Custom Acoustic Guitar Headstock

Custom Guitar: Functionality of Headstock

When to custom acoustic guitars, many follow regular headstock patterns; some even don’t care about headstock; a few require to custom acoustic guitars with their special designed headstock. Since we have plenty of such experiences, we think the reason is that many just think the function of headstock is just to hold the tuning pegs.

So, does the headstock just as simple as that?

We don’t think so. Actually, we think the guitar headstock is as important as other parts like neck, body, etc. Firstly, the eye-catching design of the headstock will greatly impress the audiences. Besides, headstock of acoustic usually is designed with strong personal style, so it is also called a card of the builder.

Additionally, the headstock is also vital in guitar performance. It determines the stability of tuning, proper string tension and quality of tone. Thus, based on the functionality of the headstock, it must be taken in account when design and custom your guitar.

Functionality is Vital to Custom Guitar

As mentioned, the headstock has great three impacts on guitar performance through stability of tuning, proper string tension and quality of tone, we are glad to discuss more detailly to indicate why the design of headstock is so important to custom acoustic guitars.

We all know that tuning pegs or machine head system sit on the headstock. The precision of slots and mechanism of tuning pegs determine the quality of tuning. But since this mainly related with machining work and is easy to understand, it is not necessary to occupy so much space here.

We want to talk about how nut interacts with the headstock. If there is anything wrong with the design of headstock, the nut cannot sit on the right position. Then, the strings are easily sliding out. This causes a serious issue of playing.

Although strings are made to bear different tensions (see in Guitar Strings), the construction of the guitar affects the tension, too. Among the elements, the headstock angle is a main reason.

The headstock angle indicates how far the part tilts back from the neck. If the angle is too high, the strings are pulled to tight which causes uncomfortable feeling and the damage. But once the angle is not high enough, the strings are loosened too much to play right tone as expected. Thus, the angle of the headstock must be well designed to balance the comfortable playability and right tone performance.

Therefore, through the angle of headstock, it is easier to understand why and how the part impact the tone performance of guitar so much.

In the end, since the design of headstock is firmly related with playability and sound performance, it should be emphasized when custom guitar.

Right Choice to Custom Guitar with Us

Firstly, don’t worry about your design of the headstock. We can cut your pattern with automatic machine to realize the appearance and dimensional precision.

With rich experience of guitar building, we surely understand how to balance the angle of the headstock. We are able to make the headstock with right angle. And if there is coming drawings about this, the drawings will be carefully inspected to make sure the headstock design is correct.

Please feel free to CONTACT US for your order of customization.