I got the free huntington guitar this year and i want to change to mechine head and need to know what the measurements are, as i am trying to avoid having to drill new holes or wided them. If anyone has that info i would greatly appreciate it.
Free Huntington Guitar
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Originally Posted by: benrh0914I got the free huntington guitar this year and i want to change to mechine head and need to know what the measurements are, as i am trying to avoid having to drill new holes or wided them. If anyone has that info i would greatly appreciate it.
I don't know the actual dimensions. But I'm pretty sure they are the standard 3 on a side classical tuners. Like this:
The problem you run into with any classical guitar is that the entire assembly is different from any standard acoustic guitar.
You might try asking in the guitar tech forum. Hope that helps!
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Thank you! I don't know much about classical guitar but it's a little time consuming to re-tune every time i pick the guitar up and in the middle of playing as well
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Originally Posted by: benrh0914I got the free huntington guitar this year and i want to change to mechine head and need to know what the measurements are, as i am trying to avoid having to drill new holes or wided them. If anyone has that info i would greatly appreciate it.
[br]Take a steel rule or digital caliper and measure the hole centre to hole centre spacings along the assembly plate. You may have to remove one machine head plate assembly from one side to do so with sufficient accuracy. I'd wager your Huntington will have been be made in Asia somewhere, so most likely metric fitment, but you never know in the US market where the OEM rebrand distributor specs. the contract. A quick centre to centre should reveal. Either way they'll be one of either standard common metric spacing used by the ROW, or USA Imperial.[br][br][u]I replaced the machine head assemblies [/u]on my[u] Indonesian manufacturered Yamaha C40//02[/u]. Metric of course, an easy 'drop in fit' parts fit replacement.
StewMac, or AliExpress for quality metric if you like saving a quid to put towards your GAS fund.
JFI, it's normal for nylon stringed guitars to take a time to achieve stable tuning any time a new set of strings are fitted. Don't cheapskate on strings. Fit and use known reputable, quality strings even if lowest segment tier student strings.
Quality strings can make a quite ordinary guitar feel, play and sound so much better IME.
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