Need new machine heads (below 100 bucks)

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Arash

Posts: 4495
Joined: Aug. 9 2006
From: Iran (living in Germany)

Need new machine heads (below 100 bucks)

I need new machine heads for my sanchis and came across this site and these (I assume these are DerJung)

- are these ok for the price ?

- I never had machine heads with bearing alluminium shafts. are these good?

- any other alternatives when it comes to best bang for the buck (around or below $100), I heard DerJung can offer the most for the money, but that was couple years ago, not sure if things changed the last couple years and if there are other companies which are "go to" now or whatever. I am in Germany

https://www.magic-guitar-parts.com/epages/es337930.sf/en_GB/?ViewObjectPath=%2FShops%2Fes337930%2FProducts%2F%22DJ102G-E%2FS4%22

and/or

https://www.magic-guitar-parts.com/epages/es337930.sf/en_GB/?ViewObjectPath=%2FShops%2Fes337930%2FProducts%2F%22DJ101S-E%2FS4%22

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 30 2022 13:43:18

orsonw

Posts: 1934
Joined: Jul. 4 2009
From: London

RE: Need new machine heads (below 10... (in reply to Arash)

I have had some even cheaper DerJung that worked very well. Accurate with no slack in the mechanism but they didn't have the bearing roller.

I don't have experience with Derjung bearing rollers. But I use (more expensive) Gotoh with bearing rollers. I find bearing rollers smoother to tune, easier to be accurate with small precision adjustment. Plus the aluminium shaft doesn't get worn by the strings like plastic can.

I've had good experience buying from Madinter. They have a good selection of Dejung (and others) at good prices. E.g.
https://www.madinter.com/en/accessories/classical-dj-tuner-306gx-p12-s4-alumiun-shaft-with-bearing.html

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 30 2022 15:14:38

Arash

Posts: 4495
Joined: Aug. 9 2006
From: Iran (living in Germany)

RE: Need new machine heads (below 10... (in reply to orsonw)

Thanks for your input. Yeah madinter is slightly better when it comes to prices. I think I will go with the most expensive DJ with bearing, which is still "only" 60 Euros, let's see how they are

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date May 31 2022 15:35:35

etta

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Joined: Jan. 20 2010

RE: Need new machine heads (below 10... (in reply to Arash)

I put a medium level DerJung on my go to outdoor guitar, a Yamaha "flamenco". They are accurate and ultra smooth, more so than the Sloanes that I have on other guitars.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jun. 1 2022 16:19:33