RATIO® patented gear technology
RATIO® - Calibrated Machine Heads incorporate different string gauges into the tuning equation.
From Low B to High E 48:1, 39:1, 24:1, 20:1, 35:1, 20:1, 12:1.
We balanced the gear ratios to each string simplifying the tuning process.
With RATIO®, a half-turn is a semi-tone!
Every string reacts the same to any tuning adjustment. Predictable, precise tuning, on every string.
It has a two-pin casing that can be used as is, or with our Patented InvisoMatch Mounting Plates.
4 different sets of InvisoMatch mounting plates in brushed aluminium are included to make installation on most guitars fast and accurate by using your existing screw mounting holes.
Gear ratio: unique for each string position - one turn-one tone
Peg holes diameter required: 10mm (13/32")
String post diameter: 6mm (0.236")
String post length to string hole: 23mm (0.910”)
Weight per single machine head: 38g (0.083lbs)
Weight per set: 266g (0.581lbs)
String diameter up to 72 gauge
Includes 7 machine heads, mounting screws, and bushings
Includes complimentary 4 sets of aluminium mounting plates
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About GraphTech
From a kitchen table start up in the early 1980’s Graph Tech Labs has become the undeniable #1, an innovative and unique institution, inventing, patenting, and producing an endless selection of essentials to improve and enhance tone, playability, reliability and versatility for all fretted instruments and players.
Famous for nuts, Graph Tech’s proprietary Tusq, NuBone and NuBone XL top nut and saddle materials offer a limitless choice of options for players to “up their tone”. Technological advances such as Ratio Tuners improve tuning speed and accuracy. Graph Tech’s Ghost Acousti-Phonic modular pickup system lets you “Be the Band”, with a studio quality true acoustic tone and Ghost Hexpander MIDI compatible output and unparalleled tracking, at the flick of a switch.
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