My Custom Headstock

[Dingus420]

this is the headstock that i designed for my stratocaster that im building,

i took the conventional strat design and kinda added my own style to it

the keys are gonna be 3 on each side, (gold of course) and possibly thinking of adding an inlay of some sort in the round section on the top

i just want some feedback on how u guys like the design

plz vote

2 = likes it

1 = needs some work

0 = dont like it

and if u dont like plz make suggestions on how i could improve it

[Bmth Builder]

Dont like it personally its a bit too close to violin scrolls

[boundsteelblues]

minstrel banjo like to me

[Dingus420]

Dont like it personally its a bit too close to violin scrolls

hmm i duno about u but i dont see the resemblance..

[Wizard]

Its Ok only if you like it, Other opinions are like Belly Buttons, Everyone has one.

[Dingus420]

Its Ok only if you like it, Other opinions are like Belly Buttons, Everyone has one.

nah i think theyre more like a-holes,

everyone has one and they all stink

Edited November 10, 2008 by MexicanBreed

[boundsteelblues]

It would be cool to do a Brian Moore deeper cut on it. It asks for depth.

[foil1more]

Make sure you lay out the tuners and where the strings will go. Just eying it up, your bass side angles might be a little sharp going to the nut.

[govtmule]

I really like it. Given there is a long side and a short side I think the tuners would work out better with 4 on one side and 2 on the other. Just my .02 though. Good job.

[Wizard]

Its Ok only if you like it, Other opinions are like Belly Buttons, Everyone has one.

nah i think theyre more like a-holes,

everyone has one and they all stink

Well I wanted to keep it clean, But that is another of way of saying it.

Edited November 10, 2008 by MexicanBreed

[jaycee]

I like it because it reminds me of violin scrolls. I think the 4+2 idea with the machine heads is a good idea otherwise it may look a bit cluttered on the treble side

[Acousticraft]

Yeah ditto for 4 + 2. You may want a straight edge for the long edge so the tuners are evenly spaced from the edge. You would need to draw the string paths first to make sure the angles work out ok.

[jammy]

first thing that popped in to my head...

[RestorationAD]

Straight pull on the strings improves tuning stability. You might want to engineer your headstock around that principle. When the strings pull at an angle against the nut they tend to bind.

[low end fuzz]

looks like a Martin headstock from the 1800s

[Dingus420]

yea it probably would be better with 4/2, but i already got the tuning keys and theyre 3 a side,

i was thinking of staggering them, kinda like this

O

.....O

O

.....O

O

.....O

______

ill change it a bit and lay out the tuner heads, ill post a new pic tomorrow when im done this,

ive kinda been busy lately rebuilding my charvel to work much on my new one, i just want a guitar to play that isnt my jackson dinky

[Narcissism]

Reminds me of a mushroom stamp... Maybe after more work is done to it and tunors are on and a logo is in effect lol, but right now, that's what I see.

[Hector]

you need to draw the strings.

the way it is designed, it seems that all the strings will have to go up a bit.

you should move the whole design closer to the bottom edge of your wood, you can copy the tuner placement holes from a strat headstock. that way all the strings will run paralel to each other.

[Dingus420]

alrite well heres what i made of it

i made the left indent a bit smaller and made the long side straighter,

and dont worry, thats not gonna be the final design on the end, i just wanted to see what it would look like with anything, ill worry about it later

edit** alrite all fixed up now, i think it looks good im going to go the the wood shop right now to cut it out

Edited November 10, 2008 by Dingus420

[djhollowman]

Is that enough clearance for the tuner button of the G string?

DJ

[guitar2005]

Don't like it. I think it needs work.

[Mickguard]

Straight pull on the strings improves tuning stability. You might want to engineer your headstock around that principle. When the strings pull at an angle against the nut they tend to bind.

My guitar teacher (who's morphing into a luthier) used to cuts nuts slots at an angle with the tuners to accommodate that. His guitars definitely stay in tune well. Although he stopped doing this because he decided it's not really an issue.

I'm not sure about the 'stomo' bit -- sounds a little too biological to me.

For the rest, it's going to be on your guitar, so you have to make yourself happy. I agree about the 4x2 -- it's easy enough to pick up a fourth tuner for the other side. You ought to draw in the tuners, to get an idea of the actual look. You might also build a prototype first, complete with tuners and even strings.

[DC Ross]

I'm not sure about the 'stomo' bit -- sounds a little too biological to me.

Look a bit closer -- it says "Stono-" as in his name

[Dingus420]

yea i laid out all the tuners before i drew where i want them, and there is enuf clearance under the bulbous part..

and btw my last name is stonoga which is where i got stono-caster from, that way i wont be getting any lawsuits from fender

[Mickguard]

and btw my last name is stonoga which is where i got stono-caster

Ah, gotcha!