Little known GOTOH product lineup

Hello. I'm Cheena, a brass band bassist.

This time, it is an article of a manufacturer of musical instrument parts, which is different from the previous articles on modifying musical instruments.

GOTOH is a brand that has made a name for itself with high-quality guitar and bass parts, and most people in your band will know the name. The name of the manufacturer that has continued as Gotoh Gut since 1960.

However, Gotoh Gut originally produced parts and strings for violins and gut guitars as the "Gotoh Gut Research Institute" from 1950.

This time, I will look at Gotoh Gut and GOTOH brand parts that we do not usually see.

GOTOH / ST31 STEALTH Key

First of all, this. The "ST31" stealth tuning key developed with the catch phrase "The World's Smallest Tuning-Key".
The ultra-small peg can be used for many musical instruments such as guitars and ukuleles, and has a high quality design such as being embedded in the head or installed on the side, and because it weighs about half to one-third of a normal knob. It is also possible to reduce the weight of the instrument. In the introduction by GOTOH, it is (probably) used to stretch the substring of the 8-string ukulele.

GOTOH / SPBJ-4 Banjo Machine Head

The second item is banjo pegs. The same shape is also available for ukulele.
It features a peg button that extends straight from the peg post, similar to a violin peg.
A structure called planetary gear, which is different from worm gears such as pegs for guitars, is adopted to achieve high accuracy and durability.

GOTOH / VA-01 Violin Adjuster

Click here for the third one. What is this!? you might think, but this is also an instrument part.
This is an adjuster for the violin. A high-precision tuner that can be attached to the tailpiece.
The violin does not have geared pegs, which is essential for high precision tuning.
If you're a guitarist, you might understand if I say "Floyd Rose's fine tuner".

GOTOH / NBS-Art-02

Fourth item. It is a familiar neck plate, but it is finely engraved.
This is GOTOH's Luxury Mode series neck plate. In addition to this, they also have highly artistic parts with mechanical engraving for the Telecaster bridge plate and control plate, general-purpose neck plate, knob top surface, and even the peg button.
Sound House seems to sell all Luxury Mode series. Search for "GOTOH A ** LX" for pegs and "GOTOH ART" for others to get a hit. (When searching for pegs, enter **. There are various model numbers, but all will get a hit.)

→ Luxury Mode Series Peg List
→ Luxury Mode series "GOTOH ART" list

How was it? The technological capabilities of Gotoh Gut, which celebrated its 60th anniversary this year, and its appearance of challenging new mechanisms and materials in search of innovation have been highly praised both in Japan and overseas.
Sometimes it is good not only to look at mail order sites, but also to check out the catalog on the official website and enjoy the lineup.

→ Go to GOTOH product list

[Goto Gut Co., Ltd. Official Website] https://g-gotoh.com/

Let's have a good musical instrument life!

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