Monkeyswithladders
Well-known member
I'm working on building my first ukulele right now (it's so much fun) and need some help! (please )
I want to go with geared tuners, which I've never had on a uke before, and am shopping around. It seems that the grover ones
are way cheaper than anything else I've come across. So here are my two questions for the community:
1) Are these grover tuners good quality, although being so much less expensive? Does anyone have experience with them they can share?
2) And as far as size is concerned... I know I want enough downward pressure on the nut, so I don't want the pegs to be too high. It seems to me that the three important measurements are the height of the pegs, the diameter of the hole it fits into, and the thickness of the headstock. Is this true? Or does the thickness not really matter? Like, my headstock is 1/2" right now. Does that mean no matter which height I buy, it will fit and the height minus 1/2" will be left sticking up?
Thanks in advance for any help! I'm taking a lot of pictures so I can share how the project went when I'm done. It's going to be a cigar-box uke, and I woodburned a tiki smoking a cigar into the headstock. So far I'm liking how it's turning out
I want to go with geared tuners, which I've never had on a uke before, and am shopping around. It seems that the grover ones
1) Are these grover tuners good quality, although being so much less expensive? Does anyone have experience with them they can share?
2) And as far as size is concerned... I know I want enough downward pressure on the nut, so I don't want the pegs to be too high. It seems to me that the three important measurements are the height of the pegs, the diameter of the hole it fits into, and the thickness of the headstock. Is this true? Or does the thickness not really matter? Like, my headstock is 1/2" right now. Does that mean no matter which height I buy, it will fit and the height minus 1/2" will be left sticking up?
Thanks in advance for any help! I'm taking a lot of pictures so I can share how the project went when I'm done. It's going to be a cigar-box uke, and I woodburned a tiki smoking a cigar into the headstock. So far I'm liking how it's turning out