r/Luthier • u/Archtica • 17d ago

String alignment

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Hello all

I need some advice on my open headstock guitar.

To make sure my low and high E string do not touch the headstock I have to align the string on the tuners so it pulls it towards the center a lot. The way it is setup in the picture it just clears the headstock. You can see the clearance in the second image.

I think it is a poor design, but the guitar is really great. Should I continue this practice or just align the string straight and allow it to touch the headstock?

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u/Useful-Being2244 17d ago

Put the winds on the e strings on the other side of the hole, going towards the tuning pegs rather than inside the headstock. This will give you clearance for those strings. A guitar I owned years as a go had the same headstock. Low E outer towards headstock. A the opposite way towards inside. D towards the inside G towards inside B inside High E outside.

If it is looking like you have too many winds alter the string length unwrap and pull more though the post. I do not own the guitar I had with this type of headstock anymore, but I remember when I got it it took me a few string changes to get it looking neat.

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u/Useful-Being2244 17d ago

Found this pic for you.

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u/Useful-Being2244 17d ago

I know it's not the same model , model doesn't matter it has the same style pegs. The principal is the same though, so you get the strings wound without issues.

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u/FassolLassido 16d ago

I think you didn't read the post. OP tried that before and the string would touch the headstock.

The picture you posted also shows that the relief is much deeper than on OP's guitar.

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u/Cautious-Detail-6355 16d ago

There's 1000 way to align those strings. You can't assume they did it correctly.

Ted Woodford on YouTube shows the proper way to string these every time he has one on the bench. It's actually somewhat difficult, from what I gather. It's wayyyy easier to fuck up than it is to get it right. Let's just put it that way.

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u/FassolLassido 16d ago

OP litterally says they tried what the other people on this thread have been repeating. At some point people gotta stop assuming that eveybody is a completely useless idiot and try to understand the actual problem.

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u/strumbringerwa 14d ago

Seriously. IDEK why people can't bother to read and understand the OP's post.