Stringwinder's for mando

[CES]

my nicolo alessi string winder.

'incredible precision and it even has a bearing:

sweet!

[Kevin Winn]

I just got a Wildwood String Winder from Durl Jones in Colorado.

Works superbly and looks great! String changes are much easier now without rapping my knuckles on the adjacent tuner buttons or the winder slipping off because it's the wrong size. Way worth the $...

[darylcrisp]

found these a few months ago and I've given away all other winders I own. I've owned a couple of names mentioned in this thread, all good winders, but nothing touches these.

bearings for silky smooth action, have a coating that is not hard but not soft either, and on the shortest mandolin shaft tuner I've tried, they will not bang into your headstock. love these things. I've recently purchased a couple of tool items(truss rod tools are the best I've had in my hands, high quality and they for whatever reason, just work better and fit better than any other tool I've used. with the rubbery exterior, they do not mar the tuner buttons either.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...rip-peg-winder
https://www.musicnomadcare.com/Produ...P-Peg-Winder/?
https://www.musicnomadcare.com/Products/Guitar-Tools/

[hermdawg]

I love all the nicely made and machined winders from Frank, Lynn and all but I'm a DIY kind of guy with a saw, some CA and a few Jim Dunlop guitar winders laying around. Cut it and glued it then filled the inside with a little baking soda and CA so it wasn't as deep. I've been using it for years. I don't know if it would work with the different colored winders from Dunlop but it works on the white ones.

i started the same way and i still have the 1st one, but the ones i had made are so much better .... love do it yourself kinda way

[John Soper]

When my tuners are hard to turn, I just use a Vice-Grip (Just kidding). However, I know that's what Sam Bush used on Jethro's mandolin when one of the tuner buttons cracked and fell off.

[MikeEdgerton]

In this case don't be like Sam

[Austin Bob]

found these a few months ago and I've given away all other winders I own. I've owned a couple of names mentioned in this thread, all good winders, but nothing touches these.

bearings for silky smooth action, have a coating that is not hard but not soft either, and on the shortest mandolin shaft tuner I've tried, they will not bang into your headstock. love these things. I've recently purchased a couple of tool items(truss rod tools are the best I've had in my hands, high quality and they for whatever reason, just work better and fit better than any other tool I've used. with the rubbery exterior, they do not mar the tuner buttons either.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...rip-peg-winder
https://www.musicnomadcare.com/Produ...P-Peg-Winder/?
https://www.musicnomadcare.com/Products/Guitar-Tools/

I've never tried that string winder, but it looks pretty cool. I finally broke down and bought a Frank's Crank for my mandolin last week, and man, what a joy that is to use!

But the winder you reference is made by MusicNomad, and they also make a neck block which I just got as well. I've always just used a rolled up towel or a decorative pillow, but it's sometimes hard to get it just the right height. The neck block works on thin body electrics, mandolins, and wide body acoustics. It makes changing strings a little bit easier, I almost look forward to using it again.