Infatuated with the set of gold Gotah tuners I had in stock, Ron insisted on replacing the Peghed tuners I had installed in his Griffin baritone. I reluctantly agreed thinking I could break the grip of the glue and screw them out of the maple head stock, saving the Pegheds for another instrument. 'wow was I wrong!
I put a piece of protective leather around a Peghed and tried to turn with pliers. No luck Then I tried without the leather, only marring the aluminum body, again no luck. Finally decided to saw them off and drill them out;
The credit card was to protect the wood from the saw blade. The aluminum cut easily but the stainless gears inside stopped my jewelers saw. 'Finally got out a hack saw.
The credit card was to protect the wood from the saw blade. The aluminum cut easily but the stainless gears inside stopped my jewelers saw. 'Finally got out a hack saw.
The central axel is broken off, the gears and housing removed. I was able to pull the post out but now what to do.
That housing is threaded and glued into the wood. The only solution was to try to drill it out. Using the smallest possible drill bitt I went at it.
GOT IT ! The casing is impaled on the tip of the drill bitt. Whew, Now to enlarge the hole to accept the Gotah tuner.
To avoid damaging the wood of the peg head I used five drill bitts gradually increasing the size of the hole until I got to the Gotah size. This worked well. No damage.
By this method I finally got them all out. I destroyed four excellent tuners, but learned how well they are made and how firmly Pegheds attach to an instrument if properly installed. I got the Gotahs installed and my customer is happy, but I regret murdering these excellent Pegheds. You can see the remains in this picture
