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Locking Tuners
I have a set of Grovers on one guitar. Last night was its turn to be restrung. It took forever. Once I got the string into the post, it went smooth enough and things were fairly quick.
But getting it in! My eyesight seems to be failing and I have trouble seeing and lining up the opening. Then when it finally makes it through, I have to be careful it does not slip out while fastening the bottom end. (This one is a resonator and it is easier to install the ball end after the post is threaded - on my others, I do the ball end first.) Then I start turning, but for the first one or two revolutions, the post does not begin to twist, making me wonder if I am turning the knob in the wrong direction. Ultimately, it took me far longer. Would I have less trouble if I did this more often (ie. other guitars with the Grovers or more frequent changes)? Were my eyesight better would this stop being a problem? Do others' experiences mimic my own or is it just me?
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Oh, me too! I have a bright light above my worktop and a pair of supermarket reading specs just for such jobs!
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This must be some sort of record for a "least interesting" post. In less than 12 hours, it sank - like a rock - to the middle of the second page. I've outdone myself on this one.
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And you think that it sunk quickly before? Now that I've weighed in...
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Sorry but nothing in your description points to the Grovers being the problem.
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For string changes on reso guitars:
Put a strip of masking tape across the tailpiece slots. Lift it up, slide in the ball end, stick it down. That stops it coming out while threading the tuner. Now you have the answer, this thread will disappear into the mists of archived pages! P. S. You can restring a reso without the tape, and very quickly, but it's too complex to explain as it involves having a padded work bench with the neck hanging over the edge and you standing sideways on to the neck.
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I'm learning to flatpick and fingerpick guitar to accompany songs. I've played and studied traditional noter/drone mountain dulcimer for many years. And I used to play dobro in a bluegrass band. Last edited by Robin, Wales; 10-04-2022 at 12:36 AM. |
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Gmel55 and Robin - good suggestion.s I usually do one string at a time, however. But that can change.
And for the masses, -with my other tuners, I have no difficulty finding the hole. Maybe I should add the word "yet"? I was questioning whether it was the tuners or me - or some combi0nation of both.
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Schaller makes locking tuners that hold the string before you tighten it, both the kind with the tightening knob on top and with the knob on bottom. The familiar ones with the knob on bottom have a spring-loaded post to hold the string. That makes them a little harder to thread, but maybe good for your application.
I’m not sure which Grovers you have, but some of the locking ones want to be threaded on one side- marked with a dot.
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