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Permalink Reply by Alan Roberts on March 15, 2010 at 11:35am

I bought tuners from Elderly, Stewart-MacDonald (StewMac) and from the guitar shop around the corner. Shipping is no joke. You can spend almost as much on the shipping as the tuners themseves! So even if the neighborhood guitar shack charges a couple bucks extra, it's a deal. I think my StewMac tuners were Saga, come to think of it. I'm using the Elderly tuners on my latest.

An odd feature in them is they have TWO holes in the tuning peg, one right down by the bushing. I don't know why. I've been pounding on these tuners for a week now and haven't broken them. Not Gotoh, but will be worth what I paid for them.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on March 15, 2010 at 11:43am

I have been using the ones from Stew Mac with pretty good success.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/Guitar,_solid_peghead_tuners/Eco...

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Permalink Reply by Jeff "Sweet T" Tinsley on March 15, 2010 at 11:45am

Michael, are you sure you didn't miss this guy on ebay?
Box of 10 tuners, $8.70 including shipping from Saint Petersburg, Fl.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320494027960...

I have just ordered from him today, so I can't speak to quality or shipping time. He does have perfect feedback though.

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on March 15, 2010 at 11:52am

I did not see that one but, I only need 3 per guitar so 5 on a side wont cut it. Good price though.

Jeff Tinsley said:

Michael, are you sure you didn't miss this guy on ebay?
Box of 10 tuners, $8.70 including shipping from Saint Petersburg, Fl.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320494027960...

I have just ordered from him today, so I can't speak to quality or shipping time. He does have perfect feedback though.

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on March 15, 2010 at 12:01pm

they have two holes so you can mount them like you did, or like this:

Alan Roberts said:

I bought tuners from Elderly, Stewart-MacDonald (StewMac) and from the guitar shop around the corner. Shipping is no joke. You can spend almost as much on the shipping as the tuners themseves! So even if the neighborhood guitar shack charges a couple bucks extra, it's a deal.

I think my StewMac tuners were Saga, come to think of it. I'm using the Elderly tuners on my latest.

An odd feature in them is they have TWO holes in the tuning peg, one right down by the bushing. I don't know why. I've been pounding on these tuners for a week now and haven't broken them. Not Gotoh, but will be worth what I paid for them.

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Permalink Reply by Train train on March 15, 2010 at 12:53pm

I have bought Ping at Elderlys. I have them on my latest build. I am very happy with them. Tuners, in general, are so much money. I have not used any higher dollar tuners so I may not be seeing the whole picture. I have to say that the Pings have been very good for $18 bucks for six. I bought them at the Elderly store so I don't know how much shipping is or if it would have affected my opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Hip Bone Bellaire on March 15, 2010 at 1:01pm

http://guitarpartsonline.com/

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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on March 15, 2010 at 1:24pm

IMHO .... ( I like typing that .... )
The best cheap tuners I have found new are Grover Original Sta-tite's. Stewmac sells them as geared uke tuners.
The only problem I had ... they were shorter than normal (5/8 ths). Not a problem really if you know in advance.
Other than that ... used from a Mom'n'pop. Gotoh, Grover, whatever. Good and cheap, inexpensive.


Matt

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Permalink Reply by Dick Barrera on March 15, 2010 at 3:12pm

I buy mine at www.pickerparts.com economy telecaster style, they offer discounts on 3 and 6 sets,

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on March 15, 2010 at 8:53pm

Bart Hopkin's site, Experimental Musical Instruments.
http://windworld.com/products-page/hardware-for-acoustic/

I've ordered the sealed tuners and they are nice solid tuners. Plus you can order what you want individually and don't need to purchase a set. You just specify 3 lefts and 5 rights or whatever you need.

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Permalink Reply by W.M. Peterson on March 15, 2010 at 10:03pm

i just ordered these :

http://www.thomann.de/nl/dixon_mechaniken_33.htm
by Thomann, i think the cheapest cyber store
in Europe where you can find definitely everything

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on March 16, 2010 at 1:12am

can you check this link for us, Dick?

Dick Barrera said:

I buy mine at www.pickerparts.com economy telecaster style, they offer discounts on 3 and 6 sets,

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