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Steve Jeffries
PostPosted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:42 pm 
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Just cheecking to see what your desired headstock thickness is for steel string slotheads...
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About 3/32" thicker than the tuners require.
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Whatever your tuners and binding scheme dictate:

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Some headstocks are more flamboyant than others...
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As the other guys said, it is really determined by the tuners. If you have a jig for drilling the holes keep in mind that it may be designed to centre the holes on a certain thickness of headstock. Check to make sure your jig will drill the holes on centre for whatever thickness you end up using.

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Nice work there Trevor.

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I use 3/4", the same as Martin.

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Martin slotted HS's including veneer are .79" +\- a couple .000

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13/16"
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Martin slotted HS's including veneer are .79" +\- a couple .000


Prewar Martins are 3/4".
I am not all that interested in anything Martin has made since....particularly the ugly squarish slotted headstocks they used in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. They are too wide near the nut.

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OK -- I just measure a few of the brand new "A" quality replacements sitting on the shelf in our shop thought that was pretty accurate information.

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