal and reverse headstocks, it's just the convenience of tuning the reverse headstocks without raising your elbow is the real advantage to me.

I love that you did this video. I'm all about what musicians think about headstocks as I'm very particular about them. ;)

"That's not even tiers...it gives you tears"...amazing

I used to hate the Tyler Headstock, but the moment I actually grabbed one in the flesh, I instantly fell in love with it. Tyler Headstock: A Tier

Jackson and Jackson reversed are straight up S tiers for me!! Yes, im a sucker for Jackson guitars, I love them too much!!

Thanks for doing this!, It may seem trivial to some but I never tire of this sort of thing

I've had a lifelong love for reverse headstocks on Strats ever since I saw Richie Sambora's black single-hum Charvel as a kid. Something about em just looks more rock n' roll. Hell, I've even thought about putting a reverse Strat-style headstock on a custom neck for my Telecaster. I also had a reverse 6-in-a-row on a V copy I had once.

Mr. Glen AKA Budget Rory Gallagher is so funny, man. Love seeing him again around here

I love reverse headstocks tbh. Great for low tuning with thick strings because of the longer string pull.

Would love more tierlist vids, looking forward to the guitar body video!

I've had a reverse headstock since my first electric guitar, a cheap Strat, which is a standard one that I just flipped to play as a left-handed one. Recently, I've decided to try putting together some partscasters and so on, and try a non-reversed headstock, "the way it should be". When I started tuning, I've immediately said to myself: I want the reversed headstock back! It's more comfortable to tune without changing the position of your entire hand, so I agree with what you've said in one of your videos.

Dean headstock is a straight S tier, together with the headstock of the Ormsby Hype. Maybe not the best in function but it looks kickass.

Firebird. #1 for me. I have it on my Pelham Trini Grohl. Straight pull, hardtail, perfect easy string changes. Tune it once and done for a 4 hour gig.

I would love to see the full scale vid, I love stuff like that for the background while I play games

The video/subject we didn't think we needed, but actually did.

You forgot the LTD headstock. It looks so much better on the Tele shaped guitars than Fenders Tele headstock.

I'd like to see the same again with some bass guitars,but only if it included Stig Pedersen from D.A.D. 🙂

Reverse headstocks are fantastic for the right ones. The Kiesel 3+3 (the new one), Jackson 6 in-line, and the Jackson SLS headstock

This feel right at home with this episode. My friends and I have conversations about wacky pointless stuff all the time.

I've had Gibsons for 25 years. Never snapped a neck. The only people I know of who have snapped off the headstocks were massive fuckups to begin with. The same kind of person who'll drop their phone in the sewer. Or forget to pay rent. Or ask you if you have an extra guitar cable they can use, 5 minutes before showtime. You know exactly the type of person I mean. Just take care of your stuff and you're fine.

I was waiting for the old Washburn headstock and also the schecter headstock! I think you need a round two on headstocks! Knaggs, Novo, D'angelico, Texas Toast all give good headstock! Lmao

I currently pay more than the guitar itself, Dimarzio and Seymour Duncan Pickups, Gotoh Bridge and all the hardware together. Just to build the best 7 String Fender with reversed headstock on a neck in beyond rediculous quality. I believe the reversed headstock especially if it is a 70´s style fender one increases the feedback you are getting on the low end playing hard and fast rythyms or using techniques that might work more easy and more fluid like that. The main reason I make the build is because im die only idiot on youtube that is stupid enough to do that with the base model I use, but I would lie if I would say that I do not want to believe in it. I actually have never used one and soon I know more :)

I don't like how reverse headstocks look but you were absulutely right and spot on when you talked about them

Now I can't stop seeing my Tele headstock as a "foot" 😆😆

Quite like reverse headstocks, mainly because most PGMs have them lol. This was a funny video, look forward to yours and Glen's thoughts on different body shapes. Also a side note, I think that the "new" Epiphone headstock has actually been around longer than the "old" one, and they just kind of reissued it onto new models, I'm pretty sure that's the case but I could be wrong.

