AES-1 Special

[DarkMark]

Thanks guys. I was thinking of you McCreed when the headstock was between the bricks...that would add some strength.
Have I mentioned how much I like my Shinto saw rasp?

[McCreed]

Thanks guys. I was thinking of you McCreed when the headstock was between the bricks...that would add some strength.
Have I mentioned how much I like my Shinto saw rasp?

So, the mortar goes in those holes????

[Bakersdozen]

So, the mortar goes in those holes????

Nah, the Pestle.

[HarmonIser]

Thanks guys. I was thinking of you McCreed when the headstock was between the bricks...that would add some strength.
Have I mentioned how much I like my Shinto saw rasp?

I'm loving the slotted headstock look - I want to do that on an upcoming lapsteel build.
Do you need to buy specific tuners suited to this style?
Oh, and please tell me more about the saw rasp!

[DarkMark]

I'm loving the slotted headstock look - I want to do that on an upcoming lapsteel build.
Do you need to buy specific tuners suited to this style?
Oh, and please tell me more about the saw rasp!

I don’t honestly know if you need specific tuners for this. I have brought classic guitar style tuners, individual 3x3 with 6mm diameter metal shafts off eBay. I believe I’ve I have seen pictures of regular electric guitar tuners used in this way, but I really can not comment on that.

Have a search for Shinto Japanese Rasp Saw. I’ve got the 25cm course/fine blade. That course on one side and fine on the other. It is the BEST wood working tool I have brought. I’ve made a similar headstock once before and it took forever sanding to shape. With the rasp it was done in no time. It’s like a power tool with the control of a hand tool.

I’d like to see someone else having a go at the slotted headstock. If you use a veneer on top, be sure to take the thickness of the veneer off the headstock, otherwise the slopes to the slots get too long. You could use a rasp for that.

[HarmonIser]

I don’t honestly know if you need specific tuners for this. I have brought classic guitar style tuners, individual 3x3 with 6mm diameter metal shafts off eBay. I believe I’ve I have seen pictures of regular electric guitar tuners used in this way, but I really can not comment on that.

Have a search for Shinto Japanese Rasp Saw. I’ve got the 25cm course/fine blade. That course on one side and fine on the other. It is the BEST wood working tool I have brought. I’ve made a similar headstock once before and it took forever sanding to shape. With the rasp it was done in no time. It’s like a power tool with the control of a hand tool.

I’d like to see someone else having a go at the slotted headstock. If you use a veneer on top, be sure to take the thickness of the veneer off the headstock, otherwise the slopes to the slots get too long. You could use a rasp for that.

Awesome - thanks for that info. I'll check it out. I also want to buy a small fine handsaw, it would be ideal for cutting things like the pickup holes for this archtop build I'm on now. I dare say it'd be another Japanese tool, as they do this kind of thing so well!

I'm hoping to go the slotted headstock design - there are still things I need to figure out, and I don't have a drill press, though I could go to the local men's shed for that step.
I guess, because the strings are designed to be so far above the "fretboard" on a lappie, the angle down from the nut would be pretty steep, so I don't think that long slope concern would arise. Thanks for that thought anyway!