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dzsmith
PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:14 pm 
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I bought some China Nashville TOM bridges and some 3x3 tuners.
The outer string spacing on the saddles was only 2.0" Unfortunately, I already inserted the bushings into the body.
I filed down the tops of the saddles and put in new string notches spaced at 2-1/16". It works but looks stupid.
The tuners feel rough, like they are not lubricated. One knob is larger than the others.

I'm sticking with Schaller, Gotoh, Grover, and Wilkinson hardware.

If I spend 50+ hours on a guitar it makes no sense to put crappy hardware on it.
I learned a painful lesson.
Just thought I'd pass this on.
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Preach it, Brother Dan!

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Chris Pile wrote:
Preach it, Brother Dan!

Right on, Chris!
I have not smoked in two weeks and that hardware made me extra angry!

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Thats one of the reasons I fear buying things online. If it has moving parts I wanna give em a twist before I pay the bill. I'm terrified of some of the pickups I've seen out there too. This isn't really a hobby where you can cut corners.


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Kluson...from WD...good stuff.

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dzsmith wrote:
If I spend 50+ hours on a guitar it makes no sense to put crappy hardware on it.
Dan


If I could build one anywhere close to 50 hours, I might consider cheap hardware.

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I picked up an old stock kramer floyd rose tremolo (not a knock off) for $20 from China. Granted it wasn't one of the high end pro models, but good enough to start with. As with many things, expectations come with a price.
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