Hey, Steven, surely some repair guy has a decent used set of these in his archive. You should post a request on a forum where guitar builders and repairmen hang out.
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Edit: Never mind.
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| Author: | StevenWheeler [ Thu May 21, 2009 8:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Tuners needed for old Harmony |
My neighbor stopped by last night with an old guitar. It's a '50's Harmony flattop. Ladder braced, nylon strings, cheap piece of American industrialized guitar history. Was her fathers main axe. I told her I could make it playable but not pretty. Got her to agree that a refinish would remove all traces of her dad and that would be a shame. So the plan is to pull the frets, flatten the fret board (.065" relief with no strings right now), install new frets, nut and saddle and reinstall the original pickgaurd which fortunately was inside the box. So get to the point, Steve A) How much relief should I leave in the neck. It's steel reinforced but not adjustable. B) Does anyone have any of these tuners lying about? This has three bent shafts on one plate and a missing gear on the other. |
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| Author: | RaymundH [ Thu May 21, 2009 9:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuners needed for old Harmony |
Bit expensive for a cheapy but nostalga is a funny thing! http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/Guit ... ghead.html Ray |
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| Author: | John How [ Thu May 21, 2009 11:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuners needed for old Harmony |
I second the golden age tuners. You could even customize them to have the same footprint as the ones on your repair guitar. |
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| Author: | David Newton [ Thu May 21, 2009 11:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuners needed for old Harmony |
Hey, Steven, surely some repair guy has a decent used set of these in his archive. You should post a request on a forum where guitar builders and repairmen hang out. Edit: Never mind. |
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| Author: | dylanger [ Thu May 21, 2009 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuners needed for old Harmony |
go on www.guitarfetish.com its pretty much all economy parts. You might find what your looking for. |
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| Author: | StevenWheeler [ Thu May 21, 2009 2:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuners needed for old Harmony |
Thanks guys, I got the bent shafts straightened. That was pretty easy once I saw how the assembly went together. So now I'm down to needing 1 gear and 1 screw. Hey Dave, any idea where one might find a forum like you mentioned? Steve |
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| Author: | David LaPlante [ Thu May 21, 2009 7:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuners needed for old Harmony |
Steve, Send me a SASE and a note regarding what you need........these are old Waverly's and I have lots of parts for them. PM me for my address. Best |
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| Author: | David Newton [ Thu May 21, 2009 9:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuners needed for old Harmony |
There ya go! If David doesn't have what you need, try this David. |
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| Author: | StevenWheeler [ Fri May 22, 2009 7:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuners needed for old Harmony |
Excellent! Thanks Daves. |
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| Author: | David Newton [ Fri May 22, 2009 10:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Tuners needed for old Harmony |
Steven, I didn't want to be caught off-guard, so I went to the shop and reached up for the box marked "old trash tuners, too rusty to keep" and found an empty space. Unless the box was dumped into the bottom drawer marked "stuff to throw away" (full to the brim) I've thrown away all my old tuners. |
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