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Hi all. Just got my Delta 510's in today and am wondering how thick everyone leaves their headstock to install these tuners?

The part of the tuner that goes into the headstock for the fit is about .4" high. That just sounds a little thin to me to leave the headstock.

Also, how critical is the placement of the tuner holes. I will obviously follow what is on the pattern of the guitar that I'm building, but I'm curious what drives these locations. If I were building a new design, how would I know where to locate the holes (or is it only critical to not let the tuners interfere with anothers srings?) Perhaps someone could point me to a link that would explain this.

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

About .600, the threaded barrel allows for the height adjustmet.
These do seem a little shorter than the the Shallers don't they?
As to placement, just lay out the head stock and check the desired location by drawing the strings on and looking for potential interferance problems between the strings and tuner posts.
Of course the dimension from the edge of the head stock to the tuner is governed by the tuner itself.
Obviously many different designs are possible as is evident by the wide variety of designs out there, particulary in the electric guitar world.

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Jim Watts
http://jameswattsguitars.com

Thanks Jim, .600" sounds a lot better.

So it sounds like what you're saying about the location of the tuner holes just needs to insure that the strings won't interfere and that at the edge of the headstock, the tuners have plenty of room to turn. Would this be correct?

Thanks again!

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Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

Yes, you also want to ensure the proper head stock angle to get enough break over angle on the strings. On a normal size head stock this about 15 degrees.
Fender accomplishes this with a flat but lower head stock and a piece of stamped metal to pull the strings down to get the break over on the nut. This is probably irrelavent but might help to describe the break angle thing.

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Jim Watts
http://jameswattsguitars.com

Thanks Jim, you've helped clarify a lot!

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Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

9/16 or so thick (.565 to .600), and 13 degrees tilt.

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
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