14:1 tuners on Gibsons

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ido1957
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14:1 tuners on Gibsons

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I have 18:1 tuners on my three other guitars - even the Kramer which has a locking nut.
I find it a pain to fine tune my Gibson, the ratio is too low as compared. I mean it works but....
I guess since mine is a couple of years old swapping tuners won't matter w/respect to the warranty anymore.
Time to scour the Grovers etc to find a like 18:1 model that doesn't require drilling.
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Re: 14:1 tuners on Gibsons

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I checked to see what was on my new guitar and it's 18:1 - it was one of the first things that struck me about it hen I was comparing it to the 91 Standard, which probably has 14:1 - so much easier to fine tune! So I guess you need whatever they're putting on new Gibsons as standard issue these days.
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