Curtis P Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 I was wondering, my headstock is a little too small (never trust a 75 year old wood shop teacher) since its made of black cherry, i was wondering if I could take soe maple, cut the exsiting headstock so its smaller and attach the maple to both sides and the top, would this work good? would it make my headstock stronger? Thanks Curtis P.S. I just noticed it when i was laying out my tuners for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 yes it will work...go for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 If you're doing a headstock with any kind of sharp points on it, yeah, Maple is goood. A hard Maple point is less likely to break or snap off if hit. But if you don't have any sharp points, you might want to use something like Mahogony. Maple kind of sucks to hand-shape, it fights you all the way. Mahogony is much much easier to work and shape by hand, but a sharp Mahogony point will break easier if hit the wrong way. Mahogony would be my first choice due to it's easier workability tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 a bit like this? http://fullservesite.com/john/guitar_angle.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted March 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 thanks for the replies guys, I will get some maple as soon as i get back to school Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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