The Acoustic Guitar Forum

Go Back   The Acoustic Guitar Forum > General Acoustic Guitar and Amplification Discussion > Custom Shop

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 04-25-2013, 10:25 PM
John How John How is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cool, Ca
Posts: 143
Default Anyone try these Schertler Tuning machines?

Anyone try these Schertler Tuning machines?
Just wondering how they are.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 04-25-2013, 10:31 PM
Howard Klepper Howard Klepper is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Earthly Paradise of Northern California
Posts: 6,627
Default

Excellent.
__________________
"Still a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest."
--Paul Simon
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 04-25-2013, 10:42 PM
John How John How is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Cool, Ca
Posts: 143
Default

Thanks Howard, how have you been?
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 04-25-2013, 11:14 PM
M Sarad M Sarad is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bakersfield!!!
Posts: 2,037
Default

I have Schertlers on my Brondel. I prefer them to the Waverlys on my Merrill.
__________________
rubber Chicken
Plastic lobster
Jiminy Cricket.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 04-26-2013, 08:08 AM
Kyle Burner Kyle Burner is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Lincoln, NE
Posts: 54
Default

I agree with Howard. We just used them on our last guitar and I love them.
__________________
KYLE BURNER

BURNER GUITARS
[email protected]
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 04-26-2013, 08:19 AM
Kent Chasson Kent Chasson is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bellingham, WA
Posts: 909
Default

They've become my recommended tuner. Light, easy to install, smooth action, no problems yet.
__________________
Chasson Guitars Web Site
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 04-26-2013, 09:34 AM
Bruce Sexauer's Avatar
Bruce Sexauer Bruce Sexauer is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Petaluma, CA, USA
Posts: 7,525
Default

I have used eight sets and will be using them again on my current build. They don't look good to me on my Martinesque work, but look great on more modern designs.
__________________
Bruce
http://www.sexauerluthier.com/
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 04-26-2013, 09:55 AM
Boston34 Boston34 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Chicagoland
Posts: 32
Default

I'm lucky enough to have that last guitar from Burner Guitars that Kyle Burner mentioned, and the tuners look great and work perfectly. Very impressed. I prefer them to my Gotoh 510's and Waverly's for look and feel thus far.
__________________
10,000 hours to mastery; here I come

Cole Clark FL2AC (Bunya Pine/Australian Blackwood)
Cole Clark Angel (Bunya Pine/Queensland Maple)
Schenk Ophirio (Adirondack/Figured Sapele)
Larrivee 00-03 SE (Sitka/Mahogany)
Cole Clark Jack Tenor UKE (All Blackwood)
Burner PS (Englemann/Cocobolo)

A few electrics, amps, pedals, etcetera, but never enough; just don't tell my wife
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 04-26-2013, 11:09 AM
Howard Klepper Howard Klepper is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Earthly Paradise of Northern California
Posts: 6,627
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by John How View Post
Thanks Howard, how have you been?
Very well, and you? I thought you went back to your high-tech gig and were not building.
__________________
"Still a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest."
--Paul Simon
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 04-26-2013, 05:19 PM
theEdwinson's Avatar
theEdwinson theEdwinson is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Fairhope, AL
Posts: 1,653
Default

I recently bought a set of the Schertlers for slotted headstock, and another set of standard, solid headstock tuners, for a couple of guitars I'm working on right now. They are excellently machined, absolutely no slop in the action, and the finish work is as good as it gets. These are my new favorite tuners.
__________________
Edwinson
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 04-26-2013, 11:02 PM
pgilmor pgilmor is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Watford City
Posts: 1,964
Default

I had a set of these put on a nylon string crossover and they are as bad or worse than the cheapest tuners on the cheapest guitar I've ever seen. Over 90 degrees slop on one of them. I must have got a bad set since so many others have had such good luck. Or maybe they need to be under more tension to operate well.
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 04-27-2013, 09:43 AM
Bruce Sexauer's Avatar
Bruce Sexauer Bruce Sexauer is offline
AGF Sponsor
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Petaluma, CA, USA
Posts: 7,525
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by pgilmor View Post
I had a set of these put on a nylon string crossover and they are as bad or worse than the cheapest tuners on the cheapest guitar I've ever seen. Over 90 degrees slop on one of them. I must have got a bad set since so many others have had such good luck. Or maybe they need to be under more tension to operate well.
I found this review so unlikely that I had to make sure they actually make classical tuners. Or maybe there is a knock off with a similar name. I have never seen even a hint of slop in a single one of the Schertler tuners I've handled, and since they are made on a cast base I guess I imagined that a bad one wouldn't exist.
__________________
Bruce
http://www.sexauerluthier.com/
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 04-27-2013, 10:11 AM
runamuck runamuck is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,276
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by pgilmor View Post
I had a set of these put on a nylon string crossover and they are as bad or worse than the cheapest tuners on the cheapest guitar I've ever seen. Over 90 degrees slop on one of them. I must have got a bad set since so many others have had such good luck. Or maybe they need to be under more tension to operate well.
"...over 90 degrees slop..."

Let's see a photo of that.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 04-27-2013, 10:11 AM
Island Mfg. Island Mfg. is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 133
Default

Do any of you know if the Schertler buttons are interchangeable with Gotoh/Schaller or any other off the shelf button?
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 04-27-2013, 10:50 AM
Howard Klepper Howard Klepper is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Earthly Paradise of Northern California
Posts: 6,627
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by pgilmor View Post
I had a set of these put on a nylon string crossover and they are as bad or worse than the cheapest tuners on the cheapest guitar I've ever seen. Over 90 degrees slop on one of them. I must have got a bad set since so many others have had such good luck. Or maybe they need to be under more tension to operate well.
I'm having trouble believing this. 1/4 of a rotation with no engagement of the gears? You would need a tooth missing.
__________________
"Still a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest."
--Paul Simon
Reply With Quote
Reply

  The Acoustic Guitar Forum > General Acoustic Guitar and Amplification Discussion > Custom Shop

Thread Tools





All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:53 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright ©2000 - 2022, The Acoustic Guitar Forum
vB Ad Management by =RedTyger=