Replacement Tuners on a Bulldog

[BBSuggs]

I stupidly sheared off a tuning peg on my Bulldog. Anyone have suggestions on replacements? I didn't see parts options on the Anderson site.

Really bummed. I just got the guitar, and was changing strings for its first gig.

Thanks,
Bill

[chriswhite]

you can get replacements from Tom, once he sees this I'm sure he'll chime in.

[BBSuggs]

Figured I might hear from Tom or staff. They've been great to reply in previous queries. I sent an email to them as well.

Thanks again.

Bill

[tom]

I did answer your email. Since they are height adjustable, you may have just unscrewed it.

[GDane1]

Not to pour salt on your wound, but if you actually did cut off the post, maybe you can share what happened so no one else makes the same mistake when/if you feel comfortable sharing. I know I unscrewed my post the first time I changed my strings on the Bulldog especially to get the low E through the hole, then played around with them and realized exactly how they work. Hope this is all that happened. :(

[tom]

Got an email and it was must unscrewed, so he should be able to get it back together.

[BBSuggs]

Thanks Tom.

To the forum, after trading some emails with Tom about how to adjust the tuners I was able to make something work. I will need to replace the tuner, however.

As it turns out, I didn't shear it off. The threads were partially stripped (probably my doing). I had to lower the inner-most shaft in order to get to the threads that weren't stripped, if that makes sense. In other words, the string angle changed coming over the nut, which is not ideal, and probably skews the BFTS (I guess?). But it held tune.

Finding a workaround while I pursue a replacement was nice. I was able to use the Bulldog at a gig last night, and it was stellar. Loved it. Felt great; sounded great. ALL pickup settings were useful. Coil taps don't always work well, but the variations on this guy were very cool.


Got an email and it was must unscrewed, so he should be able to get it back together.

[BBSuggs]

Thinking back through my hasty string change, I'm pretty sure I was too aggressive while removing the old strings. I think I was holding the locking pin shaft too tightly (with a dime, by the way) and it stripped the inner-most thread. If you take apart one of these adjustable-height tuners, you'll see what I mean.

You mentioned unscrewing the post. That's easy to do, and simply lowers the pin enough to get the string through (of course, no insult intended). My problem was the "shaft" that post screws onto. It's the actual pin shaft, and it screws onto yet another shaft which controls the overall height of the tuner. A small allen wrench is used at this point to adjust that height. Lowering the inner-most shaft allowed me to find good thread for the pin shaft.

Hope that all makes sense. The lesson here is to take it easy when removing strings. On my next string change, I'll pay closer attention with this particular style of tuner (Gotoh?). I have 2 other Andersons, with locking tuners, and have had no problems.

Hope this all makes sense. It's tough to describe without a visual, but if you have occasion to take apart one of these tuners, you'll see what I mean.


Not to pour salt on your wound, but if you actually did cut off the post, maybe you can share what happened so no one else makes the same mistake when/if you feel comfortable sharing. I know I unscrewed my post the first time I changed my strings on the Bulldog especially to get the low E through the hole, then played around with them and realized exactly how they work. Hope this is all that happened. :(

[GDane1]

thanks for your thoughts.