Gotoh UPTL-UBN Long Shaft Gold/White Button Planetary Ukulele Tuners

Take a look at these long shaft Gotoh, gold and white button planetary ukulele machine heads. The better the ukulele, the more important the friction/geared machine heads become in relation to the instrument's weight, sound, sustain and its ability to stay in tune.

Gotoh's UPT planetary ukulele tuners were designed by Yusuke Kawakami to blend classic looks with modern functionality. You'll find these machine heads on big ukulele brands, including Blackbird, Martin and aNueNue on the '1879'. In short, these machine heads look like friction tuners but are actually geared tuners.

Gotoh planetary tuners have 1:4 gear ratio and share a lot more functional similarities with geared tuners meaning they will rarely need tightening.

These uke machine heads need a hole 9.7-10mm diameter to fit and vintage ukuleles will often require minor work to make these tuners fit. They are designed for head stocks 11.5 - 13.5mm thick. For thinner headstocks, use the Gotoh UPT standard shaft tuners.

Please measure your instrument carefully before ordering. Any questions, just drop us a line.