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Originally Posted by JonWint
Are you ESSBA?
Open headstocks, like slotted headstocks, exist to create anxiety in people who are extra-sensitive to string break angles (ESSBA). Those who are ESSBA can certainly hear the difference in the strings with the three different break angles.
Just kidding. I like the traditional (Martin-like) slotted or solid headstock design despite the fact that it forces strings to veer out of line and notwithstanding my 40 years of engineering practice.
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You had me worried for a moment there: I migh thave some "condition", that I hadn't heard about.
Actually, I'm not a great fan of solid headstocks that get wider either, esthetically. Some solid headstocks manage to keep the strings pretty close to inline. Edwinson has good examples of that too.