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Location: Boise, Idaho | I'd give the painted tuners 2 string changes before the paint wore off and you'd see the gold. Probably not that many. Why am I reading and responding to this thread? |
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Location: upstate ny | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION???
When you remove your gold tuners you will have a "footprint" on the wood on the back of the headstock. You may want to get the same Ping tuners in black as replacements so that the old footprint/screwholes are covered up nicely. These are used on the Elite T's, are available from the factory (to us in the club who have an open "back door"), and may be much less costly than anything else available.
I'd call John or Kim at the service dept. and ask.
I would NOT paint the gold tuners.
John <>{ i tried to figure out which tuners to get...but I wasnt sure. Im new to this site...were you saying to contact someone from here to get new tuners? is there someone I can email?
thanks.
ideally Id like to get all new tuners..I just wanted to avoid drilling, and refinishing, etc. thats all. thanks! |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | First try Al (moderator of this board, and seller of all sorts of Ovation stuff). Then try Kim Keller at Ovation. Email him at:
kkeller-kmc@kaman.com
You'll get exact replacements for the tuners on your guitar...except black.
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Location: upstate ny | awesome! thanks. I hope they can help. |
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Location: upstate ny | I cant find an Al on here...is there an easy way to contact him?(sorry)
thanks again! |
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Location: Midland, MI | Originally posted by unbrok3npp:
I cant find an Al on here...is there an easy way to contact him?(sorry)
thanks again! Alpep is Al. Lost Art Vintage has an email address and phone number, last time I checked (about, oh three or four days ago). Good luck! |
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Location: upstate ny | oh, thanks! I hope one of them can hook me up.
thanks so much for all the help! i really appreciate it. |
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Location: upstate ny | they are imported tuners...so if I want to change them im going to have to buy schallers and drill and stuff. Im going back to painting, thats for sure.
(kim and al both said the same thing) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Maybe I missed this someplace in the thread, but why don't you just buy some black buttons for the tuners you have?
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Location: upstate ny | if i buy buttons then only the head of the tuner will be black.(the rest will be gold)
i dont see anything wrong with paint. |
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Location: NJ | ". . i dont see anything wrong with paint . ."
Other than trying to get paint to adhere to electro-plated metal (and the resultant finish/durability), no.
Have AT it!! |
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Location: upstate ny | well, considering its either that or drilling holes in the headstock my new guitar, ill choose sloppy paint. lol |
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Location: Tennessee | Drilling small screw holes is no big deal and is a whole lot easier and faster than painting tuners, plus you'll end up with better tuners. I don't think the paint will work; I'll bet that they start flaking before the week is out.
But then agian, you don;t have much to lose. As Cliff said, have at it. |
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Location: upstate ny | is there some kind of tutorial somewhere so I dont completly screw up my head? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | What stonebobbo said.
You can get black replacement schallers, or, I think, I said this before, get black planet waves auto-trims, they make 3x3's and can found on ebay for $40.00, $50 at the most. You will be happy with them, I guarantee it, and if they break in the first year, Daddario will replace them for nothing. (It happened to me, and I couldn't be happier with their customer service.) If there are holes, just fill it in with plastic wood.
Painting may look cheesy. Which is OK. Some people pay extra to have someone else make their guitars look old. |
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custom machines??
