Nice work James, looking good.

Nice one James, looks great. I’m going to have to have a go at making one soon, everyone seems to be building acoustic instruments in recent times.

That's the truth!

@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 Looking good James. 🙂🎶🙏🎸

Hmmmm ... I'm now wondering if that's some sort of word-association thing. You saw the poster's name and when straight to completely nuts ... No, of course not 😉

@tv101 This is not helpful at all, but I read the subject as "Completely Nuts" at first. I should use my compensated reading glasses, i suppose. 😀

😆 Not so local Koen - unless you're planning on taking your latest wow creation on a European (and, post-Brexit, non-European) tour?? 😉 If you've got a Taylor, their CS (based in Netherlands) ...

I might - just as a challenge for the CNC. From what I've seen, their shims are made to fractions of a mm, and have to be fitted as a matching pair. It'd be an interesting challenge to see how close...

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If you've got the time, money and wood @tyreman then go for it. It's all about learning and trying things out. For the proportions, you could be right in trying it with the longer strat style body. &...

there was cool one that ben crowe made of crimson guitars where he made a 12 string with a rickenbacker inspired headstock, not sure if I like it, but it is good for saving space.

I agree with you, the weight being a primary issue with the longer headstock, I also think it would suit a strat style 12 string better than a tele style, thanks for the feedback.

@robin I agree with you robin, it's been holding me back a bit but now I can continue with the real build, I will go with the 6 x 6 headstock.

@tyreman I like the idea of a straight string pull, thats what I try to do with the six string headstock design that I use. But, I do agree with the other guys that it looks out of proportion.

@tyreman That is wild and cool. My only issue with it is a practical one, I think it will be top (head) heavy when playing. Unless you have some counter weight at the back of the body, I feel the head...

The camera angle probably exaggerates it further, but the headstock now looks very big (long) compared to the size of the body. I realise that it's always difficult to get 12 strings on to a headstoc...

I like the first one better. I think the second headstock looks a bit too long compared to the body. Or maybe the perspective makes it look that way.

what do you think of this headstock design? compared to the other one? this one is designed to have dead straight string pull and there's a bit more space for a decal or logo. Attachment : headsto...

I did think about it @robin - always an option - but as Taylor offered to send me a pack of alternative shims, I didn't need to. I've had very good experience from Taylor Customer Service before too, ...