Lacôte Style Tuner
And now: there is Another Way !
We cannot claim this to be an entirely new idea, in fact the concept dates back about a hundred and sixty years to the very early days of guitar machine heads and the instruments of Renè François Lacôte.
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Buttons
- Oval Pattern
- Kidney Pattern
- Traditional Pattern
Buttons of four different patterns and in a range of materials can be fitted.
The machine heads are fitted as standard with oval pattern real light or dark Mother-of-Pearl buttons.
As an option, 'oval' or 'kidney' pattern buttons of synthetic ivory or polished hardwoods can also be fitted. Traditional pattern buttons are supplied in synthetic ivory only.
Buttons in synthetic ivory to original early 19th century Lacôte style with matching brass sleeves can also be supplied
For a complete listing of all the materials currently available and also drawings and a photo showing the various shapes of the buttons, please click here.
String Rollers
Depending on the way the tuners are fitted, depends on the type of string roller you require. If you are fitting the tuner in the traditional manner, then you can use either the standard string roller with or without the extra bearing bushes. If you are mounting the tuner in the new way, you will require the extra bearing bushes to be fitted as standard.
For more on fitting, please click here.
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Classical Rollers
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Steel string Slotted head Rollers
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With or without Bearing Bushes
For more information on the string rollers, please click here.
About Lacôte Tuners
Rodgers Lacôte's style tuners have been completely re-designed from the old style tuners but still employ the same principle of operation.
Unlike other styles of machine heads, these sets attach to the underside of the guitar headstock with the mechanism enclosed within the headstock away from damage and sight.
All are for mounting on ‘slotted head guitars’ but the principle allows for a far greater scope of headstock design. Single gear units mounted in this fashion can allow for slotted head guitars to have curved headstocks as is usual on most ‘solid head guitars’.
As can be seen from the pictures, the worm shafts to which buttons attach, projects through the base-plate downwards, leaving the side of the headstock clean & uncluttered. This design requires a little more work in the design and manufacture of the headstock but as you can see, the result far outweighs the effort.
Side-plates
- Plain Edge
- Decorative edge
- Multi-stringers
- Singles
Rodgers Lacôtes Style Tuners can have either 'plain edge' or ''decorative edge' side-plates.
They can be made with more than the standard 6 strings (Multi-stringers), or as single gear units
These tuners are supplied in Brass.
Dimensions
The standard side-plate dimensions are shown on the drawings linked to below.
Fitting Instructions
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