Coolest tuners ever???

**dingobass** · 26-06-2013, 09:18 AM

$107 for the set, Maxie!

**maxaxe** · 26-06-2013, 10:48 AM

$107 for the set, Maxie![/quote]

Aha! that's more reasonable. The way Stewmac set out the pricing was not very clear to me.
I take it that includes postage? Are Stewmac the way to go in your opinion?

**dingobass** · 26-06-2013, 10:56 AM

Unfortunately postage is not included.... apart from that, Stewmac are really good to do business with.
I will do some searching to see if these are available elsewhere.

**Gavin1393** · 26-06-2013, 11:23 AM

But will probably only be about $20 postage....

**DrNomis_44** · 16-01-2015, 10:57 AM

I bought a set of 6 of these Steinberger Gearless Tuners, tried them on 3 of my guitars but they didn't really make tuning the guitars much easier, there was no real difference in tuning stability after I had installed the tuners, I found that there was one that had a knob that was a bit stiff to turn even though the string wasn't up to pitch, and yes, I made sure I did read the instructions properly, I even tried lubricating the stiff tuner with graphite, made no difference, even with a spray with some WD40, plus one tuner was missing it's anchoring pin.

Retraction:

I just tried my set of 6 Steinberger Gearless Tuners on an 80's Cimar Superstrat guitar just for fun and because it's original tuners had lots of backlash, well I have to say that I stand corrected, they do seem to be keeping the guitar in tune better, what you need to do is put some lubricant in the nut slots I used some Big Bends Nut Sauce), then once you get the strings all tuned up to pitch, play the guitar a bit, then de-tune the guitar so the strings are a bit slack, then loosen the locks on each tuner and pull the string tight again, then lock it off and re-tune back up to pitch.

**DrNomis_44** · 16-01-2015, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by pablopepper

So completely backwards to how I thought. Thanks!

The big difference with these Steinberger tuners is that they pull the string up to pitch rather than wind them as in conventional tuners, more to the point, the pull is a straight pull so you don't get the shifting of individual winds, so the tuning should be more stable, they definitely take a bit of time getting used to.