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right-aligned vs left-aligned tuners

Posted by blharmon on May 12, 2015 at 6:32am

This is my first post so please bear with me.  I'm learning and am planning a 4-string CBG build with a stratocaster-like head.  I'm confused about whether the tuners for the strat head are left-aligned or right-aligned.  Being a newbie and just looking at the strat head from the front of the guitar I would guess left-aligned (since they are on the left) but I found the following quote in the description for CBGitty item 31-002-02 which seems to indicate that the tuners are right-aligned:

"This is a 6 piece set of gold-plated enclosed-gear guitar tuners, set up for 6-in-a-Line right-handed configuration.This means that all 6 are meant to be mounted on the RIGHT side of the headstock when looking at the headstock from the BACK"

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  • Ron "Oily" Sprague May 12, 2015 at 10:44pm
    Simple enough. When you are looking at the headstock on a right-handed player's Strat from the front ( the side with the knobs, strings, fretboard, etc.), the tuners are on the LEFT side of the headstock. If you flip the git over, looking at the back of the neck, you are also looking at the BACK of the headstock. Now the tuners are on the RIGHT side of the headstock.

    See?

    Are you a right handed (strumming hand) player? If so, then you want the ones in Gitty's description.
  • Scott aka Farmer Ted May 12, 2015 at 6:37am

    Yup, the term "right-handed configuration" refers to a headstock/guitar designed for a right-handed player. Or, as Gitty's site describes, the tuners, while looking at the rear of the headstock, are on the right (left when looking at the front)...confusing, eh?

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