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Incoming New Pegs Day. After several years of procrastination, and then covid, I finally got off my a** and ordered the complex geared pegs for my Huipe flamenco guitar. 8.5:1 gear ratio. Synthetic body and light weight internal alloy. They weigh almost nothing. The guitar sounds fantastic but the traditional friction pegs have always been a pain to tune, mostly in live performance situations.
The guitar and pegs are with my wife's violin tech right now for install.
Wittner Fine Tuning Peg Flamenco – Thomann United States
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Last edited by Woody Sound; 06-08-2022 at 07:31 AM.
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06-06-2022 04:26 PM
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Had no idea such things existed. Looks cool. I respect tradition but I'm not so stupid as to deny advances that truly make things better and more functional.
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I have mechanical pegs on my Mijail Kharash blanca. They are great!
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It's pretty cool. The gears are built into the button, instead of in the shaft. Two pics for demo:
Originally Posted by whiskey02
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It is done. They are awesome. They work just as smoothly and well as any fine tuning gear. It is amazing, the tiny gears are built into the buttons, I am thrilled with these. The local violin string shop guy who installed them has been putting them on violins, cellos, etc, for a long time, it was his first crack at a traditional flamenco blanca guitar, so he was excited to do it. I can finally perform with the guitar without tuning struggles.
Last edited by Woody Sound; 06-19-2022 at 10:09 PM.
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ps - The guitar weighs only around 2-1/2 lbs, a true featherweight, feels like balsa. OTOH, the hard plush Ameritage case in which it sleeps is around 16 lbs. Originally Posted by Woody Sound
It is done. They are awesome. They work just as smoothly and well as any fine tuning gear. It is amazing, the tiny gears are built into the buttons, I am thrilled with these. The local violin string shop guy who installed them has been putting them on violins, cellos, etc, for a long time, it was his first crack at a traditional flamenco blanca guitar, so he was excited to do it. I can finally perform with the guitar without tuning struggles.
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