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Comment by Brian "Pork Pie" Anderson on March 7, 2010 at 5:45pm

On my first build I used open gear tuners and I didn't know the significance of mounting them correctly, but I did have the issue, I figured the same would hold true for the closed gear tuner. Its good to know they work either way. Thanks Josh.

Comment by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on March 7, 2010 at 5:33am

I put them upside down because I thought it looked more interesting on a quasi-asymmetrical head than having everything running along the same line.

I can't see how this would introduce tuning instability. It's just a simple worm gear after all. Did you try this with high quality machines? My experience has been that if you have at least a moderately decent tuning machine on your guitar it'll hold fast no matter which way you pull on it.

Comment by Brian "Pork Pie" Anderson on March 7, 2010 at 3:12am

This is where I get confused, the two turners on the left are mounted upside down, when I have done this I found that under tension it puts too much pressure on the peg putting it into a kink sometimes, and when tuning I can feel the instability of the machine head. Is this just an issue I notice?