Members Fantfool Posted April 20, 2007 Members Posted April 20, 2007 Anyone know anything about the stock tuners on the mid 70s epiphone ft serires acoustics? They kind of look like Klusons, except the keys are chrome, but they don't have any name on them.
Members T.B. Posted April 21, 2007 Members Posted April 21, 2007 Fantfool are you looking for those stock tuners? Trina
Members Fantfool Posted April 21, 2007 Author Members Posted April 21, 2007 No, I am looking to replace the stock tuners with something better, actually they suck. But I don't want to stray too far from the look and fit of the origionals so that why I was looking to find out if anyone knew what they are to give me a place to start.
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted April 21, 2007 Members Posted April 21, 2007 No, I am looking to replace the stock tuners with something better, actually they suck. But I don't want to stray too far from the look and fit of the origionals so that why I was looking to find out if anyone knew what they are to give me a place to start. When I was in 11th grade (1974), I had an Epiphone "Texan" (natch! )...not one of the originals, one of the early/mid-70s series, w/ the cheap gears you refer to. I replaced 'em w/ chrome Grovers...VAST improvement!
Members Fantfool Posted April 21, 2007 Author Members Posted April 21, 2007 Hummm in 1974, I was just out of high school......oh the good old days. Did the grovers fit ok without having to do surgery on the head? Thats what I'm afraid of.
Members DonK Posted April 21, 2007 Members Posted April 21, 2007 Hmm...in 1974, I was three years out of high school, but I'd gotten my first guitar a year earlier: an Epiphone. Darned if I can remember anything about the tuners, though.
Members T.B. Posted April 21, 2007 Members Posted April 21, 2007 No, I am looking to replace the stock tuners with something better, actually they suck. But I don't want to stray too far from the look and fit of the origionals so that why I was looking to find out if anyone knew what they are to give me a place to start. That's what I thought. I looked through my latest Elderly Catalogue and they appear only to sell those "chrome keystone" tuners for electric guitars. Your Epi tuners have those two screws criss cross from each other? I only saw that type on two sets of cheapy tuners in Elderly's catalogue. I've always replaced my tuners with Grover's. You may be able to buy a set of keystones buttons to replace the Grover's tuner buttons. If you don't mind the added expense Or, could you rebuild those existing worn out Epi tuners? http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts.asp?NameProdHeader=Gotoh%99+Replacement+Buttons http://www.grguitars.com/parts_5tuning_keys.htm Trina
Members Freeman Keller Posted April 21, 2007 Members Posted April 21, 2007 Fant, take one of your tuners off and take it to a mechanic with a digital caliper. Measure the shaft diameter (and bushing if it has one) and length, then go to Steward McDonald's web site and browse thru their different tuners. When you find something that you like click the "specs" tab and see if the measurements are the same. The little mounting screws will probably not line up, you can drill new ones. And the nut or bushing on the front may be a different size - it might leave little "eyes" around the post - again no biggie, but you do need the post and bushing to be the same.
Members T.B. Posted April 21, 2007 Members Posted April 21, 2007 Uh, nevermind. Freeman you made it O so simple ... one, two, three. Trina
Members Fantfool Posted April 21, 2007 Author Members Posted April 21, 2007 Yep, the criss cross tuners as you say. They just won't stay in tune. I really like the grovers, so I'll probably just bite the bullit and get grovers and just live with the look when complete. Thanks for the input.
Members Freeman Keller Posted April 22, 2007 Members Posted April 22, 2007 Yep, the criss cross tuners as you say. They just won't stay in tune. I really like the grovers, so I'll probably just bite the bullit and get grovers and just live with the look when complete.Thanks for the input. Be aware that the Grover Rotomatics on my Martin aren't even close to the Sta-Tites I bought for my Yamaha. I had replaced the Rotomatics with a lovely set of vintage Gotohs. Like Trina said, one, two, three
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