Big Al 4 headstock compared to a Sting Ray headstock

[DirtyHippie]

Is it me, or does the Big Al 4 have a slightly less rounded headstock than a Sting Ray or Sterling? I haven't seen one in person so I cannot verify this myself. In pictures, it looks more aggressive, almost like the profile of an eagle's beak.

 

[BIGEJ2]

My Big Al 5 has the same headstock as my Stingray 5. Different tuners though. Not sure about the 4 stringers.

 

[stingray96191]

I'm pretty sure they are the same. I've opened a few of both.
The new tuners make them feel a little different.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

The Big Al logo has thicker lettering than the Stingray logo, which may give the optical illusion that the Big Al's headstock is smaller. On the 5-strings, they appear to be the same.

 

[Holdsg]

yep, I think its an optical illusion.


Big Al



Sterling



Stingray SLO



Stingray


other than the thickness of the neck at the nut, they look the same to me

 

[Bass Control]

I could have sworn that during the design stages for the Big Al it was revealed to have the Sterling's neck (or very close to it) including the head stock. Some of the differences are that the high tuner (G string) is set slightly closer to the nut and the overall length of the headstock is shorter than those same placements on the Stingray/Stingray 5 basses.

 

[stingray96191]

It does have a sterling size neck, it's one of the things that makes it so amazing.

 

[DirtyHippie]

Thanks for the clarification, and pics.