String splay advice. - Design Your Own Guitar

Answer to: String splay advice.

Boo — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:22:58 +0000

It’s fine, don’t worry about it, that’s where they are supposed to be. Don’t forget that the direction of the strings are heading for the outside edge of the posts, not the centre of them.

Answer to: String splay advice.

NSJ — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 03:22:54 +0000

@nortski string splay is fine, most 3 aside headstocks have it to varying degrees with zero issues. Straighter string pull is generally more desired if fitting a non locking trem because then you want the strings to glide as smooth as possible through the nut.

But go check out pics of guitars online with 3 aside headstocks, gibson, prs etc

RE: String splay advice.

nortski — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 19:03:29 +0000

Very nice indeed!

RE: String splay advice.

Robin — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:59:59 +0000

@nortski I quite like the compact (thin and pathetic) headstock. 11886 This was my first of that style, I had filled and drilled some of these holes several times to get it as good as that.

RE: String splay advice.

nortski — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:34:55 +0000

Hi Robin, I thought as much. I'm just a little worried that the headstock may look a little too thin and pathetic haha Nice effort btw, almost there!

RE: String splay advice.

Robin — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:21:45 +0000

@nortski I'm assuming that you haven't drilled the tuner holes yet. If you want the string to be straight then your right, the tuners need to be closer to the center line. Your best option is to draw what you want and reshape the headstock to make the edges the same distance from your new tuner holes as on Mark's pdf. 11885 This was my latest attempt, didn't quite get it right.

String splay advice.

nortski — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 15:42:06 +0000

Hi guys, I'm currently following along to the "design your own electric guitar" course.
For the headstock I'm using the provided A4 pattern which I've traced on to my design. The problem is, the strings will be splayed out quite a lot. As you can see in the image, the line of the strings misses the tuning posts by quite some distance. I've doubled checked the print out of the pattern and the dimensions are bang on, the holes are the same distance from the nut take off point and the spacing between the holes is also an exact match to the pdf, so I'm a little confused as to what's gone wrong.

What would be the best course of action here, move the holes closer to the centre line? How far do the holes need to be from the edge of the headstock?

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