parker_knoll
Senior Member
Are you concerned that the tuners are "unwinding" the string? Or do the pegs feel loose?
not that the pegs feel loose; rather that there is slack in the gears. You turn a bit and feel nothing is happening before they engage. I "lock" my strings with a reverse wind anyway which usually seems to work for tuning.
My beef with Rotomatics isn't about stability (they're fine) but feel. I can never get a sense of how much I need to turn a tuning key to get x amount of pitch change.
My '71 S-100 has a set of '50s-era Grover Sta-Tites on it via the guy I bought it from. They're fantastic! Super stable and very precise. I wish the newer ones, while okay, were this good.
-Dave-
Exactly. Waverlys and Sta-tites are really good. However, isn't a Rotomatic the same basic components as a Sta-tite but in a sealed box?
I wonder if Sta-tites are a drop in replacement for the Rotomatics.
EDIT: I've downloaded plans for the different Grovers. when i have a moment i'll work out if they are the same dimensions
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