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I was just reading the thread of Twoheadedboy about Les paul in tune when I seen Dirtyking's reply, which reminded me that I have a peg completly loose, because I didn't followed his frst advice...

So I was wondering, when you got tuning peg loose is there any way to tighten it, or am I good to change it?

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Originally Posted by Jazz RockSo I was wondering, when you got tuning peg loose is there any way to tighten it, or am I good to change it?

It depends what type of tuner it is.

If you have sealed units then these can be tightened using the threaded ferrules from the front of the headstock (always assuming that's what is loose) or the button can be tightened using the little retainer screw. On most of the sealed gear tuners by Gotoh, Grover or Schaller there is a little nylon washer and a spring washer. The button should be tight enough to compress the spring washer without crushing the nylon washer. Failure to take up the compression in the spring washer will cause something I call quot;snatchbackquot; on a tremelo guitar; this happens when the increased tension on the string from a bend of from tremelo use takes up the compression, only for the spring to unload it again when the tuner post goes off-load. The button pops out and the worm pulls the tuner post around slightly, causing the string to settle back into a different tension from the one it started at.

You can't open up Klusons and tighten the gears, unfortunately.

The best solution is to NEVER drill holes for aftermarket parts. Before, it may have been a necessity, but not anymore.

Buy a set of Schaller Kluson copies. They look almost identical to the originals, but they're tighter, and the tuning ratio is increased, so they're as smooth as sealed type tuners. I broke a tuner on my LP Goldtop, and saw a set of those Schallers in the clearance bin at GC, by luck. I bought them, and they fit right on with no drilling, and they're far superior to the stock ones, but look the same.


Originally Posted by GearjoneserYou can't open up Klusons and tighten the gears, unfortunately.

The best solution is to NEVER drill holes for aftermarket parts. Before, it may have been a necessity, but not anymore.

Buy a set of Schaller Kluson copies. They look almost identical to the originals, but they're tighter, and the tuning ratio is increased, so they're as smooth as sealed type tuners. I broke a tuner on my LP Goldtop, and saw a set of those Schallers in the clearance bin at GC, by luck. I bought them, and they fit right on with no drilling, and they're far superior to the stock ones, but look the same.

Personally GJ, i'd never fit a set of Kluson's to any guitar i wanted to actually work, the damn things are junk. Hardly a week goes by that a hapless Gibson owner doesn't wander into my workshop looking for quot;just onequot; Kluson because the back on one of his has quot;just fallen offquot;.

The only reason for fitting them is cosmetic. The Schaller version is about the best and when they fall apart you have about a 70/30 chance of having enough of the tag left to refit the back cover and peen over the tag. The ones currently being fitted to Gibsons (Grovers, I think?) are even worse because when the backs come off the studs always break so the only fix is to drill and tap them with a 12BA thread or something similar.