Ricardo -> RE: More tuner issues (Sep. 17 2015 16:13:36)
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ORIGINAL: Miguel de Maria Last we left our hero, he had used some mineral oil to loosen up his tuners as suggested by an old wives' tale (just joking: tip from Ricardo); it did help somewhat. Although I meant to replace the tuners, I have a lot of gigs and just never made the time. Life went on... this morning, I was changing the strings when one of the gears popped off the 2nd string. Recall, the tightness had been on the 6th string. There is a screw that holds on the gear, and it was missing. There is also a washer under the screw, and I never heard or noticed that fall, either. I was down on the ground for ten minutes and could not find it at all. I did not hear anything. I thank maybe it must have fallen off at some earlier time and I never noticed it. I have been playing gigs for the last 4 days straight and never noticed anything. I remembered that I had some unused tuners down in the garage from 2003 when I thought I was going to become a luthier despite never having made anything out of wood, not even a birdhouse. Turns out they are the cheap Gotoh tuners. I meant to cannibalize them, but they have different screw sizes. I ended up just replacing one side. It fits well, although there is a bit of tightness. Three of the screws line up almost perfectly, the other does not. I guess that means I should order some good Gotohs and it will work fine. These are the cheapest tuners, and lighter and have a cheaper feel than what Cordoba was using stock. It seems to work, hopefully it won't fail in the next few weeks. Glad my advice gave you a temporary fix. Unfortunately you missed the part where I talked also about the loose screw situation....while perhaps the 6th string might have been in order, my implications were to oil ALL the gears and tighten ALL the screws, sorry I didn't make that clear earlier. For anybody else that might come across this thread with similar problems, it doesn't hurt to keep maintainence on your tuning machines on occasion.
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