You are the first people I know who prefer the old epiphone headstock over the new ones

Never owned a guitar with a reverse head stock, but i think I'd like it. Always loved the look of the classic BC Rich pointy one reversed like you showed. Fun video.

I absolute love Telecaster and Starcaster headstocks.

Love reverse headstockes. Much more comfortable to tune and they look better most of the time. Especially on "edgy" metal guitars, a reversed headstock (e.g.: Jackson on an RR) looks far more badass. Also, the BC Rich isn't an F, lads, it's an A.

Really enjoyed this. Thanks.

Reverse headstocks are the coolest and most unusual looking headstocks, they’re good looking. Thx for making this tierlist

I like reverse headstocks, they look cool (though I wonder if that’s only because they’re not the norm), and they’re quicker to tune with while you’re playing (ie your hand is already down there).

FINALLY, ANOTHER PERSON BRINGS UP THE TELE HEADSTOCK LOOKING LIKE A FOOT!!! I love the Tele, but damn I hate that headstock

I’m all in on reverse headstocks. It makes it way easier to do behind-the-nut bends on the low strings.

The Standard Strat headstock. Can't improve on perfection and don't even get me started on the moronic idea of reversing it.

I am good with Glen being your helper, he's the Robin to your Howard.

Excellent video! Cheers!

Reversed headstocks: I'd go with yes. I have 2 Strats, one with the regular 6-in-line headstock, and one with a lefty neck. Both have Graphtec nuts and string trees, and both have the same hybrid set of strings I mostly use (GHS 09-46) It really makes a difference (to me) regarding string tension, the low E on the lefty has more tension (nice tight tone!) while the high E has a fair bit less, making bends a lot easier. Actually my Jazzbass is a converted lefty, so the low E length on that one is absolutely huge - so I've put a 5string set on it, tuning it B-E-A-D! That added tension really works well here too . It obviously won't make any difference if you have a locking nut on your guitar though. But: it looks cool 😎🤘

15:34 I love the jab at Gibson lol

with reversed headstocks another major benefit is the fact that since the low string has to travel farther to reach the tuning machine it creates a slight bit more tension so thicker strings can feel tighter compared to standard headstocks in my opinion.

I absolutely love the Jackson 3+3 headstock. Straight string pull and looks very sleek. They have the 7-string headstock that's the same shape, but they also have the 7 and 8-string headstocks that have a reversed tip so that it looks more stubby. I hate those.

I've loved reverse headstocks ever since I saw Glenn Cornick on the Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus, have one on my main Jazz bass.

I personally HATE the old Epiphone headstock and LOVE the new one with or without binding I find it really cool And beautiful

I agree that Gibson has a beautiful headstock. I’d put the Gretsch white falcon one there too. I always found it hilarious how they purposely made the epiphone headstock hideous to remind you it’s not a Gibson. Very scummy but ig the new design helps a little

I had to pause the video just to comment that the Dean headstock belongs in S tier!!!! Reverse headstocks are perfectly fine. This video is great, please do more tier lists.

The original Warlock Headstock is Fantastic! I love the Beast ones to. But I love old school Metal Guitars

Kramer headstock gets an S

Any headstock in which the strings don't go 100% straight from the nut to the tuners is objectively speaking a bad design. Function over form.

We need guitar body tier list video EDIT: i just watched the vid to the end, and i am glad that we are going to get the body tier list.

Putting Dean headstock in F is criminal Edit: And BC Rich! Bro you are making enemies now!!

Y'all Trippin' The Dean headstock is one of the best.

Gibson broken headstock joke with 10 seconds, im subbing.

I have 2 Dinky with the new Jackson headstocks it really does look amazing !!

Just found your videos and enjoying them for the most part. Have you ever thought of making a video of a factory visit to your local carbon guitar factory Emerald Guitars. I have two. I know my views but I would love to see your review of the guitars and the factory.

