Thursday, 12 May 2016

Tuning your Ukulele with Ukulele machine heads



We all call ukulele as uke, known for being a member of the lute family of instruments. That’s not all, Ukulele generally employs four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings.  The whole world comes to a stop when the tuning goes out of sync.



Machine heads or tuning machines or tuners or gear heads are generally placed at the headstock of the guitar Friction Pegs are used for Flamenco guitars, ukuleles and others.  A quick process to understand;  Friction pegs hold the string in tune by way of friction caused by their tapered shape and by the string pull created by the tight string. So select the best Ukulele machine heads.  Can you imagine, people have given slang names for guitar tuners and these are pegs, gears, machines, cranks, knobs, tensioners and tighteners.



Time to quickly understand more about guitars and machine heads.  Any guitar will have 1 to 3 types of machine heads. Classical, nylon stringed guitars have a standard-sized machine head with a screw on plate.  Bolt on machine heads are available for Acoustic, and electric guitars.  Electric and bass guitars can be tuned with bushing based machine heads.  With these basic parameters, you have a wide range to select from. So while buying Ukulele machine heads, keep these points in mind and get quotes and types of machine heads from various sources- online, shops and other sources. Compare, Analyse and then go for your Ukulele machine heads.