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I looked it over, and went to tune it up... I hadn't looked closely at the back of the tuning machines yet. It started out really low, so I picked a string, started to twist the peg - and discovered it had 1:1 tuners!

Zipping up a perfect fourth or so in 1/8 of a turn, it was incredibly difficult to get that sucker in tune! (one very pretty guitar, though - highly decorated) That's funny! Seems like it would take a doctor's hands to tune properly on that one.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance corbind https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-246398 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-119652 Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:20:04 +0000
You ought to expect to tune your guitar whenever you play it. That's normal. Some will be farther out of tune than others, but they all drift a bit. Not so noticeable if you've got one that stays in good relative tune with itself, but your absolute tuning can be off quite a bit and you'll surely hear it when you play with others.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-119652 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-119587 Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:02:39 +0000
I looked it over, and went to tune it up... I hadn't looked closely at the back of the tuning machines yet. It started out really low, so I picked a string, started to twist the peg - and discovered it had 1:1 tuners!

Zipping up a perfect fourth or so in 1/8 of a turn, it was incredibly difficult to get that sucker in tune! (one very pretty guitar, though - highly decorated)]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-119587 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-119580 Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:28:57 +0000
I have to tune every other day or so. Sometimes more.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance curious_bob https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-119580 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-119372 Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:34:25 +0000
I like Grover tuners but only put them on guitars that I like and plan on keeping for a long time.

If the guitar you have is just temporary, it usually does not pay to make upgrades because you don't get the money back out of it.

I would expect your Squire to be fine.

Here is something that may help with stringing, which will also help with tuning if you are strung correctly.......

Stringing and Cleaning Your Guitar

One thing I would like to stress is that the strings wrap around the tuner from the inside. In other words it does matter which direction you wrap them and you want the strings to pull as straight as possible. This may seem obvious but I did buy a used guitar that was wrapped in the wrong direction and the guy broke off the end of the nut from pulling the low E string on an angle to the outside.

Hope this helps.
8)]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance JosephLefty https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-119372 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-119366 Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:53:30 +0000
Having said that, there are other reasons to change tuners. One is to put on locking tuners so it is easier and quicker to change strings and second is to actually make it easier to tune. A higher ratio tuner makes fine tuning easier.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-119366 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-11133 Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:14:45 +0000
My guitar (squire standard tele) stays in tune fairly well, but not great. would a new set of tuners help any?]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance curious_bob https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/new-tuners/#post-11133