Members Lewis77 Posted March 9, 2022 Members Share Posted March 9, 2022 Hello all. My Jim Dandy needs new tuners. Now, this is a £150 kick about guitar, so, to spend a lot of money on tuners, is ridiculous. Basically! Can anyone suggest a decent budget set of on plate tuners for such a guitar. Under £25/$30 Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted March 9, 2022 Members Share Posted March 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Lewis77 said: Hello all. My Jim Dandy needs new tuners. Now, this is a £150 kick about guitar, so, to spend a lot of money on tuners, is ridiculous. Basically! Can anyone suggest a decent budget set of on plate tuners for such a guitar. Under £25/$30 Thanks. I think that guitar uses a slotted headstock style of tuner (similar to classical guitar tuners but with metal pegs. Measure the peg distances and see if you can find a match on Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted March 16, 2022 Members Share Posted March 16, 2022 Here's a pic of the back of the headstock. Not slotted and the tuners look pretty generic. It would be a good idea to measure but pretty much any set of standard tuners should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted March 16, 2022 Members Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) Those tuners are called Golden Aged tuners. I haven't measured those pups on your Jim Dandy, but Stew Mac has that style with some very nice review. Double your budget and your in, and will be very happy. Edited March 16, 2022 by Mikeo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 18, 2022 Moderators Share Posted March 18, 2022 "doubling the budget"...not what he asked for.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted March 18, 2022 Members Share Posted March 18, 2022 1 hour ago, daddymack said: "doubling the budget"...not what he asked for.... Well maybe the f!@kin gear fairy will come along and sell them to him for 25/30 pounds, with free shipping and while the gear fairy is at it, hell put em on. You know the gear Fairy, the one that sells 59 Les Paul's for 125 bucks. Daddy Mack the big helper. I gave the guy and an answer, you gave him nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 18, 2022 Moderators Share Posted March 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Mikeo said: Well maybe the f!@kin gear fairy will come along and sell them to him for 25/30 pounds, with free shipping and while the gear fairy is at it, hell put em on. You know the gear Fairy, the one that sells 59 Les Paul's for 125 bucks. Daddy Mack the big helper. I gave the guy and an answer, you gave him nothing. whatever...the guitar is worth about $200, and he should put $60+ tuners on it? Do you suppose he should also order a $120 case for it while he's at it...? The OP specifically asked for something under $30. Now if you are offering to pony up the other 30+ bux, then your answer would be helpful. Now that I have had time to look, gee, that took no time at all....$15 https://www.allparts.com/collections/tuners-3x3/products/tk-0776-open-gear-3x3-strip-keys So now, I have given him an answer that meets his criteria. What you got? You got nuffin! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted March 18, 2022 Members Share Posted March 18, 2022 1 hour ago, daddymack said: whatever...the guitar is worth about $200, and he should put $60+ tuners on it? Do you suppose he should also order a $120 case for it while he's at it...? The OP specifically asked for something under $30. Now if you are offering to pony up the other 30+ bux, then your answer would be helpful. Now that I have had time to look, gee, that took no time at all....$15 https://www.allparts.com/collections/tuners-3x3/products/tk-0776-open-gear-3x3-strip-keys So now, I have given him an answer that meets his criteria. What you got? You got nuffin! A big f!@kin SOLD OUT, that's what you got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 18, 2022 Moderators Share Posted March 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Mikeo said: A big f!@kin SOLD OUT, that's what you got. and a 'notify when available' link... So the less expensive ones will be back in stock eventually,,,and the ones you linked will still be twice the budget...glad you see humor in this. Wonder why they are sold out and the ones you posted are not? So, are you making up the extra $30+ for the OP or not? