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From Randy H on 10/30/2012 7:34:54 PM

I've had 1 question kinda nagging me just remembered another so here goes. #1 I've noticed in videos that players have a habit of turning their slide hand over to their side like they are dumping something. What's up with that? and #2 All the current and former goldtone SM owners-did you have any confusion with the 1st and 6th strings tuners operating on the back side instead of the front? Hope I'm understood here, it looks like #'s 1 and 6 tuners would need to be turned the other way to tighten the strings. Does that trick you up? Or did you just get used to it?

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	Liz Williams says: 10/30/2012 9:26:14 PM I'll take a stab at these: I never got used to the Goldtone SM tuners being reversed for the 1st and 6th strings. I just tuned with caution. I thought reversing the tuners was ingenious though: The string stays perpendicular to the nut. I turn my bar hand upside down to give it a little rest. Cuts down on fatigue. It will be interesting to see what others have to say about these.
	Randy H says: 10/31/2012 7:32:31 AM Hi Liz, I have a Seagull guitar that has a headstock design that insures a straight pull from the tuner thru the nut. That design also bears the brunt of criticism from players saying the headstock is ugly, funny-looking. For that reasoning I will hang on to the guitar with the ugly headstock.
	Liz Williams says: 10/31/2012 8:59:46 AM Randy, is it that A-shaped headstock? Much more logical that way, to my mind. I wonder what luthiers might say about the effect of a straight pull on tone.
	Randy H says: 10/31/2012 11:25:50 AM I don't know but a lot of players hate the way it looks. It's not all about looks.
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