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Brian Henry
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Posted 21 Apr 2012 12:39 pm |
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I was wondering if anyone had tried to use violin fine tuners, on a lap steel instead of the regular keys? Is it a feasible idea?
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Terence Palmer
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2012 4:48 pm
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Why exactly? The regular tuning pegs on a violin are friction tuners, with a 1:1 ratio which are difficult to move as precisely as you might want especially on the higher strings, thus the fine tuners. The fine tuners, by definition, have a considerably smaller range than either the tuning pegs on a violin or the tuners on a steel guitar. The tuners on a steel are geared to allow a finer ratio anyway.
I owned an electric guitar with fine tuners on the bridge years ago, but that was because the guitar had a locking nut and the fine tuners allows for adjustments without unlocking the nut. Outside of that, I've never seen need for them. |
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Mike Anderson
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 21 Apr 2012 9:28 pm
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| The phrase "if it ain't broke..." comes to mind here. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2012 2:49 am
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James Hartman
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2012 7:21 am
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I've never had issue with generic tuners on a lapsteel. They seem to work just fine.
However, if someone did feel a need for more "precise" tuning capability, there are guitar tuners available with different gear ratios that would provide this. 16:1 or 18:1 is a common modern standard. At the extreme, Steinberger "gearless" tuners have a 40:1 tuning ratio.
That would seem an easier modification than trying to adapt violin fine-tuners. |
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