A History of Gotoh UPT Planetary Ukulele

[badhabits]

Hadn't seen this linked before (or at least noticed). Since these are popular here, I figured it might be of interest:

JAPARTS : A History of Gotoh UPT Planetary Ukulele

A History of Gotoh UPT Planetary Ukulele

www.japarts.ca

 

[Cluze]

Thanks for posting that! I had not seen it. Gotoh UPTs are my absolute favorite tuning machines. I have installed them on several of my ukes.

Edit: Fixed a typo.

 

[Bill Sheehan]

Hadn't seen this linked before (or at least noticed). Since these are popular here, I figured it might be of interest:

JAPARTS : A History of Gotoh UPT Planetary Ukulele

A History of Gotoh UPT Planetary Ukulele

www.japarts.ca

Interesting article! Thanks, BH!

 

[kerneltime]

Attaching PDF here to preserve in case that site goes away

 

[Kenn2018]

Enjoyed reading about the Gotoh tuners. I am surprised that they are that much heavier than the PegHed tuners. I have tenors with one or the other brand and I don't really notice the difference in their weights. But then again, I play using a strap.

Thanks for posting it Badhabits. Another piece of ukulele history.

 

[Jerryc41]

Hadn't seen this linked before (or at least noticed). Since these are popular here, I figured it might be of interest:

JAPARTS : A History of Gotoh UPT Planetary Ukulele

A History of Gotoh UPT Planetary Ukulele

www.japarts.ca

Thanks!

 

[eternal tinkerer]

Thanks for the read. I love these tuners. We clearly are enjoying a moment in time if Gotohs have been around for only the last decade or so.

 

[merlin666]

Thanks for posting. I have a luthier built modernized Martin replica with them and they are nice. One of these days when its strings will be worn I think I will also get the Kamaka replacements for my white label six string.

 

[EDW]

Does anyone have any experience with these planetary tuners? They also are on ebay. They look like the ones I have seen on Millar ukes and listed on those instruments as Derjung. I am wondering if they are the same.

https://www.amazon.com/Ukulele-Planetary-Tuning-Plastic-Button/dp/B01N33HQS9/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cHM5F&pf_rd_p=bbb6bbd8-d236-47cb-b42f-734cb0cacc1f&pf_rd_r=RACS10MHZGAA4EFZSYF9&pd_rd_r=c179cfa2-03f0-4790-b468-32702f13ba5e&pd_rd_wg=14EMo&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mi&th=1

 

[Ukecaster]

Does anyone have any experience with these planetary tuners? They also are on ebay. They look like the ones I have seen on Millar ukes and listed on those instruments as Derjung. I am wondering if they are the same.

https://www.amazon.com/Ukulele-Planetary-Tuning-Plastic-Button/dp/B01N33HQS9/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cHM5F&pf_rd_p=bbb6bbd8-d236-47cb-b42f-734cb0cacc1f&pf_rd_r=RACS10MHZGAA4EFZSYF9&pd_rd_r=c179cfa2-03f0-4790-b468-32702f13ba5e&pd_rd_wg=14EMo&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mi&th=1

Pretty sure those are the Der Jung tuners, very similar looking to UPTs. I've never tried them, but the price looks good, and I believe Pete Howlett has used these on some of his ukes.