Reverse head with vintage tremolo

[bjoel]

Hi!

I'm considering a new frankencaster with a tokai body and a warmoth (or similar) neck. Just for the cool look I'm also considering a reverse head.

If I wish to use the tremolo, should I stick with the normal head, or will the reverse head work?

[Bob Onit]

Either neck will work but take it from a lefty with a few reverse headstocks.... It wont fit in the case if the case has the compartment.

*EDIT* on second thought, mine wont fit in the case (lefty body with righty necks) unless I put it in the case face down. Maybe a righty body with a lefty neck will fit........

[OneL]

I would recommend trying a guitar with a reverse headstock before purchasing one if you haven't already. Some people find the tuning to be very awkward and end up disliking them.

[bjoel]

The tuning part is not a problem I think (I have bot directiosn on my les paul) , but I was thinking more in terms of tremolo performance and tuning stability.

[BillG]

I'm putting one like that together now, should have it done in a couple of weeks. I'll let you know how it comes out.

[bjoel]

Thanx Bill, I dould appreciate this :)

[chuckocaster]

my joe perry project style strat has a reverse headstock and vintage trem. it works well. but i did have a problem with the kluson style machines. the high slipped like nobody's buisness. so i just dropped in a set of sperzels. solved that problem. but i had planned on doing that anyways. so my words of wisdom is to use sperzels to reduce slippage on the high strings due to the break angle.

[Bob Onit]

"bite the big apple, don't mind the maggets"

Ya spelt maggots rong.