headstock shape looks heaps better Hugh. Personally I would have rounded the top left area rather than having a flat edge.
@ Frankenwashie the truss rod pocket looks in line with the D and G slots in the nut. think it looks like there is more meat to the left of the pocket than the right, but think it should be central
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Yeah @Wokka you're probably spot on. I'm going with weird optical illusion. The more I look at the photo, the more it drifts from side to side. I should stop drinking coffee about now......
@Hugh, pay no attention to the odd jittery, slightly vibrating guy playing with timbermate in the corner....
@Wokkaboy- I flirted with rounding one/both edges but in the 'flesh' the design actually doesn't look too bad, especially when you turn it around into the playing position..Originally Posted by wokkaboy
@Frankenwashie... you know what, on close inspection the truss rod my just slightly favour the G string slot?? it's hard to tell for sure as there is a little more wood on the left of the headstock than the right, which contibutes to that optical illusion thing you refered to... the whole headstock was never cut quite symetrical I'm thinking??
Your not as jittery and old as you may think afterall!! haha!
Last edited by Hugh; 23-02-2016 at 06:59 AM.
It's a head scratcher, I found when I trued everything up with my EXA-1 build and aligned the centre of the body to the truss rod, that it actually deviated from its true centre by about 1.5 mm, doesn't sound like a lot but it caused some blinking and trepidation prior to the reshaping of my tenon!
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