mad_mackem Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 hi all i got a feelin i cud be kicking myself after i read some replys but theres only one way to find out. iv stupidly taken the action of do now ask questions later. iv cut my headstock out n drilled my holes for the machine heads n thought it looked a bit small. is there key sizes to making a head stock or aslong as i can get the strings to the machine heads is the size ok? be gr8full if u reply thnx n rgds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Depends on who you talk to - Dean Zelinsky believed a huge headstock made for more resonance and sustain, Paul Reed Smith promoted the opposite view, and Ned Steinberger didn't use headstocks at all. All three have convincing arguments for their personal points of view, and all three have made some awesome guitars. Whatever you did will probably be just fine, but you may want to work out a plausible reason for it to satisfy the "Tone Police" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Then there is always the minimal look like a Parker Fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page_Master Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 the headstock i designed is huge. it is longer and nearly wider than that of a gibson les paul/sg headstock. i didn't really want a big headstock at first, but it just turned out that way i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Thats better than mine. I cut mine too short when I was doing the scarf joint. Should eb able to bodge it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted December 19, 2003 Report Share Posted December 19, 2003 When it comes to peghead shapes I think its influence on the guitar's sound can be neglected and it is much more important for a peghead to look good and match the appearance of the body. Do what you think looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_mackem Posted December 19, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2003 thank u all for ur help...can relax a bit now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted December 19, 2003 Report Share Posted December 19, 2003 ill be doing my headstock in the not so distant future, and i think im leaning towards the PRS size, but i cant say for now. cut a big one, and keep makin it smaller till ya like it, usually better to have more than less to work with! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
au3078 Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 How do you go about designing your head stock?? do you like them to fit with the body shape?? I know its subjective but the more ideas the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 One issue that needs to be considered whem designing the headstock is the path of the strings to the tuners. Don't forget to draw them when drawing your headstock. I got so caught up in the outline shape on my first one that I forgot to consider what the strings were doing. I think it's better to not make them angle much to the left or right if you can. The sharper angles can cause problems. The truss rod access and cover should be considered also. I'm sure you have already thought of these things but like I said - I forgot while caught up in designing one of my headstocks. Luckily, I remembered just before cutting it out and had to re-arrange some things. I really believe that the headstock is something that really affects the personality of the guitar. The headstock shape is one of the first things I look at when evaluating a guitar's looks. I don't care for the subtle, boring looking headstocks and also don't really care for the extreme looking ones either. It definitely should follow the overall "personality" of the guitar in my opinion. Putting a flying V headstock (triangle) on an Ibanez body wouldn't look right to me. There probably is no way to explain it and is definitely subjective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Or you can go crazy and do something completely wild like on the Gibson Modern headstock but then you take away from the look with all of the string tree's helping out to aline the strings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asomodai Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Thing is with a flying V headstock, its anyones guess on who would sue first, Dean or Kramer?! lol Personally i think headstocks dont matter as much in resonance and sustain stakes. Large headstocks are my fave for strength purposes. Such as a fender 70s style headstock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 i can dig volutes. they are kickin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Snork Posted on Jan 1 2004, 06:45 PM i can dig volutes. they are kickin! im not a big fan of volutes, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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