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  • #31
    Re: It's weird you don't see more of these...

    I think ultimately it will come down to looks, and they look weird on a guitar....guitarists like to stick to what they have and have had for many many years. Having said that, they might be great tuners....my Steinberger (headless) had very similar tuners, except they were below the bridge and pointing in a different direction....and they were great! I also had the headstock Steinberger tuners where you turned it behind the headstock....those I hated.
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    • #32
      Re: It's weird you don't see more of these...

      My Yamaha RGX520FZ came with Grover's with those heads. Very convenient, but I find it difficult to not overshoot the pitch when tuning up.

      I think they'd be more convenient with a very high-ratio machine head, since you can 'twirl' the button so quickly anyway.

      Larry

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      • #33
        Re: It's weird you don't see more of these...

        Just curious . . . but where did you find these? I don't see anything on Hipshot's website.

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        • #34
          Re: It's weird you don't see more of these...

          There's a lot of consternation here

          There is no mechanical advantage to the small barrel knobs

          If the gear ratio is the same then you could just as well have swapped the knobs on your existing tuners

          They do have some cosmetic appeal

          I doubt I'll ever use them
          But if the OP likes em and wants em
          Great
          Hope they serve you well


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          • #35
            Re: It's weird you don't see more of these...

            Originally posted by ArtieToo View Post
            Just curious . . . but where did you find these? I don't see anything on Hipshot's website.
            If you go under their knob page you can pull them up as on option in a drop down bar. It's not really the best setup, as their are hardly any pictures of them, and as you said it's pretty tough to search them.

            If I didn't mention it before, the design is called "Industrial (SK1)".
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            • #36
              Re: It's weird you don't see more of these...

              Originally posted by Chistopher View Post
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              Round grippy tuning keys.

              They cost the same as any other tuning key shape to produce, but they offer much more comfort and precision than the industry standard flat, wide, smooth shape.

              Even if you're not trying to appeal to the traditionalist, you think these things would be on every uber modern overengineered guitar on the market.

              I just bought like 3 dozen of these things to put on my guitars as soon as I realized how great they feel. Seriously, if you try them you won't go back.
              I was not aware such a thing existed.

              I see another benefit to these: the neck angle of some LP like guitars can be extreme enough that that fact combined with a traditional tuning key that happens to be pointing perpindicular to the back of the guitar when the string is in proper pitch, causes enough of an angle so that the guitar will not sit flush in a hard case unless you detune the offending tuning key(s) temporarily to "move it out of the way". Then you have to retune that string(s) next time you take the guitar out of its case for use. I have a couple Ibanez ART model guitars where this is a real thing. These non-protruding keys would resolve that issue.
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              • #37
                Re: It's weird you don't see more of these...

                Originally posted by Chistopher View Post
                If you go under their knob page you can pull them up as on option in a drop down bar. It's not really the best setup, as their are hardly any pictures of them, and as you said it's pretty tough to search them.

                If I didn't mention it before, the design is called "Industrial (SK1)".
                Thanks Chris. But that was WAY too much work. They must not want to sell them too bad.

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                • #38
                  Re: It's weird you don't see more of these...

                  Originally posted by orpheo View Post
                  ... i tried them but didn't care much for them. My string winder couldn't get a hold of that and that bugged me to no avail.
                  Good info -thanks!
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                  • #39
                    Re: It's weird you don't see more of these...

                    I have a Firebird with of this type of tuner style, but of course facing backward rather than out to the side. No more or less accurate or easy to use IME.

                    The thing with tuners are they are an aesthetic as well as functional......and the lack of meat in the rotary ones and more industrial look probably tells you why they're not fitted to classic styled guitars.

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                    • #40
                      Re: It's weird you don't see more of these...

                      Is there such tuners for bass? I want to replace the G string tuner on my Jazz V for something very small (to looks like a 4 string).

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