Incoming! NGD

[eSGEe]

I see Adrian posts under a false name on YouTube...

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Ya caught me Don ---

I just play seated -- no neck dive

 

[Session 5]

If I had neck dive at all, I would get rid of that guitar period, All my 4 guitars are perfectly balanced just the way I like em.

 

[jtcnj]

Update:
Friday the Musiclily Pro Series 3x3 vintage green key style tuners arrived but have 9mm bushings; the 10mm adapter bushings I got from Amazon.
The pik is heavy-ish like I like.
Thanks Jerry and Nina!




I slightly reamed the rims of the holes so the bushings would start straight.
No wood was removed only the poly finish that got around them.
I used the water pump pliers as a press; see the strips of wood-like material taped to the jaws.



I did one to make sure this was viable



Rinse and repeat




I did manage to use the same strings as they were only on about 2 weeks.





Thought I took a shot from the rear; will update.
These tuners work very well with smooth operation and little gear lash, and are smooth turning at a fairly fine gear ratio.
Dont recall the gear ratio but it is probably 14-15:1.

Success!!
The neck dive is Greatly Reduced to a little creep, but the guitar is now very playable and we have become fast friends.

"Think you're kinda neat then she tells me I'm a creep"
I need to re-visit some Stone Temple Pilots.

I have something special in the works related to this; I will update soon.

EDIT: This is a really cool photo. Wish I knew how to get it as a smallish poster size.

 

[RVA]

Update:
Friday the Musiclily Pro Series 3x3 vintage green key style tuners arrived but have 9mm bushings; the 10mm adapter bushings I got from Amazon.
The pik is heavy-ish like I like.
Thanks Jerry and Nina!

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I slightly reamed the rims of the holes so the bushings would start straight.
No wood was removed only the poly finish that got around them.
I used the water pump pliers as a press; see the strips of wood-like material taped to the jaws.
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I did one to make sure this was viable

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Rinse and repeat

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I did manage to use the same strings as they were only on about 2 weeks.


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Thought I took a shot from the rear; will update.
These tuners work very well with smooth operation and little gear lash, and are smooth turning at a fairly fine gear ratio.
Dont recall the gear ratio but it is probably 14-15:1.

Success!!
The neck dive is Greatly Reduced to a little creep, but the guitar is now very playable and we have become fast friends.

"Think you're kinda neat then she tells me I'm a creep"
I need to re-visit some Stone Temple Pilots.

I have something special in the works related to this; I will update soon.

Nice work!

 

[Session 5]

Very nice work jtcnj!!

 

[eSGEe]

GOOD LOOKING TUNAS!!!!

 

[RVA]

Big shout out to you jtcnj. ! bought the Musiclily tuners and they are curing the neck dive on 2 of my guitars!!!

 

[Dave Sloven]

Grovers are terrible for neck dive. Glad you ditched them. They are fine on my Explorer but that is a heavy body guitar. I kept Grovers on one of my SGs but replaced the buttons with acrylics to stop the neck dive.

I'll be honest: the one thing I don't like about this guitar is the black hardware. I'd fit nickel or chrome hardware and change the knobs to something more Gibson looking, like reflectors.

 

[Don O]

Nice work JT.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

Nice work, lovely looking guitar.

Thought I took a shot from the rear