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Old 09-25-2010, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Hewett View Post
Hi Ken! Thanks for your reply!

I wasn't really thinking a smaller head, just the length of it so I think the distance to the edge might be able to stay the same but strength certainly would trump a couple and a half inches of length in the headstock so if drilling the tuning machine holes closer to each other would make it weaker then it certainly would not be worth it. And, like you said, basses get bumped all the time so again strength wins out.
I've dealt with basses in the past that had very close tuning machines and it didn't bother me but I can see how a lot of people would probably not like that.

Thanks again for your reply and your time!

By the way, thank you for making such fantastic instruments!

I hope you have time to get out and play some golf.

Brian
I think my Golf time is now practice time on the bass. I enjoy it as well. The years I played a lot of golf I was not playing much bass at all. With this business demanding so much of my personal time I think it is one or the other, golf or bass. I can do 2 things but 3 is difficult. Especially if you want to be good at it. I make more playing bass than golf.
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