Golden Gate Tuners

**Scotti Adams** · Feb-29-2004, 10:04am

..any comments? comparisons?

**J. Mark Lane** · Feb-29-2004, 5:53pm

Maybe everyone is wondering the same thing I am. What the heck are Golden Gate tuners?

**John Flynn** · Feb-29-2004, 6:03pm

J. Mark:

Golden Gate, the the people who make the picks by the same name, also make replacement tuners. I have no experience with them, but I have seen listings for them.

**Scotti Adams** · Feb-29-2004, 6:25pm

..yea..Saga carries them....they are more costly than the Grovers and Schallers and they have the removable buttons..they are a good lookin tuner..http://www.sagamusic.com/catalog/details.asp?ProductID=FM-20

**sunburst** · Feb-29-2004, 6:31pm

Just looked at the pic. They look a lot like Gotoh. Wonder if that's who makes them?

**J. Mark Lane** · Feb-29-2004, 6:45pm

I see. Yeah, they sure look like Gotohs, don't they? I can't imagine Golden Gate is tooled up to make their own tuners. There's also a strange variation in cost among the different model numbers.

**Scotti Adams** · Feb-29-2004, 7:00pm

..yea but they dont say what the ratio is...

**Darryl Wolfe** · Mar-01-2004, 1:26pm

They're Gotoh's...they used to offer a silver plated version. These were the first reasonable reverse cut/worm under tuner that didn't turn backward.

You can do some light machine work on the string posts and grind an "arrow end" on the plates..replace a few "phillips" screws here and there with straight/flat ones and make a very respectable Loar knock-off tuner for far less than a Waverly

**Scotti Adams** · Mar-01-2004, 2:19pm

..thanks alot for the info....since they are Gotohs I think I will be getting them from Stew Mac..alot cheaper....I thought they may be Gotohs..they sure looked the same...

**Big Joe** · Mar-01-2004, 2:59pm

Hey Scotti! Our new Grovers will be ready in a couple of weeks. 18:1 ratio. I love the ones on my mandolin.

**Scotti Adams** · Mar-01-2004, 5:25pm

Joe..describe the buttons to me..do they look like the regular Grover buttons?..same size and shape?..whats the cost going to be on these?

**sunburst** · Mar-01-2004, 6:29pm

Could we get a pic of the new Grovers? I' m hoping they'll help my "tuner frustration".

**Scotti Adams** · Mar-01-2004, 6:39pm

.. I seen them on Big Joes mando at SPBGMA last month but I cant remember exactly what they look like....I hope they have smaller buttons than the standard Grover button which I find just a little big....does any body make Ivoried buttons for Gotohs?

**sunburst** · Mar-01-2004, 7:01pm

yeah...those big buttons have kept me away from Grovers so far. Good question about the ivoroid Gotoh buttons. I've put Stew Mac pearl buttons on them by filing the shafts, so you could do the same with ivoroid.