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Home made tuners

Posted by Kevin Knuth on November 12, 2010 at 1:57pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

Well, I tried the eyebolt thing but was not quite happy with it.  So i re-worked it and came up with this idea-

 

The wingnuts provide tension, and the plastic knobs allow me to control my tuning a bit better.  Rather than tie the string on, it is sandwiched between two nuts.  here is the side view.

 

 

Here is the back view:

 

 

Thoughts?

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  • Kevin Knuth November 12, 2010 at 2:32pm
    So far it seem to do fine. I can lower the nut to tuner angle by tightening the screws a bit more.

    Really using REAL tuners is the way to go, but this was my first CBG, so it is kind of an experiment. I will work out what I loke, and what i don't, and then I will make corrections on my next one.

    I have a blog where I keep track of my progress- www.threestringguitar.wordpress.com

    Kevin
  • MichaelS Country Boy Guitars November 12, 2010 at 2:29pm
    Does it hold its tune long? Looks like the angle from the nut to the tuner is a straight line, it may pop out of the nut grooves. I tried a simular setup with the wing nut for tension but I drilled a hole for the string right thru the bolt. It seemed to work ok.
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