psg tuner ??

Alex Piazza · Post by **Alex Piazza** » 25 Nov 2005 8:11 am

I lost my little thing that tunes the pedals and knee levers. What is that thing? And can they be found in your local hardware store. I geuss its like an inverted alan wrench.

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 25 Nov 2005 8:21 am

Alex--assuming your guitar is a standard make, the tool is called a hex driver, a nut driver, and other stuff. The size is 3/16". Yes, you should be able to find one at a hardware store.
You can also get one at any of the steel supply dealers in the links above.
I know from experience that after you get one you will then find your lost one. It will be under something. If you have a cat then you will know who is responsible. You may kick it.

Steve Kaeser · Post by **Steve Kaeser** » 25 Nov 2005 8:21 am

I believe that you can use a 3/16 inch nut driver.

Steve Hitsman · Post by **Steve Hitsman** » 25 Nov 2005 11:59 am

I think everytime I've lost mine I end up finding it sticking out the end of the guitar from the last pedal I tuned.

Billy Carr · Post by **Billy Carr** » 25 Nov 2005 12:06 pm

I have a yellow plastic toolbox I keep in the trunk of my car. It's full of extra steel accessories such as tuning wrenches, cords, extra volume pedal,rods, and about anything I need to make any repairs on a Carter. I've had to go there to find a tuning wrench before.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 25 Nov 2005 1:40 pm

I keep in the trunk of my car

and as long as you don't forget your last name, you'll always find it...

Howard Tate · Post by **Howard Tate** » 25 Nov 2005 4:16 pm

This 12 inch Crescent wrench is awkward to use. For the Carter you need a thin walled nut driver, there is not much room between the tuning nuts and the opening in the end plate.

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Billy Carr · Post by **Billy Carr** » 25 Nov 2005 4:34 pm

Hey HR, it goes with me everywhere I go! Ha!

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 25 Nov 2005 8:47 pm

Drill a hole through the shaft of the nylon~tuner wrench and hang it by a string over a tuning-key. Then pack it with your picks and tone~bar in a Lg. Tom~Thumb Pouch.

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Alex Piazza · Post by **Alex Piazza** » 26 Nov 2005 2:00 am

Thats funny, I found it about 5 minutes after i posted.

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 26 Nov 2005 8:07 am

Isn't it always the last place you look?

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 26 Nov 2005 8:16 am

Not if you keep looking even after you've found it.

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 26 Nov 2005 8:42 am

A 3/16" nut driver from Sears works too.

I use one of them zipper bank bags for my picks & tools, it fits nicely overtop the volume pedal in the pac-a-seat. (Heaven knows it'll never be needed for $$$.)

Anybody else use 2 halves of one of them spring type clothespins to hold the ferrule on the pin whilst restringing? I found it works marvelous as a neat little wedge. I keep about six of them halves in the bag plus a pair of needlenose to fish the old string end out of the changer after three goes "Thwang...".[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 26 November 2005 at 08:50 AM.]