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Topic: Does anyone have a Gibson EH-100, 125, or 150? |
John Bushouse
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Posted 16 Feb 2011 10:36 pm |
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| If so, could you let me know what the headstock angle is? I'm building a guitar inspired by those great guitars, and I'm trying to estimate some lumber requirements. |
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Brad Bechtel
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Posted 17 Feb 2011 10:27 am
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How would you measure the headstock angle, John? I have an EH-150 at home and will be happy to tell you what I think it is, but I want to be sure I'm measuring correctly.
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G Strout
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Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 17 Feb 2011 12:38 pm
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Use a protractor. It is used to measure angles.
It has two sets of numbers: one set goes
from 0 to 180 one way, one set from 0 to 180
the other way. Which one you read depends on
where you place the one side of the angle you
are measuring.
To measure an angle, place the little circle or open hole of the protractor on the VERTEX of the angle. Place the zero line of the protractor on the ONE SIDE of the angle. Then read the measure where the other side hits the protractor scale.
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Mark Roeder
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2011 3:28 pm
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Brad
I would take the horizontal line off the fret board as it goes past the nut over the head stock. Then line the protractors bottom on that invisible line. (up side down)Then read the protractor for the drop. I would guess about 15%. This kind of thing is really hard to explain in words......hope it makes some kind of sense.
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John Bushouse
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Posted 17 Feb 2011 3:51 pm
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| Mark Roeder wrote: |
Brad
I would take the horizontal line off the fret board as it goes past the nut over the head stock. Then line the protractors bottom on that invisible line. (up side down)Then read the protractor for the drop. I would guess about 15%. This kind of thing is really hard to explain in words......hope it makes some kind of sense. |
Yup, that's pretty much it. Essentially the angle of the headstock back from the fretboard. A lot of regular guitars (like Les Pauls) have something around 14% or so, but in the pictures I can find on the internet, the back angle on the EH guitars seems to be less than that. |
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G Strout
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Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 17 Feb 2011 4:14 pm
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I'm not sure if you would take the angle from the point that the neck breaks to the headstock (Vertex) or from the fretboard. Just looking at the lap steels that I have available with me here if I were making a copy seems like the reading might best taken from the neck angle rather than the fretboard. (IMHO)
I am not familiar with the Gibson model that John is talking about but the measurement to catch the headstock angle might be best taken from the neck vertex rather than the fret board.
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Richard Shatz
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St. Louis
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Posted 17 Feb 2011 4:17 pm
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I have all three models as well as a number of others.
Measuring the angle is dependent on the starting point.
I remember reading (somewhere) that it is 17 degrees. I will look for the reference over the next few days. |
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John Bushouse
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Posted 17 Feb 2011 5:08 pm
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| yup - vertex makes sense. |
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