would this grain pattern on the headstock bother you?

[Toto'sDad]

Looking at this on one of those online sites - guitar checks almost all my boxes but noticed this funky pattern - anything to be cautious about, like potential weakness or warping? Thanks!

That must be Mary, hair of golf, and lips like cherries!

 

[boris bubbanov]

Nothing to be worried about, nice flatsawn neck.

Yup. More likely to stay true, than your average neck. Kinda funny looking but function will be just fine.

 

[mrbdxmpl]

Yup. More likely to stay true, than your average neck. Kinda funny looking but function will be just fine.

Thanks Boris!! That was really my concern - more or less likely to pick up a twist - I have plenty of those already!

 

[Kandinskyesque]

One of my Strats has grain like that on the fretboard. It looks like a topography map, it’s why I bought it. Total character.
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That is one of the most perfect grain patterns I have ever seen.
The 9th fret marker looks like the summit of a hill on a map.
It puts a whole new slant on the phrase 'neck contour' which tend to say instead of 'neck profile'.
Something tells me the layout of that grain isn't just a coincidence.

 

[Greggorios]

That's not funky, it's a good thing.

 

[Timbresmith1]

Looking at this on one of those online sites - guitar checks almost all my boxes but noticed this funky pattern - anything to be cautious about, like potential weakness or warping? Thanks!

If this was a poll, I’d check the “ What, are you nuts?” box.

 

[colnago]

That is one of the most perfect grain patterns I have ever seen.
The 9th fret marker looks like the summit of a hill on a map.
It puts a whole new slant on the phrase 'neck contour' which tend to say instead of 'neck profile'.
Something tells me the layout of that grain isn't just a coincidence.

It’s such a great Strat.

 

[Matt Sarad]

More Gibsons necks have broken than Fenders.

 

[colnago]

More Gibsons necks have broken than Fenders.

I’ve heard this too. Yet out of 40 plus Gibsons that I’ve owned and 30 plus Fenders that I owned I’ve never seen any broken necks, just one broken truss rod in a Fender. Plenty of both have fallen over and taken a good knock and I always expect the worst, but nothing yet. “Knock on wood.”

 

[Matt Sarad]

I’ve heard this too. Yet out of 40 plus Gibsons that I’ve owned and 30 plus Fenders that I owned I’ve never seen any broken necks, just one broken truss rod in a Fender. Plenty of both have fallen over and taken a good knock and I always expect the worst, but nothing yet. “Knock on wood.”

I've broken my melody maker three times in 48 years. The 335 only once.