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| Author: | eugeniodilampp [ Mon May 02, 2011 10:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | head width for pegs |
dear friends, I will be making the head on my guitar with pegs like a violin. how wide will the head be and where to drill the hole in the peg? thank you for your experience. |
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| Author: | eugeniodilampp [ Mon May 02, 2011 10:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: head width for pegs |
I am sorry for my bad communication. I am wanting my guitar to be like the old style. six violin pegs on the back of the head. I am wondering how wide to make the head from top to bottom and where I should be drilling the hole in the peg for to put the strings. |
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| Author: | Laurent Brondel [ Tue May 03, 2011 8:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: head width for pegs |
You can make it any thickness you want since you are not constrained by the tuning gears plate. Have a look at pics of old Spanish and American guitars, the former look on the thick side, the later thin. I will finish a steel string with Peghed geared pegs and I did mine .650", but that is constrained by the Peghed design and thread depth. I'd say do not go thinner than .500" and no thicker than .850". |
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