Funny how ideas come to you if you ponder long enough. The spider design has been bothering me. I like Rolfs wire model but wasn't comfortable with it's mechanics, seemed slightly complex. I didn't want to go with another 4 vane version as in my f5 10". Hunted around on www and found some Guitar machine heads in black. Then thought about how guitars guide their strings over a metal or plastic bar at each end. Which led to thinking about mounting the Machine heads through the UTA upper and lower rings with the capstan above and below each respectively and guiding the wire (.23mm steel E String ) over the outer edge with a metal guide. It extends the wires to the max angle with no chance of slipping off the capstan.
I like the idea so much I'm ordering 3 sets ( 6 heads in each set = 18 ) so I can modify the 10" UTA as well. I need 8 for each UTA and they're only $10 a set. E Strings are $3 for 5.
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I just LOVE DIY problems..
