louie088 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Is it possible to put Grover tuners on my new studio with out making new screw holes or even seeing the old screw holes once the groves are on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT ED Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 No . And you will also see the indent of the klusons in the nitro. Could look a bit ????. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Don't do it... What's wrong with the ones on your guitar? I have all original tuners on my guitars and they all work great! If you are having tuning problems I don't think its the tuners fault, could be a number of things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xdamerx Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 I am building a Les Paul Studio just now, and I bought Grover tuners as I heard a lot of bad things about Gibson tuners. I bought the vintage Grovers, they look identical to the Gibson tuners, and I installed them without any problems, all the holes fit perfectly and it looks great. I guess it would all depend on the tuners you are wanting putting on, but I put the same looking tuners that would have come with a studio, to keep the guitar as stock looking as possible! Here's a link to the grovers I bought, not sure what the ones are you are wanting to put on, but these fit my studio perfectly. http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/Guitar,_solid_peghead_tuners/Grover_Deluxe_Keystones.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Grover is one of the makers for the Gibson vintage tuner. Gibson does not make tuners, they buy them from different sources. If it's 14:1 ratio, it'll work fine. They are not as durable as the Grover Rotomatics though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louie088 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 I'm not having any problems with the tuning at all, I just wanted to know if that would be an easy upgrade or not. I defiantly wont be doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Yeah, what I'm saying is there's really no tuning benefit. I happen to like the Grovers, and swapped them on my Les Paul Classic. You can see the footprint of the old tuners, and some slight modification is required to the headstock. Is it worth it? Not really. I have the Vintage tuners on several other Gibsons and they work fine, but I think they look cheap. Given a choice, I would have Grovers on every one from the factory. I tried that when I ordered my double neck from the Custom Shop, adding Grovers and 57 Classic pickups. The price of the guitar doubled! Nevermind.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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