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turnermoran -> fixing a sloppy tuner hole job (Jan. 18 2017 8:40:29)
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Hello - I have a slot head flamenco with machine tuners. Said guitar came with decent quality tuners, but they weren't all smooth, and the guitar struggles to stay in tune. One knob in particular had more resistance then the rest (the G string), and the tuner knobs had a lot of play when turning..
Anyway, I upgraded, and as I removed the old tuners to swap them, I see the barrel holes that were reamed are shall we say less than perfect. 5 out of 6 are clean, but the D string tuner on the inside slot looks like the luthier took a disco nap and didn't realize he was pushing down on the drill, so the perfectly round hole is not so round..As for the even spacing of the group..again, not so perfect. Clearly a jig was not used.
Ironically, the performance of the old tuners was fine on the D string. The G was the one that was tight. Whatever
Otherwise it's otherwise an excellent guitar.
But I can see that in a perfect world tuner barrels and slots would harmoniously align. No so much here.
So my question: what are the allowances for tuner barrel holes? Do they need to be spot on perfect so the barrels slide in w/out an inch to spare?
If I make sure the barrels aren't pinched, but in some places there are holes that are a bit too big, is it OK?
Or should I have the whole headstock filled and re drilled?
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