Amazing work Dan! Also very smart for straight string alignement to take in account the side of the tuning post where the string is instead of the center of the post itself!
Thank you. I think taking the post thickness into account is sometimes easily overlooked when designing a headstock. And I just want to be as accurate as possible.
Hi Jay, It might help. But I have had some issues with it when using brad point drill bits. The drill bit would cut a perfect circle from the tape and this prevented the drill from actually drilling into the wood. I feel that if you use very good and sharp brad point bits the chance of tear out at the entry side is minimal. And I don't know if tape would prevent tear out at the entry side when using 'regular' drill bits. But it wouldn't hurt.
Great video and the laminate neck looks fantastic. I am hoping to get into guitar building soon. How did you decide on your headstock break angle? I know that Gibsons are a bit steep but I don't want to use string trees so I am not sure what to base mine on.
Thank you very much for the compliment. The headstock break angle can be a bit of a discussion among luthiers and guitarist. Anywhere between 10 and 15 degrees should be fine. I always base my headstock angle on the neck blank I'm using and can vary a couple degrees from guitar to guitar without any noticeable differences in sustain, tone or whatever. I think as long as the nut is perfectly cut and the headstock is not to thin, otherwise your tuners wil stick out a lot from the top, the strings will have enough tension over the nut without the need of string trees. I explain and show how I determine the angle in this video: ruclips.net/video/DM6lltL6cd4/видео.html Good luck and have fun planning and building your first guitar.
What kind of neck shape does it have or will have? I do like the fact the locking nut flush with the sides of the neck. Are you going top mounted or floating floyd? The flame and figuring on the neck looks great too!
The neck has a D shape and this guitar will have a Schaller floating Floyd style bridge. Next week's episode will mostly be about routing all the cavities for a Floyd style bridge.
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Cool stuff. Got a lot of goog tips from your videos. Keep it up!
Proud of what you have accomplished so far. Not giving up. Glad to help in any way I can 🥰✌🏻
I couldn't be doing this this without you!!
Amazing work Dan! Also very smart for straight string alignement to take in account the side of the tuning post where the string is instead of the center of the post itself!
Thank you. I think taking the post thickness into account is sometimes easily overlooked when designing a headstock. And I just want to be as accurate as possible.
I learn something new every video! Beautiful work!
Hey Michael,
Thank you very much.
Another perfect job Dan well done and thanks for sharing. 🤘
Thank you once again for your kind words Jessi.
And you'r welcome. It's good to hear you enjoy these videos.
Another informative and well made video.
Thank you Kurt.
Dan, nice work on the headstock, remember measure twice cut once.
Thank you.
I always double check everything at least twice just to be save.
When drilling tuner holes would tape on both side help tear out better
Hi Jay,
It might help. But I have had some issues with it when using brad point drill bits.
The drill bit would cut a perfect circle from the tape and this prevented the drill from actually drilling into the wood.
I feel that if you use very good and sharp brad point bits the chance of tear out at the entry side is minimal.
And I don't know if tape would prevent tear out at the entry side when using 'regular' drill bits.
But it wouldn't hurt.
Fascinating as always and I learnt a lot!
Hi !!!! fantastic videos!!! Can I ask you what brand is that protractor? I live in Italy and here it is difficult to find tools like that thank you !
I think a lot of people underestimate what it takes to make a guitar.
I feel that might be very true. Even if a lot of the woodwork is done by a CNC machine there is still a lot of work to be done by hand.
Great video and the laminate neck looks fantastic. I am hoping to get into guitar building soon. How did you decide on your headstock break angle? I know that Gibsons are a bit steep but I don't want to use string trees so I am not sure what to base mine on.
Thank you very much for the compliment.
The headstock break angle can be a bit of a discussion among luthiers and guitarist. Anywhere between 10 and 15 degrees should be fine.
I always base my headstock angle on the neck blank I'm using and can vary a couple degrees from guitar to guitar without any noticeable differences in sustain, tone or whatever. I think as long as the nut is perfectly cut and the headstock is not to thin, otherwise your tuners wil stick out a lot from the top, the strings will have enough tension over the nut without the need of string trees.
I explain and show how I determine the angle in this video: ruclips.net/video/DM6lltL6cd4/видео.html
Good luck and have fun planning and building your first guitar.
What kind of neck shape does it have or will have? I do like the fact the locking nut flush with the sides of the neck. Are you going top mounted or floating floyd? The flame and figuring on the neck looks great too!
The neck has a D shape and this guitar will have a Schaller floating Floyd style bridge.
Next week's episode will mostly be about routing all the cavities for a Floyd style bridge.