Couldn't get the ones I normally used so I thought I'd try these. Would I be right in thinking I should glue the bushing into the top of the headstock? Nothing to tighten it with...
Cheers,
Rick
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nice loing headstock, howd the tuners turn out Richie ?
Richey Kay > 14 buck bass (aka antonio)March 14, 2014 at 1:51am
Thanks Antonio. They're OK. They hold tune fine but the action goes from very stiff to super loose within a fraction of a turn of the screw. Not quite as good as the other ones by the same manufacturer which cost £1 more...
Use a reamer lightly at the top of the hole, just enough so that the bushing will start. Those tuners are pretty much identical to what is on my old elDega guitar. I have changed them out three times over 40 years, so they should last awhile.
They come in 8mm and oversize 10mm bushings , I used a 7mm drill bit for the small bushings and reamed it out to get them to fit I think to need 7.5mm to get a nice tight fit , sorry metric measurements only .
Richey Kay > The Capo KidMarch 10, 2014 at 11:15am
Metric's fine by me buddy, a fellow Brit. I'll have a look after work.
The Capo Kid > Richey KayMarch 11, 2014 at 11:39am
Turned out fine. I used my caliper to measure the bushing and it came out at 8.2mm, and the shaft 6mm. I just drilled out 8mm in the top and 6 in the bottom, popped the bushing in and squashed it down with a ratchet clamp. Works fine! Just waiting for the glue to dry on the box then I can string it up. Thanks everyone for the advice.
Canada is "sort of" been metric for years now but it still makes me chuckle when I see "1/2 kilometer ahead" because I always thought the reason for metric was No Fractions!!!! But I'm probably a little sensitive after my Grade 7 math teacher pounded my head into the blackboard because I couldn't do fractions!!! Now, back to your scheduled programming.
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nice loing headstock, howd the tuners turn out Richie ?
Thanks Antonio. They're OK. They hold tune fine but the action goes from very stiff to super loose within a fraction of a turn of the screw. Not quite as good as the other ones by the same manufacturer which cost £1 more...
They come in 8mm and oversize 10mm bushings , I used a 7mm drill bit for the small bushings and reamed it out to get them to fit I think to need 7.5mm to get a nice tight fit , sorry metric measurements only .
So how did you get on ? .
Canada is "sort of" been metric for years now but it still makes me chuckle when I see "1/2 kilometer ahead" because I always thought the reason for metric was No Fractions!!!!
But I'm probably a little sensitive after my Grade 7 math teacher pounded my head into the blackboard because I couldn't do fractions!!!
Now, back to your scheduled programming.
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