{"id":35,"date":"2008-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestrandbergs.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/12\/turning-heads\/"},"modified":"2008-01-13T15:45:16","modified_gmt":"2008-01-13T14:45:16","slug":"turning-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com\/2008\/01\/12\/turning-heads\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought that one could have interchangeable &#8220;headstocks&#8221; on the neck &#8211; mostly for looks, so I drew some alternatives:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestrandbergs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/headstocks-400x157.jpg\" title=\"Headstocks\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.thestrandbergs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/headstocks-400x157.jpg\" alt=\"Headstocks\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have solid alternatives but also ones made from a 6 mm rectangular bar. The headstocks would be prepared for special string fasteners that would allow running the string through and locking them with an insex screw. These would be bolted onto\/into the headstock. But when I looked at the complete guitar, it was completely non-proportional. It turns out that the body is so small that it will not accommodate a full-size headstock. I created a Strat comparison for reference:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href='http:\/\/www.thestrandbergs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/strat-comparison-400x138.jpg' title='Strat Comparison'><img src='http:\/\/www.thestrandbergs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/strat-comparison-400x138.jpg' alt='Strat Comparison' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n(Strat body shape borrowed from Warmoth)<\/p>\n<p>So, I guess I will need to use a smaller one like the bottom right ones for it to make sense. Although, having seen the Orchid bass, I might re-design the whole thing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought that one could have interchangeable &#8220;headstocks&#8221; on the neck &#8211; mostly for looks, so I drew some alternatives: I have solid alternatives but also ones made from a 6 mm rectangular bar. The headstocks would be prepared for special string fasteners that would allow running the string through and locking them with an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/guitarworks.thestrandbergs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}