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Permalink Reply by Art Prior on August 25, 2019 at 10:51am

I usually go about 1/2 inch above the headstock, or the ferrule if one is used. Art

Permalink Reply by MadGomer on August 25, 2019 at 11:02am

I'm not able to measure mine right now but I make my headstock 5/8" thick and always have plenty of peg protruding even when I use bushings on top.

Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on August 25, 2019 at 11:40am

Hi Warren, usually the peghead is 15mm thick on guitars. This will take the rotomatic [enclosed] style tuners. Some open back tuners have a longer post and some CBG's have thinner pegheads, so I would keep in mind the break angle of the string off of or over the nut as well as the height of the post hole above the peghead face.

If the hole is too high then the string may not have the desired angle from the nut. I try to keep the hole about 1/4 above the peghead face, this give enough room for a few winds of a wound string. I often put a veneer of suitable thickness on the back of the peghead to regulate the amount of post protruding out front.

Taff 

Permalink Reply by Reg Seward on August 26, 2019 at 12:17am

Hi,   Like the previous answer, I applied veneer to both sides of the machine head, then, like a twerp, I realised that the tuners would not protrude enough. So, I ended up Dremel routing each tuner base by an 1/8th" on the back side, a bit of a job, but it worked. I now have 5/16th" protruding, and that is fine, certainly enough for the average string sizes... this measurement is taken from the locking nut, out to the end of the peg.

Permalink Reply by Warren Williams on August 26, 2019 at 4:16am

OK thanks for your replies everyone. As usual there doesn't seem to be an exact answer so I will 'eyeball' it and try to use a sensible height based on the angle of my strings coming off the nut.

Permalink Reply by MadGomer on August 26, 2019 at 6:37am

Such is my approach to life!