I've bought a paddle-head guitar neck, for a bitsa project. I'm going 3 a side tuners, as the body shape, and pickup configuration 'go' better with a 3 a side.
I've settled on a shape, which is similar to the PRS shape, and I've roughly plotted where the tuner holes will go.
Before I blunder in, and potentially make some schoolboy error, is there anything I need to know first. Shape first/drill second? Vice versa? Does it even matter? Holes in a straight line, I guess. I noticed that PRS puts them at varying distances from the edge, which was freaking me, slightly, but if it's good enough for them... I'm probably over-thinking the whole thing, here.. Typical! I just like to get things straight in my head, before I start things...
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Cut as close to the marked line on your bandsaw / tool-of-choice as you feel comfortable doing, then sand the rest away to the line.
I've done this job with a bearing guided router around a template, but it can be tricky balancing the router on the paddle as you cut it (or the template if you cut the other way up), unless you're using a table router - in which case your fingers can get a little close to that whirring sharp thing.
Measure to the centre of the tuner holes and mark with a pencil. Then measure again. Now mark the centres with a bradawl. Drill using a pillar drill (to make sure that the holes are at 90degrees to the face of the headstock making sure that the drill bit centres into the bradawl mark. Put a piece of scrap at the rear of the hole and drill through into that to minimise tear out on the back of the headstock. Always drill from front to rear just in case you still get some tear out.
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Whether you can be bothered with the process I have described, or not (it is fiddly and time consuming - I wouldn't do it again for a single neck), making a template in ply or MDF is still a helpful process, since you can make your mistakes with the template, and not with your neck! Things often look different when they are 'real' rather than on a piece of paper. Additionally you can mount the tuners to the template and ensure everything looks and feels right; confirm that the buttons don't bind against the headstock or each other in operation; and ensure you have sufficient room between the tuners to use them comfortably. This should at least give you confidence that your design is right.
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