I took a look at what I have... I don't have any of the little closed tuners. All mine are 1/2" and have elephant ears. But there are some differences. My Gotoh Res-o-lites that say they are "drop in replacement" for Fenders, are the same as Fenders at about 71mm from the center of the shaft to the end of the ear. This is also the same as my stock ESB-4. The shortest ones I have are on my G&L at 54mm. These are stamped "G&L" but I think they were actually made by Schaller. The Hipshot ultralites clock in at 60mm.
The headstock also looks small because it is. There's about 5mm less wood between the peg and the edge of the headstock on the ESB-4 and a standard Fender headstock. They combine to make the elephant ears look like they stick way out...
...all that said, it does not look vastly different than the current crop of Gibson basses with this style headstock.
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