Noticed some links, but how to size correctly for CBG?
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Print out your design on paper. Cut it out and place it on your CBG headstock with the tuners in place. If it looks good it is good. Resize if needed.
Hi, BrianQ's comment about maths made me think of a tried and tested method of coming up with the perfect balanced design.
The Golden Ratio. I 'm not going into it here, you can do a search, but anything from a violin to the Pyramids has been designed using this formula. Nature uses it in its design too.
I don't use the maths side of it but I do keep it in mind when designing stuff. Its about creating things of beauty by using harmonious proportions that work together....... Basically.
I eyeballed the design of my box's dimensions years ago and just did the maths to see if I was on the money. When one does the math, there's a magic number that gives the most pleasing aesthetics of a design, that number is 1.618.
My box's come in at 1.66. I'm no good a maths anyway. But I might start doing it properly from now on. Its used for curves and circles too.
Taff
Going Fibonacci on us Taff... I was thinking along the lines of a little math guesstimation & hoping it fits? :D
If you print screen, past into word (or similar), crop off the bits you do not want you can then resize form corners top or sides. It will take a little trial and error
Locating the images to begin with and size for headstock
Sorry, me again. BrianQ's suggestion of experimentation and Tom's about google images are good.
I don't use any editing software. I get apiece of card, black if possible, oversize for the planned peghead. Then I lightly score it down the centre with a sharp craft knife. Using this centre line I roughly sketch an idea for a peghead shape, fold the the template in half and cut out the shape, both side will now be the same.
Now I lay the template on the blank peghead and see how it looks for shape, size and balance with the box. If not happy do some more trimming. I think that often someone else's design might not suit your guitar theme, so it's good to make it customised. I keep all my templates in a box for later use, laying each one on a blank neck to see what works.
Taff
I use snipping tool to copy images and the free Libreoffice package, creating a draw document. This has pretty good resizing using number entry under resize picture rather than jiggling corners semi randomly. It also seems to make 100% size on the computer screen actual 100% not slightly smaller or bigger than 100% so the size on the screen is what you get when you print it. I don't know why the popular commercial product seems to think 100% is actually a touch smaller or bigger depending on the size of your screen.
Search for 'banjo headstock shapes' to get the best varieties of shapes. Using guitar as a term ends up with a fairly narrow range by comparison.
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