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Anybody have one of these new ones with the gearless tuners yet? If so, how do you like it?
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I've been wondering about these, too. They look pretty neat.I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling. -
Well then go buy one and let me come over and check it out.
I can't find them in any local music stores.
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I'll have to check and see if GC has one this weekend. MF sells them, but they're not in stock, and apparently they made them in tobacco sunburst as well as the faded/worn cherry.I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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yeah. I want a sunburst one. The GC's up here don't have any. Let me know if you spot one.Comment
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None around here either...Comment
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The tuners have been available for many years. I bought a set off MusicYo when they only came in black, and StewMac has them in all three finishes. Tried them on my KV-Pro for a while until I decided I don't really like them. Now they're on my Fernandes Nomad.
Unless they've changed the design, they have a couple of problems.
First off, you have to torque them down pretty hard, especially on plain strings, to keep them from slipping. The installation instructions said to tighten "as hard as you can" and even suggests tinning (with solder) the plain strings. I really wouldn't suggest using these keys with a tremolo.
Second, they have a finite tuning range. The instructions say to pull each string tight before clamping it down. Which, in some cases, will get you pretty close to pitch to start with. Then when you tune up it doesn't rotate the string around a post, it pulls the string down through the keyhole until the top of the post eventually bottoms out on the headstock and you run out of tuning range. If you hadn't pulled the string tight to begin with you wouldn't be able to bring it to pitch.
Takes a standard size keyhole, though. Which also fit Sperzels and (my favorite) Planet Waves.please don't put it into words, 'cause I fear what you're thinkingComment
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I have a set of the tuners on a Firebird and they are the older ones also. Yeah. Those are drawbacks but I have been ok with them.Comment
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Can someone post a pic of this thing??I've fallen, Fallen through. If I'm Not With you, All I wanna Do Is Feel blueComment
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Specs from Epiphone's site. They don't even list the sunburst model for some reason.Originally posted by Drsracing View Post
I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.Comment
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Yeah, the sunburst is supposed to be a special edition cs shop or something...Comment
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