Brad,
I looked at that tutorial. It appears right, but I think the guy explained it in a complicated way. And you're right, the small pics don't help!
That said, it ain't that hard to do:
1) Position the 'slot' in the tuner shaft so that it is parallel with the nut of the guitar.
2) Put the string in the in the bridge and 'pin it' with the bridge pin, just like you would any other acoustic steel-stringed flat-top 're-string job'.
3) Take the rest of the string and stretch it out, between about 1.5" to 3" longer than the string post you are going to be putting the string in. Why? You don't need to wind all of the string around the post and you are going to be cutting some of the excess string off of each length of string!
4) Cut the string three inches longer on the unwound (plain) strings and 1.5" to 2" inches longer on the wound strings (the 'shortest' should be for the low E and A, then 2" on the D and G. Why? The bigger strings take up more space on the tuner shafts- you'll see).
5) Stick the end of the string down in the hole. When it hits bottom, bend the string over the slot side that is facing the center of the neck.
6) Now that you've bent the string over the slot, hold the string in one hand to maintain tension and turn the tuner button with the other (okay, okay, use a string winder!!).
7) As the string winds around the tuner, make sure it wraps DOWN the tuner shaft, towards the headstock.
8) Tune to pitch.
9) Tell gilded 'thank you' if it works. Don't bother gilded if it doesn't.......
10) Repeat with the next string.
Seriously, once you get the hang of it, it's a whole lot easier and quicker than re-stringing with regular tuners, honest.
Good luck, gilded
