To Slot or Not?

[SanzoneGuitars]

I'm a fan of the slot head D12. We used to make them at Tippin - they always sounded great and the traditional look is cool. String angle and headstock mass are different, imo the tone can be more responsive too. Either way it will be great.

[dneal]

Originally Posted by Howard Klepper

So what kind of ordeal are we talking about here? An extra 2-3 minutes, once a month if you change strings regularly? You just wasted more than that reading this thread.

HEY! How are we supposed to get spun up with petty arguments with you making common sense remarks?

[wcap]

Given that I play classical guitar as well as steel string, I've never understood the fuss over changing strings with a slot head. But I've only done this on a classical (where I've always sort of thought the slot head arrangement made things easier somehow) - I suppose it might be different with steel strings though.

[HHP]

Get the slotted headstock. You'll be able to play faster due to the lower wind resistance of the design.

[min7b5]

Slotheads rule

[jackaroo]

I like the look and find them to be only a little more involved to change strings...I say suck it up and get the slot.


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[OddManOut]

Originally Posted by Howard Klepper

So what kind of ordeal are we talking about here? An extra 2-3 minutes, once a month if you change strings regularly? You just wasted more than that reading this thread.

It is more like 10 extra...

You are blunt, good sir, but not wrong. I sometimes worry about things rather than just getting on with them.

Indeed I can restring a slot head without drawing blood, so it is well in the cards that I get a slot head-which is just and right for a respectable 12 fretter.

[CoolerKing]

I have a 12 fret paddle head and I always thought it looked weird, to the point of selling it. 12 fretters need a slothead.

[cigarfan]

I think the added "mojo" from a slothead on a 12-fret is worth any extra time spent stringing. Been doing it for so long that stringing a slothead now (for me) is no more or less time.

[OddManOut]

Originally Posted by cigarfan

I think the added "mojo" from a slothead on a 12-fret is worth any extra time spent stringing. Been doing it for so long that stringing a slothead now (for me) is no more or less time.

Words of wisdom. I certainly have become more proficient in restring a slot head in the 11 months since I first got one. I'm sure I'll continue getting better at it.

Agreed...the mojo factor of a slot is very high.

[SJ VanSandt]

I went with paddle. It just looks more down-home to me.



Maybe I associate slot-head with classical too much. Also, I was trying to hold down cost some.

[Tony Done]

Paddle, but Gibson/Bourgeois/Collings/etc style rather than Martin, for the sake of aesthetics.

[kmcmichael]

I dislike slotheads greatly. I do not like the looks nor the extra effort required for restringing, no matter how small. I have four of them because it is usually the only way to get a 1 7/8 fingerboard, which I love.

I put up with the ugly to get the practical.

If I were to endeavor to go bespoke, it would be a paddelhead with a wide board.

[Roadrunner]

Another option...

[Haans]

Who made that guitar?