Re: Snakeheads?
Originally Posted by
Billy Packard
"Snakehead" is the shape of the peghead and has no effect whatsoever on the sound a mandolin makes!! NONE AT ALL!! A paddle-head, snake-head, F-style headstock--NONE OF THEM HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE WAY THE MANDOLIN SOUNDS.
I dunno. Yes, the term refers directly to the shape of the head, because that's the most visible feature that distinguishes one set of mandolins from another. The folks who pay a 4-figure premium the buy a snakehead, however, do so because they're convinced that the head style signifies the presence of other less visible design features that give snakeheads a more pleasing sound. I haven't investigated, but it's a perennial debate.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
C.S. Lewis
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