Tight tuners

[cj59]

I just bought an E6 om tc and the tuners are super tight. Anybody have a recommendation on how to loosen them. The G and D strings are the worst.

[tonyw]

Just working them will probably help, but lubrication will probably make a big difference.

[RomanS]

Some of the recent Eastman guitars (like my E1D) have open back tuners with screws on the ends of the knobs (like closed back tuners) - if yours are like those, try loosening the screws by half a turn.

[TomC]

Gotoh SE 700 will fix your problem.

[cfranchi]

Gotoh SE 700 will fix your problem.

My luthier has installed Gotoh SE700 gold tuners on my E8om tc and E20d tc : very beautiful and smooth to turn, it also fix a slight intonation issue that my E8om had

[AlanSam]

Glad you sorted it out, but sorry you had to fork out money. And pics would be good!

[cfranchi]

Glad you sorted it out, but sorry you had to fork out money. And pics would be good!

I’ll try to post

[cj59]

Do anyone know if the gotoh se700 timers are a simple drop in using the same bushing already there

[TomC]

CJ59
You will need to replace the bushings. The shaft of the Ping tuners is about 6 mm. The shaft of the Goth is about 6.1". The Gotoh shafts will not fit into the Ping bushings. The bushings can be easily removed from the back using a punch and finishing hammer. Check YouTube. There are several videos showing how. Stewmac also makes a little tool you can get to press them in and out. I thought it was a little pricey. I have done about 10 sets without using the tool.

Stewmac tool - https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-an...ing-press/

[TomC]

Do anyone know if the gotoh se700 timers are a simple drop in using the same bushing already there

CJ
Check out this video and jump to 4:11. They will show you how to remove the old bushings. A lot of the rest does not pertain as the original tuners are different than the Waverlys they are installing. The Ping and Gotoh are very similar. Also if you get a set of Gotohs make sure it is the set with 23.7 mm spacing between the mounting screws on the back of the tuners. These - https://reverb.com/item/1116043-gotoh-3l...kel-finish