Hi Chris! I totally agree with you about friction tuners. I regret not paying extra for the upgrade to geared tuners on my magic fluke. Good info on this video. I never heard of those graphtech tuners.
It isn't an upgrade for everyone, and the tuners are not everyone's favorites due to look, and also some reported breakage. But I like them so much more than the stock friction tuners. If that headstock were just a fraction of an inch thicker, they would be perfect!
I put my Fluke awy because of the annoying friction tuners that keep slipping and one string refuses to tune. I'm unable to do reaming myself because I don't have the knowledge, experience or tools. Any suggestions from anyone?
If you have a luthier that works on ukuleles, this would be an easy conversion for them-or if you are in a ukulele group, you can ask if anyone has experience installing tuners. They might be willing to help you.
I almost always lean to clear fluorocarbon, because I like the feel and the sound (usually clear and bright). I'm pretty sure I have Martin M600 on this one.
I have the Fluke with Peghed planetary tuners on which are great - but certainly more expensive than these. My issue with Fluke going with these are the increasing number of failure reports I am seeing. Posts snapping and internals failing. They initially said it was a 'batch issue', but that must be a huge batch as it's still happening now some years later.
I have had the review done for a week, and haven’t found time to get into TH-cam to do all the metadata to properly release the video-but the Klōs Eight String Tenor uses the Graphtech Tune-a-lele tuners as well. There’s been enough conversation around this topic that I certainly warn buyers to be aware of the potential issue with the tuners. A conversion like this one (at home) or by a luthier does run the risk that one (or more) may break, and then the owner has to potentially replace the tuner. It is unfortunate that the Fluke’s headstock is so thin that a Gotoh cannot be used without sticking out so much on both sides. For that reason, the Peghead tuners probably are the best choice, though they are slightly more complicated to install (if I remember correctly, they have to be screwed into the peg hole, and I am unsure if a retrofit is possible), expensive, and not as easy to find (they’re out there, but they aren’t as easy to find as other options). That said, I can’t find any Der Jung tuners in the US. I even contacted Der Jung, who sent me an e-mail, and they never replied. I do have a contact at Grover-I need to reach out to them again about making UPTs.
@@UkeStuff Yep - the pegheds are certainly a tricky install - tapered hole as well I think. Certainly wouldn't give it a go myself - the ones I have were fitted by MF. Grover certainly should go the UPT route!
Hi Chris! I totally agree with you about friction tuners. I regret not paying extra for the upgrade to geared tuners on my magic fluke. Good info on this video. I never heard of those graphtech tuners.
It isn't an upgrade for everyone, and the tuners are not everyone's favorites due to look, and also some reported breakage. But I like them so much more than the stock friction tuners. If that headstock were just a fraction of an inch thicker, they would be perfect!
I put my Fluke awy because of the annoying friction tuners that keep slipping and one string refuses to tune. I'm unable to do reaming myself because I don't have the knowledge, experience or tools. Any suggestions from anyone?
If you have a luthier that works on ukuleles, this would be an easy conversion for them-or if you are in a ukulele group, you can ask if anyone has experience installing tuners. They might be willing to help you.
@@UkeStuff - Unfortunately, neither applies... perhaps I should look for a uke group.
I'm curious, what strings do you prefer on your fluke and why?
I almost always lean to clear fluorocarbon, because I like the feel and the sound (usually clear and bright). I'm pretty sure I have Martin M600 on this one.
I have the Fluke with Peghed planetary tuners on which are great - but certainly more expensive than these. My issue with Fluke going with these are the increasing number of failure reports I am seeing. Posts snapping and internals failing.
They initially said it was a 'batch issue', but that must be a huge batch as it's still happening now some years later.
I have had the review done for a week, and haven’t found time to get into TH-cam to do all the metadata to properly release the video-but the Klōs Eight String Tenor uses the Graphtech Tune-a-lele tuners as well. There’s been enough conversation around this topic that I certainly warn buyers to be aware of the potential issue with the tuners.
A conversion like this one (at home) or by a luthier does run the risk that one (or more) may break, and then the owner has to potentially replace the tuner. It is unfortunate that the Fluke’s headstock is so thin that a Gotoh cannot be used without sticking out so much on both sides. For that reason, the Peghead tuners probably are the best choice, though they are slightly more complicated to install (if I remember correctly, they have to be screwed into the peg hole, and I am unsure if a retrofit is possible), expensive, and not as easy to find (they’re out there, but they aren’t as easy to find as other options).
That said, I can’t find any Der Jung tuners in the US. I even contacted Der Jung, who sent me an e-mail, and they never replied.
I do have a contact at Grover-I need to reach out to them again about making UPTs.
@@UkeStuff Yep - the pegheds are certainly a tricky install - tapered hole as well I think. Certainly wouldn't give it a go myself - the ones I have were fitted by MF.
Grover certainly should go the UPT route!