Blue magic Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) Hello all, I’m just looking for some friendly advice. I’m pretty sure I’ve been ripped off on eBay lately. In my haste to replace my Les Paul machine heads I bought the ones in the images below. However they didn’t fit and the seller will not accept returns. Now they are mine to sell but I think I paid way too much (£129) . For your information, the writing says “made in Germany” on the underside. Which I assume means Schaller, but wanted to know can anyone tell me a) if there’s anything special about these which justifies the price. and b) what could I charge for these as a fair price when I send them to their new home. many thanks. George. Edited June 5, 2022 by Blue magic Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) It's a very late reply, but - Could be Schaller, more likely to be Faber IMO. The Gibson page doesn't state country of manufacture. A shame they didn't fit - there are many variations in size etc. You will need to know size for a successful sale of course. Unfortunately there are literally tens of thousands of sets of machine heads on the market. You wrote a (GBP) £ sign. If you are in the UK or Europe, look at these prices; https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/electric-guitar-accessories/electric-guitar-parts/gibson-deluxe-vintage-nickel-machine-heads https://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_tuning_machines.html I've seen slightly higher (+£10 or so) in other online stores. The ones you bought may have been re-imported from the USA....which might explain (a bit) the very high price! Best wishes! Edited September 21, 2022 by jdgm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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