hhallgring Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 If I swap my stock Epi Dot tuners with a Keystone Pearloid sytle tuner, will the old screw hole show? Thanks, Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwillow777 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Yes, but only a little. I put a few sets of Grover Vintage Green Keytones on my Epis, for aesthetics. I put a set of GFS green Keystones on and they lined up perfectly with the hole in the back of the headstock. But, I like the feel of the Grovers better. FYI - the Gibson tuners cost more, and are made by Grover. The best price I found on the Grovers was thru Stewmac. Grovers, look at the bottom two, you can see a litle bit of the hole, but no much. GFS, holes lined up perfectly. I needed to get the larger bushing, which they sell, because the Epis have 10mm holes. These are a Kluson style tuner that fits 8mm holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briguy Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 If you'd like, go here: http://forums.epiphone.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=12842 and check out my report on my new, limited edition'59 Dot. I swapped out the stock tuners (too green and goofy looking for my taste) to a new set of Tonepro/Kluson tulip button tuners and they were a drop in. The two holes for the screws on each tuner were maybe a hundreth of an inch off but they went right in and there were no additional holes to drill. I even used the stock bushings instead of the ones that came with the tonepros and they were a drop in as well. I think they look like a million bucks and work so smoothly and hold tune like crazy !! Email me off post if you want additional info on where I bought them (cheap) and any other questions. kwesting@aol.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhallgring Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Thanks to both of you for the prompt and informative replies. Looks like an easy swap. Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeper Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 The screw hole will not show if you fill and spot fill it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caramello Koala Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I don't know why you'd want to do this, those tuners cost a bomb and break VERY easily. The chrome grovers that come with a dot are much better. But on the other hand, they do look cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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