CPG
Well-known member
Hey luthiers,
A while ago I bought an old uke with wooden pegs from a friend, and they included some sets of Pegheads they had never gotten around to installing. I recently opened them up as I was thinking about installing them and noticed that the threading on two of them (presumably the reverse threaded ones) looked odd. I realize there is supposed to be a left threaded pair and a right threaded pair so that string tension will only pull them in tighter, but in all the pics I've seen both pairs look the same. In my set one of the pairs has the threads lower down on the shaft as seen in the bottom two in this photo: https://photos.app.goo.gl/akpgq8ExtbaFvxpEA
What's the deal with this? Is this normal? Did they used to be made this way and is this an older set? Are they not actually ukulele Pegheads but for another instrument?
Any help is appreciated.
A while ago I bought an old uke with wooden pegs from a friend, and they included some sets of Pegheads they had never gotten around to installing. I recently opened them up as I was thinking about installing them and noticed that the threading on two of them (presumably the reverse threaded ones) looked odd. I realize there is supposed to be a left threaded pair and a right threaded pair so that string tension will only pull them in tighter, but in all the pics I've seen both pairs look the same. In my set one of the pairs has the threads lower down on the shaft as seen in the bottom two in this photo: https://photos.app.goo.gl/akpgq8ExtbaFvxpEA
What's the deal with this? Is this normal? Did they used to be made this way and is this an older set? Are they not actually ukulele Pegheads but for another instrument?
Any help is appreciated.