The neck wood continues past the nut and the headstock is angled back from the nut, with angles ranging greatly from 4-17 degrees. You can replace almost any standard tuners with aftermarket staggered tuners but you will have to check the string posts are low enough to eliminate string trees on your guitar.Īnother very recognisable headstock construction. Not only do they increase the break angle over standard tuners, they don’t introduce any extra friction from string trees. These are machine heads with the posts that hold the strings getting shorter the further away from the nut. Perhaps the best solution to the angle is the introduction of staggered tuners. The friction problem has been helped a lot by the introduction of roller string trees and Graphtech Tusq style string trees which are made of very slippery materials to reduce friction. Unfortunately they introduce friction and can pinch the string during bending, stopping it from returning to the correct pitch which puts the guitar out of tune. These bent pieces of metal hold the strings close to the headstock to increase the downwards angle the string takes from the nut. This has traditionally been solved by adding string trees to the headstock. The result is less string pressure on the nut which means the strings can pop out of their nut slot easier during playing. Nut break angle, by not having a headstock angle the strings take an almost straight path from the nut to the tuning post, they do not angle downwards. This can be made even easier by making the neck from three pieces of wood just over 19 mm (0.75 inch) wide and laminating them together. Wood quality, by using thinner pieces of wood it should be easier to find perfectly quarter sawn or flat sawn wood with straight grain through the length of the neck with no run out. Thinner neck wood should be cheaper and easier to get hold of for most builders. It is said Leo Fender chose this design so the entire neck could be made from a 25.4 mm (1 inch) piece of flat sawn maple. For the headstock to break during a fall the break would have to go across the grain, which is much harder than splitting along the grain.Ĭheaper, not having a one piece angled headstock dramatically reduces the thickness of wood needed to make the neck. Strength, because there is no angle the same grain that runs through the neck runs straight through the headstock, giving the headstock strength. The neck wood simply continues straight past the nut with no angle to form the headstock. Fender, for example, use one piece of flat wood for the neck and the headstock. One of the most recognisable headstock constructions. Non-jointed Headstocks Straight One Piece Headstocks In this post we will explain the different varieties and the pros and cons of each.
There are a few different ways to construct the headstock area of a neck, both with and without scarf joints.
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