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Ive never seen these done like that before, but thats what i assumed he meant Sort of like the tuners on old bowlbacks where the back of the headstock is covered with a metal plate. So that you wouldnt see the gears, theyd be covered by wood, all you would see is the posts on the front and the knobs/shafts. Very nice and smooth though.i was thinking that he was talking about being built into the back of the headstock. They are not particularly easy to fit - you need a smaller hole at the rear than the front - and the body of the mechanism is barely any larger than the post diameter so the everything does need to be super-neat and precise. I've used them on my travel mandolins because they're so small and light, so you can shrink the headstock size down quite a bit (if that's what you want). I believe the Gotoh website mentions that it has been done, but I haven't seen it, and they certainly don't say that is the intention. I'm not sure that "built-in" is correct at all - the posts are quite long so you'd have to have a mighty thick headstock to do that. But I have to give them credit for what they’ve done with their upper line. It seems Ping has been trying hard to improve their quality, but of course their ‘economy” tuners are still junk. Ping used to be horrible but I used to have a Kentucky with Golden Gate tuners on it, made by Ping (I think) and I thought they were very good, pretty close copies of Gotoh. I suspect these have not been re-worked like the F style ones and I had trouble with binding on a set I used to have. I would not consider the A style as they have glued on knobs like the Schallers (which I also do not care for). Also available in relic finishes with black or ivoroid knobs. They completely redesigned those recently, and they now have replaceable knobs, closer tolerances, and nylon bearings.
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If it were F style I would definitely seriously consider Stew Mac Golden Age. I wish you could get something other than pearloid knobs for them. I would probably go with the Grover 309 as best bang for the buck. Last edited by colorado_al Dec-03-2018 at 12:27am. Very well machined.Īny will be a good step up from the stock tuning machines. If you're flush with cash, I'd spend the $92 on the Rubners though.
If you can still find the old style Schaller MNI3 tuners, they are good, but hard to come by.
I assume you're looking to replace the tuners in the Eastman MD305? If that's the case then the Gotoh MA40 are about $65 and are good. I've had several sets and all were lousy.Įdit- looking at your signature, I see you have 2 A-style mandolins. The only ones that I would definitely stay away from are the Golden Age by Stew Mac. Gotoh have also been solid, at least the M40 series. The Grovers are solid, and affordable, but the F style may not fit all headstocks due to shorter posts, and I seem to remember that one of the F types has reversed gears. The new Schaller Grandtune are very nice, but you're looking at $150+. And they had many more designs to choose from. When I bought a pair of A style you could by them for $70. I'm a fan of Rubners but pickings look a bit slim over there right now.
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