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Are there any real difference between Taiwanese made, Chinese made, or expensive tuners like those 500 dollars/set tuners? I'm looking for cheap tuners and I usually use those gotoh sealed machines that costs around 30 dollars a set but was wondering if the cheaper Chinese ones are similar in quality?

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

When Schallers got too expensive, I started used Gotohs...

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"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince

So basically the lower tier is so bad that it falls apart? If it's 35 dollars I might as well go with Gotoh, at least I know they are good enough. I've seen cheaper Taiwanese tuners but I do not know if they are the worse one.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Mostly in live, you get what you pay for.....

It's the consistency that is of value. Gotoh is very consistent. I have used some cheaper chinese ones (definitely would not put them on my guitars) that worked okay, although a little rough, and then downhill from there.

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Pat