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Author Message bassman10096 Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 987 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 12:29 pm:    What are people thinking when they take a saw to the headstock of a good instrument? On the other hand, lefties - take notice: http://used.guitarcenter.com/usedgear/details.cfm?listId=103912345 juggernaught Member Username: juggernaught Post Number: 99 Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 12:32 pm:    "cut the headstock down in order to reduce weight"??? WTF!? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. alembic_doctor Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 344 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 12:40 pm:    Only at Guitar Center lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 2645 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 1:38 pm:    I don't buy that it was done to "reduce weight". There's really not that much of the cone cut off. Here are my own theories to explain the modification: 1. The last owner always wanted a PRS 2. The bass was once owned by Euell Gibbons (fiber man, fiber!) 3. The last owner pointed it at the wrong woman (a whippet's dinkle type?) 4. The last owner always wanted a Jewish bass. Bill, tgo artswork99 Intermediate Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 136 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 1:49 pm:    LOL - hmmmm, a moyel for basses. bassman10096 Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 988 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 2:02 pm:    The moyel had hiccups... alembic_doctor Advanced Member Username: alembic_doctor Post Number: 345 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 2:13 pm:    AAAAAAAAAAAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA. Bill. You are a riot man. laughing.bmp (122.8 k) jacko Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 1399 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Friday, October 05, 2007 - 4:52 am:    "4. The last owner always wanted a Jewish bass." i've just had one of those leg-crossing moments graeme davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 5584 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Monday, October 22, 2007 - 9:12 pm:    If, other than a broken headstock, it's in "great condition", I'm wondering why it appears to be missing a knob. On a standard neck-through, if I recall correctly, a headstock replacement is not unreasonable. However, on a neck with a volute it may be more involved. You would lose the volute and get a standard scarf joint with front and back laminates. For a lefty looking to get into a five string Alembic for relatively little money, it might be worth checking out. If you could talk them down a good bit and if the case is included. Don't remember how much the headstock replacement would be, you would definitely check with Alembic first. On the other hand, you could just wait around until a lefty 5 string shows up with all the parts.