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Ahmed Flamenco

Posts: 163
Joined: Feb. 22 2014
From: Egypt

head holes

Nothing more than doubt

, does the sheets and the head plate give enough stiffness
https://imgur.com/a/upoLl

Also for this I need to make the head plate thinner,should I or it will affect stiffness
https://imgur.com/a/4Tmxl

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constructordeguitarras

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Joined: Jan. 29 2012
From: Seattle, Washington, USA

RE: head holes (in reply to Ahmed Flamenco)

It looks reasonable. Generally you want the head to be at least as thick as the tuner plates are wide. The headplate and veneers will reinforce the splice joint considerably regardless of how thick they are.

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