Hex tuners?

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 31 Oct 2023 9:17 am

Where can one buy these? I can't imagine that they're exclusively made for steel guitars. Are they a hardware-store item? I know that there are known sources, but sometimes a 'minimum order' is applied.

Does anyone know the right thread for an Emmons LeGrande?

As a 'PS', I have to admit to a bit of a faux pas! I was rejigging a pull on my RKR and found it wouldn't tune up afterwards. The bottom B on E9 refused to drop to an A - close, but not close enough.

Can you believe what I'd done?? Instead of putting on a spacer then the threaded-hex, I had somehow put TWO threaded ones on the same rod.

I don't know if that's what caused the issue, but it's fixed now.

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 31 Oct 2023 1:37 pm

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=282807

Try this guy. I haven't seen a post from him in a while but at one time he had a ton of these available.

FYI, Emmons pull rods are .109 or 7/64 in. and the threaded rod portion is #5-40.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 31 Oct 2023 1:42 pm

Thanks, Jerry!

Ron Pruter · Post by **Ron Pruter** » 2 Nov 2023 11:18 am

FWIW, I put a SIT .038 "Power wound" string on my LaGrande and all timing and stop adjustments flew out the window. Whatever makes it a power wound, must be the culpret. I'm thinking possibly a thicker core? Ron

Ron Pruter · Post by **Ron Pruter** » 2 Nov 2023 11:21 am

FWIW, I put a SIT .038 "Power wound" string on my LaGrande and all timing and stop adjustments flew out the window. Whatever makes it a power wound, must be the culpret. I'm thinking possibly a thicker core? Ron

Ron Pruter · Post by **Ron Pruter** » 2 Nov 2023 11:21 am

FWIW, I put a SIT .038 "Power wound" string on my LaGrande and all timing and stop adjustments flew out the window. Whatever makes it a power wound, must be the culpret. I'm thinking possibly a thicker core? Ron