Rodgers Lacôte’s style tuners have been completely re-designed from the old style tuners but still employ the same principle of operation.
Unlike other machine heads designs, these sets attach to the underside of the guitar headstock with the mechanism enclosed within the headstock and away from damage and sight.
Lacote tuners are for mounting on ‘slotted head’ guitars but the principle allows for a far greater scope of headstock design. Single gear units or custom made plates mounted in this fashion can allow for slotted head guitars to have curved headstocks as found on many ‘solid head’ guitars.
As can be seen from the pictures, the button shaft projects through the base-plate downwards, leaving the side of the headstock clean and uncluttered. This design requires a little more work in the design and manufacture of the headstock but the result far outweighs the effort.
In addition to reproduction instruments, these tuners offer stunning design options for all types of guitars including electrics.