Qvart
Senior Member
So I have this '96 S-100. The G-string tuner is shot. Such a common occurrence. The B-string's not too healthy either. Grover tuners (stock, I believe). You all know what I'm talking about: the string's flat so you start to tune up when you here the telltale *click" and the string jumps halfway to the next note.
Anyway, I picked up the old axe today and just happened to lift it in such a way that the headstock passed by my left ear, the good one, which is when I just happened to hear a very distinct rattle. So I repeated the motion and sure enough there it was again. I immediately reached the conclusion it was the dastardly offending tuner, but being the rational empiricist that I am I had to test my hypothesis. So I repeated the motion with the headstock turned the other way. Sure enough the sound was much fainter. Turned the headstock back and heard it much clearer again.
I have never noticed a rattle sound before in a tuner. But maybe I have and just don't remember, which is a common theme in my life. And I am in no way familiar with the inner workings of sealed tuners (literally). I mean I know how they're set up, but whatever. I try to entertain a bit, or at least not bore, with my language in these posts, but eloquence escapes me (de do do do de da da da) with this sentence so on to the next one...
I believe I will be replacing these tuners in the very near future. And being that there are so many Guild experts on this heyah bohd, I though'tch'all migh' have some ken as to a good ruhplacement? Something maybe drop in without too much trouble?
And now I'm reminded of something that can set off a (very bad) new trend around here. If you've never seen it, take a look at this site and humor yourself a bit:
http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/
By the way, here's a visual of the little bastardos:
Much love. And my git says so too. Even though she harbors traitors to the rock cause.
*PS: Tell someone to bid on this and get the price up up up! (And by * I mean see footnote with the sorta matching pastel blue color. I forget exactly which blue I chose for it. Close enough. And yes I am the kind of dork who would use a footnote on a message board. And wonder what the HTML code would be for Hume's missing shade of blue.)
I'm sure someone has already found this, but here's a '73 for sale:
http://www.mygear.com/items/view/16056?src=google_base
Anyway, I picked up the old axe today and just happened to lift it in such a way that the headstock passed by my left ear, the good one, which is when I just happened to hear a very distinct rattle. So I repeated the motion and sure enough there it was again. I immediately reached the conclusion it was the dastardly offending tuner, but being the rational empiricist that I am I had to test my hypothesis. So I repeated the motion with the headstock turned the other way. Sure enough the sound was much fainter. Turned the headstock back and heard it much clearer again.
I have never noticed a rattle sound before in a tuner. But maybe I have and just don't remember, which is a common theme in my life. And I am in no way familiar with the inner workings of sealed tuners (literally). I mean I know how they're set up, but whatever. I try to entertain a bit, or at least not bore, with my language in these posts, but eloquence escapes me (de do do do de da da da) with this sentence so on to the next one...
I believe I will be replacing these tuners in the very near future. And being that there are so many Guild experts on this heyah bohd, I though'tch'all migh' have some ken as to a good ruhplacement? Something maybe drop in without too much trouble?
And now I'm reminded of something that can set off a (very bad) new trend around here. If you've never seen it, take a look at this site and humor yourself a bit:
http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/
By the way, here's a visual of the little bastardos:
Much love. And my git says so too. Even though she harbors traitors to the rock cause.
*PS: Tell someone to bid on this and get the price up up up! (And by * I mean see footnote with the sorta matching pastel blue color. I forget exactly which blue I chose for it. Close enough. And yes I am the kind of dork who would use a footnote on a message board. And wonder what the HTML code would be for Hume's missing shade of blue.)
I'm sure someone has already found this, but here's a '73 for sale:
http://www.mygear.com/items/view/16056?src=google_base
