![]() Thanks for the nice feedback and Mandroid, that is a great shortcut (/// or \\\) if you can’t spot a right hand or left hand worm easily. Last edited by MarkELynch Mar-31-2021 at 1:03pm. With Gibson the change from worm under to worm over tuners seems to have occurred somewhere during 1925. The thread will cause the shaft to move in the direction your thumb is pointed when turned in the direction your fingers are curled. Hold your right thumb out and curl you fingers around as if you were hitch hiking in the US, now point you thumb away from you. The left-hand worm may have been the genesis of the use of “reverse thread” or probably later “reverse tuner” again having nothing to do with the tuner knob being turned in reverse, this is not the case.įor you terminology buffs here is the meaning of right hand or left hand threads and an exercise. ![]() As Paul explains this was done so that the tuner knob turns in the same direction as the “worm under” type. The “worm over” type have a left-hand threaded worm. ![]() A right hand thread is the common type when we think righty tightly, lefty lucy in our every day world and having nothing to do with mandolins. Notice that the “worm under” type have a right-hand threaded worm. With this guide you’ll be able to tell quickly wether those orphan or new tuners are the right type for your instrument. The visuals only allow you to identify at a glance which type you have, it does not address other variances such as the post spacing, post diameter or gear ratio. I created this simple visual guide as a supplement to Paul Hosteler’s (rip) excellent tutorial. “Worm under” tuners have the worm closest to the string nut. This may have been discussed on the Cafe before but there still is some confusion about identifying the so-called “worm over” and “worm under” style of tuners. ![]()
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