Looks great. I’ve read they are awesome. I want to put set on one of my Pono tenors but don’t want the holes left by geared tuners showing. That leaves me looking at a tenor that either has friction tunes, comes with UPTs a tenor like KoAloha where geared tuners will pop out not leaving any anchor holes. It will happen , just a matter of time and Uke I like! (g)
Great choice of tuners Del, a sound investment boom boom
Finally got a set of Gotohs installed on my Pono MGS. I’m pretty stoked about them. If you’re trying to decide on replacing your friction pegs with Gotoh UPTs, just do it. You’ll be happy you did.
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Looks great. I’ve read they are awesome. I want to put set on one of my Pono tenors but don’t want the holes left by geared tuners showing. That leaves me looking at a tenor that either has friction tunes, comes with UPTs a tenor like KoAloha where geared tuners will pop out not leaving any anchor holes. It will happen , just a matter of time and Uke I like! (g)
I keep a bag of mahogany dust to use with superglue. The dust came from reaming out the holes on the neck. These tuners are amazing. I have recently fitted these to my Opio longneck soprano - excellent.
Where did you get them? I ordered my first set from Japan. They cost $86 and took two months, but at least I could get exactly what I wanted. Now I order them from HMS ($59 plus shipping), and usually the length and button color are the only essentials. With some many size and color combinations available, they can't stock multiples of everything. I have three more sets to install.
I much prefer Gotohs to PegHeds. The Gotohs look good and don't stick out so far.
Did you use a reamer or drill bit? I've used both, but my reamer cost about $8.00 from Amazon, rather than $63 from StewMac.
The only downside to installing PedHeds or Gotohs is if the uke had geared tuners when new. Then you have those eight tiny holes in the back of the headstock. I had that situation with one uke, but isn't a "looker," so it didn't matter. I'd never do the conversion on a very good ukulele.
I'm surprised someone hasn't started mass producing geared tuners like Gotohs so they could be used as standard equipment. Churning out large numbers of them would reduce the cost considerably.
I put some upt Gotoh tuners on a Martin SO and just filled the holes - not a perfect result but I am pleased. I keep a bag of mahogany dust to use with superglue. The dust came from reaming out the holes on the neck. These tuners are amazing. I have recently fitted these to my Opio longneck soprano - excellent.
I have Pegheads on my concert uke, and Gotohs on my banjouke. The Pegheads look better, but the Gotohs are MUCH nicer to tune with.
I have Pegheads on my concert uke, and Gotohs on my banjouke. The Pegheads look better, but the Gotohs are MUCH nicer to tune with.
I ordered some UPTLs to put on a ukulele with a really thick headstock. They arrived today, and I jumped right into the project, and after reaming out the first hole to fit the UPT...the UPTLs are not long enough.
I ordered some very cheap planetary banjo tuners from Amazon which will be here Monday.
What to do about the ukulele with the thick headstock? 15.47mm?
Which ones did you order. I didn't find "very cheap."
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=mi&field-keywords=planetary+banjo+tuners
I was quite pleased to find these, even with the mediocre (at best) reviews.
https://www.amazon.com/BQLZR-Chrome...pID=51XoQoQwtxL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch...