Homemade Tuners for Guitar or Banjo

Homemade Tuners for Guitar or Banjo - DIY

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Clayton Darwin

9 жыл бұрын

This is some more detail about the spoon tuners I made for my banjo. See the other video first.

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@ajaygodase 3 жыл бұрын

Those tuners are out of this world... really Impressive

@noname-vp6vf 2 жыл бұрын

Essentially you've created a portuguese guitar-style tuners. Well done

@veroldaley1 4 жыл бұрын

The ingenuity is mind blowing,great job sir

@Gothfield 2 жыл бұрын

Those are so sweet! Awesome mix of grace and utility gives it so much character.

@davidfauremusic 2 жыл бұрын

Oh ! I love these tuners so much ! Beautiful outside-the-box thinking, bravo !

@sk1pp3r65 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha... i thought i was the only person left alive who uses BR549 in conversation or text. Thank you for video and giggle

@piemmetubo 4 жыл бұрын

Really great job! How inspiring for my future travel guitar! 👏👏👏

@internalscreech 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I am really enjoying the unconventional materials used in making this. It's nice and economical, and looks neat. I will have to try something similar at some point, I'm glad I stumbled upon this in my search for tuning alternatives.

@ClaytonDarwin 7 жыл бұрын

Dan Halfpenny - Glad you like them. I hope yours turn out well. I need to make another banjo myself.

@hellishtimber Жыл бұрын

i really like this tuner concept, thanks for sharing! planning to try something similar on an instrument i'm making.

@dianamccandless7094 Жыл бұрын

Utterly fabulous!

@JustClaude13 6 жыл бұрын

Do-It-Yourself Preston watch-key tuners! I'm impressed by your ingenuity.

@ClaytonDarwin 6 жыл бұрын

Claude - Thanks.

@stevepethel6843 2 жыл бұрын

This is a brilliant video God bless you for sharing

@gracieagnew6618 4 жыл бұрын

This is so cool! I'm totally trying this.

@mheermance 5 жыл бұрын

The tuners are really interesting DIY engineering.

@mheermance 5 жыл бұрын

@@ClaytonDarwin Thanks!

@rrrosecarbinela 5 жыл бұрын

Very imaginative!!!

@srivasporey4444 3 жыл бұрын

When you use 100 % of your brain !!!

@georoll 7 жыл бұрын

This is genius! Great work.

@ClaytonDarwin 7 жыл бұрын

George Patterson - Thanks.

@drloqutis2492 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice and well thought out

@aminaghasi611 3 жыл бұрын

That was Really Awesome 👌👏

@Iazzaboyce Жыл бұрын

Amazing how you guys still use 'penny' which must go back to when the English were running the thirteen colonies. Tuners are ingenious - it's difficult to imagine a time when there was no music store in town - no internet - no TV - no radio - no record players - no money and you wanted pick some tunes.

@philxcskier 6 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool concept! This would be great for a cigar box style instrument too! Thanks for sharing.

@ClaytonDarwin 6 жыл бұрын

Philip Legare Stokes - Thanks. If you make one, be sure to post a video. I'd like to see it.

@matthewmahadeo6997 3 жыл бұрын

Very impressive stuff 👏👍

@poetc376 3 жыл бұрын

I gotta steal a spoon out of the drawer.. I love this

@FredCarlson 6 жыл бұрын

Clayton, that's glorious!

@ClaytonDarwin 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Fred.

@joepasco1420 4 жыл бұрын

Great tuners.

@seller559 8 жыл бұрын

Very clever. I always knew there was a way to incorporate a fork.Great job.

@ClaytonDarwin 8 жыл бұрын

+seller559 It has a fork-and-a-spoon, cow-flew-over-the-moon theme.

@seller559 8 жыл бұрын

hahaha...thats awesome.

@stevepethel6843 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic...

@ClaytonDarwin 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@randombroncosfan8095 2 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@mr.mayonnaise5488 10 ай бұрын

So helpful!

@sudiptamoyghosh1192 2 жыл бұрын

Well done

@shifter65 5 жыл бұрын

Creative!

@freedom.4.ireland776 Жыл бұрын

this the fella i want wit me when the apoclypse comes😄top notch thinking👌😁

@poetc376 3 жыл бұрын

That's cool

@serenitypending Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@jamesmoylan2861 8 жыл бұрын

I would be really pleased if you have time to do a video for your u tube site of how to make this. system as you seem really good at it.if you could mention nelliYOM guitars and that it is patent applied for I would be honoured.thanks.

@robinleebraun7739 5 ай бұрын

Interesting experiment. Good use of simple machine technology. But, to be honest, old school friction pegs are much simpler and if done correctly, are just as effective as tuning machines. And you don’t need metal working tools or a welder. Just the correct reamer and the ability to carve pegs precisely. Violins and some banjos are still made like that. I built a few pretty good pickups but I will still buy them because they are far more work than they are worth.

