Gibson Deluxe Tuners A Revisit
Please note that this post is part four of four posts. I highly recommend reading all four posts in order before acting on any of the information. The other parts are located here: Part 1: http://diystrat.blogspot.com/2009/01/gibson-deluxe-tuners-and-why-they-suck.html Part 2: http://diystrat.blogspot.com/2009/01/gibson-deluxe-tuners-part-two.html Part 3: http://diystrat.blogspot.com/2009/02/gibson-deluxe-tuners-fix.html Given the amount of visits I’ve received due to the Gibson Deluxe Tuners (and why they suck) posts I made a while back, and what I’ve learnt since then, I decided to revisit the topic. At that time, I decided the best way for me to fix the tuner was to solder it closed. This worked great and still holds fine. However, I was a little disappointed that I only found out about the “official” fix after I had already repaired mine. In this post, I’m going to actually try this fix with another tuner (which I found in a parts drawer in a local guitar shop). I’ll get onto this ...