Steel String
Machine Heads
Specifications
Standard Set
(available for both solid head and slot head guitars)
- Profiled and chamfered Robson “Deco” Style backplate, three-on-a-plate Hauser style or Straight-edged backplate
- Hard wearing, bronze alloy gear wheel, string posts and bushes
- Blackened worms
- High lustre, blackened gear centre screw
- Oval, Mother of Pearl or hardwood buttons
- Raised and countersunk fixing screws
Extras
- Kidney shaped buttons
- Snakewood buttons
- Faux ivory buttons
Backplates
Below are examples of the Robson “Deco” Style backplates. Images of the Hauser
and Straight-edged three-on-a-plate feature in our Nylon String section.
Robson “Deco” Style Backplate
Buttons
Our buttons come in both oval and kidney shape. Below is a choice of material options.
Standard Oval Buttons
Kidney Buttons
other materials:
- Brazillian Rosewood
Rollers
Hard wearing, bronze alloy sting posts/rollers. Available for:
- Solid Head Steel String
- Slot Head Steel String
Bushes
String roller bush, produced from a bronze alloy the bush has standard 10mm splines for location within the head. Non starndard size bushes are available on request. The exposed and visual part of the bush is formed in a gentle and pleasing radiused dome that flatters the capstan of the string post.
Custom Sets
In addition to standard 6 string guitars, Robson tuners offer a custom service providing top quality tuners for 8,10,12 string guitars. Our current interesting project is to craft tuners for a 20 string lute!
