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Tuning keys upgrade recommendation? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/guitars

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I got this Harley Benton DC Junior a few years ago and it's been my main axe since.

Only issue is it has the worse tuning stability of any guitar I've owned, Not only going out of tune but getting it to correct pitch can be spotty in the first place.

Any ideas for replacement tuning machines? I've already replaced the nut with a graphtech one a while back and it only slightly helped when tuning up. I also don't mind drilling new screw holes if need be.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I have a Harley Benton too and changing the old plastic nut with a TUSQ got rid of like 50% of the problem, new Gotoh tuners did the rest: I can only recommend this brand, high quality at nice prices. And since a lot of their models come with ferrules both for metric and imperial, there should be no need to re-drill the holes. In any case always double check your measures. I heard good things about Kluson too but I never tried them myself.