Which, in your opinion, is the worst looking headstock?

axisus

For me, the John 5 tele. I hate it. 

underdog

The worst "standard" one is Epiphone on anything but Epi models.

After it's the thumb one

meltedbuzzbox

Jackson for me

and I dont like the normal skinny tele headstock either 

xmrchi

chrisj1602

That awful James Tyler thing.

vasselmeyer

Any Fender large headstock. I can't believe they ruined such a beautiful elegant shape for such a monstrosity.

usedtobe

Dean, the Cort bottle opener one, Seagull, there are so many contenders.

Wazmeister

PRS - horrible

GavRichList

^ seconded for PRS

Fuzzdog

chrisj1602 said:

That awful James Tyler thing.

This time eighteen bazillion.  None more vomitworthy.

GazLion

Starcaster

dindude

Anything by Fretking

RedRabbit

Epiphone, especially on solid bodies.  It just looks wrong on a Les Paul or SG.

I like some of the others mentioned.  PRS is fine by me as is Seagull.  Might just be familiarity though.

EricTheWeary

underdog said:

The worst "standard" one is Epiphone on anything but Epi models.

yep.

xmrchi

The newer prs ones are horrible like the santana one.

So what do people see as the best?
For me gibson open book, and standard prs,

dindude

Best is the good old Strat headstock. The bulbous bit on the end is perfect for a Snark - Leo really was ahead of his time!

ICBM

Suhr or Anderson probably. In some ways they're not that bad, in other ways they're offensively bland and horrible.

Some others are ugly in a way, but also quirky and interesting which actually makes them cool... sort-of.

I must admit I don't like the Starcaster one much either. I always thought they would look better with the standard CBS one, which I have grown to like.

simonk

Can't stand either the G&L or Tyler headstocks. Love the Musicman 4+2 mini headstock.

HAL9000

I was going to say Dean or Fret King but I've been beaten to it. And, of course, the Fender large headstock.

Not mad on the Firebird one either.

Rocker

Never really cared for the Parker Fly headstock.  I tend to agree with @ICBM that the Anderson headstock looks a bit bland but TBH when playing an Anderson, you are not really conscious of that sort of detail.  [Sadly, Andersons tend to highlight playing issues on almost all other guitars, but that is a subject for another thread].

Reverse headstocks always look 'wrong' too but that might just be me...... 

mart

Wazmeister said:

PRS - horrible

Absolutely. I've never understood how they craft such beautiful guitars and then carve a headstock that BC Rich rejected as a bit too ugly.

Mind you, that John 5 Tele is a bit of a shocker too.