What's wrong with these tuners?

"Going full Julian Baumgartner" made me smile and remember that the artisan transcends the medium.

I liked the part where Ted played upside down beautifully

Ted, I worked at Waverly in Bozeman for 21 months, until StewMac closed us down and moved everything to Athens , OH. I could have set those tuners up so there was no backlash between the worm and bronze gear. The ivoroid knobs are a type of plastic, the knurled end of the worm shaft doesn't have much for the plastic button to bite on. We used a CA glue to make for a more positive grip. How the Athens shop did it was out of our control. These may have been made by them, not us in Bozeman. Man, we took extra pains to make sure people were getting a superior product, no backlash, no fingerprints, no slip in the buttons at the worm ends. I'd bet these were made in Athens, if I'd want to bet. CA was our friend in our shop. Cheers, Ted. Bob in Bozeman, MT

I finally found a luthier on youtube that i can actually watch and enjoy greatly.

I’ve been to the Huss & Dalton “factory,” which is set up in an old, 19th Century house in Staunton, VA. It looks a lot like your shop, only bigger. They had about six employees when I was there. I watched Jeff Huss take a mahogany neck blank, straight off the bandsaw and carve a beautiful neck using only a standard hardware store rasp, a set of calipers and a bunch of 4” squares of various sandpapers. The final assessment of the neck shape was made using his hands — total time spent — around 30 minutes. Jeff had spent many years carving banjo necks at the Stelling factory in Afton, VA. before he started Huss & Dalton. I’m pretty sure Mark Dalton still does the final setup and inspection.

True confessions of a luthier. (sometimes I’m half afraid to watch !)Those tuners cost more than some of my guitars. Bone head move on Waverly’s part. I hope they’ve sorted that out.

I'm really surprised at the lack of spline on the shaft of those tuners. Even the cheap ones I use have little wings that lock into the buttons so if they work loose they still turn.

That guitar has an incredible sound. Beautiful!

“Big Scary Project”. Next week. Halloween. I see what you did there. Well done sir, well done. 😂

Another Awesome repair ! I’ve been so inspired that I did my first refret job and it actually came out great . You definitely have helped me learn and I appreciate it 👍

As a lefty myself, I've never played a lefty. I learned on 'standard' guitars as a kid, because that's all there was, and to be honest, now I really prefer having my strongest fingers on my dominant hand doing the fretwork! And I honestly believe it was good for teaching my 'dumb' right hand some dexterity it never used to have for the fingerpicking. I play just fine on all standard-strung guitars and could never now play a lefty.

Nice fix! My jaw dropped when you mentioned John Calkin. I just built a cigar box guitar for him in a builder’s “swap off.” It’s a small world!

He fixed it.. He filmed it.. He Albert Kinged it.

I'm thinking the previous tuner fix needn't have been a replacement.

Another lovely piece of playing at the end. You’ve really got a great feel for choosing chords and lines that meld together very naturally. Nice job!

I have no knowledge of musical instruments but do know mechanics and really enjoyed troubled shooting along with you and being able to figure out the causes. Very well done video.

Dude!! Is always so relaxing You're the best Luthier I've ever had the pleasure to watch in action. You said a reputable Luthier replaced the last set of tuners, but either they weren't able to find the problem causing them to fail or they just never bothered looking into it.

Loved the Julian reference. You are both excellent teachers and highly skilled. Love watching you both.

I'm most impressed with your "backward" plucking !

Great one this week Mr Woodford. Great problem solving. Thanks for posting.