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Originally Posted by KarenB
What do you mean by "the hardest part is matching up the "footprint" of the old machines to get a completely sanitary look..." Are you talking about the mounting holes?
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As well as the positions of the mounting screws, there’s a strong likelihood that the back-plate of the existing tuner will leave an imprint of its outline in the headstock lacquer - this is what’s meant by its ‘footprint’. If you’re very lucky, your new tuners might exactly match this ‘footprint’ in size and shape, so there will be no visible evidence that you changed the tuners.
However, different tuners can differ in size and shape. If your new tuners are overall bigger, they will likely completely cover the old footprint but, if they are smaller in any dimension, or a slightly different shape, there’s a good chance that the old tuners’ footprints will be at least partly visible after the change. I had exactly this problem when I replaced a set of Grover Sta-Tite 18:1 tuners with Waverlys, the Grover back-plate was larger than the Waves, and the old footprint remained visible on several when the Waves were installed.
The usual disclaimers apply......IMHO, YMMV etc.