![]() In addition to the fin, the taper is different than many other fifth tuners, too. Filing or chiseling a small notch in a blind tapered hole isn't the easiest thing to do, and I like the easier route. I exercise common sense when using anything, so filing the fin was an obvious choice for me. The result of this is there have been (and will continue to be) many split necks resulting from their use. If the fin size was an attempt to improve the standard design then the tuner should be packaged with cautionary installation instructions regarding the need for the extra installation step of filing a corresponding notch. Since that's the case I believe many were installed without a thought of "filing a fin notch" in the side of a tapered hole. Luthiers have been fitting and installing finned tuners long, long before the Gotoh fifth tuner came on the scene. ![]() The presence of a fin (as a standard) is no problem, it's the much larger size of the Gotoh fin that left me scratching my head. ![]() Like others above, I file part of it off, but leave some In the history of banjo fifth string tuners that was considered standard for decades, especially in the recent past consisting of the big boom in banjos since the seventys. Seems like a bit more work to me to do that when just filing off most of that fin will surely keep it from rotating even in the softer mahogany provided you ream the hole to correct size and not too large.Īnyway we all have different ways of doing things that work for us and if the end result is good so be it! He contacted the manufacturer and they told him to not grind off the fin but cut a notch as you say you do. Yep I had a buddy of mine to contact me about this very thing the other day.it seems he drove in a 5th tuner and it split his neck. That fin keeps the tuner from rotating in the hole which can be a problem with softer woods like Mahogany. ![]() When I set a 5th string tuner (with a fin), after I've sized the mounting hole, I push the tuner into the hole, using the fin to make a small mark that I file out a slot, using a 3-corner rat-tail file, to match the fin. ![]()
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