@ClaytonDarwin 5 ай бұрын

This is about aesthetics, not practicality.

@adan3598 3 жыл бұрын

When you have a powerful brain.

@MrPaulomad 3 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

@zainosta9806 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@bumstudios8817 Жыл бұрын

This is cool and amazing!! How do you affix the fish hook eyelets if I understand that correctly to the wood?

@ClaytonDarwin Жыл бұрын

That bait-holder type fish hook has barbs on the shaft. Just pushed into a small hole and they stay.

@bumstudios8817 Жыл бұрын

@@ClaytonDarwin oh ok.. I know what you are talking about! You just clip the bottom hook off? And the top near the eyelets has barbs too…right?

@ClaytonDarwin Жыл бұрын

👍

@amirrajaee318 5 жыл бұрын

you have a nice and creative perspective sir !!! Do you think this kind of mechanical pegs can be used for nylon strings as well?

@ClaytonDarwin 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and probably not. Nylon strings stretch more than these can adjust.

@sergiokiwon6688 7 жыл бұрын

I'm from BRAZIL sou Brasileiro very good muito bom recomendo

@ClaytonDarwin 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad you liked it.

@sergiokiwon6688 7 жыл бұрын

thanks you my friend Gratifying Obrigado meu amigo Gratificante

@Qian1980 6 жыл бұрын

Would a fork be able to hold guitar string as nut?

@ClaytonDarwin 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know. You'll just have to try it and see if it works.

@therealzilch 8 жыл бұрын

Forking awesome.

@ClaytonDarwin 8 жыл бұрын

Fork yeah!

@sahlamitos5293 7 жыл бұрын

will it work on a home made guitar? cuz i'm gonna try it (so many brazilians in here, i'm brazilian to).

@ClaytonDarwin 7 жыл бұрын

edvanio marllon - It will work for anything with steel strings. Nylon strings stretch too much. Send me a picture when you're done.

@sahlamitos5293 7 жыл бұрын

all right, it's gonna take a while though.

@ClaytonDarwin 7 жыл бұрын

edvanio marllon - Make the tuners first so you can make the head to fit them.

@sahlamitos5293 7 жыл бұрын

Okey.

@PILOSOPAUL 6 жыл бұрын

I would also like to see the result of your homemade guitar attempt!

@swaroov9236 5 жыл бұрын

can you please tell how a tuning is set to default or standard tuning... for example in a guitar EADGBe is standard if you change the strings will make noise etc... so how do you do exactly set a tuning to a perfect frequency... harf to explain what i think,i hope you get it

@ClaytonDarwin 5 жыл бұрын

It works the same as any tuning machine. If you need to know how those work, there are plenty of useful videos on KZfaq.

@khoatran-pc6tb 7 жыл бұрын

excuse me but will this work on a bass?

@ClaytonDarwin 7 жыл бұрын

You can use the same idea for any steel or steel-core strings (low stretch). For a bass, you will need a bigger version.

@PILOSOPAUL 6 жыл бұрын

and a longer screw

@Talisk3r 5 ай бұрын

What kind of welding is that. I've never welded before so i want to research it.

@ClaytonDarwin 5 ай бұрын

Solder. Not welding

@Talisk3r 5 ай бұрын

@@ClaytonDarwin thanks for the quick answer. Well if it's solder I can do it. I do a lot of soldering for electronic. I surprised that you can have any kind of torque on those penny. The screw slot most help. Thanks a lot for the inspiration. I had a similar idea in mind for a long time and it's nice to see that it works just fine.

@ClaytonDarwin 5 ай бұрын

The slot of the screw handles the torque. The solder just holds the penny in place.

@jacobmarleyghostguitar1906 5 жыл бұрын

have the tuners held up?

@ClaytonDarwin 5 жыл бұрын

No problems.

@john762x51 4 жыл бұрын

It sounds like a middle string ukulele

@ashishsen2685 5 жыл бұрын

in1966 that was the best part

@ClaytonDarwin 5 жыл бұрын

It was a good year for tuners.

@isaaca6445 3 жыл бұрын

I still can't see how this works!!!

@coburnlowman 4 жыл бұрын

That banjo matches someone who must now eat with their hands 🤪🤣😭😂😅 Really it is a Kool looking something. Also my old CJ5 was camo when I got it. I had a feller stencil out BR-549 on both sides of the hood for me. Only the older folks understand. Anyone under 30 thinks it is an ex military issue Jeep.

@ClaytonDarwin 4 жыл бұрын

I keep telling my kid that a Wrangler isn't the "real" Jeep. To have a real Jeep you need to buy a CJ from Junior Samples.