tuner placement and spacing on headstock?

Posted by Nemo on May 10, 2012 at 3:17pm

i am on my second build and i am coming along faily smoothly.  i've got my neck shaped and my tail piece shaped and finished so now i am on to the headstock. problem is that i want to put machine tuners in but don't have any to reference the size shape and spacing before i start removing wood and shaping.  i don't want to get too far down the road and find out that i screwed it up and have to use eyebolts again.  so i was wondering if anyone had any measurements of generic tuner sizes so i could keep the ball rollng till i get to the guitar shop and pick them up.  

  oh and thanks for all the info you guys put out there this site is great!

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  • DJ Johnson May 30, 2012 at 4:41pm

    Speaking of tuners, is there a difference between those for acoustic strings and electric strings? I want to use a 2L / 2R configuration.

  • Glenn Reither May 10, 2012 at 7:42pm

    Using cardboard templates is great because you can keep a record of all your different headstock shapes, 2 plus 2, 4 inline, etc. I've got a little library of them going now and it saves a lot of time.

  • Nemo May 10, 2012 at 5:41pm

    thanks. exactly what i was looking for

  • William McCauley May 10, 2012 at 4:46pm

    I have made cardboard templates of the headstock and worked out the spacing on that, rather than using the finished piece.

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