Thin headstock

[Alchool]

Is it possible to have a 11mm thick headstock (nearly 14/32 in)? Can it hold the strings without break (if it's quartersawn maple)? I've seen 13mm (nearly 1/2 in), so will that 2 mm less make any difference?

[Brian]

That's pretty thin what kind of tuners are you planning on using, since a few of them wouldn't fit correctly?

[Alchool]

The tuners that I have fit (tried it on a scrap piece of wood), but I don't know if the headstock could break... it's five-piece laminated quartersawn maple.

[westhemann]

the biggest problem i can see is that wood is flexible so if it is too thin it might flex at the headstock making tuning stability impossible

[tsl602000]

also, keep in mind that the sound of the guitar will suffer from a thin headstock.

I've done quite some research on this and I always thought the sound of a guitar with a thicker headstock sounds better.

But then again... this may only count for strats.....

[LGM Guitars]

If you have a 5 piece laminate, I think you'll be ok. The thickness might make some tonal difference, but probably not if you use a locknut. Think about it this way, the Parker P38's have almost no wood and they work fine, and the P38's are not composite like the fly's, they are just simple maple necks and headstocks

[krazyderek]

well i read, i think it was on the stew mac page, there was an article thingy on necks, and under the "tricks of the trade" section if said making a thinner headstock was a good idea to prevent breakage, which kinda made sense to me, just as long as u keep the area where the angle meets the back of the neck nice and thick.