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Thanks for the input - I hadn't heard of those - they're by Graph-Tech, they do stuff I hardly understand, and, since I can barely play anything in standard tuning, I don't think I'm yet worthy of those tuners! Aaaannddd, they cost twice as much as the Grovers. For those interested, here's the link -http://www.graphtech.com/products/brands/ratio I learn new stuff every day, and I like it. And I agree with you re: my Conn. It's OM size with a 15" lower bout, but it sounds/feels like a dread, to me. Amazing projection/volume, and it sounds great doing it. I understand these might have come out of the Matsumoku plant, and that they took their duties seriously. It's lightly built with a very light polyester finish, and it had developed a belly that I became concerned would lead to bracing shift/damage. I installed a JLD Bridge Doctor to bring the belly down, but that brought the already too-high action higher, so I (with the help of AGF) figured out how to remove the neck and did the reset. I left the vertical sliding dovetail joint intact and converted it to a bolt-on neck, so it's easily removed, no glue (I have a thread on this in Build and Repair). Compared to that project, this tuner thing should be easy! In fact, I like this guitar so much that I just bought another F-11 off of ebay that should arrive this week. $103, plus the ship. Just a spare - in fact, its headstock/tuners are the chrome ones in the pics above. Last edited by ChrisN; 11-05-2017 at 05:37 PM. |
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So, I'll need a reduction bushing, but these: http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and_...r_Bushing.html are for 10mm holes, not my 8.8-8.9mm holes. Before I do anything I'll regret (like remove irreplaceable wood), am I correct in concluding that my proper course is to ream the holes to allow entry of the conversion bushing? Seems obvious, but I've been caught in the "it seemed obvious at the time" trap, before. Thanks |
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Your thinking is correct. The existing holes are too big for the 8.75mm bushings that come standard with the new Sta-Tites so you'll now need a set of conversion bushings. You'll need to ream the holes out to 10.0 mm.... or ... I have heard of running a bead of glue around the inside of the hole near to the face of the headstock , let it dry hard , then reaming it out to 8.75 mm and using the standard bushings. Those conversion bushings are available in 'hex-head' and 'round' finish. I caused some controversy recently when I pointed out that some guitar makers instal the push fit bushings with the hex heads all in the exact same 'lined-up' position (like my Sta-Tite picture earlier in this thread) Aaahh, attention to detail.
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