Graphtech Ratio Tuning Machines!

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

NOW THIS IS COOL! Each tuner has its own ratio so that one turn on one string matches what one turn on another string would be. No more of 2 turns on the low strings equals 5 turns on the high strings... I don't know about locking tuners yet but I'll find out more when I see the Graphtech guys in a few weeks.

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/Daily/News/Graph_Tech_Introduces_Ratio_Tuning_Machine_Heads.aspx

Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 1413 Location: Dallas, TX

That's pretty badass...looks like a good product. I'm interested...

Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Posts: 793 Location: D.C. Metro

What a genius idea.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:55 pm

Great idea. I'll have to try these, if they dont run too spendy.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 2:49 pm

Interesting.., both of my TOM guitars require constant tuning adjustments during shows.
It's why i'm going all Floyd this Year.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:00 pm

String Winder... .99 cents

Laughing

Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 8254 Location: Ontario, Canada

bassmantim71 wrote:

Interesting.., both of my TOM guitars require constant tuning adjustments during shows.
It's why i'm going all Floyd this Year.

I use a 3 in 1 pen oiler in the nut slots. I drop the strings half a pitch and raise to tuning. I don't tune my LP's more than once an hour. I check them on the tu-3 every other song and they're bang on.

You might already do this. Just tossing it out there.

Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 13396 Location: Earth

The tuners aren't there to necessarily make it easier to wind new strings. It's about tuning them and not having to go to extremes to get the same movement on each string. You get a custom ratio to tune each string making fine tuning easier. Some people don't care about that but these aren't for those people Wink

Joined: 28 Sep 2012 Posts: 379 Location: Kent, UK

I swear more and more products are coming out for lazy people.

Is a standard tuner which has worked for god knows how many years now useless?

Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 336 Location: Syracuse, NY

Cool idea, Just hope they're not made in the same place that makes their bridges.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:44 pm

Das Brutalheimmer wrote:

What a genius idea.

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