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Permalink Reply by Clock The Wolf on October 26, 2011 at 1:04pm

You can just scallop out the neck where it passes under MOST of the soundboard, leaving a bit touching near the ends for stability, either glueing or bolting it in place... or you could do something entirely different!

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Permalink Reply by Chris on October 27, 2011 at 1:49am

By "too tight" I assume you mean that I should plane the face of the head by a couple of MM to fully expose the recesses that are cut into the tuner shafts? 

 

tony `Tea Belly` johnson said:

I do the same as clockwork,so that the lid has plenty  of room to vibrate.Looking at your photos the heads look to be a bit tight.I`d probably shave 3 or 4mm off to allow for the strings to be fitted neatly.You`ll need 2 or 3 full turns so doesn`t look quite enough room as it is.Other than that it`s looking fine. 

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