Cuting out head stocks

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Permalink Reply by Mama Mojo on December 16, 2009 at 12:31am

Great stuff, John! Thanks for the photos!

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Permalink Reply by Mama Mojo on December 16, 2009 at 12:33am

nice Jig, Paul! I'm thinking that I'll copy your design and do one for myself.... I have a table saw but don't really like to use it - I prefer the band saw because it seems less likely that I'll lose a digit or two....

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Permalink Reply by Mike Willmouth on December 16, 2009 at 12:16pm

What is a good angle of the cut on the neck?

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Permalink Reply by John Drake on December 16, 2009 at 8:16pm

I have been using 15 deg.

But take your pick - here are a few guitar brands and the angles that they use:
Guitars
4°: Guild
11°: Martin
12°: Bigsby, Yamaha SGV
13°: Peavey, Warmoth
14°: Gibson Firebird V and VII, Gibson X-plorer, some vintage Gibson guitars, Washburn, most budget Epiphone replicas of Gibson models
17°: Gibson ES-335, Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, Epiphone Casino
Basses
10°: all Gibson basses
12°: Yamaha SBV
14°: most Epiphone replicas of Gibson models
24°: Kinal


Mike Willmouth said:

What is a good angle of the cut on the neck?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Willmouth on December 16, 2009 at 10:17pm

John, I took your pictures and comments, and combined them with your headstock angles and made one PDF file (with your name on the document) would you want me to post it on this web site or send it to you?

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Permalink Reply by John Drake on December 16, 2009 at 11:16pm

Hi Mike,
I don't mind how you use the information. Neck angles came from Wikipedia.

Here's a photograph of a build which I just finished - put the strings on less than 10 minutes ago. It has a 15deg scarf jointed head. Notice the join across the head between the tuners. I don't mind the appearance of that, especially with the different grain patterns of the "wings" - but some people like to hide it with a veneer over the whole face.

Mike Willmouth said:

John, I took your pictures and comments, and combined them with your headstock angles and made one PDF file (with your name on the document) would you want me to post it on this web site or send it to you?

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Permalink Reply by Rick Martin on February 7, 2010 at 9:20am

John, thanks a BUNCH for putting up those photos. This is my first build and I really wanted an angled head stock, but couldn't quite get my mind around the technique. It was worrying me for days on how to go about it. Those photos really make it clear.

- Rick M.

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS on February 7, 2010 at 9:29am

I cut my neck from 1 piece of 2x3 that I had lying around. I cut the headstock at a 12 degree angle using a radial arm saw on the face side. The rest was cut out on a band saw. I cut the relief under the lid using a table saw. By the way, my band saw was free from a friend moving to England, guess he didn't want to take it thru customs.

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on February 7, 2010 at 10:19am

That is a very good looking headstock... after viewing thousands of pics of CBGs, it's hard to grab my attention. The combination of grain/stain and the nick use of angles to set up the wings really look great...

thanks for sharing....

the best,

Wichita Sam

John Drake said:

Hi Mike,
I don't mind how you use the information. Neck angles came from Wikipedia.

Here's a photograph of a build which I just finished - put the strings on less than 10 minutes ago. It has a 15deg scarf jointed head. Notice the join across the head between the tuners. I don't mind the appearance of that, especially with the different grain patterns of the "wings" - but some people like to hide it with a veneer over the whole face.

Mike Willmouth said:

John, I took your pictures and comments, and combined them with your headstock angles and made one PDF file (with your name on the document) would you want me to post it on this web site or send it to you?

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Permalink Reply by Wes Yates on February 7, 2010 at 3:29pm

One thing you can do John is to reverse the scarf -- that is to put the scarf piece on top and the joint under the neck.

These are not the same neck/head but you get the idea. When you put wings on it. the whole thing flows more evenly.

-WY

John Drake said:

Hi Mike,
I don't mind how you use the information. Neck angles came from Wikipedia. Here's a photograph of a build which I just finished - put the strings on less than 10 minutes ago. It has a 15deg scarf jointed head. Notice the join across the head between the tuners. I don't mind the appearance of that, especially with the different grain patterns of the "wings" - but some people like to hide it with a veneer over the whole face.
Mike Willmouth said:

John, I took your pictures and comments, and combined them with your headstock angles and made one PDF file (with your name on the document) would you want me to post it on this web site or send it to you?

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Permalink Reply by Wes Yates on February 7, 2010 at 3:35pm

I do 13deg. Nothing special.

-WY

Mike Willmouth said:

What is a good angle of the cut on the neck?

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Permalink Reply by Clare on February 9, 2010 at 12:32am

Wow, I only have a scroll saw. Not sure if I can get a clean cut. Might have a lot of sanding to do.

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