Members Stackabones Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 http://www.lessonsinlutherie.com/PlanetaryPegs.html Kinda cool. Mainly for flamenco guitars and originally made for violins etc, but I wonder if they'd work on a good ole paddlehead?
Members babablowfish Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 Interesting idea, but wouldn't the lighter weight reduce the resonance and sustain?
Members brahmz118 Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 I don't play violin, but at work I have a cheap student model with friction pegs (and no fine-tuners on the tailpiece). When I try to tune it I always spend several minutes messing with the friction pegs, shooting past and falling short of the notes. Too little force and the pegs slip as soon as I let go. Too much force and I sometimes change the tuning -- and then it's really stuck out of tune unless I start over. About those friction guitar tuners ... I'm not a math major but I don't understand how they are effectively 5:1. Doesn't that mean you have to turn the button-end around 5 times to make the string-end turn once? With gears I understand how that works, but since it's all turning at the same time, doesn't that make the ratio 1:1? Edit: Ok I misread. They are apparently geared tuners. I just looked at the picture and assumed they were friction pegs.
Members Samilyn Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 Very innovative. I think friction tuners would drive me bonkers, so if I had 'em, I'd take a serious look at these.
Members garthman Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 I believe that John McLaughlin has friction pegs on the posh classical guitar that was made for him by a posh luthier. It is the instrument he plays on the Thieves & Poets album so it definitely works - sounds pretty good too.
Members totamus Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 Pooie - I passed up an all solid wood Alvarez-yairi Classical because it had friction tuners - and I just dont want the hassle. If I had known then... Thanks for the info!
Members bjorn-fjord Posted December 23, 2007 Members Posted December 23, 2007 It is a cool idea but I wonder if the 5:1 ratio would make the instrument difficult to tune. Regular guitar tuners usually have between 12 and 18:1 ratios.
Members minus9 Posted December 24, 2007 Members Posted December 24, 2007 Just got some of the gearless Steinberger tuners that are 40:1 ratio. I am looking forward to the precision that I can get with them. Friction tuners on my ukuleles are a pain to get precise.
Members dhoenisch Posted December 24, 2007 Members Posted December 24, 2007 It is a cool idea but I wonder if the 5:1 ratio would make the instrument difficult to tune. Regular guitar tuners usually have between 12 and 18:1 ratios. My banjo tuning pegs have a 4:1 ratio, and I can tune it just fine. Dan
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