Tuning Peg Question

[drinkchoglit]

Hi everyone, i am building my first guitar (a flying v) and i have a question that i havent found an answer for by searching the forum. My question, is how do figure out where to put the tuners on the headstock, is there some sort of mesurment i need to make, or is it just a cosmetic issue.

thanks in advance for any help

[Southpa]

It depends on what style of headstock you are building and what sort of tuners you plan to use. Common sense says to make sure they are evenly spaced and they won't interfere with each other. Look for drawings of similar headstocks (or the real thing) and take measurements. Draw a paper template of your headstock and cut out all of your tuner holes. Then trace them onto the headstock and drill them out with a drill press, borrow the use of one if you don't have one.

[drinkchoglit]

thanks for the replly man. im building a three to a side traditional, almost LP like head stock, i've never been a big fan of the standard flying v headstock, but its not even time for me to drill the holes yet, ijust wanted to have all the info befor i stated

Edited February 9, 2005 by drinkchoglit

[westhemann]

you need to plan out the placement and debug your design before you ever drill them.and make sure you plan for the strings to wrap around the correct side of the tuners...i have made THAT mistake...and believe me...there is nothing worse than making an otherwise very nice guitar that tunes backwards.

most people design headstocks so that the string path is as straight as possible through the nut.

[javacody]

You might try building a mock up out of plywood.

[drinkchoglit]

thanks for the info every one

You might try building a mock up out of plywood.

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i thought that was a good idea, i've been planing on making a temlpate out of some thin peices of wood i have

Edited February 9, 2005 by drinkchoglit