for some reason often my "enclosed" tuners go out of tune, I've tightened the screw at the head and now I've stripped one... So my question is... Does tightening the screw keep the tuners and strings tight? or am I doing it wrong... and how do locking tuners work vs standard tuners? Thanks
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I had problems with a few tuners- I have found that the hole you drill needs to be as perpendicular to the headstock as possible, hope this helps,
Wade
No, that screw doesn't change the tuning, it only holds on the tuning knob. Tightening it will not make the guitar stay in tune. Try to have fewer windings on the post as well. More windings will give you more stretch and the string will take longer to get used to the tension.
Just to fulminate further on what A Russell Eight Spades CBG said:
3-4 wraps on a tuning post is plenty. Also, if your tuning post has a lock nut and spacer, try cranking down onthe lock nut. As Wade sez, the straighter and closer to the proper diameter the tuner post holes are, the more likely to stay in tune. I also do some string stretching when I first put a set on, by tuning the entire guitar up at least one whole note beyond where you want it to be for each string. I rarely break any doing this, and it seems to take the stretch out of the strings faster than "playing them in."
I see from some of your pics that some of your machine heads are backwards, that might make them slip the gear.
Oh yeah, I hadn't read that ^^ sorry :-D
OK thanks all for the info... this all helps for my next build.... Thanks again....
so if I buy 6 tuners for a few projects how can I mount 3+3 without having them 1 set backwards???
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