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeeLectro Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 I've had good luck with Kluson. Even though it's a knock around guitar, I'd go with better-than-cheap tuners. It's a waste of money on an infurior product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted March 19, 2022 Members Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 3/18/2022 at 8:27 PM, daddymack said: and a 'notify when available' link... So the less expensive ones will be back in stock eventually,,,and the ones you linked will still be twice the budget...glad you see humor in this. Wonder why they are sold out and the ones you posted are not? So, are you making up the extra $30+ for the OP or not? I usually buy them on Ebay and they come from China: £10 - £15 inc. delivery. Works for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted March 20, 2022 Members Share Posted March 20, 2022 13.00 bucks and in stock. AYUBOUSA Acoustic Guitar Tuning Pegs Machine Heads Tuning Keys Tuners Chrome | eBay 8 bucks 3R3L Acoustic Classical Guitar String Tuning Pegs Machine Heads Tuners Key Metal | eBay But before replacing tuners, have you lubed the nut slots? 90% of the time, tuning issue start with a crappy nut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted March 21, 2022 Members Share Posted March 21, 2022 16 hours ago, badpenguin said: 13.00 bucks and in stock. AYUBOUSA Acoustic Guitar Tuning Pegs Machine Heads Tuning Keys Tuners Chrome | eBay 8 bucks 3R3L Acoustic Classical Guitar String Tuning Pegs Machine Heads Tuners Key Metal | eBay But before replacing tuners, have you lubed the nut slots? 90% of the time, tuning issue start with a crappy nut. Yeah. Like I said above, they are just standard slothead tuners. The Jim Dandy just uses them fixed to the back of a paddle headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted March 21, 2022 Members Share Posted March 21, 2022 3 hours ago, garthman said: Yeah. Like I said above, they are just standard slothead tuners. The Jim Dandy just uses them fixed to the back of a paddle headstock. They are not slot heads. They are typical tuners used on most acoustic guitars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted March 21, 2022 Members Share Posted March 21, 2022 2 hours ago, badpenguin said: They are not slot heads. They are typical tuners used on most acoustic guitars. No, they are not. Most acoustic guitars use a set of six individual tuners. The strip ones like you posted are generally used on slothead guitars (and, when the steel peg has a plastic sleeve, on classical guitars). Gretsch has just used the strips on the rear of the Jim Dandy paddle headstock . It may well be that some early steel string acoustics were fitted with strip tuners because they were widely in use on classical guitars. I have a Recording King ROS-16 that is a sort of copy of the Martin 000 -45 and that uses tuners virtually identiacl strip tuners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted March 23, 2022 Members Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) On 3/18/2022 at 12:56 PM, Mikeo said: . . . Daddy Mack the big helper. I gave the guy and an answer, you gave him nothing. Mikeo, whatever was going on at the time, I hope you're over it and your posts will return to seminormal. On 3/21/2022 at 12:28 PM, garthman said: No, they are not. Most acoustic guitars use a set of six individual tuners. . . . You apparently don't have a lot of exposure to cheap guitars. Three-on-a-plate tuners are common on budget instruments. Further, the pegs are different, with a tapered portion slothead tuners don't have. I hope you can see that in this pic: Edited March 23, 2022 by DeepEnd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted March 23, 2022 Members Share Posted March 23, 2022 18 hours ago, DeepEnd said: Mikeo, whatever was going on at the time, I hope you're over it and your posts will return to seminormal. You apparently don't have a lot of exposure to cheap guitars. Three-on-a-plate tuners are common on budget instruments. Further, the pegs are different, with a tapered portion slothead tuners don't have. I hope you can see that in this pic: Well, you are an odd lot over there to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted March 24, 2022 Members Share Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/22/2022 at 10:20 PM, DeepEnd said: Mikeo, whatever was going on at the time, I hope you're over it and your posts will return to seminormal. You apparently don't have a lot of exposure to cheap guitars. Three-on-a-plate tuners are common on budget instruments. Further, the pegs are different, with a tapered portion slothead tuners don't have. I hope you can see that in this pic: It's not like the guy was looking at for cheap gig bag and I sent him to Calton Cases. I try not to my too much made in China, if you can tell me how to do, I'd sure like to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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