Just a question to those whose guitar is set up like this. Where the body of the tuner is attached on the face/top side of the headstock. I am toying with doing this for my personal git, but is it easy to tune with the peg underneath? Are there any things I should know on installing to make it easy if not? Just curious to hear from those of you with first hand experience. Thanks
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I made a weed wacker bass with backwards tuners and it worked pretty well. The string holes need to be angled through the neck to ease the strings towards the tuners. You don't want to drill a 90 angle into the neck - the strings will cut into the wood. Hope this helps.
colin mcgrath > Ron "Oily" SpragueMarch 3, 2013 at 12:45am
Thank you, I looked through her pictures already. That design is not what I am describing. I have tried looking through other builder/players to find the look I am typing about, no luck yet. I will probably try that design anyway and work around any issues.
Do you mean the shaft with the button is closer to the bridge than the gears and string shaft? If your tuners are set up that way, they won't stay in tune as well. That's why the buttons are always "above" the string peg. (Plus, you'll have to turn them the "wrong" way).
He`s not on the nation anymore but once in a while i run i to him on facebook. Back in 2009 this place was just being born ,we were lucky to have had 500 members and half of them never posted anything. You should check out surfys pic`s. Be surprized at what we came up with back in the day...!! Back then we were more into building then filling this place up with a zillion vids, just seems it lost it`s true meaning along the way.
colin mcgrath > Randy S. BretzMarch 3, 2013 at 12:35pm
truth in those words. I like to go back every once in a while to the first photos. I loved the beginnings around here.
busyhands slim - what you describe is moreso with the cheap open face tuners .. most newer enclosed tuners you can get away with it , and mix match right and left
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I made a weed wacker bass with backwards tuners and it worked pretty well. The string holes need to be angled through the neck to ease the strings towards the tuners. You don't want to drill a 90 angle into the neck - the strings will cut into the wood. Hope this helps.
Wade
yes, that does help. Thank you. I had the same thought, good feedback.
Here's a link to how Diane In Chicago does some of her headstocks:
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/30-31-bluescimers-1?context=alb...
Thank you, I looked through her pictures already. That design is not what I am describing. I have tried looking through other builder/players to find the look I am typing about, no luck yet. I will probably try that design anyway and work around any issues.
Do you mean the shaft with the button is closer to the bridge than the gears and string shaft? If your tuners are set up that way, they won't stay in tune as well. That's why the buttons are always "above" the string peg. (Plus, you'll have to turn them the "wrong" way).
I will not tell you how I know all this.
Done by Surffrogg 2009
Is surffrogg still around?
thank you.
I sent a message.
He`s not on the nation anymore but once in a while i run i to him on facebook. Back in 2009 this place was just being born ,we were lucky to have had 500 members and half of them never posted anything. You should check out surfys pic`s. Be surprized at what we came up with back in the day...!! Back then we were more into building then filling this place up with a zillion vids, just seems it lost it`s true meaning along the way.
truth in those words. I like to go back every once in a while to the first photos. I loved the beginnings around here.
busyhands slim - what you describe is moreso with the cheap open face tuners .. most newer enclosed tuners you can get away with it , and mix match right and left
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