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Topic: The Never-Ending Quest for Tuning Key Repair Help |
Sunny Callen
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Las Vegas NV USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2001 6:02 pm |
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I am in the process of trying to restore a Fender triple neck 8 string I bought at auction last year. As is typical with them, I stripped a worm gear on the middle neck lowest string when I re-strung it. I'm not real good at that kind of precise repair - so I'm looking for a place that I can send the entire tuning pan and get it fixed. I live in Las Vegas which, no matter what you may have heard, is -not- steel guitar friendly - most local guitar/music/repair shops consider steel folks, especially non-pedal types as toxic - don't know why.
Also, the guitar had been refinished to a gloss black (major sin - and -I- didn't do it - came that way when I bought it). Of course, the original decal and metal plate on the neck surface were long gone. Fender Customer Service/Arizona referred me to Ed Naylor of Steel Guitar Works in Ohio as possible source for the decal, etc. Any thoughts or suggestions as to other sources? Any suggestions on who might be able to do the tuner repair? |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2001 1:35 am
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All Parts online; carry those exact Kluson type tuner. On your(oh is it a stringmaster?)guitar; those tuners are fastened to a plate on each side of the pan and just sit in there between the pan and the wood.
Now the shaft that you wrap the string around is different; but don't make a dang.
I put these tuners on my "SS HAWAIIAN"(except gold ones on mine); and the look and work just like the ones on all my Fender steels(which I'm down to one Fender now).
When and if one or two go bad on my Triple neck; I will replace all of them with brand new Kluson tuners from "All Parts".
Have fun.
Ricky
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Ricky Davis
My Homepage
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www.mightyfinemusic.com
Email Ricky: sshawaiian@aol.com
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2001 9:53 am
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One thing, Sunny, the part that's stripped is usually the round brass gear on the actual tuner shaft. It's hard or impossible sometimes to replace the whole tuner on the sets that are built right into the pan, sometimes you can sweat off the tuner knob and get the new one in, but often not...try taking off just the little round brass gear from the offending tuner, go down to the not so friendly guitar shop and ask them to let you dig through their old tuner bucket in the repair shop. they'll usually let you look through there and buy three or four gears or whole tuners that are around the smae size, often they'll just give 'em to you- and you can usually find some that fit great, just needs a screwdriver and some hunting time. I've fixed a lot of 'em that way.
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Mark van Allen-"Blueground Undergrass" Pedal, Non-Pedal, Lap, and Dobro |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 19 Feb 2003 8:35 am
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Anyone have a clue as to how to remove the brass gear from the shaft? I'm so close, but so far. I'm repairing a stripped tuner from a Rick Triple console and I've got the offending tuner apart; I can't seem to remove the gear, though. It's not held in place with a screw, either.
Anyone? |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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seldomfed
From:
Colorado
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Posted 20 Feb 2003 11:01 am
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I bought these but have not tried them yet. I need to buy more  Remember if you want to replace 8 you have to buy 12! If you have a triple neck you're in luck - buy 24 and no waste!
Ricky - are these the right ones?
TUNING KEYS for Stringmaster replacements....
Part Nbr: TK 0775-001
Description: 3 x 3 Tuning Keys, Kluson® Style With Metal Oval Buttons Nickel 14:1 Price: 30.00 All Parts
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Chris Kennison
Ft. Collins, Colorado
"There is no spoon"
www.seldomfed.com
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 20 Feb 2003 11:39 am
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| What I wound up doing was cutting the entire shaft off with a Dremel and then taking an old tuner from an out of commission Epi Electar. The tuner I used had a different configuration (gear screwed onto the shaft, open back and a shorter post with a bad hole location), but it was usable. I drilled a hole through the shaft in the correct spot, and BINGO. With the pan back in the guitar and the cover on, you'd never know (at least not from 5 feet or more away). Never throw anything away! |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2003 3:03 pm
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Chris I believe TK 875 is the correct ones...as they may have the longer shaft to go to that middle section of the Fender tuning pan.
Ricky |
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