Always liked a reverse headstock, especially the Stratocaster. Carlo 👍🏼🎸

I recently got a dipinto mach IV and it definitely has m favorite headstock

Ormsby Harpoon and Jackson Reverse inline are my two favorite headstocks. Surprised you didn't include any Ormsby headstocks, they all look good.

Fender Strat small and Dean Wings are my two favorite headstocks! I also have a soft spot for Music Man headstocks!

I hated music man headstocks when I first saw them but they've grown on me, they're my favourite guitars now

The accuracy of the Gibson headstock in the thumbnail is astounding

I would think a potential advantage of a reverse headstock, though one I've never seen exploited, is that one could file the bass end of a nut down to be more like a fret, and add a second nut for the sixth string two frets up the neck, so so as to allow the sixth string to be used as eigher an open D or open E string. A normal head stock wouldn't have enough space between the nut and the peg to accommodate such an extension, but a reverse headstock could do so easily. I don't know why extensions are common on string basses but not guitars, but a two-fret extension on the D string would seem a useful feature, especially if there were an easy swing-down clamp to hold the string against the nut-position fret when the extension wasn't needed.

I like where you are going with this.. I think head stocks are one of the under appreciated parts of a guitar.. Yes.. I am seeing some cool custom and rational shapes.. But what about practical design? I am referring to topics such as Tuner placement.. or pick stashs.. or how about enough room on the head stock to clamp capo between songs.. I don't have all the answers. I just know when I am playing there are times I have a tuner and a capo clamped to my guitars head. It might be worth guitar manufacturers to think about making a neck takes into account these items.. Thoughts?

Would put EBMM and Sterling headstocks on S tier any day. I love how practical it looks in addition to aesthetics.

The old BC Rich 3L3R headstock from the 70s is my nr.1!

Have you still got the raw unedited version? I'd be up for watching that.

Reverse headstock for me is a must when choosing a guitar. Love my Ibanez Xipose´s headstock. Aesthetically looks awesome, got no scientific evidence if it affects tuning or tension though. Love your channel! Cheers from Chile

A great headstock makes a great reverse headstock. Ibanez, Jackson (both in line and the 3/4 configuration), ESP, most of all TWSmith, his headstocks are perfect and great reverse.

I personally don't have a reverse headstock guitar but I love those.

I would totally watch an hour video on this topic

I bought a strat bodied guitar from a pawn shop around 1994 or so. It had a Guild 3x3 headstock so I'm assuming it was a Guild neck on some kind of strat body. Not sure if it was a fender body or something else. The headstock was Gibsonish shaped and I loved it. Only kept it about a year and I never really investigated anything about it as I didn't know much about guitars back then and internet was still pretty new. Wish I still had it.

I fucking adore the epiphone headstock, I don't know why I just think it's neat. Oh also the strat headstocks when matched to the body are amazing.

Clicked to see where the dean headstock get rated, got the insta F tier lmao, i love it. Anyways entertaining vid, keep it up

i like the prs style and big fender headstocks for tuning stability , im a les paul/sg player however ive never been a fan of the gibson style headstock

I like the reverse headstock because there's less space between the nut and the tuning peg. That allows for easier replacement when the high E inevitably snaps.

Got to the channel by accident, and it was the most welcome accident.

Well... I was expecting something completely different from this... For me, headstocks are ranked first by function (strings going straight through the nut, strength, brake angle, weather or not they require string trees, and how easily you can turn the tuners without crowding your fingers) Then by style. (Are they just a boxy paddle, or do they have aesthetically pleasing curves or points?) Thirdly I would finally take in to consideration weather or not they are iconic.

"We will put the broken headstock where a broken headstock belongs." *Puts it above the dean headstock.* Instantly subbed.

Finally! Some content!

You guys totally have to do body shapes now. You're banter is very entertaining.