Stumbeleine01 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Hi, Im looking to replace my machine heads on a 1996 Gibson SG standard i bought off a friend recently. I told him yesterday after a gig we played they were a little loose and slipping. I took the strings off today and a few of them seem to need replacing. Im sure this is prob the case seeing as it's an old boy now. Ive removed the E machine head, easy enough. I'm wondering if anyone could offer me any buying advice or links to places i can order a new set? They seem easy to replace, i won't need any expert help? I've had a look over ebay and i'm worried i'll end up buying ones i need to drill into place or modify my guitar to add, i just want to straight replace them. Cheers in advance to anyone who can help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cudamax2343 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 I brand new gibson grovers are only like 40 bucks. You can just stay home and shop for new one's and have them mailed to-ya. I'd go top guitarcenter.com/amazon or something like that or just make sure your nuts not hang-in up and try and string lock-em by winding them up on the tuners and don't wrap-em more than 3 times. Oh yea by the way just because its a 90's model, dosen't mean they need to be replaced, that's really not that old, they should be still good, a-lot of players unnecessarily replace them. Try a couple of things first, to make sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumbeleine01 Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 Cheers for the message! I'm based in the UK. I've had a look around and found some 'Wilkinson Kluson Style Vintage Machineheads' which look from the image, what i am looking for. i'm unsure which makes are better quality. I def think a few of the machinheads need replacing, the E is very shaky and feels loose when you are tuning up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stumbeleine01 Posted April 20, 2008 Author Share Posted April 20, 2008 http://www.guitar-spares.com/index.html?lang=en-uk&target=d503.html They are half way down this page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS90 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 I use these guys quite a lot, their prices are good and they include delivery. http://www.axesrus.com/axemachine.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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