Jerryc41
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Step1 (Photo 1): Ream the hole. We just need one way, because we need to expand only on the bottom side. We do not need to ream top side.
Very good point.
Step1 (Photo 1): Ream the hole. We just need one way, because we need to expand only on the bottom side. We do not need to ream top side.
I stopped in at my local acoustic guitar/ukulele shop last week & talked with the technician. He can do the tuner & pickup install. I've ordered Gotoh UPT short tuners in chrome with amber buttons. My KoAloha has a very amber-ish color to it, so I think these will look good. I shopped around for the MiSi pick-up and found the best price & in stock at Mainland. Hopefully I'll have the parts sometime next week. I'll report back when the work is complete & post results & pictures. Thanks to everyone for the advice.
I stopped in at my local acoustic guitar/ukulele shop last week & talked with the technician. He can do the tuner & pickup install. I've ordered Gotoh UPT short tuners in chrome with amber buttons. My KoAloha has a very amber-ish color to it, so I think these will look good. I shopped around for the MiSi pick-up and found the best price & in stock at Mainland. Hopefully I'll have the parts sometime next week. I'll report back when the work is complete & post results & pictures. Thanks to everyone for the advice.
I stopped in at my local acoustic guitar/ukulele shop last week & talked with the technician. He can do the tuner & pickup install. I've ordered Gotoh UPT short tuners in chrome with amber buttons. My KoAloha has a very amber-ish color to it, so I think these will look good. I shopped around for the MiSi pick-up and found the best price & in stock at Mainland. Hopefully I'll have the parts sometime next week. I'll report back when the work is complete & post results & pictures. Thanks to everyone for the advice.
I double checked with Joel at HMS about the size. He said regular UPT not the longs. He does this change on KoAloha concerts a lot. He has a video on HMS website on how to do the tuner change. The ukulele he’s using in the video is a KoAloha concert & he’s using regular UPTs on it. Glad to hear that the amber buttons look nice.I recently had Gotoh UPTL (long) tuners installed on my KoAloha Concert. The size was not a problem; in fact, I'm not sure that the UPT (short) models would be long enough. They look and work great. I did get the amber buttons (tuners purchased from japarts) and although the color is similar to the original KoAloha tuner buttons, they're a little smaller and not quite so bright and garish. I like these tuners a lot and I love the improvement over the original friction tuners.
Mine has the old style big white buttons with the logo & large screws.I'm sure you'll like the amber buttons (they're smaller), but FYI, in case you decide you miss the original KoAloha buttons, mine fit on the UPTs.
I recently had Gotoh UPTL (long) tuners installed on my KoAloha Concert. The size was not a problem; in fact, I'm not sure that the UPT (short) models would be long enough
I was surprised to hear, that UPTs should be lonng enough. I know the dimensions zztush posted, and I measured the heastock of my Koaloha KSM-T2 (soprano with tenor neck) 2016 model, and the headstock has more than 14mm, nearly 14,5, in fact, that’s about 0,56inch. I‘m talking about the thickness here. That is the reason I dropped the idea of having UPTs or even UPTLs installed on it last year.
But I measured it again (still about 14,5mm) and compared iit to my Opio concert, and voilá: the concert‘s head has slightly less than 12mm, so,, of course, the UPTs will be fine. Should have measured before, but I was cconvinced that Koaloha would use the same head on all models. Sorry fofr the confusion!