Head stock and bridge

Posted by Jeff Lamer on October 3, 2011 at 11:34am

Hi All,

          First post and first build ever! All my stuff is ordered and just waiting for it to show up. I have read several how to's and watched a bunch of you tube video's...all great. My question is;

 

Is the wood in cigar box tight to the bridge and remain the same to the tail piece. I understand to make a gap between the box and wood for better sound. It is just at the bridge I am confused.

 

Thanks in Advance..more questions to follow...lol

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  • Jeff Lamer October 11, 2011 at 9:24pm
    Thanks Michael...exactly what I was looking for.
  • Michael Cuell October 11, 2011 at 9:09pm
    So I've received several requests for the templates. I'll post them here rather than send a bunch of emails. I don't remember where I got them from, but they're not my designs. Most of the templates are not to scale, but a couple are.

    headstockideas.pdf

    HeadstockTunerTemplate.pdf

    ihead.pdf

  • Michael Cuell October 10, 2011 at 11:59pm

    I have a PDF file with 10 different headstock patterns if you want. Shoot me an email: mcuell at shaw dot ca

  • Jeff Lamer October 4, 2011 at 10:22am

    Thanks Guys,

                         Now I am looking for templates for my head stock and tuners...kicking myself in the butt, I had seen cool designs and templates and thought i saved the link but know I can't find it. I am doing a three string and scarfing the head but keeping it at 2" wide. I have ordered the skull tuners.

  • Tom Caneschi aka cbg tom October 3, 2011 at 9:08pm
    Some do and some don't ... Don't be afraid to experiment !!!
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