Banjo Tuners on a Tele E & A Strings

Tim73 · June 28th, 2008, 05:19 PM

Has anyone installed these? What brand did you use & where did you get them from? How difficult were they to install?

nasonm · June 28th, 2008, 05:24 PM

Waylon Jennings and a few other notable players have done this. I've seen Scruggs style tuners for sale at places like Stew Mac and Elderly. Elderly had the official kind (pricey) and Stew Mac has Schaller versions.

I've thought about it, but never had the guts to pull the trigger on adding them to my tele.

Colt W. Knight · June 28th, 2008, 05:47 PM

As a banjo player let me just say this,"Schallers freaking suck compared to Keith/scruggs drop tuners." Those Schallers are not anywhere close to the same caliber of Keith/Scruggs tuners. If you are looking to purchase two or a set of Keith/Scruggs tuners or Schaler drop tuners I reccomend First Quality Music Supply (FQMS.com) or Janet Davis's website. Elderely would also carry them. Keith Scruggs tuners are expensive, and hard to figure out initially. Once you do get the hang of them, those things are amazing.

Tim73 · June 28th, 2008, 07:21 PM

Nasonm - Waylon is pretty much the inspiration for this!

Actually my guitar tutor answered this post for me It's these...

http://beaconbanjo.com/cgi-bin/online/storepro.php

but I'm still curious about any experiences with this

Colt W. Knight · June 28th, 2008, 11:29 PM

Anyone know which set most people use on guitars, is the G/B string tuners or the two D string tuners?

Buckocaster51 · June 29th, 2008, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colt W. Knight

As a banjo player let me just say this,"Schallers freaking suck compared to Keith/scruggs drop tuners."

Listen to what the man says.

He speaks the truth.

June 28th, 2008, 05:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tim73 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Berkshire, England Age: 35 Posts: 1,400 21 Photos	Banjo Tuners on a Tele E & A Strings Has anyone installed these? What brand did you use & where did you get them from? How difficult were they to install? __________________ Born in the '70's & in my mind, still living there now...

June 28th, 2008, 05:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
nasonm Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bangor, Maine Age: 31 Posts: 1,713 16 Photos	Waylon Jennings and a few other notable players have done this. I've seen Scruggs style tuners for sale at places like Stew Mac and Elderly. Elderly had the official kind (pricey) and Stew Mac has Schaller versions. I've thought about it, but never had the guts to pull the trigger on adding them to my tele. __________________ "i have learned to just grit my teeth, change the subject, consider their deep total ignorance, fondle the thumb picks in my pocket and go on my way" - bender-freak It's been lonely in the saddle since my horse died

June 28th, 2008, 07:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tim73 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Berkshire, England Age: 35 Posts: 1,400 21 Photos	Nasonm - Waylon is pretty much the inspiration for this! Actually my guitar tutor answered this post for me It's these... http://beaconbanjo.com/cgi-bin/online/storepro.php but I'm still curious about any experiences with this __________________ Born in the '70's & in my mind, still living there now...

June 28th, 2008, 05:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
Colt W. Knight Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Virginia Age: 24 Posts: 2,178	As a banjo player let me just say this,"Schallers freaking suck compared to Keith/scruggs drop tuners." Those Schallers are not anywhere close to the same caliber of Keith/Scruggs tuners. If you are looking to purchase two or a set of Keith/Scruggs tuners or Schaler drop tuners I reccomend First Quality Music Supply (FQMS.com) or Janet Davis's website. Elderely would also carry them. Keith Scruggs tuners are expensive, and hard to figure out initially. Once you do get the hang of them, those things are amazing.

June 28th, 2008, 11:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Colt W. Knight Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Virginia Age: 24 Posts: 2,178	Anyone know which set most people use on guitars, is the G/B string tuners or the two D string tuners?