espermatozoilo
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Hi! I'm thinking of intall those tune-a-lele tuners on my soprano. Have anyone tried it? How is it work?
I like these tuners quite a bit. I had them installed on my custom soprano because I like how they look. They have a sort of vintage vibe to them in my opinion since they don't have any metal. They're also extremely light weight, probably the lightest tuners I've used. That said, they certainly aren't on par with Gotoh planetary tuners in terms of quality. Tuning with the ratio tuners isn't quite as smooth but still way easier than friction tuners. As mentioned above, they've had a tendency to break in the past but I believe Graphtech have made some improvements on that front. I had one on my soprano that rattled but of course it was easily just replaced which isn't a big deal since they're fairly inexpensive. I probably wouldn't install them on a tenor or larger uke, however, because of the increased tension. They should be fine on a soprano.
Hi! I'm thinking of intall those tune-a-lele tuners on my soprano. Have anyone tried it? How is it work?
I never tried the Graphtech tuners, but given that MyaMoe has them as an option, I am surprised about the bad experiences people have.
The only planetary tuners I have tried are the pegheds on my fluke. Having tried those 4:1 tuners, 6:1 Graphtech sounds like they should be smoother.
Agreed. Standardizing on the Grover open gear 9b hole spacing would be great.
Do you think I can install them without using a drill? Just pushing the screw with the screwdriver maybe?
Jerry, agreed, worst screws ever, the seem like they are made from plastic too. Plus, finding small black replacement screws is tough.
There has to be a huge market for planetary tuners. Also, I'm not sure why all the lower end ukes don’t just put on the graphtech