HeadCheese

Hello - I saw that auction. I see a whole line-up of listings AJ Standards with broken headstocks, all at the same point, all looking quite similar. I wondered myself what the issue might be - did a rack of guitars fall over? Is it a design flaw with the volute? Or is it, like you said, because the E/e tuners are too tight? A couple of the btoken ones I've seen are snapped right through the E/e holes, so you may be on to something.... I bought an AJ Standard from that seller - it was *not* broken, but it did have stress cracks in the lacquer on the joint between the fretboard and neck, from the nut to about the 2nd fret. I checked very carefully signs of impact, there is none. It's stable and does not move, and the guitar stays in tune just fine. I'm tempted to check the E/e tuners and see if they are too tight... I'm curious myself as to why I'm seeing all the broken AJ Standards, too...