Oh, it's definitely the side view of a violin peg head, no question about it. But that doesn't mean Leo invented it.
However, a similar shape was also used on the headstock of the Stauffer Martins as early as 1834. And I'll bet that it originated even farther back.
So Paul Bigsby didn't invent that shape, either!
Link:
Martin and Stauffer Guitars
vintagemartin.com
There isn't much new about wooden guitars, except the details; they go back to late antiquity (chitarone, from which we get the word 'guitar'), and were certainly shaped similar to today's guitars by the late medieval/early Renaissance period.
Guitars From the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century - Part 1 - Online Guitar Lessons, Classical Guitar Sheet Music and Tabs by LAGA
Two types of guitars are found during the Middle Ages, the Latin guitar and the Moorish guitar. They both appeared in a thirteenth-century manuscript, the ‘Cantigas de Santa Maria,’ presumed to have been written by Spain’s Alfonso the Wise. Detailed, intricate miniatures portray these early...
www.onlineguitaracademy.net
Last edited:
