Hi, I have an old Daion 12 string from the 80's and the machine heads on the B strings seem to stick when tuning. By that I mean that you turn the peg and there's no change and then the pitch goes up (or down) by quite a bit. I can still tune the guitar but it is annoying and makes life a bit harder. I would just replace the machine heads but I can't find anything with an exact fit for the screws and I'm a bit reluctant to start drilling. Any thoughts on why it would be slipping like this? Is it definitely the machine heads, or could it be getting stuck in the nut? I've used some lubricant but it hasn't made any difference.
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By the way, never tune down to a pitch - that’s guaranteed to cause backlash in any tuner that doesn’t work absolutely perfectly (which is most of them). If the string is sharp, go well below the pitch then smoothly back up again to it.
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I'm tuned down to C modal at the moment, but I was having the same issue in standard tuning and DADGAD.
I would be very careful about tuning them to standard anyway - that's a huge amount of strain on the guitar. 12-strings were always intended to be tuned down a tone, until much lighter string gauges became available. Personally I wouldn't tune anything heavier than 11s to standard, and even that's at the upper end.
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"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein