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Exitao
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RE: Fustero Tuners (in reply to Exitao)
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LOL Thanks Tom! Being Canadian, in a world where the USD affects prices is sometimes not fun. If I look at book prices (in a book store), they show an American and Canadian price. Yet even when we were over $0.20 smaller than the USD, the Canadian prices were always higher than they ought to have been. Then, when the CAD started gaining, it became really annoying. It often seems whenever someone standardises a shipping rate to Canada, it's always a bit high (especially on eBay, where everyone tries to cheat ebay out of money by charging excessive shipping). It's enough to make a guy hypersensitive. I'm on employment insurance, so I have income. Not as much as usual, but I can still afford to splurge now and then.
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Date Jan. 24 2009 16:26:08
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Exitao
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RE: Fustero Tuners (in reply to gj Michelob)
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Yes. Rubner. Buying directly from them will be cheaper than buying any other comparable brand. You also have the choice of buttons and rollers. I'm not as happy about the gear ratio... obviously, I want as high as possible. But I love German craftsmanship (I'm 1/4 German, raised in a city that was at one time named Berlin, so it may be an irrational bias, but all the Old World craftsmen I knew took such pride in their work that I'm sure it must bring good juju with it, LOL). My guitar was meant for someone else, with wonderful materials. Frankly, the Gotoh 620 tuners are the only thing about my guitar that strike me as less than perfect or cheap. Despite always having been dependable. How's that for shallow and vain? I don't care. So.. next to aesthetics, I have to wonder, are the hausers heavier or lighter than a straight plate style? I seem to recall that we should try to keep the flamenco light.
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Date Jan. 26 2009 14:59:22
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Exitao
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RE: Fustero Tuners (in reply to jshelton5040)
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quote:
ORIGINAL: jshelton5040 quote:
ORIGINAL: gj Michelob Exitao, we are bound for criticism as shallow and vain if if press this subject. Yet i really appreciate the issue, which i as well enjoy dwelling on. Ok, here's some criticism... Tuning machines should sell for no more than $20.00. It's a simple mechanism with some gears. You turn the knob (button, whatever) which through some reduction gearing spins a roller which tightens the string. Not rocket science! I can't believe the prices these people are charging for a device that's not as complicated as a can opener. I refuse to use these expensive rip-offs. We use a brand manufactured in Taiwan that is very comparable to Gotoh. They work beautifully and are manufactured to very tight tolerances. We guarantee them for life unconditionally. The most important part of tuning machines is drilling the holes precisely and making sure the side of the head is perpendicular to the top, without that those $300.00 beauties will squeak and pop just like the $4 ones. Of course real flamencos only use pegs . I agree they're overpriced in general. As I'm researching these things, it seems that the engraving details of the plate make a huge difference, and I can understand that. But if they were simply machine stamped and all parts made by automated assembly, I don't see how they can charge what they do. Then again, I've seen some Rubners for less than 10 euros. Plani plates and etc. But more honest.
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Date Jan. 26 2009 15:06:07
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RE: Fustero Tuners (in reply to Francisco)
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quote: Of course real flamencos only use pegs . True, Francisco... with some very minor exceptions, if you wil allow me: Paco de Lucia, Vicente Amigo, Tomatito, Gerardo Nunez, Moraito, Pepe Cepero, Richard Marlow, Oscar Herrero, Rafael Riqueni, and a handful of other similarly inconsquential names who sacrifice the true spirit of tradition on the altar of "convenience" !!!
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Date Jan. 26 2009 17:41:28
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