PBG 6 Inline Headstock Design

[adam]

Our good friend SonicMountain has been busy cooking up some new designs for a PBG 6 Inline Headstock shape.

This shape would be used on our finished TL style guitars and any new JM or ST guitars we might stock in the future.

He used the original design I came up with and sketched live in the Headstock Shaping video.

We have settled on this reworking of that design as having the most universal appeal.



Headstock shapes are very personal, as we have seen from some of the designs you guys have created for your builds. Finding something with universal appeal is always a challenge.

I think SonicMountain has got it with this design.

What do you think?

[wazkelly]

Hi Adam, I like it a lot and if it came done like that from the factory that would save a lot of work for newbies and those not so confident using a coping saw.

[wokkaboy]

I like it Ads and Sonic. As you say headstock shapes are personal but think there is enough meat to do minor mods if the builder chooses to

[Simon Barden]

Is that finished JM or ST types, or is that on future kits - which means they won't come with paddle headstocks?

[DrNomis_44]

I reckon it's a nice design, reminiscent of a Tele headstock, I would agree with Wazkelly about getting the headstock shape pre-cut at the factory, since the maple wood used for the Pitbull guitar necks does tend to be a bit hard to cut due to the hardness of the wood, going by my experience with cutting out the headstock on the maple neck for my Gold Strat build, that would just leave the sanding work to be done.

You could even have it as a kit option, where you could choose between a neck with a pre-cut headstock, or a neck that hasn't had the headstock pre-cut.

[CascadiaGuitarGeek]

It strikes that difficult balance of familiarity and uniqueness.

[Sonic Mountain]

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. It is certainly a challenge to make something neutral, that still looks 'right' and isn't infringing on other major manufacturers designs.

I believe this is for the finished guitars primarily and you will still be able to get blanks for your own designs, but I'll let Adam confirm that.

Slightly larger image for perusal - the measurements indicate the existing Pitbull blank paddle -I've put that baseline I worked out here as well for comparison.

[king casey]

I'd agree with Dr. No. Have it as an option.

Personally, given the haphazard tuning hole placement it would be preferable to have the whole blank paddle undrilled.
It would remove one of the few items in the kit that can be readily customised.
cheers, Mark.

[Sonic Mountain]

I'd really like to fix the tuning hole situation.

Leaving it blank would be fine for some people but some others might find that a bit of a challenge to get right. I'd like to see a pilot hole template that physically clamps to the back of the head stock and lines up with the top edge to get the initial small holes in the right spot.

It doesn't really matter how you try to fool proof it, if its being done by factory workers then human error will always factor in unless more care is taken.

[Dedman]

I like the design, on finished guitars it will look great AND be an identifier of the brand