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Maybe a dull topic but I just happened to find this Conn Strobotuner at an antique shop for a "decent" price. Works great, not sure if I'll use it in place of the peterson strobe app on my ipad but in conjunction for certain jobs . What do you all use as your main bench tuner?

Hello, Help needed please! 🙏 It’s a Washburn g10v that I am trying to source parts for. The owner wants to do a full restore but we can’t move forward with the job as the trem is missing the micro tuner thumb nuts. The trem is a big old rare thing with 2001 on the edge of it. Please see picture for reference. (Taken from reditt, a common problem it looks like) I have one of the thumb nuts here and I think it’s a #no.5 -44 UNF thread. But it’s…

Hi! I just made a headless electric ukulele by misusing Steinberger's headstock tuner drop-in replacement: https://www.instagram.com/p/DD0nVr_NWnV/ It's fun, and I'd like to make more, (maybe even actually sand and apply finish to one!) but it sure would be nice to get the tuners at a wholesale rate if there's a possibility of selling an instrument. I got these at 6/$100 from Stewmac (https://www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardware/tuning-m…

So, I’m a month and a half into this repair business and so far so good. I think I’ve got more than adequate skills to handle the physical, customers have been coming in and balancing a relationship with starting a new business is going well. But…… The scariest thing is how to handle customers and the things they love. So far, I’ve been able to test the waters on repairing fairly inexpensive, not too attached to instruments, easing my wa…

Has anyone got a cool trick for getting a bent kluson tuner straightened out?

Got this weird old japanese guitar in for some work, and it needs new tuners. The holes are spaced too far apart for a traditional kluson six-in-line spacing, and are ~9.3mm? However, the headstock is 0.660", or just under 17mm, which is past what most tuners support. I might be able to squeeze gotoh ones on with a smaller washer under the nut? Or is there some other brand I'm overlooking that would be able to help solve my issue even b…

Any thoughts on disguising this sand-through? It’s got a black veneer under the wood veneer that is showing through a little. Part of it will be covered by the tuner bushing. Clear finish.

And the oddity of the year award goes to… I am looking for a tuner or tuners for this Sakova Japanese made EUB. I can’t seem to find anything online and i was wondering if anyone has any of these or knows where i could find the missing one or a whole set? Maybe one of you has one in your I just couldn’t throw that away box? There are two different styles on it already so it doesn’t really matter what it looks like. I’m posting several ph…

Hi gang, I am looking, without success so far, for a ferrule and string on this gold fender tuner (made by schaller). Neither company has the spare part and I couldn't source it anywhere. Tips? Do you have something like it in a spare parts bin? I don't have a lathe but I could bribe a friend to make one if I can't find it. And the screw! Thanks for any help you might be able to provide. Ciao, Max

I just wanted to put in a plug for classicalguitartuners.com and Zebulon Turrentine. I was looking for some single classical tuners for a 7 string project and found his website. I was a little confused at first because he catalogs all the available tuners including ones that he doesn't sell but he supplies Der Jung (from Korea) and Gotoh tuners among others. I believe he can also get steel string tuners. The service and shipping…

I was in need of a set of ferrules for vintage Waverly 4-on-a-plate mandolin tuners with 0.21" diameter posts, but no one wanted to part with a vintage set. Tom Wittrock, of Third Eye Guitars here in Springfield, MO (late 50's Les Paul guru), suggested I check the local leather store and damn if he wasn't right on! For less than $10 I got a bag of 50 ferrules that fit perfectly, seriously, these were a perfect fit. They come in chrome,…

Hello looths worldwide ! I once heard on the Loothalong Grace talking (figuratively) about for a list of all the things thay may cause rattle in a guitar, and after fighting with a setup lately I'm in for starting this list, from the headstock down : - Old strings : replace the strings. - Loose tuners : tighten the ferrules, tighten the screws (on the buttons / on the axis). - Nut : create a funnel for the strings to ease the path to the t…

So I've ended up with a 1961 Harmony H54 for free. The neck has about .022" of relief without strings on it. The fretboard was taken off long ago. I got it like that, it was just stuck on with double sided tape. I have no clue why it was taken off other than maybe someone wanted to fix the excessive relief and changed their mind. It looks like the original steel reinforcement rod was never actually glued in. It seems like it was bent a…