onewilyfool Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I have guitar playing buddies who just can not STAND gold tuners. They almost retch when they see them. I never really thought about it much before they brought iy up, but why the strong negativity to them??? As it turns out, three of my Bozeman Gibby's have gold tuners. The '94 L-20 (Kluson), the 2001 SJ-200 Koa, (Kluson) and the 2012 Pure voice J-45 (Grover open back) Because of the colorings of the guitars, the gold seems to blend in perfectly with wood tones and seems the perfect factory choice for the guitar. So, whats the general feeling out there about gold plated tuners??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacamartin Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Mine were so tarnished that I changed out the buttons, but not the tuners. I agree that the gold adds to the look of the guitars. I put pearloid buttons on the gold tuners, the results are striking with the bubinga b/s and light mahogany neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I like the way they age. Natural relic, if you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I dont like them, when I think of Gibson I think of either Tulips or Butter beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 For me, I LOVE THEM!! Easy to care for if you just keep them cleaned from the oils on your fingers. Would love some tulip pearloids in gold on my new Hummingbird. Don't know if I can bring myself to drilling any holes in the headstock to install. May just have to settle for gold Grovers to replace the nickle ones. My first choice (but needs drilling holes) Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretplay Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Must say I like gold plated hardware. It looks good on both acoustic and electric, maybe better acoustic as the gold blends with the colour of the wood. I have two, a Gibson Cascade which has a cedar top and a Gibson CJ165. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 . Gold is good. . B) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I accept what came with the instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasdw Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I like gold tuners. I've got em on my J200 custom. I think that guitar has a little too much bling elsewhere, but I like the tuners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainpicker Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I'm good with gold so long as the actual buttons are white. For some reason it just doesn't strike me as Gibsonesque without white buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 How about these for gold plated tuners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I prefer chrome plating over everything else including shape of the tuner buttons. Then there's plastic, nickel, gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 How about these for gold plated tuners! "Holy Shades of Art Deco glory Batman!!" Love it Larry!! Dang that looks good. What model is that on and what are those black wound strings? Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I accept what came with the instrument. I'm with you, Groper. I have a set of Gold Grovers I was going to put on my old beater, (1969 Jubilee), but figured it'd be like putting lipstick on a pig...,and the Kluson's still work perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 "Holy Shades of Art Deco glory Batman!!" Love it Larry!! Dang that looks good. What model is that on and what are those black wound strings? Aster I'm with you, Aster....is there a prettier headstock out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Just love it all, keys, detail on the headstock, it's all just so GOOD! Dang don't ya just love it when an ensemble comes together? Does it really "go" with the rest of the look of the guitar too so that it's totally balanced? And hey!! Even pigs want to look purdy and deserve it don't they Rob? Might give the Jubilee a new outlook on life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarLight Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I find chrome tuners to be the best and longest lasting and most natural looking. I find gold tuners to be gaudy and artificial and phony looking. Sorry but you asked and that is my opinion. Many gold tuners get dull and blotted and discolored, and the gold plating is so utterly micro thin anyway, that everyone knows they are fake plated gold tuners. Yes, I am in the league that finds gold tuners disgusting, even repulsive. I once factory ordered a beautiful 900 series Taylor which came standard with gold tuners. I called Taylor customer service after ordering it, to have them put chrome tuners on it instead, and if they could not do that, I would cancel the factory order. They did it, Thank God. Whew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I went from this: to this: "I luuuvvvv Gooooollllddd!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 "Holy Shades of Art Deco glory Batman!!" Love it Larry!! Dang that looks good. What model is that on and what are those black wound strings? Aster That's the headstock of my L-5, and those are black nylon tape wound strings (LaBella #800M). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 it depends on the guitar. generally I'm not a fan, but on my amber starbursts, it was obvious that gold was the way to go. I'm thinking of switching my casady sunburst bass to hipshots - I'd do gold there as well, but when i did the same to the silverburst, I did black. but a blanket 'gold is bad' seems a little silly to me ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchristo Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 this gold is fine, but I dont like the rotomatics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 I know that this is kind of an aside, but since someone mentioned it.....I also, feel that Gibsons look better with white tuner knobs. I contacted Grover about their open back tuners, which ONLY come in metal knobs, and the main man told me that Grover made white knob tuners, thinking that they would sell like hot cakes, and they just sat on the shelf......so they discontinued them. Sigh, I would replace EVERY set of Grover open back tuners I have with the white knob tuners if they still made them. I could go with (expensive) Waverly open back tuners, which have the white knobs, BUT the screw holes don't match making the swap more difficult, having to fill and drill a new screw location, and just too darn expensive.....If you guys ever find any of those NOS Grovers with white knobs, please let me know!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I would replace EVERY set of Grover open back tuners I have with the white knob tuners if they still made them. Have you checked in to just replacing the buttons? http://www.allparts.com/bushings-and-buttons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Yeah, I'm not really in love with the "green hue" plastic one, but I love those Pearloid white tulip style on the Kluson's I put on my reissue J-160E. Look great, work great, mounted right up in replacement of the green ones supplied. The Pearls (white) with Gold, to me look great. I know I could have just changed the plastic ends, but I like the Deluxe stripe down the tuner middle too. A stupid little thing, but when you're changing out "why do something half arsed, when you can do it whole hog?" That's my motto any who. Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 On Gibsons, one of my favorites is the chrome tulip button. Not so fond of greenish tulips, but cream tulips are nice. Gold is okay on some guitars, but generally not my first choice. All that said, I only change them out if there's a functional problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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