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Sperzel locking tuners - HELP!
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:55 pm
by olrocknroller
I thought I'd try a set of these tuners, installed them, and started stringing up the guitar...all went well until I got to the G...it snipped it off as clean as if I'd used my side-cutters!
Hmm, I thought, wonder what's with that, as I continued on to the B...snip!
I checked the pins, and they're round-end-up, so quickly figured I was stymied.
Anybody had/solved this problem?
Re: Sperzel locking tuners - HELP!
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:35 am
by panther
I have one set of those, and either I did not get it, ( I went on line to get instructions from more than one source ) or they just aren't for me. I went back to conventional tuners.
Dan
Re: Sperzel locking tuners - HELP!
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:52 am
by Dennisthe Menace
I'm not sure that I understand the question/problem. I've got Sperzels on all of my Mo's except for my '63 and '65.
Those Sperzels are excellent. I installed my first set on my '88 back in '90, and then installed them on the rest...?
Re: Sperzel locking tuners - HELP!
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 10:45 am
by vibramutant1965
send them back ,they are defective
Re: Sperzel locking tuners - HELP!
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 4:45 pm
by olrocknroller
Turns out they are fine... It was the strings that caused the problem, being a brand apparently known to be very brittle. I switched to my every-day working brand of strings, and all went well. Pics of the guitar are posted under my Jazzmaster build post. Thanks for the replies!