Speaking of which......why do non split-shaft tuners exist? A superior version has existed for like 70 years and yet the solid shaft ones are still around.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:29 pm Speaking of which......why do non split-shaft tuners exist? A superior version has existed for like 70 years and yet the solid shaft ones are still around.

AGREE! I love safety tuners. I know exactly where to cut my strings (about 2.5 posts ahead of the one you are stringing, 3 for plain strings), insert and turn. Works great every time.

IDK about the split shaft but that's a hella odd Fender they have in that photo. left-handed & wtf model?

Tele or Esquire maybe upon closer look - maybe not that weird. Just cut off before the...dimple or knob or whatever you want to call it. If you just follow the line though looks like it's going to make a hockey-stick shape like a Parker fly or something

Garth wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:37 pm IDK about the split shaft but that's a hella odd Fender they have in that photo. left-handed & wtf model?

Left-handed Tele/Esquire

Anyone familiar with the FMR PBC-6A?

I know the FMR stuff is well regarded and very well might be a great value, but the PBC compressor is still more expensive than the RNC and RNLA, especially if you want two channels.

They have a good resale value, which might be reason enough to try one it on its own, but I’d like to hear more from our corner of the internet. Google keeps pointing me to certain gearspace characters that I’m not too sure about

tommy wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:35 pm

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:29 pm Speaking of which......why do non split-shaft tuners exist? A superior version has existed for like 70 years and yet the solid shaft ones are still around.

AGREE! I love safety tuners. I know exactly where to cut my strings (about 2.5 posts ahead of the one you are stringing, 3 for plain strings), insert and turn. Works great every time.

Best tuners ever. A friend of mine puts fiddly locking tuners on every guitar he has and I laugh at him all the time. these things are the best.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:29 pm Speaking of which......why do non split-shaft tuners exist? A superior version has existed for like 70 years and yet the solid shaft ones are still around.

"you think we're going to spend another 0.5 seconds notching the tuner posts just because some noodle armed draft dodger in California does?"

"Gibson still uses these, if it's good enough for them, then.."

TylerDeadPine wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:48 pm "Gibson still uses these, if it's good enough for them, then.."

Lol. They also still use a peghead where the strings bend out of the nut.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:02 pm

TylerDeadPine wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:48 pm "Gibson still uses these, if it's good enough for them, then.."

Lol. They also still use a peghead where the strings bend out of the nut.

YEP

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:06 pm Anyone familiar with the FMR PBC-6A?

I know the FMR stuff is well regarded and very well might be a great value, but the PBC compressor is still more expensive than the RNC and RNLA, especially if you want two channels.

They have a good resale value, which might be reason enough to try one it on its own, but I’d like to hear more from our corner of the internet. Google keeps pointing me to certain gearspace characters that I’m not too sure about

I don't other than the respect the other models get from those looking for a bang-for-the-buck workhorse model, which you already know. It's interesting as this is their attempt to make something more 'vibey' or 'colorful' or whatever other vague adjective we use to mean not overly clean or linear. Competition in the non clean comp category around that price would be a Klark Teknik 1176, or maybe a used Warm (a seemingly controversial entry into the market).

I'm a champion of the Symetrix 501 toggle switch models as the best deal that runs the gamut from clean squeeze to grainy destruction, but I vicariously want you to take the plunge on the FMR so I can hear what you think.

Sorry, that's two paragraphs of useless. I searched for a tapeop review and all I found was a thread I started about the unit 14 years ago with a few of the old regulars responding "Hmm, seems interesting". Seems FMR didn't market well which says nothing about the quality of the box.