I replaced a set of tuners today. The old ones were so creaky, so difficult to turn, so frustrating to use that I was moved to immortalize them through art. They now hang on the wall of my shop, a better place than any guitar.
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| Author: | James Ringelspaugh [ Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:58 pm ] |
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I replaced a set of tuners today. The old ones were so creaky, so difficult to turn, so frustrating to use that I was moved to immortalize them through art. They now hang on the wall of my shop, a better place than any guitar.
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| Author: | James Ringelspaugh [ Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:04 pm ] |
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Turns out there was another angry spirit inside those tuners: 
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:46 pm ] |
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I'm betting on the fact you'll be prying those screws off that art to fix a guitar. Hey, did anyone ever tell you you're nuts? Lex, it's good to see you are staying out of trouble! 
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| Author: | Daniel M [ Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:43 pm ] |
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If you mount an old tuner on a caul, you can use it with a ball end steel string to through clamp repair cleats. Use a number drill the same size as a high E string to drill through the side (or whatever) & the cleat, run the string through from the inside & crank it snug with the tuner / caul assembly. Not as cute as the ticked off gearhead plaques though! |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:21 am ] |
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Very cool Ringo - I like it!!
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:59 am ] |
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Hey, no fair. That top one looks like my guitar's headstock, tuners and all! 
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