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Topic: Replacing tuners on a Deluxe 6 - Will these Klusons work ? |
Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 26 May 2011 1:49 pm |
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| Well, I ordered the Klusons.. should be here today or tomorrow and will try them in the Deluxe 6 pan this weekend.. hopefully they will fit and work out OK. |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 26 May 2011 3:29 pm
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Good luck, Mitch. I don't think there have been enough Deluxe 6 owners with this sort of problem to really answer your question properly. Most of the Fender Deluxe steel guitars were eight string guitars.
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 26 May 2011 4:46 pm
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| Thanks Brad... was hoping at least 1 or 2 guys had done this..but it's a cheap enough investment to find out.. I'll know shortly. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 27 May 2011 4:07 pm
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OK... got the Klusons today...and Doug, you were right ! The screw tip closest to the 3 & 4 string tuners will need to be cut off..
BUT... there's more ...
The tuner shafts on the Klusons are 'oh so very' TOO BIG DIAMETER !!.. so the tuner shafts would need to be reduced OR the tuner pan 'slots' for the tuners would have to be expanded ever so slightly.. don't have the tools for either job... so the Deluxe will stay as it is until I can figure out how / who to best do the work.
...oh well... |
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Hal Braun
From:
Eustis, Florida, USA
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Posted 27 May 2011 7:25 pm
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| Just a thought.. what is "broken" on the old ones? Can you pull the case off (unbend the tabs) and use the new tuning key and gear with the original shaft and then put the covers back on, rebending the tabs? |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jason Hull
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Posted 28 May 2011 1:17 am
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I would recommend these guys (since you're in CA): http://www.gryphonstrings.com/repairs_restoration/index.php
I just did a similar repair for Forum member Bruce Terrell. He lives in the same state, but far enough away that he mailed the parts to me for the repair. This kind of repair can be done by mail, because of the removable tuner pan. |
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Mitch Crane
From:
1000 Oaks, CA
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Posted 28 May 2011 6:56 am
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Thanks guys. I was really hoping they'd just slip right in ... HA !
I have a few local repair guy options, so it'll get done at some point.
The orig. tuners are OK for now, just a couple getting 'glitchy.. gritty' and hard to get the string in tune. Once it's in tune it doesn't slip so it's useable for now.. just would like to have them replaced if possible. |
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Russ Cudney
From:
Sonoma, California, USA
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Posted 29 May 2011 6:45 am
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Mitch. I'm currently restoring my 55 T8. These tuners work with the pans: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/Guitar,_slotted_peghead_tuners/Grover_18:1_Sta-Tite_Slotted_Peghead_Guitar_Machines.html
The only thing is they're individual, and the knobs are incorrect. I don't care if the knobs are incorrect, but I'm going to make/drill/tap connection tabs so the shafts don't rub against the pans. Good luck with your repair!
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Garry Vanderlinde
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CA
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