Gibson L-OO

[eyesore]

hi ;I bought this guitar brand new less than a year ago. I replaced the open gear tuners because one of them broke.They sent me a new set but , I just don't find these tuners reliable enough. The tuners have this thing where ;you turn it and it free wheels before it tunes the string... anyway ; what can I replace these with ?I want individual tuners ;good ones! Thanks .

[Fathand]

Interestingly, the Gibson spec shows Grover Mini Rotomatics as the supplied tuners but if your tuners are the open gear "butter bean" style, I have real good luck with Wilkinson WJ28N , 19:1 ratio, very smooth. I've bought about 6 sets of these. Around $30.

https://www.guitarpartsfactory.us/WJ...itar-Wilkinson

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...80_FMwebp_.jpg

[eyesore]

Originally Posted by Fathand

Interestingly, the Gibson spec shows Grover Mini Rotomatics as the supplied tuners but if your tuners are the open gear "butter bean" style, I have real good luck with Wilkinson WJ28N , 19:1 ratio, very smooth. I've bought about 6 sets of these. Around $30.

https://www.guitarpartsfactory.us/WJ...itar-Wilkinson

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...80_FMwebp_.jpg

Yes !that is what they are called ;butterbean. Those Wilkensons look interesting. I was kind of thinking closed tuners... you like those thought ,huh?

[Fathand]

Originally Posted by eyesore

Yes !that is what they are called ;butterbean. Those Wilkensons look interesting. I was kind of thinking closed tuners... you like those thought ,huh?

I find them smoother than Grover. There is a Gotoh version but 3 or 4x the price. I never tried.

Closed tuners can be good or not same as anything else. You'll probably have to enlarge your shaft holes and drill new screw holes.

[eyesore]

OK ; yeah I don't want to drill the holes out . I'd rather do a drop in replacement. Thanks

[eyesore]

Originally Posted by Fathand

Interestingly, the Gibson spec shows Grover Mini Rotomatics as the supplied tuners but if your tuners are the open gear "butter bean" style, I have real good luck with Wilkinson WJ28N , 19:1 ratio, very smooth. I've bought about 6 sets of these. Around $30.

https://www.guitarpartsfactory.us/WJ...itar-Wilkinson

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/...80_FMwebp_.jpg

Just one more question ; These are the individual tuners ,mine are three on a plate type. do you think they will fit this type of installation? Thanks you

[Fathand]

Originally Posted by eyesore

Just one more question ; These are the individual tuners ,mine are three on a plate type. do you think they will fit this type of installation? Thanks you

The dimensions are in one of the links I posted. You'll need a metric ruler or convert to inches online.

[eyesore]

Hi Just one more suggestion for tuners for this guitar . I do like the closed tuners .Thanks.