WellGrounded
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Hope somebody reads this section.
I ordered a neck from Warmoth. Predictably, it's gorgeous, I'm very pleased with the neck itself.
However, since I had a set of Grover tuners on the shelf, I asked for the headstock to be bored per their sites "Gotoh/Grover" selection.
That seems to have been a mistake, but I'm not sure why.
The neck arrived Thursday, yesterday (Saturday) I got around to "try fitting" the tuners, and while the fit isn't horrible, they seem pretty loose, which doesn't seem a good idea for tuning stability. I wouldn't think you'd want them shifting around in their holes.
So, in trying to figure out what's going on, I went back to Warmoth's site to review the specs:
http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/necks.cfm?fuseaction=tuners
Then to Grover's chart:
http://www.grotro.com/post_hole_sizes2.htm
The 102 model is by far the most common Grover tuner. I happen to have the 205 model, but it's the same spec.
The problem seems pretty clear- Grover's spec is 25/64". Warmoth's spec is 13/32", or 1/64" larger than Grover's. In fact, there isn't ANY model of Grover tuner that matches the 13/32" spec that the Warmoth page shows. No wonder they're loose.
Anyone know what's going on here? It's not the end of the world, but it looks like I won't be able to use my Grovers, or any Grovers, and I'm going to have to cough up for a set of Schallers to fit these bores properly. Nothing wrong with Schallers, but that's a bit of a disappointment, and an expense I hadn't counted on.
I ordered a neck from Warmoth. Predictably, it's gorgeous, I'm very pleased with the neck itself.
However, since I had a set of Grover tuners on the shelf, I asked for the headstock to be bored per their sites "Gotoh/Grover" selection.
That seems to have been a mistake, but I'm not sure why.
The neck arrived Thursday, yesterday (Saturday) I got around to "try fitting" the tuners, and while the fit isn't horrible, they seem pretty loose, which doesn't seem a good idea for tuning stability. I wouldn't think you'd want them shifting around in their holes.
So, in trying to figure out what's going on, I went back to Warmoth's site to review the specs:
http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/necks.cfm?fuseaction=tuners
Then to Grover's chart:
http://www.grotro.com/post_hole_sizes2.htm
The 102 model is by far the most common Grover tuner. I happen to have the 205 model, but it's the same spec.
The problem seems pretty clear- Grover's spec is 25/64". Warmoth's spec is 13/32", or 1/64" larger than Grover's. In fact, there isn't ANY model of Grover tuner that matches the 13/32" spec that the Warmoth page shows. No wonder they're loose.
Anyone know what's going on here? It's not the end of the world, but it looks like I won't be able to use my Grovers, or any Grovers, and I'm going to have to cough up for a set of Schallers to fit these bores properly. Nothing wrong with Schallers, but that's a bit of a disappointment, and an expense I hadn't counted on.