I got a 3 string cbg ready for tuners. I ran out of top side tuners (left) and cbgitty out of tuners for a few weeks(economy tuners).
Any advice on putting all three tuners on bottom of headstock? im most concerned about the thickest string pulling down. somehow I ended up with quite a few right sided. considering.3 tuners all on the bottom but thought id check here first. thank you!
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I stand corrected. I have a bunch of the trapezoidal open geared ones from gitty from around a year and a half ago or something and those ones are definitely not reversible, the worm gear doesn't easily pop out from the chassis. But I can see from that other thread there that the chassis has changed somewhat and now the worm gear is in a slot with an opening like most other open geared units. This is great news to me, I like this form factor a lot you can fit a lot into a tight space great for twelve strings Mandos etc
robert jones > The Phrygian KidMarch 6, 2014 at 5:22am
Can you post a close-up picture of the tuners showing the end of the worm opposite of the button?
I would like to see what the difference is from the economy tuners I have from the same period.
robert jones > Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal MusicMarch 6, 2014 at 3:39pm
I'm sorry that was meant for the Phrygian Kid. He stated his tuners weren't reversible and I have some from the same time frame that are reversible so I wanted to see the difference. I like to keep good notes on what works and what doesn't, along with the reasons.
I dont see any issue with putting all the tuners on the bottom (right) side of the head stock. You may or may not need to employ some string re-routing options (eye bolts), but should work fine if you have room on the head stock and your break angles (over the nut) are decent. Obviously, the tuners are not reversible, but you seem to know that if I understand correctly.
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Can you post a close-up picture of the tuners showing the end of the worm opposite of the button?
I would like to see what the difference is from the economy tuners I have from the same period.
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I'm sorry that was meant for the Phrygian Kid. He stated his tuners weren't reversible and I have some from the same time frame that are reversible so I wanted to see the difference. I like to keep good notes on what works and what doesn't, along with the reasons.
Accepted your request by the way.
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You're welcome.
The worm is the part you turn engaging the gear which rotates the shaft affecting the string tension.
Take a breath, relax and simply put the thing back together.
Refer to one of the other tuners if necessary.
The only difference will be the end of the worm will need to point in the opposite direction.
The Capo Kid has pictures of the results in the thread concerning Shane Speal tuners.
This process is simple and you can do it.
I dont see any issue with putting all the tuners on the bottom (right) side of the head stock. You may or may not need to employ some string re-routing options (eye bolts), but should work fine if you have room on the head stock and your break angles (over the nut) are decent. Obviously, the tuners are not reversible, but you seem to know that if I understand correctly.
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