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  1. 25th August 2011, 07:02 AM #1
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    Default Head Stock Thickness - Strat Style

    Hi,

    I am building a strat and in Hiscocks - Make Your Own Electric guitar he sais to ake the headstock 1/2 in thick - Which I did ,,,

    I now read in other places (Most other books) that they should be 9/16 thick ...

    Firstly will it matter that much , and is this a print error in the book ?

    I know I can put a cap on it but I have finished the transition and I really didn't want to start mucking around with it ....

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    I don't think it will matter that much - Obviously, a thicker headstock is going to be stronger but were not talking a great deal of difference here. I've made some thinner headstocks myself and not had any issues at all.

    Check you can mount your tuners mounted properly ( make sure the ferrules push in flush ) - that's really the only issue you might have

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    I just measured one its about 14-15mm.

    What type of wood did you use, quarter or back sawn
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    I think around 15 on most. Im workin on a tele at the moment and im gonna make it about 14.

    How did you go about the transition Greg? Im not sure how im gonna do it yet lol
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    I have a 30 year old Ibanez Strat copy that has a 12mm headstock thickness and its sweet as. Also a 1997 MIJ strat that measures 14mm or 9/16 and a 1972 Strat 13mm so 1/2" i gather.
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    Quote Originally Posted by floody_85 View Post
    I think around 15 on most. Im workin on a tele at the moment and im gonna make it about 14.

    How did you go about the transition Greg? Im not sure how im gonna do it yet lol
    I did the transition with a 50mm drum sander set up in an upside down drill mounted in my router table ...then finised it off by hand..It cam out OK,but I might have been better using a larger drum sander so it wasn't as steep.

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    Floody, I bought a oscillating spindle sander from Carbatec a while back, its perfect for doing the transition as well.






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    Damn you fletch you made me so jealous!!!
    Im sure it would be a piece of cake with that!!
    At the moment im saving for thicknesser and jointer though
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