the.ronin
Well-known member
I really like wooden buttons but had a hard time finding some except for the Waverly koa open gear machines. Came across this "taisamlu" seller on ebay from Taiwan selling ALL sorts of tuners with different buttons. So I thought I'd check em out at $30 bucks a set. Picked up koa and cocobolo tuners with chrome machines ...
I wasn't really into the plastic buttons. Here were the tuners I used to have on the concert Nice Ukulele (Ed Bacani) ...
Put the koa ones on ...
The plastic white buttons looked kinda clowney on the Ohana soprano cedar top ...
Much better with the cocobolos ...
They seem like solid tuners. Bushing had a little bit of slack on the Bacani ukulele. Maybe 3 layers of masking tape and it was snug. Holes were too small on the Ohana soprano. Had to drill out 5/16's I think it was. Go slow, I chipped a bit of the gloss. Really gotta tighten down the E and A strings especially. So far holding their tune pretty good. If they manage to last, that's a pretty good value.
I wasn't really into the plastic buttons. Here were the tuners I used to have on the concert Nice Ukulele (Ed Bacani) ...
Put the koa ones on ...
The plastic white buttons looked kinda clowney on the Ohana soprano cedar top ...
Much better with the cocobolos ...
They seem like solid tuners. Bushing had a little bit of slack on the Bacani ukulele. Maybe 3 layers of masking tape and it was snug. Holes were too small on the Ohana soprano. Had to drill out 5/16's I think it was. Go slow, I chipped a bit of the gloss. Really gotta tighten down the E and A strings especially. So far holding their tune pretty good. If they manage to last, that's a pretty good value.