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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on January 22, 2010 at 2:37pm

Don't worry about it. I've built numbers of 4-string jobs with headstocks very much like yours; if you use a hard-enough nut (I recommend bone) the rather steep angle of the outer strings won't matter at all.

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Permalink Reply by Jkevn on January 22, 2010 at 3:13pm

+1 on Mark's reply....as an alternate plan, I have had good luck with small screws (like tuning machine mounting screws), placed in strategic spots, they can reduce the angle the string approaches the nut. Matching the color of the tuner shafts, chrome, brass etc, will make them un-noticeable and even attractive. A lil planning can produce a cool pattern. IMHO, better than small eye-screws.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on January 22, 2010 at 4:21pm

OK, cool. I was planning on using a bone nut anyway, so that will be perfect. I have plans for a decoration for the face of the headstock, so not needing any kind of string tree thingy will help immensely.

Thanks

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