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Topic: Gearless Tuners |
Dave Seddon
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Leicester, England.
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Posted 7 Aug 2018 10:45 pm |
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I wonder who will be the first to use these Steinberg gearless tuners?? These would cut down the length of a guitar and save weight, (I would think.)
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 8 Aug 2018 3:29 am
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Seem to be well suited for many 6-string guitars, as seen in the links below. And, a 40:1 ratio would be a dream for precise tuning.
https://guitarchitecture.org/tag/steinberger-gearless-tuner-review/
http://www.headless-europe.eu/Steinieland/Know-How_tech_files/GearlessTuners_MusicYo_Tech%20Info_small.pdf
However, I cannot figure out how/where to mount ten of these on a PSG, so strings line up and both locking and tuning knobs are easy to reach during a string-change operation. Also wondering if the tuning-range is wide enough to get, and keep, highest string(s) up to pitch, regardless of pretensioning.
I also fear easily broken 3d (G# on E9) string the way the strings seemingly come out bent quite sharply, but those links don't show how sharply so I may be wrong on that.
Maybe someone else can see, and maybe illustrate, how to fit them so they will work on a PSG? |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 8 Aug 2018 3:31 am
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| Because you'd need access to both ends of the tuners, I don't think they'd work as well as the 90-degree geared tuners that we use now. They might work well with the thin-flat headstocks that are on guitars and banjos, but we don't have that configuration on a pedal steel. |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2018 4:50 am
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 8 Aug 2018 5:38 am
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