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Permalink Reply by Gus K on March 7, 2018 at 6:14am

The lack of a bushing should make no difference for tuning.  That said keep your string windings to a minimum and don't overlap them and always tune 'up' to a note.

Permalink Reply by Jonas Fredslund Hansen on March 7, 2018 at 7:14am

All right, that sounds good. I could of course always just buy some bushings at the local guitar store, I guess. But is the bushing then primarily a means to protect the wood and to make sure that the string tension doesn't enlarge the hole of the tuners?

Permalink Reply by Korrigan on March 7, 2018 at 7:45am

Bushings help prevent binding. Probably not needed but they look good and they're inexpensive so why not use them?

Permalink Reply by Jonas Fredslund Hansen on March 7, 2018 at 8:01am

No, it's just that no shops have them, so I would have to order them online. I'm just being a bit impatient because I already have some things from C. B. Gitty waiting for me in the customs in Copenhagen. But maybe my guitar shop have some used ones anyways, that is not just on their webpage.

Permalink Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on March 7, 2018 at 8:21am

The tuner in the picture of your post probably doesn't accept or need bushings, Jonas. If there's no thread on the tuner post to receive a bushing then you don't need to add one. I've built guitars using tuners with and without bushings and it's never been an issue. If you want the aesthetic look of bushings maybe look for some washers in the size of your tuner post (over in the UK we'd call the drill bit for most tuners I've found either a number 6 or number 8 drill bit. I think that's millimetres). If you're not interested in the aesthetic of tuner bushings you're good to go. 

Enjoy the build my good man! All the best.

Bear :0)

Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on March 14, 2018 at 2:37pm

Absolutely not necessary... I do it ALL the time on my slide kits...