As I mentioned in previous posts, I got a couple of extra guitar parts along with my T5, namely some straplocks and locking tuners.
Yesterday, Mom and I went out to get my temporary license (since my license was stolen along with the money in the airport last month). I figured it was the perfect time to send the guitar to a luthier as well. Arjay had given me the contact info of this guy who does all the guitars of all respected musicians in the Philippine music industry (as soon as I saw Cesar Aguas’ name there, that pretty much convinced me)
The day went as follows:
- Went to guitar shop, drop off guitar.
- Had lunch at Cafe Juanita (Kapitolyo).
- Went to LTO and fixed license.
- Went back for guitar.
Anyways, everything went well. I requested that the guy not restring the guitar so I can try stringing it with the locking tuners myself. What’s cool about the tuners is that they have an auto-trimming function. So when you lock it, when you start turning, it will come to a point wherein the tuning posts themselves will nip the excess strings.
You end up with no string winding around the posts (the purpose of the locking mechanism) which makes intonation a breeze 1 Usually because of the multiple string winding, it will take some time for the strings to “settle” into their respective tensions around the posts. This is why newly stringed guitars easily go off tune, but are fine over time., and the added bonus of not having that excess string protruding.
The last picture shows how the tuners look like in action. Looks extra sexy with black posts. As I mentioned in the picture page, it made the guitar look more “vintage.” And of course cleaning the headstock now is a joy as I don’t have to worry about strings piercing my skin or getting caught on the cloth.
Notes
| ⇡1 | Usually because of the multiple string winding, it will take some time for the strings to “settle” into their respective tensions around the posts. This is why newly stringed guitars easily go off tune, but are fine over time. |
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