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Anders Eliasson

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A new headstock design

Hi, I´ve made a new design of my headstock. I kind of like it the full story here:

http://news-from-the-workshop.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-headstock-design.html

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Escribano

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Works for me. Softer then the pointy one

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estebanana

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Cool, I just reworked mine also. but you beat me to the unveiling.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 8 2011 22:34:08

keith

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

anders: headstock design = luthier art work with the operative word being art. what works for me may not be another person's cup of tea. that said, i actually like the headstock design(s) of the two guitars you are holding on your web page (you are sitting outdoors wearing a long tan coat). i am not sure if they are your design or someone else's designs--but i like them. but, back to the original statement-- your new design looks nicer than the older version. just be careful to not knock that headstock against a hard object as the result might look like professor diaz's andalucian guitar.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 8 2011 23:40:53

rogeliocan

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

It's all taste but after looking at your old design, I prefer the old one. But they are both nice.

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Harry

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Anders, I like this one very much. I think it is an improvement, but the others were great as well. I suppose it just looks more complex, but not overdoing it.

I think this design would look even better for a peghead!

Perhaps you can post one and we will see.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 9 2011 4:30:58

Doitsujin

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Reminds me on the Reyes headstock design. I like your new design.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 9 2011 8:05:30

Julian

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Hey Anders,
I really like your old design, but the new one looks even a bit better!
Great work!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 9 2011 11:38:10

aarongreen

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Hi Anders
Good one, I like it better than your original. Very unique and that counts for a lot in my book.

aaron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 9 2011 13:34:40

Anders Eliasson

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Thanks everyone. I like it a lot myself.

So what can we learn from this?
Dont be afraid of banging around your guitars while building them.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 9 2011 17:03:32

Andy Culpepper

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

quote:

So what can we learn from this?
Dont be afraid of banging around your guitars while building them.

It's how the cutaway was invented.

Nice head design Anders.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 9 2011 17:05:51

gbv1158

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

quote:

So what can we learn from this?
Dont be afraid of banging around your guitars while building them.

ok ... a similar thing happened to me few years agò ....(I'm an architect) and I was building a villa with a wall eight feet tall as a fence all around, I had just started to build this wall when a truck backing up completely deistroyed what I had done.
So I decided not to rebuild the wall and make an iron-work fence!
It came out a great job!

so... it is true that when you are building something, things happen even to generate innovation!
Anyway I like very much both headstocks!
ciao
Giambattista

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 9 2011 18:14:10

GuitarVlog

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

I like this new design better.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 9 2011 19:40:54

RobJe

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

quote:

So what can we learn from this?

Well there are the deeper psychological factors.

The original design had a sharp central point - just like Jose Ramirez III who always backed his own judgement rather than copying other designs.

But wait - the incised mark seems like a subliminal medi luna. Does this luthier have a secret admiration for Conde guitars?

And now a tiny overt media luna appears in the new design.

We can only speculate as to what will happen next. Perhaps the media luna will grow bigger. Perhaps Anders will declare he is the secret love child of Faustino Conde - quadruple his prices - mysteriously qaudruple his output? Watch this space!

Rob

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 11 2011 9:55:45

estebanana

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Rob,
Sometimes a head stock is just a head stock......or to put it another way:
A headstock is not a cigar.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 11 2011 18:01:28

Anders Eliasson

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

I will definately raise my prices and every serious flamenco player and/or builder should have respect and admiration of Faustino Conde.

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estebanana

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

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I will definately raise my prices and every serious flamenco player and/or builder should have respect and admiration of Faustino Conde.

I need some emotocon punctuation so I can gauge the level of sarcasm in this statement.....

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 11 2011 18:05:01

estebanana

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Here's a sneak peek at the new one I'm doing now. In progress, should be on a negra guitar by the end of the week.

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TANúñez

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

Well since we're all showing, here's mine.

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Anders Eliasson

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to estebanana)

quote:

I will definately raise my prices and every serious flamenco player and/or builder should have respect and admiration of Faustino Conde.

I need some emotocon punctuation so I can gauge the level of sarcasm in this statement.....

You are looking at yourself in the mirror. You are the sarchastic person here. There are no sarcasm, no double meaning etc in my post.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 12 2011 7:30:06

RobJe

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

quote:

every serious flamenco player and/or builder should have respect and admiration of Faustino Conde

I agree.

To get serious for a moment, I like the original design very much - austere, elegant and refreshingly original.
Rob

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 12 2011 13:14:32

TANúñez

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

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I will definately raise my prices and every serious flamenco player and/or builder should have respect and admiration of Faustino Conde.

My respect goes a little deeper to Domingo Esteso.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 12 2011 15:45:00

Anders Eliasson

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to TANúñez)

Ok, then lets say:

I will definately raise my prices and every serious flamenco player and/or builder should have respect and admiration of Faustino Conde and Domingo Esteso.

I´m training to become a politician you see... When you have to say things that people dont like, like higher prices, then always hide it in some populism like God save the King, more wind in facour on the bicycle lanes or respect to the Conde dynasty. (Now Estebananita can scratch his head and wonder what I actually mean. Is this sarcasm or what is going on)

(I dont know)

Anyways, a good conde is a good guitar, I just dont understand why they have to be so hard to play and why they always need new strings to sound.... (ooooppps, now I´ve started something bad. And no, I´m not drunk or anything similar. Just babbling)

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estebanana

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

^ Back peddler!

I'm only sarcastic because sometimes I think too much earnestness about guitars is disingenuous. And it's difficult to tell without seeing someone in person whether or not they are playing with meanings and infections.

AND I'LL THANK YOU NOT TO REFER TO ME AS AN ITA.......

just kidding

if you get my emotocon

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 12 2011 16:53:18

kozz

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

quote:

Hi, I´ve made a new design of my headstock. I kind of like it the full story here:

I prefer the older "suicide"-design Anders, but its just all a matter of taste.

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estebanana

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

meanwhile back to sarcasm: A friend send me this as a model to use for future headstock designs....notice the arrow...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 12 2011 22:59:46

Anders Eliasson

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RE: A new headstock design (in reply to Anders Eliasson)

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I prefer the older "suicide"-design Anders, but its just all a matter of taste.

You´re right, taste is something which is difficult to discuss. I Spain they say: Para los gustos, los colores.

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